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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.

World

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.

United Kingdom

US President Donald Trump to make state visit to the UK from June 3-5

Donald Trump's state visit to the UK will take place on June 3-5, before the US President later goes to France to meet with President Emmanuel Macron

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Georgia: Police clash with protesters against hydropower plant

Georgian police used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a protest by residents of a mountainous region against the construction of a hydropower plant.

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Green campaigners accuse Nestle over single-use plastics

Environmental campaigners Greenpeace demonstrated outside Nestle's headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland, accusing the company of not doing enough to reduce single-use plastics.

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Animal rights activists arrested in Australia after traffic protest

Australian police arrested 38 animal rights activists on Monday (April 8) after they blocked peak hour traffic in Melbourne in protests to mark the first anniversary of a film, Dominion, about factory farming.

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Berliners protest after rents double in a decade

Last year property prices in the German capital rose by 20 percent.

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Camping for the climate in downtown Brussels

Generations X and Z join forces to pressure the Belgian Parliament to pass a climate bill

Argentina

Anti-abortion activists rally in Argentina

Thousands of people have marched in Buenos Aires to demand that abortion be made illegal in Argentina.

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Anti-government protests in Serbia enter third month

Thousands of people rallied in Belgrade on Saturday, as demonstrations against Serbian President Aleksandar Vuci and his government entered a third month.

United Kingdom

Over 1 million rally in London to demand second Brexit referendum

Join us for coverage from what organisers are hoping will be a huge anti-Brexit protest in London.

Serbia

Anti-government protesters in Serbia step up their campaign

Anti-government protesters in Serbia step up their campaign, a day after storming the headquarters of state television.

Spain

Thousands of Catalan separatist supporters protest in Madrid

Thousands of pro-Catalan independence supporters marched in Spain's capital over the trial of 12 separatist leaders who face prison sentences for their role in the failed independence bid.