
A bank was attacked, a government building was vandalised and rioting broke out next to Napoleon Bonaparte's tomb as 84,000 anti-government Yellow Vests demonstrated all over France for the 10th weekend in a row.

Protesters threw firecrackers, bottles and stones at police who used tear gas, water cannon, flash ball guns and baton charges to push them back at Les Invalides, where the body of the former French emperor and military leader lies in a sarcophagus underneath a golden dome.

According to official figures, the biggest demonstration on Saturday occurred in the southern city of Toulouse, where around 10,000 people took part. The demonstration turned violent as evening fell, as protesters vandalised a bank and other shops.

Eight people were injured and there were 23 arrests.

There were also disturbances in Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseille, while the local government building was attacked in Angers, northwest of Paris.

Protesters wearing yellow vests are seen behind a fire as they attend a demonstration of the 'yellow vests' movement in Angers, France

Riot police officer take position in front of the Invalides dome after a yellow vest demonstration, which is near to where Napoleon is buried

Firefighters douse flames outside a regional branch of the Banque de France (Bank of France) following clashes between protesters and gendarmes in Angers

The chaotic scenes came as 84,000 anti-government Yellow Vests demonstrated all over France for the 10th weekend in a row

A police officer walks by a fire at the scene of a demonstration by the 'yellow vests' in Angers, following another weekend of carnage all over the country

Police stand near a fire burning in the road during an anti-government demonstration by Yellow Vests in Bordeaux

In Paris, some demonstrators carried mock coffins symbolising the 10 people who have died during the protests, mainly due to accidents when demonstrators blocked roads.

Macron has launched a series of national debates to help quell public discontent and restore his standing.

However, Angers member of parliament Matthieu Orphelin, a member of Macron's ruling 'Le Republique En Marche!' party, said he would cancel talks with members of the Yellow Vest movement in light of the trouble in Angers.

'It fills me with fury to see our beautiful town attacked in this way, in particular the damage caused to symbols of the Republic,' Orphelin said in a statement.

A firefighter tries to extinguish a fire during the demonstration in Angers, one of several to take place all over France today

A protester hold a placard reading RIC, the acronym for Citizen's Initiated Referendum, near a fire facing police in Bordeaux

French riot police restrain a yellow vests protester before taking them into custody during a demonstration in Paris today

The protester, who was arrested, was restrained by several riot police officers and could be seen protecting their head on the ground

French yellow vests protester climbs a post during today's demonstration around Invalides Square in Paris

An injured yellow vests protester lies on the ground during demonstration against deteriorating economic conditions around Invalides Square in Paris

Today's ugly scenes came on the 10th Saturday in a row of violence that now routinely reduces the capital city to a war zone

The Vests have been protesting since November 17 and, despite a range of concessions by President Macron they continue to call for him to step down

By 5pm there had been around 30 arrests in the Paris areas, many of them of suspected rioters carrying potential weapons

'There are hundreds of CRS riot police and gendarmes engaged, and they are being attacked,' said an officer at the scene at Les Invalides.

'Thousands of demonstrators are in the area, and some are becoming very violent indeed. Everything is being done to protect Les Invalides.'

In previous weeks national monuments including the Arc de Triomphe itself have been vandalised during disturbances caused by the Yellow Vests, who are named after the high visibility motoring jackets they wear.

Today's ugly scenes came on the 10th Saturday in a row of violence that now routinely reduces the capital city to a war zone.

There were 5,000 police and gendarmes standing by for trouble in the French capital, and it started in the later afternoon when a march reached Les Invalides.

'Macron Resign', the crowd chanted, as they called for President Emmanuel Macron to resign, throwing bottles and any other missiles they could find.

Within minutes huge white clouds of tear gas were smothering the area, covering rioters, as well as tourists..

By 5pm there had been around 30 arrests in the Paris areas, many of them of suspected rioters carrying potential weapons.

Large parts of the Champs had been blocked off using armoured cares and water cannons, but the Yellow Vests still appeared in large numbers.

The Arc de Triomphe was severely vandalised and had graffiti sprayed all over it on December 1st causing a national outcry.

Mr Macron has since pledged that any attempt to damage it will be treated with the 'most severe action possible.'

There were 5,000 police and gendarmes standing by for trouble in the French capital, and it started in the later afternoon when a march reached Les Invalides

This protester, wearing a Scream mask, vandalises a vehicle during another day of passionate yellow vests protesting in Paris

The Yellow Vests have said that their protests would continue indefinitely as they campaign for even more concessions

A man waves a French flag on January 19, 2019 in Paris during a demonstration called by the yellow vests

'Street medics' give assistance to injured protesters on January 19, 2019 in Paris during a demonstration called by the yellow vests

A police officer aims after a yellow vest march. In previous weeks national monuments including the Arc de Triomphe itself have been vandalised during disturbances caused by the Yellow Vests

There were similar demonstrations other French cities and towns today, as more than 50,000 police and gendarmes were mobilised nationwide.

The Vests have been protesting since November 17 and, despite a range of concessions by President Macron including scrapping green taxes of diesel and petrol, continue to call for him to step down.

Protestors have been joined by extremists from the far Right and the ultra-Left, as well as anarchists intent on causing as much damage as possible.

Crisis-ridden Mr Macron has not only climbed down on imposing green surcharges, but increased the national minimum wage by seven per sent, and scrapped tax on bonuses.

But the Yellow Vests said their protests would continue indefinitely as they campaign for even more concessions.

The independent Mr Macron, leader of the Republic On The Move party, won the French presidential election in a landslide in 2017, but he is now dubbed the 'President of the Rich' with polls showing his popularity rating down to just 18 per cent.

A car is destroyed during the rioting in Paris by masked thugs, some of whom are wearing yellow vests