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Hong Kong police arrest hundreds amid fresh unrest
Thousands of protesters in Hong Kong are defying a heavy police presence on the streets
Riot police in Hong Kong are trying to break up protests against a law that would make it illegal to insult China's national anthem.
Also in the programme: The head of the European Commission has set out proposals for a huge package of grants and loans to rebuild Europe’s economy; and renewed anger in the United States after another black man died while being arrested, this time in Minneapolis.
(Image: Riot police officers detain an anti-government demonstrator during a protest at Central District. Credit: Reuters/Tyrone Siu)
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