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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 19 March 2019

France bans some yellow vest protests in Paris after riots

By SYLVIE CORBET them online, are complicit
ANGELA CHARLTON and will have to face the
Associated Press consequences,” he said.
PARIS (AP) — France’s Philippe promised “noth-
prime minister announced ing will change” for other
a ban Monday on yellow peaceful, authorized pro-
vest protests along the tests. The surge in violence
Champs-Elysees Avenue in came as the 4-month-old
Paris and in two other cities yellow vest movement,
following riots on Saturday which is pressing for more
that left luxury stores ran- economic justice, has been
sacked and charred from dwindling. Images of the
arson fires. destruction on Saturday—
Prime Minister Edouard including from a bank fire
Philippe said the ban will that engulfed a residential
apply for an unspecified building and threatened
period in the neighbor- the lives of a mother and
hoods that have been “the Bystanders take snapshots of the smashed windows of the famed tea salon Laduree on the Champs child — could further erode
most impacted” in the cit- Elysees the day after it was vandalized during the 18th straight weekend of demonstrations by the public support.
ies of Paris, Bordeaux and yellow vests, in Paris, France, Sunday, March 17, 2019. But the renewed attention
Toulouse, where repeated Associated Press energized some protesters,
destruction has occurred sought to avoid a repeat operations on Saturday, re- against rioters and disperse who took to social networks
since the yellow vest pro- of Saturday’s violence, in jecting “inappropriate” or- crowds. He said police will to call for new protests this
test movement began in which rioters set life-threat- ders given to security forces use new tools, including Saturday to demand lower
November. ening fires, ransacked luxu- to use fewer rubber bullets drones and video surveil- taxes and more support for
He also said Paris police ry stores and attacked po- following a controversy lance, to help preventing workers.
chief Michel Delpuech will lice around the Champs-El- about the numerous injuries violence and send rioters The Finance Ministry held
be replaced this week by ysees. Many of those high- they’ve caused at previous to trial. a meeting Monday with
prefect Didier Lallement. end boutiques remained protests. “When a protest has been groups representing small
Philippe announced the closed on Monday, some Philippe also announced a banned and its aim is to businesses, restaurants, ho-
measures following a meet- of them charred from arson shift in security strategy to ransack and loot, all of tels, insurance companies
ing with French President fires set. allow police forces to have those who take part it in and banks to estimate the
Emmanuel Macron and He acknowledged “dys- a greater initiative on the and, in fact, protect looters, economic impact of the
top security officials that function” in French police ground to take measures encourage them or glorify protests. q

UN hosts powers to discuss preventing an arms race in space

Associated Press will actually find it in their national na, France, Russia and the United reach a basic consensus on a list
GENEVA (AP) — Government interests. States. The Trump administration, of elements that could one day
experts from 25 countries have The informal, closed-door talks for one, has touted its plans for a be part of a possible agreement
opened a meeting to look at ways over two weeks starting Monday at “Space Force.” on space. He acknowledged
of preventing an arms race in the United Nations in Geneva will The group’s chairman, Ambassa- that aiming for a treaty within
space, amid uncertainty whether test the level of goodwill among dor Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota the next decade would be “very
some of the world’s biggest powers key powers including Britain, Chi- of Brazil, said the meeting aims to ambitious.”q