Paris braces for fresh protests as shopkeepers board up windows

Paris is on edge ahead of new protests, with shopkeepers boarding up windows and buying defensive weapons after last weekend's violent demonstrations and looting. Around 70,000 security forces have been mobilized, a 20% increase, following calls for insurrection on social media. Authorities changed the permitted march route, a decision unions and "yellow vests" have called unacceptable, while some businesses have closed for the day. Last Saturday's protests drew up to 800,000 people nationwide, leading to 2,900 arrests and damage to about 3,000 shops. Special police units, armored vehicles, and water cannons have been deployed to prevent a repeat of the violence.