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Added on the 04/11/2016 14:15:38 - Copyright : Eyewitness Video Online
Hundreds of young Kenyans took to the streets of Nairobi for a second day of the "Occupy Parliament" protest tax hikes, clashing with police who fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse them. Authorities have blocked several roads near parliament and deployed police on foot and horseback, as lawmakers debate the bill. IMAGES
People scatter as police fire tear gas suring a protest in the capital Nairobi. Scores of heavily armed security personnel are on the scene after Kenyans gathered to voice their opposition to controversial tax hikes. IMAGES
The first Austrian voters head to a polling station in Vienna to cast their ballots in the last day of European Parliament elections. Voting takes place in 21 EU member countries, with the bloc facing a range of challenges, including the ongoing war in Ukraine, global trade and industrial tensions, a climate emergency and a West that, within months, may have to adapt to a new Donald Trump presidency. IMAGES
Fires in Greece this summer will burn an area of at least 150,000 hectares (370,600), the Greek prime minister says including a large fire in the north which has been burning for nearly two weeks. The area ravaged by fires "will exceed 1,500,000,000 square metres (150,000 hectares)... the most serious one was the one at Dadia forest", says Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, referring to the forest fire that the EU has branded the largest ever recorded in the bloc. SOUNDBITE
Clouds of smoke from deadly forest fires engulf the Chilean city of Concepcion, while residents of nearby Santa Juana inspect the damage from the blazes that have left at least 24 people dead. Favoured by moderate to strong winds and an intense heat wave, the fires have devastated some 270,000 hectares in southern-central Chile. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.