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Tear gas & bonfires: Scuffles with police as Yellow Vests block roads in Paris ahead of 1st anniversary of protests (WATCH LIVE)

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Police fired tear gas as Yellow Vest protesters blocked a major road and erected barricades in Paris, marking one year since the nationwide demonstration movement began sweeping the country. … Read More >Tear gas & bonfires: Scuffles with police as Yellow Vests block roads in Paris ahead of 1st anniversary of protests (WATCH LIVE)

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‘No farm, no food, no future!’: Farmers clog traffic in Hamburg with 4,000 tractors, reject ‘scapegoating’ by govt (VIDEO)

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German farmers have flooded a city’s streets with thousands of tractors, in protest against new environment regulations; they are accusing the government of bullying them as it conducts its fight for a ‘green’ economy. … Read More >‘No farm, no food, no future!’: Farmers clog traffic in Hamburg with 4,000 tractors, reject ‘scapegoating’ by govt (VIDEO)

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French riot police join Catalan cops harshly DRAGGING independence protesters blocking border crossing (VIDEO)

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Catalan independence protesters who blocked a border crossing with France were routed – in some cases physically dragged away – by French riot police working with Catalan police, just a day into a planned three-day protest. … Read More >French riot police join Catalan cops harshly DRAGGING independence protesters blocking border crossing (VIDEO)

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150kg of ‘diamond’ cocaine washes up on French beaches, locals urged against ‘treasure hunting’

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Dozens of cocaine-containing packets labelled ‘diamante’ have washed ashore on beaches along France’s Atlantic coastline, and more are likely to come, with police now warning residents against helping themselves. … Read More >150kg of ‘diamond’ cocaine washes up on French beaches, locals urged against ‘treasure hunting’

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380,000 Soviet troops in East Germany were told not to interfere with bringing down the Berlin Wall – Gorbachev

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The USSR had scores of soldiers deployed in East Germany in 1989 but all of them were ordered to stand down to allow for Berlin’s “wall of mistrust” to fall, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said. … Read More >380,000 Soviet troops in East Germany were told not to interfere with bringing down the Berlin Wall – Gorbachev

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Merkel & Stoltenberg slam Macron’s ‘brain-dead NATO’ comment, insist rumors of bloc’s death greatly exaggerated

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NATO is alive and well and integral to Europe’s security, German chancellor Angela Merkel and NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg have insisted, hitting back at French President Emmanuel Macron’s claim the alliance is “brain-dead.” … Read More >Merkel & Stoltenberg slam Macron’s ‘brain-dead NATO’ comment, insist rumors of bloc’s death greatly exaggerated