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Fresh rioting breaks out late Saturday over the Dutch government's coronavirus measures, with rioters throwing stones and fireworks at police, and setting fire to bicycles as protests turn violent for a second night in the Netherlands. IMAGES
Lisbon, Jul 3 (EFE).- Residents of Lisbon expressed mixed feelings Saturday regarding the new night-time curfew imposed across Portugal’s regions amid a surge in coronavirus cases.The night-time curfew – 11 pm to 5 am – affects 45 of the 278 Portuguese counties and 4 out of the approximately 10 million inhabitants. FOOTAGE OF LISBON STREET. SOUNDBITES OF: RITA AMORIM, PHARMACEUTICAL: "It is increasing, sadly we have had positive cases, but I don't know, ... we have very high cases at the level of the city of Lisbon."SEÑOR PERALTA, OWNER OF A COFFEE SHOP: "Over the weekend when we could do a little more, they forced us to close very early. We close at 3.30 pm, you don't have enough to do anything, not even at meals you get to work because you are very limited. If a client comes at 2:40 p.m. they have to eat in a hurry because at 3:30 p.m. you have to put them on the street, because if the authority comes they charge you, and they charge you well. "ANDRÉS FERNANDES, OWNER OF A RESTAURANT: "If the numbers begin to drop, they may be saved, but if they continue to rise, we are wrong."DIOGO, TAXI DRIVER: "I think people did not take due care. Some situations could be practiced, but carefully, and they were not. I remember the football fans when they celebrated the championship, the private parties, the upper neighborhood parties, from Alfama, that gives rise to what we have ".
Tunis, Jan 19 (EFE / EPA) .- About 650 people have been arrested and ten police officers have been injured in Tunis and various provinces of Tunisia since the beginning of the violent protests which began on January 14.Although social unrest and protests against precariousness and the government management have been ongoing for weeks, the violent incidents broke out on Thursday, January 14, coinciding with the 10th anniversary dictator Zinedin Abedin Ben Ali's escape. (Camera: MOHAMED MESSARA)SHOT LIST: PROTESTS IN THE STREETS OF TUNIS, TUNISIA.
Images of empty streets in Kyiv, as day-and-night curfew has been imposed until Monday morning. The city said anyone outside would be considered "members of the enemy's sabotage and reconnaissance groups". Ukraine has reported 198 civilian deaths, including three children, since the invasion began. IMAGES
The day after a riot rocked the Schilderswijks neighbourhood in the Hague, officials survey the damage. Some 19 people have been arrested over the riots, after hundreds of demonstrators angry over the government's coronavirus measures set fire to bicycles and an electric moped in the city. IMAGES