French President Emmanuel Macron will deliver a nationwide TV address on Monday.
He's expected to announce new measures to try to appease people angry at the high cost of living.
It follows 22 consecutive weeks of often violent protests by the "yellow vest" movement.
Oliver Whitfield-Miocic reports from Paris:
Around 500 feared dead in Afghanistan earthquake
Around 500 people have been killed and 1,000 more injured in an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the country's state-run broadcaster Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) reported.
China, Russia share vision for new global order at security forum
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged leaders to leverage their "mega-scale market", while Russian President Vladimir Putin showed support for Xi's ambition for a new global security and economic order that poses a challenge to the US during a regional summit on Monday.
South Korea suspends anti-North Korea radio broadcasts
South Korea has suspended a military radio broadcast that transmits to North Korea as part of measures aimed at easing tensions with Pyongyang, Seoul's defence ministry said on Monday.
Deadly Indonesia protests force U-turn on lawmakers' perks
Indonesian political parties have agreed to cut lawmakers' benefits, President Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday, in a bid to calm anti-government protests that have killed at least five people in the country's worst violence in decades.
Houthis raid UN premises in Yemen, detain at least 11 people
Yemen's Houthis raided United Nations offices in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday and detained at least 11 UN personnel, the body said.
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