Third day of protests, clashes grips France amid travel woes NEWS BRIEFING Staff and news services Reddit bans accounts, suspects possible UK vote interference N. Korea says denuclearization no longer on negotiating table Indian woman who alleged gang rape dies after fire attack Exposure likely after 2 bodies found in Ariz. snow Soldiers killed in Minnesota copter crash are identified

PARIS - Paris police skirmished Saturday with yellow vest activists who joined a wave of protests against the government's overhaul of France's retirement system, as highway blockades and train stoppages by other protesters disrupted weekend travel around the country.

A few thousand yellow vest protesters marched from the Finance Ministry complex on the Seine River through southeast Paris, pushing their year-old demands for economic fairness - and adding the retirement reform to their list of grievances. Most marchers were peaceful but some threw projectiles or pushed riot officers, prompting repeated bursts of tear gas from police.

The marchers appear to be emboldened by the biggest national demonstrations in years Thursday that kicked off a mass strike-and-protest movement against President Emmanuel Macron's redesign of the pension system.

As the strikes entered a third day Saturday, tourists and shoppers faced shuttered subway lines around Paris and near-empty train stations.

Truckers striking over a fuel tax hike disrupted traffic on highways from Provence in the southeast to Normandy in the northwest. A similar fuel tax is what unleashed the yellow vest movement a year ago, and this convergence of grievances could pose a major new threat to Macron's presidency.

Macron says the reform, which will streamline a convoluted system of 42 special pension plans, will make the national pension system more fair and financially sustainable. The government says it won't raise the official retirement age of 62, but the plan is expected to including financial conditions to encourage people to work longer. Those most against the changes are workers in special categories like transport who can now retire earlier than 62.

Reddit bans accounts, suspects possible UK vote interference

LONDON - The prospect of Russian interference in Britain's election flared anew Saturday after the social media platform Reddit concluded that people from Russia leaked confidential British government documents on Brexit trade talks just days before the general U.K. vote.

Reddit said it has banned 61 accounts suspected of violating policies against vote manipulation. It said the accounts shared the same pattern of activity as a Russian interference operation dubbed "Secondary Infektion" that was uncovered earlier this year.

Reddit investigated the leak after the documents became public during the campaign for Thursday's election, which will determine the country's future relationship with the European Union. All 650 seats in the House of Commons are up for grabs.

N. Korea says denuclearization no longer on negotiating table

UNITED NATIONS - North Korea said Saturday that denuclearization has "already gone out of the negotiation table" and it does not need to have lengthy talks with the United States as the end-of-year deadline set by its leader Kim Jong Un for substantial U.S. concessions in nuclear diplomacy looms.

A statement released by North Korea's U.N. ambassador, Kim Song, accused the Trump administration of persistently pursuing a "hostile policy" toward the country "in its attempt to stifle it."

Song's statement was a response to last week's condemnation by six countries of North Korea's 13 ballistic missile launches since May. He accused Belgium, Britain, Estonia, France, Germany and Poland of playing "the role of pet dog" of the U.S. in recent months.

Indian woman who alleged gang rape dies after fire attack

NEW DELHI - An alleged rape victim in northern India who was set on fire while heading to a court hearing in the case has died in a New Delhi hospital, officials said Saturday.

The woman, 23, was attacked in the state of Uttar Pradesh by a group of men that included two of the five she had accused of gang rape last year, police said. The two were out of custody on bail.

Five men were arrested in connection with the burn attack, police said.

The woman suffered extensive injuries and was airlifted Thursday from Uttar Pradesh to Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, where she died late Friday of cardiac arrest, said Dr. Shalab Kumar.

Yogi Adityanath, the state's chief minister, said the "strictest of punishment will be given to the culprits."

Exposure likely after 2 bodies found in Ariz. snow

ASH FORK, Ariz. - Exposure is suspected in the deaths of a married couple whose bodies were found Friday in snow along a road in rural Arizona where a major wintry storm hit a week ago, authorities said Saturday.

The medical examiner will determine cause of death of Richard Alexander, 74, and Elizabeth Alexander, 79, but authorities said there was no indication of foul play.

Mike and Diane Haas told KNXV-TV that they spotted the bodies in snow as they left their home along Old Route 66 outside Ash Fork, a small community about 47 miles west of Flagstaff. The couple's car was found nearby.

The Haases said the man was laying on top of the woman, possibly trying to keep her warm. "It's terrifying to think that she might've been alive under her husband," Mike Haas said.

Soldiers killed in Minnesota copter crash are identified

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - The Minnesota National Guard said the three soldiers who were killed when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed near St. Cloud were part of a unit that returned last May from a nine-month deployment to the Middle East.

The Guard identified the men who were killed Thursday as Chief Warrant Officers 2nd Class James A. Rogers Jr., 28, and Charles P. Nord, 30, and Sgt. Kort M. Plantenberg, 28.

The Guard tweeted that during their unit's recent Middle East deployment, it conducted medical evacuations in support of operations Spartan Shield and Inherent Resolve.

All three soldiers were assigned to Company C, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, which is based in the central Minnesota city of St. Cloud.

In Virginia: John F. Kennedy's daughter Caroline christened a new aircraft carrier that is named after the 35th U.S. president.

Caroline Kennedy smashed a bottle across the USS John Kennedy carrier's hull Saturday at the shipyard in Newport News, Virginia. She is the sponsor of her father's namesake ship.

The ship is the second of the U.S. Navy's new Ford-Class of aircraft carriers. The first was the USS Gerald R. Ford, which was commissioned last year.

The new carriers are designed to carry and fly more planes with fewer sailors. The Kennedy's keel was laid in 2015.

Guests at the christening ceremony included former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Caption: An anti-riot police officer fends off protesters during a demonstration against pension reform Saturday in Nantes, western France. The nationwide protests began Thursday.

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