this is bbc world news today. i'm tanya beckett. our top stories... running battles with "yellow vest" protesters in paris, police fire tear gas and use stun grenades in the heart of the city. one of the most famous landmarks, the arc de triomphe, is sprayed with graffiti. the arc de triomphe, the protesters say they will win. the arc de triomphe, president macron is angry: the arc de triomphe, this does notjustify the public buildings be set on fire, that ourjournalist be threatened, or the arc de triomphe be tagged. the 620 summit comes to an end with a promise to reform the world trade organisation, but disagreements on everything else. for britain's theresa may the questions are a lot closer to home, as she's asked if she can get enough votes for her brexit deal to survive. passing this deal and the vote that takes place in the house of commons will take us to certainty in the future, and the failure to do that will only

lead to uncertainty. he was the head of an american political dynasty: tributes are paid to former president george h w bush, who's died at the age of 94. hello and welcome to world news today. there have been running street battles in the heart of paris during the latest protests by the so—called yellow—vests, or giletjaunes. more than 200 people have been arrested, during the third successive weekend of demonstrations. the protesters are angry at rises in taxes, especially on fuel, today they clashed with riot police on the champs elysees. police used water cannon and stun grenades to drive back demonstrators. hugh schofield sent this report from paris. the arc de triomphe this afternoon.

groups of yellow—vest protesters have pushed past police and rampaged past the tomb of the unknown soldier. all day, there have been scenes of serious violence in the streets around, mainly agitators of the far right and left in the thick of it, taking on police with cobblestones and other projectiles, setting fire to cars and even buildings. it is an extremely tense situation now, mid—afternoon, we have been chased down a side street by riot police with tear gas and anti—riot grenades, a car is on firejust behind me. we're just off the champs—elysees, it is a real scene of street warfare. amid the scenes of destruction, ordinary people who'd come from across france to demonstrate peaceably. they do not want the violence to divert attention from their message that taxes in france have gone too far. translation: abraham lincoln said something important, he said that government should be

of the people, by the people, for the people. for the people. our politicians should keep that in mind, they will not get anywhere until they put the people first. translation: we have all had enough. it has been going on for so long and eventually you have to resist, there is no choice. who are you? translation: we are the people, you don't have to look any further, not right or left, we are just the simple people. scenes like this at one of paris' most famous landmarks cannot be glossed over as a minor problem. president macron needs to find his way out of this confrontation with the people, urgently. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. so just what is behind this wave of protests across france? they began after the price of unleaded petrol and diesel fuel went up sharply in the last year, by 14% and 22% respectively.

analysts say that while most of this increase is due to rising global prices, around a third is due to raised taxes. putting it in monetary terms, the taxes have added 3.9 cents per litre to the the price of petrol, and 7.6 cents per litre to diesel in the last year. a further increase in fuel duties is scheduled forjanuary. that will add 2.9 cents per litre of petrol, and 6.5 cents to a litre of diesel. president macron says the higher taxes are intended to help france reduce emissions which cause climate change, by discouraging the use of vehicles. much of the focus of today's protests was around the arc de triomphe, one of the most famous landmarks in paris. it also serves as a memorial to french servicemen and women, and this graffitti, written on the side of the building, has angered some in france. it translates as, the yellow jackets will win. while the tear gas was being deployed around the arc de triomphe, president macron was at the g20

summit in buenos aires. he gave this reaction to the violence on the streets of his capital city. translation: what happened in paris today has absolutely nothing to do with the peaceful demonstration of a legitimate, one happiness, or to discontent, but this does not justify the public buildings be set a fire, thatjournalists be threatened, or the arc de triophe be tagged. of the authors of these filings do not want change. they don't want any improvement, theyjust want to bring chaos. and that the they're pretending to serve, they will be identified, and they will be held responsible for their actions, and they will be taken to court. as soon as tomorrow morning

when i get back to paris, i called a meeting with the prime minister, the minister of the interior, and all services involved. now, i will always respect those who disagree, and will hear any dissent, but i will never accept violence. let's turn to the g—20 in argentina now, where the leaders have been speaking as the summit closes. the final communique has been issued, and unexpectedly, the document is a bit of a compromise. on climate, all of the members agreed to implement the paris agreement, apart that is from the us, which reiterated its decision to withdraw from it. there was an agreement to reform the world trade organisation, but there was no promise to fight protectionism. it might have been hard to agree that, given the current trade war between the us and china. donald trump and xijinping have just stated sitting down for their talks, and the us president

