French protesters blocked train tracks and highways – and clashed with police in some cities – as they marched across the country against President Emmanuel Macron and his deeply unpopular pension bill,

One protester in Paris seemed to capture the mood, brandishing a banner that read: "France is angry". "The (pension) bill has acted as a catalyst ... Millions of people have been demonstrating and joining strike action since mid-January to show their ...

Concerns that violence could mar the demonstrations prompted an unprecedented deployment of 13,000 officers, nearly half of them concentrated in the French capital.

Protests and strikes against unpopular pension reforms kicked off again Tuesday across France, with police security ramped up amid government warnings that radical demons

French police are on the lookout for more protesters bent on violence joining marches against planned pension reform, the chief of police in Paris said on Tuesday, hours before a new round of country-wide demonstrations and strikes.

French unions are holding a new day of nationwide strikes Tuesday to try to force President Emmanuel Macron to reverse his decision to push through unpopular pension reforms.