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There were violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police throughout Saturday in the capital Tirana. Watch: The BBC reports from Tirana, where violent protests grew on Saturday Demonstrators and riot police fought pitched battles in the centre of Tirana on Saturday for the fifth day in a row. Masked protesters, many of them high school and university students, hurled rocks and petrol bombs at riot police trying to defend the.

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Disorder broke out in cities across the country on a day in which more than half a million joined cost of living protests. At least 400 people were arrested during what the French government described as an "escalation in violence" alongside an estimated 550,000 taking to the streets. In Paris, there were significant clashes into the evening with riot police, who used tear gas and water cannon on crowds. Buildings.

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The Israeli military condemns the violence but the prime minister's office says it is part of a "smear" campaign. Belgium condemned the assault on its consul general and the other envoys and called for Israel to bring those responsible to justice. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also condemned what they called "the severe act of violence" and said they were investigating. But the office of the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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She and five staff members were found to have used the inedible paint in meals to make them look more appealing. Image caption, Kitchen staff was instructed to use inedible paint to enhance the look of meals to attract more students, the court found A nursery owner and five members of her staff have been jailed after they were found to have poisoned more than 200 children with lead-tainted food.

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The French royal jewel will be on public display for the first time since it was found hidden in an apple after a 1926 theft. The nine-carat, pear-shaped gemstone known as the "Grand Condé" was pilfered in an overnight raid on the Château de Chantilly in October 1926 and concealed in a hollowed-out apple. The diamond - one of few royal jewels to survive the French Revolution - was recovered.

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Brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend Carter Rhoad were killed on a surfing trip in an apparent botched robbery. How a harrowing trial of two murdered Australian surfers ended in a guilty verdict A Mexican judge has sentenced three men convicted of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, and their US friend Carter Rhoad to 158 years and nine months in jail each. The Robinsons and Rhoad.