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Police respond gets increasingly violent against hundreds of primarily youths out in the streets of Nairobi to protest tax hikes. Water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas fails to repel the crowd moving closer to the parliament building where lawmakers are debating the controversial finance bill. IMAGES
Police officers and shuttered shops in the streets of Nairobi as Kenya braces for a nationwide strike in reponse to a call by youth protesters who oppose the government's proposed tax hikes. Discontent over the already high cost of living spiralled into nationwide rallies last week, sparked by the Ruto administration's proposed tax hikes in the annual finance bill, which parliament must vote on by June 30. IMAGES
Former US President Bill Clinton, Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso or Mexican actress Salma Hayek are among the celebrities coming out of Saint-Sulpice church after paying their final respects to France ex-president Jacques Chirac as France held a national day of mourning for the popular former head of state. IMAGES
US President Donald Trump insists "we are making America great again" as he celebrates the passage of the Republican tax cut plan with members of Congress at the White House. SOUNDBITE
UN spokesperson Liz Throssell denounces the passage of a bill in Peru that bars prosecution of crimes against humanity committed before 2002, saying it ran contrary to international law. "The law contravenes the country's obligations under international law and is a troubling development, amid a broader backlash against human rights and the rule of law in Peru," she says. SOUNDBITE
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