Police fire tear gas at Paris protesters

Police in Paris have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters demonstrating for a second weekend against rising fuel prices.

Clashes broke out on the Champs Elysees despite a police security cordon around sensitive sites in the centre of the French capital.

Some 280,000 people took part in protests at more than 2,000 locations across France last Saturday.

Organisers billed the latest protests as “act two” in their rolling campaign.