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Farmers in Brussels have sprayed police with manure and pelted them with bottles and eggs to protest what they say is the increasing unsustainability of their jobs.Tyres were set alight, and roads blocked with tractors, “causing gridlock in the city centre”, in demonstrations timed to coincide with a nearby meeting of EU agriculture ministers to discuss their concerns. Monday’s clashes are the latest in a series of rallies and demonstrations by farmers across Europe.Brussels police said that 900 tractors had entered the city, many heading for the European Council building where the ministers were gathered.Officers in riot gear, some behind…

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The Berlin International Film Festival takes pride in its political reputation, but allowing filmmakers to state their personal stances on the Israel-Hamas war at the closing awards ceremony on Saturday has now sparked controversy among German politicians and Israeli officials. At the event, several filmmakers criticized Israel over its ongoing offensive in Gaza, which has killed nearly 30,000 people, mostly women and children, according to the enclave’s Hamas-controlled health authority. While different people called for a cease-fire in Gaza, perhaps the speech that prompted the strongest criticism from a number of German politicians came from US filmmaker Ben Russell, who accepted his award…

Russian authorities were close to swapping late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, his ally Maria Pevchikh said on Monday. Pevchick said in a YouTube video that Navalny and two US nationals were due to be exchanged for Vadim Krasikov, a Russian national serving a life sentence in Germany for murder. Krasikov was found guilty of murdering an exiled Chechen-Georgian dissident in Berlin, in what German judges believed was a Moscow-directed operation. Navalny was Russia’s foremost opposition figure and vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The 47-year-old was serving a three-decade prison sentence when he died at an Arctic penal colony on…

The annual Paris International Agricultural Show is usually a platform for French politicians to show voters how down-to-earth they are. Literally. But this year’s edition, which began on Saturday, will first be a litmus test of whether recent concessions by the government are enough to calm French farmers’ anger. Judging by the hostile reception that French President Emmanuel Macron received on the first day of the fair, it seems the farmers want the government to do more to support them. Macron was greeted with boos and whistles by angry farmers, who have been demonstrating for weeks against falling incomes and too much red…

After Cambodia’s ruling party won 55 of the 58 available seats in the Senate following elections on February 25, former prime minister Hun Sen is expected to make his return to frontline politics as the upper chamber’s new president, according to preliminary results announced on Monday by the National Election Committee. Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) now controls almost all seats in both chambers of parliament, as well as all but four of the country’s 1,652 commune chiefs. Senate elections are indirect, with 58 senators elected by more than 11,000 commune councilors and National Assembly lawmakers. National Assembly lawmakers…

A Norwegian cruise ship has been blocked from docking in Mauritius due to “potential health risks” after passengers reported feeling unwell.Samples have been taken from about 15 people being kept in isolation on board the Norwegian Dawn. The authorities said the ship had been stopped from docking at the capital of Port Louis at the weekend over health and safety concerns.Officials confirmed there are 2,184 passengers and 1,026 crew on board.In a statement, the Mauritius Ports Authority said: “The decision not to allow the cruise ship access to the quay was taken in order to avoid any health risks. “The…

Farmers set fire to tires and blocked roads at a protest in Brussels on Monday. Over 100 tractors were parked around the European Union institutions’ headquarters as agricultural ministers met to discuss the sector. Police carrying riot gear patrolled barriers set up near the headquarters and fired water cannons to put out flames. What are the farmers’ protests about? Demonstrators are demanding EU action on cheap supermarket products, low-cost imports, and environmental rules that farmers say put too much pressure on the agricultural sector. Farmers argue that allowing cheap imports puts pressure on EU agriculture which cannot compete with other…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday deplored what he said were inadequate responses to the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine by the Security Council, saying its authority had been “perhaps fatally” undermined.  Speaking at the opening of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Guterres said the Security Council was often “unable to act on the most significant peace and security issues of our time.” What else did Guterres say? “The Council’s lack of unity on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and on Israel’s military operations in Gaza following the horrific terror attacks by Hamas on 7 October, has severely — perhaps…

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