hugh schofield in paris.taking place in paris and we will bring you more as and when we get it. police in new zealand are preparing to charge a 26—year—old man with the murder of british backpacker, grace millane. grace was last seen in auckland exactly a week ago. police say there's evidence she's dead, but her body has yet to be found. angus crawford reports. fun—loving and family orientated. grace millane's parents say her disappearance a week ago was entirely out of character, and was extremely hard to take. now they've been given the worst possible news. the evidence we have gathered to this point of the inquiry has established that this is a homicide. grace's family have been advised of this development and they are devastated. police say a 26—year—old man will be charged with her murder when he appears in court on monday. grace arrived in new zealand last month, and had been staying at a backpackers' hostel in auckland. she was last spotted on saturday night, entering a hotel in the city with a male co

our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, reports. once again, the yellow vests began arriving in numbers on the champs—elysees, the luxury shops along the avenue now boarded up because of the threat of more violence. riot police, out in force, had adopted new tactics after last saturday's chaos. today, they were stopping and searching, confiscating anything that could serve as a missile against them. the focus became, once again, the area around the arc de triomphe and, here, there were the first signs of trouble — a crowd goading riot police, police responding with tear gas and moving out to retake ground, keep the crowd moving. the riot police have moved out from a side street to take up a position along the avenue here. you can see them standing at the ready, and they're being insulted, booed, had the occasional projectile thrown at them by the crowd around. most of the yellow vests kept well back from the trouble spots. all they wanted was to get their message out. translation: emmanuel macron has to step down. the parliament sho

hugh schofield sent this report from paris.t the end of the day of violence in paris and still it went on. at the arc de triomphe, covered now in anti— macron graffiti, police fired water cannon to clear the crowd. darkness feel at the end of a day of violence in paris and still, it went on. at the arc de triomphe, covered now in anti—macron graffiti, police fired water cannon to clear the crowds. and here in the gardens by the louvre, one protester is now in a coma after they tore down the metal grille. this evening, the arc de triomphe is back under police control but there are still knots of protesters out there, there's still the tang of tear gas in the air. and in the streets around here, a trail of destruction — cars burned out, shop windows smashed, bank windows smashed. parisians are used to protest, but this has been of a rare violence. all day, there were running battles between riot police and yellow vest protesters. though how many of these were actually agitators of the far right and the far left is one unanswered

hugh schofield sent this report from paris. the arc de triomphe this afternoon.ups 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,

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.ing deployed in paris, president macron was in buenos aires at the g20 summit. he gave this reaction to the violence on the streets of his capital city. translator: what happened in paris today has absolutely nothing to do with the peaceful demonstration of a legitimate unhappiness or discontent, but this does not justify the public buildings being set afire. thatjournalists be threatened or the arc de triomphe be tagged. the authors of these violence do not want change. they don't want any improvement, they don't. they just want to wreak chaos. and they betray the causes that they're pretending to serve. let's get some of the day's other news. the top us naval officer in the middle east has been found dead at his home in bahrain. vice admiral scott stearney was commander of the fifth fleet, which is responsible for all us navy forces in the gulf region. he took over as commander last may and had 36 years of service in the navy. this is devastating news for the family, for the team of

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.carrying suspected migrants has been picked up off the coast of dover by the border force. in the last three months, more than 100 migrants are known to have attempted crossing the english channel, the world's busiest shipping lane. un climate talks in poland, which were due to end yesterday, have been extended to allow delegates more time to agree a consensus on how to limit global warming. talks continued through the night on contentious issues including how poorer countries should be compensated for the damage caused by global warming. delegates are also trying to agree rules on how to implement earlier pledges to cut emissions. journeys using the two crossings which span the river severn into south wales will soon be toll—free. the barriers on the m4 prince of wales bridge, are being dismantled first, with work planned for the m48 bridge on monday. there is some disruption and drivers are being warned to plan theirjourneys in advance. 0ur wales correspondent sian lloyd has more. an