said he was confident they could reach an understanding. we will be discussing trade, and i think at some point we're going to make a deal that will be great for china and the united states. make a deal that will be great for china and the united stateslj make a deal that will be great for china and the united states. i like very much forward to the dinner, and i look forward to the discussion, but the relationship is very special. the relationship i have with president xi, and i think that is good to be a very primary reason ending up getting something that would be good for china and good for the united states. britain's prime minister theresa may was among the leaders at the g20, and she was keen to flag up those moves to reform the world trade organisation. she also had several trade—themed bilateral meetings, but when she spoke to journalists, they were keen to see how it might all tie in to brexit. here's the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg putting her question...

another member of the government has left over their unhappiness at your brexit compromise deal. you are still losing ministers, the number opposing your deal deal is going up not down. when will you accept that you are losing support? over the next, the next nine days are really important for our country, leading up to the vote on this deal. i will be talking with members of parliament obviously, and explaining to them why i believe this is a good dealfor the uk, why it is a deal that delivers on brexit, but it's also a deal that protects jobs and the economy, and why, allowing this deal to go ahead, passing this deal in the vote that takes place in the house of commons will take us to certainty for the future, and that failure to do that would only lead to uncertainty, and i think what people want, what i have been hearing here at the g20 is the importance of certainty for the future. next it was the turn of russia's president vladimir putin to take some questions. he'd missed out on a meeting

with donald trump, after the american president said russia's actions with regard to ukraine meant he was cancelling the bilateral. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg was at his media conference in buenos aires, and this is what he had to say... brittian's new army chief says that your country poses a greater threat to british national security than islamic extremist groups. do you agree, and how concerned are you that russia has acquired such a reputation? promises are made and then some comparisons are made, so to put russia in the same role as terrorist groups, you are comparing russia to terrorists. we leave it to the conscience of those who make such statements. and we can speak live now to steve in buenos aires... so he was in very lively form, i

thought president putin, steve. absolutely. happy to answer questions. i'm outside the hotel, and you can probably see that big black car over there. you can guess whose car that is. that is the brand—new russian government limousine. airlifted here by the presidential illusion plane, and presented for the first time back in may. now as well as talking about russian business relations, they regret that there'll be full—scale meeting at the g20 between him and donald trump. he said that he did manage to have a conversation on their feet as he said, about the situation off the coast of crimea. he said that he put his position to donald trump, and they didn't agree about the situation, and he hoped that a full—scale meeting would take

place sometime soon. he said it was a meeting, because of strategic stability. that has been a very divisive question, but also the question of jamaal khashoggi, divisive question, but also the question ofjamaal khashoggi, the journalist has been divisive, and poutine, it is the fact is that he was taking sides on that? it's interesting he referred to that today. he made it clear that he had not raised the question. he said that the saudi crown prince had raise the question at the g20, but eve ryo ne raise the question at the g20, but everyone is talking about the warm greeting between the saudi prince and president putin yesterday. they we re and president putin yesterday. they were laughing, and smiling, it was a high five which became almost an embrace between the two men, and i think vladimir putin was sending a message to the rest of the world

that russia was determined, despite the criticism of the crown from western governments, to boost relations between the west and saudi arabia in terms of economic links, financial links, political links, russia sees an opportunity to boost its ties. steve, thanks so much. standing in front of the car in which president putin went into quite details. much more about the g20 on our website, where our expert correspondents are putting their thoughts together on what we should make of the summit. just log on to bbc.com/news for the answers to all of your questions. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: from decorated war hero to running the cia to the biggestjob in the world, we look back at the life of former president george h w bush. it's quite clear that the distance

of this disaster and the poor people living in the slums are spread out around the factory. the children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the leader of the cult, and he is killed six other people. —— has killed six other people. at 11 o'clock this morning, just a half a metre separated britain from the continent of europe. it took the drills just a few moments as the cup in the final obstacle. these two shook hands.

