Paris bans Floyd protest at US Embassy

French police have banned a demonstration, planned to take place in front of the US Embassy in Paris as protests mount around the world over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

The Paris police department said on Friday it had decided to ban Saturday's demonstrations because of the risks of social disorder and health dangers from large gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Trouble had broken out on Wednesday at another anti-police demonstration in the French capital. Thousands had turned up despite a police ban on the event in memory of Adama Traore, a 24-year old black Frenchman, killed in a 2016 police operation which some have likened to Floyd's death.

Unrest has broken out across the United States after the killing of Floyd, a 46-year-old African American who died on May 25 after a white policeman pinned his neck under a knee for almost nine minutes in Minneapolis.