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. has paid tribute to president george h w bush, who's died at the age of 94, early this morning at his home in texas. in a statement, the queen, called president bush a great friend and ally of the united kingdom as well as a patriot, serving his country with honour and distinction in office and during the second world war. she said her thoughts and prayers are with the bush family and the american people. the white house has announced that wednesday will be a national day of mourning across the united states. george bush senior, was elected president in 1988 — as the cold war came to an end, and led the united states in the first gulf war, when saddam hussein invaded kuwait. our north america editor, jon sopel, looks back at his life. 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

hugh schofield in paris, thank you very much.ris as we get it in the course of this morning. it is 10:18am. let's take a look at the headlines. his son george w bush described him as a man of the highest character. another resignation over brexit. the universities and science minister, sam gyimah resigns calling the prime minister's plan "naive". police in paris fire tear gas as protesters take to the streets against president macron's policy of raising fuel taxes to combat global warming. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. tyson fury thinks this could be the greatest comeback ever. he has lost ten stone to get to this point, having spent two years out of the sport. our reporterfrom los angeles. 12 rounds... tyson fury attempting to do what he does best, to get under the skin of opponents. unlike their last face—off, which endedin unlike their last face—off, which ended in a melee, this time you could not penetrate the facade of the master champion. tomorrow is time. actions speak loude

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.dead at his home in bahrain. vice admiral scott stearney was commander of the 5th fleet, which is responsible for all us navy forces in the gulf region. he took over as commander last may and had 36 years of service in the navy. this is devastating news for the stearney family, for the team at 5th fleet and for the entire navy. scott stearney was a decorated naval warrior. he was a devoted husband and father and he was a good friend to all of us. the naval criminal investigative service and the bahraini ministry of interior are cooperating on the investigation but at this time, no foul play is suspected. real admiral paul schlise, the deputy commander of 5th fleet, has assumed command and is maintaining continuity in our responsibilities and posture in the us 5th fleet. recovery efforts are continuing in alaska after a large earthquake on friday. the epicentre was about 13km north of the state's biggest city, anchorage. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. we are now ver

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. and his chinese counterpart, xijinping, have held a working dinner at the 620 summit in buenos aires. officials from both sides say the talks had gone well with chinese state television suggesting the two leaders had agreed that no additional tariffs will be imposed after january 1st. it added that negotiations between the two sides would continue. the new mexican president, andres manuel lopez obrador, has been sworn in at a ceremony in mexico city. there are many international guests in attendance, including us vice—president mike pence and ivanka trump. having run on an anti—corruption platform, mr obrador's supporters are hoping he'll tackle widespread poverty and inequality. here's our correspondent in mexico, will grant. andres manuel lopez obrador received the presidential sash from the outgoing president to cries of "presidente" and "yes, we can" inside the chamber. "friends", he told the gathered dignitaries, "today begins the fourth transformation of mexico". basically raisi

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.mshire. emergency crews were called to the home in collingham, near newark, at around 7 o‘clock this morning. a 3a—year—old man and a young boy are in hospital with serious injuries. an investigation into the cause of the fire is underway. it‘s 1a:20, your headlines on bbc news: the work and pensions secretary calls for a cross—party consensus to find a way forward on brexit, as the foreign secretary says it‘s still possible to get a version of the prime minister‘s deal through parliament. firefighters put out a large blaze which broke out in an enclosure at chester zoo. one person is treated for smoke inhalation. un climate talks in poland are extended after continuing through the night as countries try to agree the way forward for the paris agreement. journeys using the two crossings which span the river severn into south wales will soon be toll free. the barriers on the ma, prince of wales bridge, are being dismantled first, with work planned for the ma8 bridge on monday. there is s

from the french capital, hugh schofield, has sent this report.group of yellow vests comes up against a police cordon. noise, but not much fury. the tension subsides. the authorities were ready for the worst. as the day began, once again, thousands of riot police were on the streets, searching protesters and for hidden projectiles. but so far, the day has been, in general, peaceful. even good—humoured. a group of feminists came to lend their support to the yellow vests, but overall the numbers are way down. these are the hardliners in the movement, who want more concessions from president macron beyond the 10 billion euros in spending pledges for the low—paid that he promised last week. still noisy, but this is not a protest on the same scale as previous saturdays. some have come, more have stayed away. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. let's go live to paris now, and show you the latest scenes which are live from the french capital. you can see a bit of a stand—off there, with protesters, a few wearing those distinctive yellow vests that we have s

