Sky's adamparsons reports from Paris where tear gas has been used on protesters, amid reports of looting in the centre of the city. He says that disorder is 'not likely to dissipate suddenly' as rioting is reported in several major French cities.
On Pont Neuf, right in the very heart of Paris, a blend of people. Tourists, smart-dressed locals, and lots of police officers in riot gear.
Near a smart shopping centre, the riot police have arrived in numbers to chase down those who seem intent on causing damage. We can see people being arrested, searched and then put into the back of a van. A man, standing with his girlfriend, starts shouting questions at them as they run past. It is a curious blend of the normal and the abnormal.is volatile and unpredictable. Marseille, the country's second biggest city, succumbed to a night of such looting and lawlessness that, a little after midnight, the government announced it would be sending reinforcements down to the south.
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