kieron mirchandani reports., the yellow vest protests saw thousands come out on the streets of paris. contrast with today's protest, and it is a very different scene. only a small group of protesters are taking part, their message still strong but their numbers depleted. a lot has changed in france since the yellow vest movement erupted six months ago. president emmanuel macron was set to implement a fuel tax which many argued would unfairly target the poorest in france. week after week of anger saw the president finally relent in a televised address. translation: i've given the impression of giving constant orders, of being tough, sometimes unfair. i regret that because it is not what i'm like deep down, and i don't think it has helped my case. but perhaps what has hurt the yellow vest protests most is a sense of that most french of sentiments — ennui, from the surrounding businesses and residents. of course, this isn't to say the yellow vest protest won't spark the interest of the french public again. for now

kieron mirchandani reports.ast year, the yellow vest protests sorts thousands come out on the streets of paris. contrast with today's protest, and it is a very different scene. only a small group of protesters are taking part, their message still strong but their numbers depleted. a lot has changed in france since the yellow vest movement erupted six months ago. president emmanuel macron was set to implement a fuel tax which many argued would unfairly target the poorest in france. week after week of anger saw the president finally relent in a televised address. translation: i've given the impression of giving constant orders, of being tough, sometimes unfair. i regret that because it is not what i'm like deep down, and i don't think it has helped my case. but perhaps what has hurt the yellow vest protests the most is a sense of that most french of sentiments — ennui, from the surrounding businesses and residents. of course, this isn't to say the yellow vest protest won't spark the interest of the french public a

kieron mirchandani, bbc news.e art biennale opened on saturday with 90 national pavilions, each featuring the work of artists, commissioned to represent the host country. 0ur arts editor, will gompertz, has been checking them out. if a city could ever be called a work of art, surely it is venice. that man—made masterpiece rising out of a salty lagoon, with its magnificent palazzos, shimmering canals and napoleonic gardens — at the end of which is the british pavilion — a neoclassical building that plays host to a disturbing and, at times, brutal installation by the artist, cathy wilkes, whose display of eerie mannequins and household objects is representing britain at the 2019 venice art biennale. she trained in belfast, as did the sculptor eva rothschild, who has filled the irish pavilion with an array of materials and shapes that create a sort of landscape of art to wander through — and to climb on. to talk about the biennale‘s founding idea, dating back over 100 years, an artist representing a country. is there