1,220 arrested, 71 injured in a new wave of Paris riots
New wave of protests and riots injured 71 people in the French capital and caused widespread damage in the protest actions known as "yellow jackets" which criticizes rising fuel prices, taxes and costs.
As western media outlets report, the number of injured in Paris and nationwide was down on Saturday from protest riots a week ago.
Some 125,000 took to the streets on Saturday around France with a bevy of demands.
France's Interior Ministry said 1,220 people were taken into custody around France during the latest yellow vest protests, a round-up the scale of which the country has not seen in years.