However, the CGT union said earlier that trash collectors will suspend their strike from Wednesday ... de Lyon train station in Paris, France on Tuesday, as a fresh round of demonstrations is planned against proposed pension reforms.

The new wave of strikes and protests was the 10th time since January that unions have called on workers to walk out.

Concerns that violence could mar the large demonstrations prompted what officials described as an unprecedented deployment of 13,000 officers.

Earlier in the day, the government rejected unions' demand to suspend and rethink the pension bill, which raises retirement ... Millions of people have been demonstrating and joining strike action since mid-January to show their opposition to the bill.

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

By Juliette Jabkhiro and Stephane Mahe PARIS/NANTES, France (Reuters) -Black-clad groups set fire to garbage cans and threw projectiles at police in Paris who responded with teargas, on the fringes of a march against President Emmanuel Macron and his deeply unpopular pension bill.