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French President Emmanuel Macron held a marathon seven-hour conference with local mayors in Normandy on Tuesday, the start of a national consultation on policy issues follwing the rolling 'yellow vest' protests, but caused controversy with disparaging comments about some in economic difficulty.

Two police officers from the Paris 'anti-gang' squad went on trial on Monday accused of raping a Canadian tourist at their headquarters in the French capital in 2014, after they met her in a nearby Irish pub.

In an open letter published in the French press on Monday, President Emmanuel Macron has set in motion a three-month series of debates in which citizens are invited to local venues to air their opinions and grievences about government policies, called in a move to appease the continuing 'yellow vest' protests against falling living standards among low- and middle-income earners. 

Shifting sand off Wissant, near Calais, is exposing the remains of the UC-61 which was stranded there in July 1917.

Some 59 people were questioned, including for having unlawful weapons and participating in a group with the goal of committing violent crimes.

Many others were injured and cars were also wrecked and other buildings damaged by blast in a bakery on Rue de Trévise in central Paris.

Around 250 unaccompanied minors are camped out in freezing temperatures with no proper access to food, amid claims of attacks by police.

Prosecutors urge court for ex-presidential candidate and wife Penelope Fillon who face claims of embezzlement and misuse of corporate assets.

President Macron prepares for three-month public debate as 80,000 police mobilise across country for more weekend demonstrations.

France's interior minister Christophe Castaner said the wilful damage was a threat to road safety and put lives in danger.