PARIS (Reuters) - It is meant to be one of the world's most elegant streets: more than a kilometre of boutiques, restaurants, sidewalk cafes and fashion outlets vying for tourists' attention. But on Monday, the Champs Elysees looked more like a construction site.
On their 18th Saturday of protests against President Emmanuel Macron and his policies, France's Gilets Jaunes ('yellow vest') movement targeted the tree-lined avenue that runs from the Arc de Triomphe, smashing banks, ransacking restaurants, burning newspaper kiosks and looting luxury stores.
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