hugh schofield in paris, thank you. to issue prison officers with a synthetic pepper spray to help tackle violence injails. the substance — known as pava — has been tested in four prisons over six months. the prison reform trust says the spray was used "unsafely and inappropriately" during the trials. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. stop what you're doing! stop right there! it's used by police to subdue violent suspects, now prison officers are getting cannisters of pepper spray. pava, as it's known, will be available in public sector prisons for men from next year. when ministers announced the roll—out in october, they said it followed a successful pilot scheme. the inca pacita nt was deployed 50 times. but analysis by the prison reform trust suggested pava wasn't being used as it should've been. in two thirds of cases it said the use of the spray may have breached official guidance. sometimes prison officers were accidentally squirted, and it found pava was deployed against prisoners with mental hea

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.gas was being deployed in paris, president macron was in buenos aires at the 620 summit. he gave this reaction to the violence on the streets of his capital city. translator: what happened in paris today has absolutely nothing to do with the peaceful demonstration of a legitimate unhappiness or discontent, but this does not justify the public buildings being set afire. thatjournalists be threatened or the arc de triomphe be tagged. the authors of these violence do not want change. they don't want any improvement, they don't. they just want to wreak chaos. and they betray the causes that 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 of the services involved. let's turn to the 620 in argentina now, where the leaders are leaving buenos aires as the summit closes. t

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.ay's brexit deal has suffered another blow, with the resignation of the universitites and science minister sam gyimah. he says the prime minister's agreement with the eu is "a deal in name only," which would remove britain's voice and veto, and lead to it being "hammered" in future negotiations with europe. meanwhile, theresa may has been defending her brexit plan as she addressed the g20 summit in buenos aires. following that latest government resignation, the prime minister was asked if it was time to acknowledge a lack of support for her deal. the next nine days are really important for our country, leading up 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 think this isa explaining to them why i think this is a good dealfor the uk, wyatt is a deal that delivers on brexit added also protects jobs and the economy. and why allowing this deal to go ahead, passing this deal in the book

we can now speak to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. 90,000 expected. there are certainly expecting the worst in paris, in the last half hour here we have seen a big movement of yellow vest protesters down from the arc de triomphe which is way back there. and they have been moving there must be several thousand i would say, en masse down towards the bottom end weather is a big, big police line. there are armoured vehicles and a big fan to be put up under awful lot of police around. the situation is so far good—humoured but one senses that it has potential to turn tends very quickly. the groups of police, over very are police who are plainclothed but also with helmets on who have taken some people aside and patting them down. nothing too serious but thatis them down. nothing too serious but that is what is happening all around. i'm going to come over here now. the tactics of the police do seem to be different this time, the area is open to the protesters which is why they have come down. at the moment the situation is relatively good—hum

hugh schofield in paris, many thanks.has got coming up in her programme at ten o'clock. good morning. across 2018, 73 people have died in knife attacks on london's streets, that is so far this year. behind that shocking statistic our mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and friends, who are facing christmas without a loved one. we will talk exclusively to two families who are speaking out for the first time about the impact of such a loss on their lives. we are here at ten o'clock on bbc two, bbc news and online. that is coming up in halfan news and online. that is coming up in half an hour but first we can look at the weather with simon. good morning. it is a fairly quiet start to the week with plenty of dry weather and plenty of bright skies and sunshine this morning for most of us. more cloud increases from the west today, but it will be largely dry. a few showers around north west england and into the netherlands and showers in north—eastern parts of northern ireland as well. cloud increases around western areas, furth

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.scued after her boat capsized during a solo round—the—world race has said she would do it again in a heartbeat. susie goodall was rescued after she got into trouble 2,000 miles west of cape horn. yesterday, she finally arrived back in chile where she was reunited with her mother and brother. ben ando reports. back on dry land and an emotional welcome from her family for susie goodall, the british sailor rescued from the southern ocean after the mast of her racing yacht was torn off in a ferocious storm. after 157 days alone at sea, and a very emotional week to follow, i was fighting back the tears as i stepped off the ship and saw my mum and oldest brother. my whole family have been my rock from day one of this whole journey, way back three years ago when i signed up to this golden globe race. i've put them through a lot and i know i have a lot of making up to do. she set sail injune. at 29, the youngest competitor in the gruelling golden globe round—the—world race. she'd reached fourt

