French police teargas protesting firefighters in Paris

French police fired tear gas and water cannons on Tuesday in clashes with firefighters protesting in Paris over their working conditions.Thousands of firefighters from across the country attended the protest in the French capital, calling for better pay, guarantees of their pension benefits and greater respect for their profession.Firefighters tried to climb the steel barriers around France's lower house of parliament while police officers threw teargas grenades at them, a Reuters journalist rep