this is bbc world news today. i'm tanya beckett. the latest headlines. police in paris have deployed water cannon and tear gas in running battles with "yellow vest" protestors. more than 200 people were arrested. the g20 summit in argenina has ended with a promise to reform the world the world trade organisation, although the leaders disagreed on many other issues. the white house says there will be a national day of mourning next wednesday for the former president, george h.w. bush,, who's died aged 94. arrangements are being made for a state funeral which will be held at washington national cathedral. flags are flying at half mast across washingto, here at the white house. our north america editor, jon sopel, looks back at the life of the forty—first american president. i will faithfully execute the office

of president of the united states. america's 43rd president served through some of the most momentous times on the 20th century. so help me god. congratulations. thank you. the cold war ending, the berlin wall coming down, the soviet union collapsing, turmoil in the middle east and the first gulf war. yet by today's brutal standards he seemed to embody a more noble sense of politics rooted in duty, respect and public service. that george herbert walker bush should reach the highest office in the land almost seemed predestined. he was born into a family of wealth, privilege and politics. his father was a us senator. george attended yale before volunteering for the navy in world war ii. he was shot down over the pacific, his rescue remarkably caught on film. peacetime took him to texas, where he made a fortune

in the oil business. and then came the lure of politics. he was elected to congress, served as an ambassador and became head of the cia, before pitching to become the republican presidential candidate in 1980. he lost to ronald reagan, but reagan put him on the ticket and served as vice president. in 1988 he had another crack at the presidency, this time successfully. bush senior was the last of america's cold war leaders and the demise of communism in his period was managed deftly, as former soviet satellites embraced the values of democracy and freedom. but there were new uncertainties, notably iraq's surprise annexation of kuwait in 1990. margaret thatcher told him to stand firm, apparently saying, "this is no time to go wobbly, george." he didn't. the 1992 election pitched the patrician bush against the young, charismatic and hitherto little— known democratic governor from arkansas called bill clinton.

his clear advocacy of a new vision for america swept him to victory. within a decade there was another bush in the white house, george w. two years ago his younger son jeb took on donald trump for the republican nomination as president. i am sick and tired of him going after my family. it was ugly. in turn, george bush senior called donald trump a blowhard and later said he'd voted for hillary clinton in the election. the one constant throughout all that, his wife barbara. they were married for over 70 years. she died in april. he said he was looking forward to being reunited with her. as you might expect, there's been plenty of reaction to the death of former president george h bush, here's just a little of what people have been saying. his son george w bush,

who was elected president eight years after his father left office, said he was ‘a man of the highest character, and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for.‘ the current president, donald trump, said he inspired generations of americans to public service, to be, as mr bush put it, a thousand points of light. former president barack obama tweeted, america has lost a patriot and a humble servant in george h w bush. and among mr bush's contempoaries as world leaders in the early 1990s. the head of what was then the soviet union, mikhael gorbachev, who helped bring around the end of the cold war, said it was a time of great change demanding great responsibility from everyone. one of george h w bush's most important legacies was his contribution to ending the cold war and reducing nuclear weapons. to discuss that, joining me now is professor daniel treisman, from the university of california. welcome to the programme, how would you capture the legacy of the first

president bush? he was a steady pair of hands at one of history's most intense moments in the late 20th century. he came to the job with incredible foreign—policy century. he came to the job with incredible foreign— policy background and experience, and he continued down the path that reagan had begun of ending the cold war, producing nuclear weapons with mikael gorbachev the president of the soviet union, and starting to construct a new international order andl construct a new international order and i think we can see president bush's tremendous experience as both a source and bush's tremendous experience as both a source and successes bush's tremendous experience as both a source and successes in that task, and also perhaps a source of some of the possible failures in that unlike reagan who was a visionary, president bush was more a steady

navigator, more cautious and in some respects he was at times slow to see the extent of changes. that might be the extent of changes. that might be the extent of his presidency, but earlier times in his career he had milk held more extreme views. —— he had held more extreme views. absolutely. people who had establishment positions, felt he was consumed by the fight of the revolutionary changes he was taking place. they change directions very fast, said he was criticised for delaying and taking a long time to really lead. also, once he did come to believe in gorbachev's policies, being slow to recognise boris yeltsin. what caused them by the

late to run out of steam and lose to clinton which he did after one term? i think these were domestic issues. the economy was not very good at that time, and the famous pledge not to raise taxes given the circumstances he was forced to raise them, and this is very unpopular with his base. at the same time you had this charismatic young governor from arkansas running on the message of change, and a new deal for working people, and the middle class in america, and really i would blame it on the economy more than anything else. thank you very much for joining us. hugh woozencraft has all the sport. the time for talking is almost over