hugh schofield is on the streets of paris. what is your sense of how things are today?ession. i don't know whether it is because police have worked. there is a different police tactic in operation now, they have been allowed onto the champs—elysees, protesters are moving up and down, not really knowing what to do. i hope eventually they will begin to drift off. whether or not they have the same numbers is questionable as well. we're not talking about very large numbers year, three or 4000, so large numbers year, three or 4000, so those different aspects of today make it feel a little bit different from last week. that said, there are potential flash points up towards the arc de triomphe. we have seen the arc de triomphe. we have seen the small panics as the crowd comes piling down after the riot police set of tear gas canisters, there is a lot of abuse of right police, situations which could easily burst into something more violent but for now i would say the government is tentatively hopeful that the danger has passed. he does not feel quite as dangerous as it did last

we were talking to hugh schofield and he said that generally the atmosphere has been 0k, tense but 0k saw a moment ago one of the protesters going rate up to those police barricades, always in this situation as well you get many photographers gadding around. so we stay with some of those images for a moment and we can go to a journalist who lives in paris as well. stephan very good morning to you. we're looking at some of those images this morning. what are you hearing in terms of the numbers involved and what is happening? so far it has been calm in the streets of paris, it looks like everybody stayed at home, a lot of shops and banks and restaurants are closed with wooden panels in front of their signs to protect themselves. i am front of their signs to protect themselves. iam now front of their signs to protect themselves. i am now right near the plaster la bastille, this is one of the hotspots of the demonstrations. it is almost impossible to penetrate to the square, there are very heavily armed riot police all around the square. i have seen some yellow vests walking around here,

our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, reports.he avenue

a little earlier i spoke with our correspondent hugh schofield in paris.ing up to the arc de triomphe. you can see it is shrouded in smoke from firecrackers and tear gas canisters. the champs elysees over to our right. that is eerily empty because eve ryo ne right. that is eerily empty because everyone has been capped off it. instead what you are seen as crowds of people converging on the arc de triomphe. they don't know what awaits them there. but word has got out that the arc de triomphe is the place to be. you can see some of these people have masks on. they are ready for a confrontation. they seem to be pretty good—tempered. if we we re to be pretty good—tempered. if we were french media, they would not be good—tempered. they have it in for the french media but we are keeping oui’ the french media but we are keeping our english voice is very loud so that they are where we are foreign media. what is driving this protest? it has sustained itself despite every attempt by the government to pacfiy every attempt by the government to pacify the protesters. wel

hugh schofield reports. another saturday, another violent protest at a paris landmark.away from the shops of the champs elysees, so it was at the top, around the arc de triomphe, that there were the clashes with police. all morning we have seen hundreds and hundreds of yellowjackets gathering here on the avenue, and then pushing up towards the arc de triomphe, which you can see behind us shrouded in tear gas. the more daring go to the front where there are clashes going on with riot police, the others hang back where we are now. most of the marchers kept well away from the violence and expressed in words their anger and determination. translation: the problem is much bigger than just a fuel tax. that was just the straw that broke the camel's back. the distress has been brewing for years, it is time to make ourselves felt. translation: we are simple citizens, simple french citizens. it is the people who are rebelling, no political parties here. translation: we thought we were seeing the beginnings of a dialogue between the yellow vests and the government, but with all of

a little earlier i spoke with our correspondent hugh schofield in paris.u can see, is shrouded in smoke. the champs elysees over to our right. that is eerily empty. everyone has been capped of it. instead you what you will see is crowds of people converging on the arctic triomphe. there is no particular call to go anywhere but word has got out that the arc de triomphe is the place to be. some of these people have masks on, they are clearly ready for a confrontation. they seem to be pretty good—tempered. if they were macro we were french media, they would not be good—tempered. they haveitin would not be good—tempered. they have it in for the french media. we are keeping our voices very loud so they are aware we are foreign media. what is driving this last remark? it has sustained itself despite every attempt by the government to pacify the protesters. well, the government has not actually done very much, other than say that it understands their motivation. that is what president macron said the other day. there has been no change of policy. this is the 50%

