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Tens of thousands of farmers take to the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw in protest against what they see as excessive EU environmental requirements and unfairly cheap imports. EU ministers met on February 26 in an attempt to streamline the rules and reduce red tape that have fuelled Europe-wide protests in recent weeks. IMAGES - CONTINUES VID No 34KB86M
Thousands of farmers take to the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw in protest against what they see as excessive EU environmental requirements and unfairly cheap imports. EU ministers met on February 26 in an attempt to streamline the rules and reduce red tape that have fuelled Europe-wide protests in recent weeks. IMAGES
As Poland unilaterally extends its ban on Ukrainian grain imports, trains full of Ukrainian grain in transit and covered with tarpaulins are parked at the border between the two countries at Dorohusk station. Yesterday, the leader of the Law and Justice party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, said that the implicit agreement between Warsaw and Kiev to defend Ukraine did not include "sacrificing Polish agriculture". Polish farmers are alarmed by the fall in grain prices since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
Thousands march in Warsaw to defend the memory of late Pope John Paul II, who is facing accusations of having covered up cases of paedophilia in the Catholic Church. Those marching wave Polish flags and carry banners bearing the late pontiff's face. IMAGES
Tens of thousands of people take part in Warsaw's Pride March, which the Ukrainian LGBT community has been invited to join due to the war. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).