our europe regional editor danny aeberhard reports.hanting it's week 23 of the yellow vest protests, and the first since monday's catastrophic fire in notre—dame cathedral. but if the authorities hoped that that disaster heralded a moment of newfound unity, they were wrong. political tensions continue to smoulder, erupting into clashes on the streets of paris. a group of protesters set motorbikes alight in one area. the violence was nothing like the scale of the riots in december. one protester said radical elements had hijacked a mostly peaceful demonstration.

that is danny aeberhard, who works as europe editorfor is danny aeberhard, who works as europe editoread a couple of things. if you're not familiar with the geography of central paris, let me show you where going cathedral is. it is on an island just in the middle of the seine. you have the eiffel tower here, to the north, the arc de triomphe. the louvre isjust there was beautiful gardens. just beyond the river, you have notre—dame. this is also worth emphasising. this is google street view. this is where many thousands of tourists gather every day. the focus at the moment is on the northern tower. the authorities were saying there is a possible structural threats to the northern tower. their priority is to prevent anything from collapsing which in turn could affect the structure entirely. at the moment, thatis structure entirely. at the moment, that is not necessarily happening. at work is going on to prevent it. let me also bring in some of the images we have got here of the cathedral in different states. this is one famous gargoyle. this cathedral took almost 200 years to build. it

danny aeberhard, bbc news.reds of extra police officers have been drafted into central london to help clear climate change protesters from the capital's roads. more than 750 people have been arrested since the demonstrations began on monday. the metropolitan police have defended their handling of the situation, describing the operation as unprecedented. jon donnison reports. the extinction rebellion has life in it yet. for a sixth day, climate change protesters targeted central london. yesterday's pink boat at oxford circus was replaced by a green hammock. their message: they're not going away. if there were a better way, please, somebody tell us because we've tried the suggested ways. we tried writing to mps, we've tried doing petitions, we've tried just standing in the street with banners. it clearly hasn't worked. cheering she was eventually arrested, as were others, but they're not making it easy for the police. some protesters had glued themselves together with their arms encased with piping. a cheer goes

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our europe regional editor, danny aeberhard, reports. chanting.tests, and the first since monday's catastrophic fire in notre—dame cathedral. but if the authorities hoped that that disaster heralded a moment of newfound unity, they were wrong. political tensions continue to smoulder, erupting into clashes on the streets of paris. a group of protesters set motorbikes alight in one area. the violence was nothing like the scale of the riots in december. one protester said radical elements had hijacked a mostly peaceful demonstration. translation: you can see that there are people who are not necessarily here out of the same convictions we have, for peaceful reasons. we should be able to move around everywhere, but it's true, it's not very pleasant doing this. we can't protest as we would like, so it's getting tense. anger remains, though. some of it this week was directed against the colossal sum, about $1 billion, raised in just days to restore notre—dame. demonstrators have criticised the ease with which billionaires and corporations have funded hu