earlier i spoke to our correspondent hugh schofield in paris, and asked him how surprised politiciansave been by the scale of the protests. it has been taken by surprise, i think they really underestimated the nature of the movement, or to say they miss understood the nature of they miss understood the nature of the movement. i do not particularly think it is their fault and this is a new kind of movement, it is france's insurrection past meeting facebook which is new and what happened yesterday i think was a sign of the movement becoming more radical. i think many people who support it did turn up in paris and the numbers were not very big but the numbers were not very big but the ones who did wanted to have a go and among them it is quite clear there were many people for organised rioters, people from the far left and right who wait to do this and come in and latch onto whatever protest, there were professional writers out there who were leading at all but with them there were also yellow vest protesters of the more radical side, people who were joining in as well. they all went hom

however, the issues raised by protestors have now become broader, as hugh schofield reports.the riot police will be out in force on the sean sowerby is a weren't number of luxury goods shops say they will be shut. some museums will be closed but the louvre and the eiffel tower will stay open. the authorities are taking no chances but they have the number of protesters today will be significantly down on previous weekends after the president's offer to open the state's offers on monday with 10 billion euros help to people on low wages and tenses —— pensions, some in the yellow vest movement have said that is a major state forward. others fear the violence of the last to saturday protests, much of it caused by young opportunists rather than burnt by the protesters, has damaged the cause but there are still yellow vests around the country who feel now is not the time to ease up the pressure. they feel that if emmanuel macron has given once, he can give again. let's get some of the day's other news: president trump has named his current budget director mick mulvaney as his acting

he's announced reforms he hopes will meet the demonstrators' demands. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield hours ago and it was relatively quiet. has much changed within paris and at other protests around the country? in paris, not really. they are talking now about 4000 protesters in the centre of paris. nothing, really. don't forget, last week they we re really. don't forget, last week they were not that many more. about 8000 last week. that proved to be an occasion at which there was potential for havoc, and there was havoc. even though the numbers are clearly down this saturday, one shouldn't write it off as a success for the police until a bit later in the day. around the country, there are the day. around the country, there a re protests in the day. around the country, there are protests in marseille. no trouble i am aware of. in calais, they have blocked the access road to they have blocked the access road to the port but i suspect that has been moved on by riot police. in general i would say that the government is looking on with cautious satisfaction that there is a downward trend

well, our paris correspondent hugh schofield gave us this update on what's been happening so far on then the face of it, this is a very disappointing day for the gilets jaunes, assuming they wanted to turn out en masse. there must be a few hundred people on the champs elysees, a couple of hundred more at the opera. but right now, they are outnumbered 8 to 1 by the security forces, 8,000 of whom are in paris and almost by media cameras because they are out in force as well. it is way down on last week. one other statistic — the police say that this time last week they had arrested 300 or 400 people who they were stopping coming into the central zone and found to be carrying, you know, projectiles or gas masks, things like that. so far today they have 30 or 40, so a tenth of what it was last week. again, too early to draw any firm conclusions and it's possible that the so—called casseurs, the agitators and the vandals who wrecked last saturday could come in in the afternoon but right now it's really looking like it is way, way down on last week. what reception have the proposals president

hugh schofield reports.e end of the day of violence in paris and still, it went on. the arc de triomphe, covered now in ansi macron graffiti, police fired water cannon to clear the crowd. and here in the gardens by the louvre, one protester is now in a coma after they tore down the metal grille. this evening the arc de triomphe is back under police control but there are still lots of protesters out there, still the tang of tear gas in the air. and in the streets around here, a trail of destruction, cars burned—out, shop windows smashed, bank windows smashed, corinthians are used to process but this has been with rare violence. all there were running battles between riot police and vest protesters. but how many of these we re protesters. but how many of these were actually agitators of the far right and the far left is one other question. they tore rock cobblestones to fling at police and satellites the cars and buildings. and amid the scenes of destruction, ordinary people who have come from across france to

