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BATTLEFIELD PARIS Police bombarded with fireworks fight back with tear gas as mass riots turn Paris into warzone

British tourists were caught up in violence on the Champs Elysee yesterday, when a huge crowd gathered to call for President Emmanuel Macron to quit

Water cannons and rounds of teargas were used by riot cops against thousands of French “Yellow Vest” fuel protesters today as the Champs Elysee was reduced to a battlefield.

The worst violence took place on the most famous avenue in the city where a huge crowd called for President Emmanuel Macron to resign.

The unrest has erupted over spiking fuel prices in the country and is pilling pressure on the government.

A police officer at the scene said: “They included hooded demonstrators who were determined to cause trouble.

“We’ve been forced to deploy a water cannon and use tear gas to stop them getting to a secure zone.

“They’re breaking up traffic obstacles to create missiles to throw at us. It’s getting very violent.”

The zone included the Elysee Palace – Mr Macron’s official home – and the Place de la Concorde, opposite the National Assembly, France’s parliament.

The Yellow Vests – gilets jaunes in French – are named after the high visibility jackets they wear.

They have been conducting a grassroots campaign against escalating petrol and diesel prices.

Senior French ministers have slammed the ‘radicalisation’ and ‘anarchy’ involved, claiming far-Right and hard-Left elements have hijacked the protests.

Two road deaths have been linked with the protests so far – both at illegal road blocks set up by the Yellow Vests.

There have also been 553 woundings, 17 of them serious.

More than 95 police have been hurt in a variety of disturbances, including an attempt to storm the Elysee Palace last weekend.

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Los Angeles schools shut over ‘threat’

Los Angeles schools have been closed as an unspecified threat is investigated, police have said.

The district is the second largest in the US, with 640,000 students attending more than 1,000 schools.

Burbank, Glendale, Compton, Santa Monica, Pasadena and San Bernardino remain open.

New York City officials said they were also threatened and says it isn’t credible.

Gay superintendent Ramon C. Cortines in LA says it is

RAMON CORTINES HAD ‘ADULT’ RELATIONSHIP WITH DISTRICT MANAGER SCOT GRAHAM: LAUSD SETTLES SEX HARASSMENT CLAIM

PROPHET LEAVES CALIFORNIA ZONE- LARGEST EARTHQUAKE IN 25 YEARS HITS SAN FRANCISCO AREA

The San Francisco area was hit with the strongest quake in 25 years. The 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The power was out in Napa, only 6 miles away from the earthquakes epicentre, affecting over 10,000 households, and some cellphone networks were down. California’s Highway 12 was also damaged, with areas of the highway buckled by the quake. There was damage to buildings in Napa. There were no fatalities in the quake.

Read More: The Telegraph

EBOLA VICTIM HAD BEEN TRAVELLING BACK TO THE US WHEN HE BECAME ILL

Ebola victim who sparked global panic had been travelling back to his home in Minnesota when he became ill in Nigeria, where he died. Patrick Sawyer worked for the Liberian government, but lived in the US with his wife and three children. Mr Sawyer, had been caring for his sick sister, in Liberia, (who he did not know to be suffering the Ebola virus) before travelling to Lagos, Nigeria for a conference. Whilst on the plane Mr Sawyer became ill, on arrival in Nigeria he booked himself into a private hospital, where he later died.

Ebola virus has an incubation period of up to 21 days, and first looks like any other virus: fever, vomiting, and diarrhoea. The virus then causes internal bleeding, and can be 90% fatal.

Had Mr Sawyer reached the States he could have become patient zero in a US epidemic.

Read More: The Telegraph

Cat Saves Small Boy from Vicious Dog Attack

A small boy riding his bike outside his home in Bakersfield, California, was suddenly attacked by a neighbours dog. The Labrador Chow cross pulled the 4-year old off his bike before biting him several times. The family cat them rushed to the boys rescue, scaring the dog off. The attack was captured on the family surveillance camera.

The parents of the child believe the cat has saved their son’s life. The owner’s of the dog volunterily brought the dog to the local police station and the animal has now been destroyed.

Read More: Huffington Post