Yellow Vests

Poll suggests most of the country wants them to stop

Thousands of protesters took part in Paris calling for ban on the weapons

Houellebecq, a fierce eurosceptic, became a pin-up of the far right after his last book, 'Submission'

Eric Drouet was held while heading for Champs-Elysees 'yellow vests' protests

Protesters indicate they would try again after being turned back by the police

As protesters ponder whether to stage another large rally in Paris or in the nearby town of Versailles

Macron calls the petition a citizens' act

Accident happened in the Erquelinnes area of Belgium at a junction between N40 and N54 roads

Around 90,000 security forces are mobilised across France and 2,000 people detained in Paris

With a swarm of fake reports from mostly European countries