in paris, several hundred people marched along the champs—elysees, from there, hugh schofield, sent thisdred yellow vests down there front of the police cordon. they certainly cannot go any further in that direction because that leads to the elysees palace, and as on previous saturdays, it is very much blocked off by police. up and down the champs—elysees, again, ido not know, a few hundred, maybe a couple thousand yellow vests wandering up and down, not really with any great sense of direction. there have been moments of tension during the day, sporadic tear gas firings, little movements, mini panics of the crowd and so on, and about a mile from here, there have been similar scenes, but i have to say, it is nothing like the atmosphere of last saturday or the saturday before. the numbers are smaller, there is no great sense of dread or expectation of violence so far, and a number of shops are even open here in the champs—elysees. whether that is because of the concessions macron made during the week or because some people are staying away because it is the festive season, and they feel i

hugh schofield reports. the arc de triomphe this afternoon.w vested protest as have pushed past police and gone past the tomb of the unknown soldier. all day, scenes of serious violence in the streets around, maybe 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 made afternoon, we have been chased down a side street by riot police with tear gas and anti—riot grenades, a car is on fire behind me just off the champs—elysees, it is a real scene of street warfare. of real scene of street warfare. of destruction, ordinary people who had come from across france to demonstrate peaceably. they do not wa nt demonstrate peaceably. they do not want the violence to divert attention from their message that taxes and france have gone too file. translation: abraham lincoln said something important, government should be of the people, by the people, for the people. paul —— for the people. our politician should keep that

our paris correspondent hugh schofield is there for us now.test this for the presidency of macron. the president needs to make a decision, does he stick to his guns? everything about the president we know up to now suggests he's will prefer the latter option, sticking to his gun, no president likes to be seen to give in to violence, especially of this radical nature and president macron has been someone nature and president macron has been someone who likes to pride himself as being different from his predecessors as presidents who he says flip—flopped when there was pressure from the street, but on the other side, this movement is something whose strength i feel he has misunderstood and underestimated. it is not a movement of political parties or union, it is almost like the ordinary people discovering their power through social media, so there is big pressure for him to make some kind of concession. thank you hugh. the chief inspector of schools in england has said that teachers can't be expected to act as substitute parents, or solve social

hugh schofield is on the streets of paris.t a repeat of what happened last weekend. no, i will describe what is happening. the top end of the champs—elysees near the arc de triomphe and the police have been bottled up on the side street, there has been a lot of tear gas, a lot of flashbangs sent out by the police to try and clear the crowd away. —— crowd away. just in the last few minutes this squadron of riot police of mid down undertaking opposition here, around us here are the yellow vests who were taunting them and shouting at them. in general up to now the mood has been fairly calm, but one senses where i am now that it is slightly more dodgy territory. these police are ready for action and they can sense people who have done for them. we have seen people picking up cobblestones and so on. my feeling is this could degenerate. what might surprise people from outside of france watching this and listening to you this morning is that given the government has suspended the fuel tax increase that was scheduled for next month, t

earlier i spoke to our correspondent hugh schofield in paris and asked him how surprised politiciansy the scale of the protests. it has been taken by surprise. they have really underestimated the nature of the movement, or i should say they have misunderstood the nature of the movement. i don't think it is their fault, this is a new kind of movement. this is france's insurrectionary past meeting facebook, it is something that is new. what happened yesterday was that it was a sign of the movement becoming more radical. i think many people who support the gilets jaunes did not turn up in paris, the numbers were not big, but those who did were the ones who wanted to have a go. among them it is quite clear that there were many people from organised rioters, the far left and right who make a business out of doing this and wait for the opportunity to come in and latch onto whatever protest is going on. they were professional rioters who were leading at all. but with them there were also gilets jaunes, or yellow vest, protesters of the more radical side who were joining in as well. it all e

we can now speak to our paris correspondent, hugh schofield. good morning, hugh.tions there. well, i mean, the numbers are already impressive. 8000 gendarme and riot police in paris, 89,000 across the country because let's not forget, there are other cities where there's been protests. but the focus is on paris and very much where i am now, the champs—elysees. behind me, the arc de triomphe, the scene of the arc de triomphe, the scene of the terrible violence from last saturday, abalone, the elysee palace, where macron is watching these events with great attention —— baloney. the gendarme for the first time in decades had to deal with this —— baloney. this is the day the government has to get things right. if there's escalation again today, we are in difficult and uncharted territory. police here are meeting and a costing the various groups of yellow vest is beginning to arrive already, all perfectly good humoured so already, all perfectly good humoured so far, they are searching bags and so on so far, they are searching bags and so on for projectiles so people do

