Paris on lockdown for gilets jaunes protests – live updates

Armoured vehicles and 8,000 police officers in French capital to contain violent fringe of gilets jaunes movement. Follow the latest developments• Full story – police use teargas to clear Paris protesters• Gilets jaunes in court over violent protests• Who are the gilets janues and what do they want? 1.54pm GMT The French interior ministry denies a rumour that police officers are disguising themselves as protesters, and urges people to watch out for fake news. The gilets jaunes movement is being partly by conspiracy theories and fake news on social media, including widely spread claims that the president, Emmanuel Macron, has scrapped France’s constitution or is “selling France” to the United Nations, World Bank or other international organisations planning to let millions of migrants take over France. #8Décembre Non les forces de l’ordre ne se font pas passer pour des manifestants. Il peuvent intervenir en tenue civile ! Méfiez-vous de ce que vous lisez et des images qui circulent. Nos conseils pour décrypter les fausses informations ⬇️ #ChampsElysees https://t.co/t29QOE4uJl 1.40pm GMT BFMTV reports an attempt to ransack the famous Drugstore brasserie on the Champs-Elysées, as protesters try to dismantle the protective wooden cladding put up last night:Gilets jaunes: tentative d’attaque du Drugstore de Publicishttps://t.co/o3iXiPE1rq pic.twitter.com/mvrx0iv4tK Continue reading…
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