Riot police fire tear gas as Yellow Vests join student protesters across France and hundreds are arrested
Protesters rammed open the door of Marseille town hall with street barriers, and a tourism office in Lyon was torched. In Paris, masked rioters looted a sports shop and set a lorry ablaze near Place de la République. The interior ministry counted 272 arrests and at least 32,800 people at 140 demonstrations. It blamed the violence on the 'ultra-left'.
French police used 4x4s paid for by British taxpayers to stop Channel crossings to charge students in Dunkirk.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says more than 900 police officers have been injured.
'We're taking the Bastille!' one demonstrator yelled in Paris.
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