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Added on the 19/02/2022 18:42:46 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Police try to control protesters outside of Argentina's Congress in Buenos Aires, after the country's lower chamber of deputies gave overall approval to President Javier Milei's reform bill in a vote, paving the way for a decisive vote in the Senate. IMAGES
French police intervened to clear demonstrators from a central Paris square where a crowd of thousands had gathered in front of parliament to protest President Emmanuel Macron's government imposing a controversial pensions overhaul without a parliament vote. Lines of police with shields and batons drawn advanced towards the square, while others fired water cannon after a fire was lit in the middle of the square. IMAGES
Interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell tells reporters that officers made 47 arrests Saturday in a final push to dislodge hundreds of protesters who have blocked the center of the Canadian capital for weeks. He also describes the moment a protester ignited a flare, saying that "officers used a chemical irritant also known as pepper spray to disperse unlawful demonstrators who were resisting police orders." SOUNDBITE
Riot police stand by in snowy Ottawa, Canada, as protesters continue to gather, defying orders to leave the area. The Ottawa Police Department is working to put a final end to the weeks-long protest against Covid-19 measire choking the Canadian capital. IMAGES
Police action to end a three-week trucker-led protest blockading the Canadian capital is "imminent," Ottawa interim police chief Steve Bell tells a news conference. "We want to end this unlawful protest peacefully and safely", he ADDS. SOUNDBITE