in paris, several hundred people marched along the champs—elysees, from there, hugh schofield, sent thistom and as you can see, there are few hundred down there and they certainly cannot go any further in that direction because that leads to the area blocked off by the police. up and down, iam blocked off by the police. up and down, i am no, blocked off by the police. up and down, iam no, a few blocked off by the police. up and down, i am no, a few hundred or a thousand yellow vests, no real sense of direction. that been moments of tension, but sporadic tear gas firings, and it is been about a mile from here, some listings. but i have to say it is nothing like the atmosphere of last saturday of the saturday before. no great sense of dread or expectation of violence so far. a number of shops are even opened here. whether that is because of the concessions made in the week, maybe people are staying away because of the festive season and some feel that it is just time to wind down for a bit, because of the violence, keeping people away, perhaps it is the court? we do not know, but the tensi

our paris correspondent is hugh schofield. here's his assessment of the situation., they're trying to scare mongering and to discourage people from turning up and saying there's a real threat violence, the quote is quite scary. it says that there are thousands of people we saw coming to paris this weekend due to smash and kill, that is a statement from them. to which some people say, really? maybe they're just trying to discourage people from coming. but no, we have to keep this in context and the context is a very tense situation in which there are groups of people from the far left in the far right who have shown that they wa nt to far right who have shown that they want to graft themselves onto this movement and their agenda is causing trouble they want trouble and reaction from the police, they want overreaction from the police and i'm sure they'll be out there on saturday doing that. what worries me on sunday that the police, and the riot police of that two is of being run ragged by these protesters are going to be unsafe —— on different orders, and they are al

we can go to paris correspondent hugh schofield. among them, this is after all the suspension of the fuel tax rise, the key demand would start of the whole thing off a month ago and arguably had this, earlier we would have avoided all the aggravation and scenes we saw on saturday so i think it will satisfy them, the moderate element and it will satisfy also a large part of public opinion which is very much behind the protesters at which will see this as the government listening and acting. there is i am afraid another side to this and that is the hardline element whose appetite has been whetted by seeing the government on the run and we will have to see whether they feel this is acceptable and there are indications that many of them don't but whether they have the weight to carry the protest movement onto another day we will have to see. 0n the question president macron, thatis 0n the question president macron, that is a huge question. it is a setback for him. it is the first time he has climbed down and been humiliated basically si

televised address, he said no tax warranted endangering the unity of the nation. 0ur correspondent hugh schofielddown and there are two questions, will this be enough to appease the protesters? i think the a nswer to appease the protesters? i think the answer to that is there is a good chanceit answer to that is there is a good chance it will. it will certainly wheel away a good chunk of the moderate yellow vests and probably satisfy them, and that might be enoughin satisfy them, and that might be enough in itself to deprive the movement of the momentum it needs, although what cannot rule out the hardliners putting in more protest this saturday. the big question is the legacy and what this tells us about president macron. is he damaged goods? to a point you would have to say he is. he has set his reputation on being a new kind of president who does not give into the street, but here he is giving into the street and doing exactly what his predecessors have done in the past. it also leaves a big hole in the budget for next year because the tax is being suspended, and it was there to raise revenue,

hugh schofield joins from paris. hello to you. are emboldened and radicalising. there is every reason to fear that tomorrow‘s protests in paris will be just as bad, if not worse, than last week. this massive deployment of the security forces on the streets of paris, 8,000 out, something never seen for many years, plus these armoured vehicles, is a real sign that... they fear that this is getting out of control. words have been bandied around in france of civil war and coup d‘etat, insurrection, which capture, not the be realistic but capture what is in people‘s minds. the situation is very chaotic and dangerous. there is the danger of more violence notjust in paris and elsewhere. resident macron must be very aware of the image this sends around the world as well and not a good one. absolutely. i don‘t think that is the top of his priorities at the moment, because that would be getting through this. it has come up on him so suddenly, the protest movements. one month or so ago he still seemed to be riding pretty high. his opinion po