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China

Watch: Police and protesters clash in rural Hong Kong town protest

Police fired volleys of tear gas and protesters hurled bricks during clashes in a rural Hong Kong town on Saturday as several thousand activists gathered to protest an attack by a suspected triad gang at a train station last weekend.

China

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam condemns Sunday's violent clashes

Hong Kong’s embattled Chief Executive Carrie Lam condemned Sunday night's violent clashes.

China

Hong Kong rally to demand independent police inquiry

Thousands have marched in Hong Kong to demand an independent inquiry into the police's use of excessive force and the unconditional release of those arrested.

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Extinction Rebellion protesters blocking entrance to concrete plant

Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion on Tuesday 16 July disrupted London Concrete, the British capital's biggest supplier of ready-mixed concrete which supplies a major road tunnel project under the River Thames.

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Seoul: anti-dog meat protesters facing provocative dog meat consumers

American actress Kim Basinger and South Korean activists held an anti-dog meat protest in Seoul, while farmers ate dog meat in front of them, separated by a bastion of police officers.

World

'We will not step back!' Hong Kong protesters vow to keep up pressure

Hong Kong protesters are vowing to keep up the pressure on their government over democracy and human rights.

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Sanfermines fiestas kick off with the 'Chupinazo' firework ceremony

The Sanfermines fiestas kicked off on Saturday with the much-anticipated “Chupinazo” ceremony, which sees the launching of a firework rocket to mark the start of the event.

Venezuela

UN human rights chief in Venezuela to meet with Maduro and Guaido

The trip comes ahead of a three week United Nations Human Rights Council session where it's expected that criticism will be heaped on President Nicolas Maduro.

Albania

Protests in Albania continue; call for Prime Minister Rama to leave

The leader of Albania's ruling left-wing Socialist Party said he was determined the June 30 municipal elections would be held despite opposition unrest since mid-February.

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Navalny among hundreds arrested at protest over Golunov's 'framing'

Russian police said they had detained more than 200 people on Wednesday (June 12), including opposition politician Alexei Navalny, at a protest in Moscow calling for punishment of police officers involved in the alleged framing of a journalist.

United Kingdom

Climate change narrative shifting dramatically, says student organiser

Jake Woodier, a campaign officer with the UK Student Climate Network Campaign, told Euronews: "We're seeing quite a lot of change happening at quite a fast pace in the UK, where ultimately, we've seen the narrative about climate change and the kind of climate crisis shifting quite dramatically."

World

School walk-out believed to be the biggest climate protest to date

Today more than 1.4 million schoolchildren around the world are expected to walk out of lessons in what is believed to be the biggest protest calling for action on climate change to date.

Germany

Thousands demonstrate in Europe ahead of European Parliamentary elections

With just a week to go before the European parliamentary elections take place, tens of thousands of people, opposed to nationalist agenda's, took to the streets in cities right across Europe.

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Norwegian women demonstrate against closure of birthing centres

Several hundred women dressed in bunad (Norwegian traditional clothes) took to the streets in Oslo to protest against the closure of several small birthing centres around the country.

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Thousands take part in climate change protests across Europe

Thousands of people took part in demonstrations in many European capitals, with protests on the planet's future, climate change and social justice

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Istanbul opposition vows to fight again following election cancellation

Hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Istanbul to protest against the cancellation of municipal election results that gave the opposition as winners.

France

Lowest turnout for 'yellow vest' protests after May Day clashes

France's "yellow vest" anti-government demonstrations recorded their lowest turnout yet on Saturday, days after a wider May Day rally was marked by violent clashes in Paris.

United Kingdom

Tens of thousands of Scots march to demand independence referendum

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Glasgow - the largest city in Scotland - on Saturday (May 4) to demand a second referendum on independence from the United Kingdom as polls suggest support for secession is at a peak of the past four years.

World

Juan Guaido rallies people to carry on with street demonstrations

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has claimed victory in a TV address to the nation and said his rival Juan Guaido failed. Guaido insists Maduro has lost control of the military and asked the people to keep on protesting after thousands came onto the streets on May day.

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They 'piled on' the roof of train on their way to capital Khartoum

Hundreds more protesters join demonstrations in the Sudananese capital Khartoum. They 'piled on' the roof of a train on their way to the sit-in demonstrations outside the Defence Ministry headquarters, leaving from the birthplace of the uprising that toppled Sudan's former President Omar al-Bashir.