<span style="color: #222222;">In France, thousands of demonstrators turned out across the country for new "yellow vests" protests, with dozens of arrests and clashes in Paris and other cities.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Police in the capital used water cannon and tear gas as scuffles broke out at the Arc de Triomphe, on the ninth consecutive weekend of protests. Some 84 thousand demonstrators took part in the nationwide protests initially triggered by the rising price of fuel.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">They have since widened to include anger at the cost of living, with a wide-ranging list of other demands.</span><br />'' <br />