PARIS: “Yellow vest” protesters marched in cities across France for a 16th straight week on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in a bid to keep up pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron in demonstrations again marred by vandalism and violence.

In Paris, a man was reportedly hit in the face by a rubber bullet fired by a controversial riot control weapon, while in the southwestern city of Bordeaux a member of Parliament (MP) accused police of assaulting him.

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