as tyson fury is looking to become the wbc heavyweight champion of the world, and standing in his weight would be the undefeated deontay wilder in the early hours of sunday morning. there has been bad blood between the two. former web champion evander holyfield says that tyson fury has affected while they're's mindset. it's amazing that certain people get under your tent skin, and i think that tyson fury gets under your skin. it's when you walk in the ring how do you use it? what he thought that kid from cuba he was able to overcome that, because he said what he had to do. he focused, and the guy got caught calling his shot at hebrew something to the people. manchester city have moved five points clear at the top of the english premier league after a 31

win over bournemouth. bernardo silva gave them an early lead, but calamos and scored that level it at half—time, the new one major of the win for the defending champions. they were not brilliant something their manager put down to tiredness. i sound like a manager, but we played every three days and this is the heaviest period we have played during three months. you'd expect something from 90 minutes, and sometimes things happen. overall, because they are good too, very good sides and you can't expect that everything is easy, and everything will happen, we're tired, but mentally will happen, we're tired, but m e nta lly we will happen, we're tired, but mentally we have to be ready to go out again. that is why we are professionals. we have to try to do it. a quick look at results. the

first home league win for crystal palace a 2—0 win at burnley. how do and it is good for brighton. manchester united have to come from two goals down to rescue it a draw at lowly southampton. we are ahead of leicester city's home when, they travelling away fans unfurled a bannerfor their honour. travelling away fans unfurled a banner for their honour. his son leicester city's vice chairman was so leicester city's vice chairman was so moved by the gesture he reportedly allowed all 3000 travelling fans to receive free food and drink during half—time. nigeria have been crowned the 2018 women's africa cup of nations champions, beating south africa 11—3 on penalty in the final on saturday. the match ended goalless after 120 minutes,

with nigeria's goalkeeper making the winning shot saved in the shoot out. two chinese players have been bad for a total of 16 years. a major match fixing inquiry found that the outcomes of five matches were fixed over a 13 month period. his compatriot has been also pleaded guilty and has been given a six month suspension after he was shown remorse. thank you don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of my team on twitter, i'm @bbcta nyabeckett. we'll very mild weather across the

southern half of the uk on saturday. temperatures get up to 50 celsius, and there is no indication that we have any particularly cold weather on the way. having said that, there might bea on the way. having said that, there might be a little hail snow on the way, sometimes early next week. in the short—term, the atlantic is looking very active at the moment. active basically means there is a lot of storming is out there, a lot of weather systems, and they're moving in our direction. the weather generally remains on the mild side. occasionally we will see colder air getting into scotland, but that is not in the short term. this is the forecast for tonight. most of the weather is coming in off the atlantic, the air is mild so 10 degrees and is out. we have clear skies in northeastern scotland, temperatures being closer to freezing with a touch of frost. on

sunday, weather fronts will have passed most of the uk come and actually stretching across cup scotland. the main thrust of this weather system is out to sea. overnight we would have seen the rain. it is out—of—the—way, and we are rain. it is out—of—the—way, and we a re left rain. it is out—of—the—way, and we are left over with westerly winds on sunday. rather a lots of clout with sunny spells and showers. showers. in scotland and northern ireland, it looks like it may stay pretty cloudy throughout the course of the afternoon. again, a bit of a temperature contrast is that a decrease in aberdeen which is not1 million miles away from the average, but in this outfit is exceptionally mild. 15 degrees. cds isobars, they are pressure lines. the window follows these lines, and that is where the air is coming from. it is coming from the north of the atla ntic coming from the north of the atlantic out there, and the air is still relatively mild. mild air on

monday with some rain pushing through. in the north, there is a change in wind direction, and you can see it is coming in across scotland. this is where we can to temperatures drop on monday with a little bit of snow across the highlands. it is still relatively mild across the south. it will stay relatively mild across the south for quite some time. in the north we could see some pretty chilly weather and snow across the hills. this is bbc world news. the headlines: police in paris have deployed water cannon and tear gas against "yellow vest" protestors. more than 200 people were arrested. protestors climbed on top of the arc de tropmhe war memorial and daubed graffiti on its base. the leaders of china and the united states have begun a meeting, as the g20 summit closes in argentina. president trump said he expects to reach some sort of agreement with president xijinping on their trade dispute. the white house says there will be a national day of mourning next wednesday for the former president, george hw bush, who's died aged 94. arrangements are being made

for a state funeral at washington national cathedral. the new mexican president, andres manuel lopez obrador, has been sworn in at a ceremony in mexico city. he ran on a campaign promising a peaceful yet radical transformation of the country, and a vow to tackle corruption. at 10pm, clive myrie will be here with a full round—up of the day's news. now though, it's time for our world.