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Scores of trucks mark two weeks stranded at a roadblock on a main road near Silimin, western Panama, in the third week of protests over a big mining contract. A gunman killed two demonstrators blocking another road near Panama City, according to the police. IMAGES
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen recommends the bloc drop a plan to cut pesticide use in agriculture as a concession to protesting European farmers. The original proposal, put forward by her European Commission as part of the European Union's green transition, "has become a symbol of polarisation," she tells the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. SOUNDBITE
Representatives of the majority farming unions, Arnaud Rousseau (FNSEA) and Arnaud Gaillot (Jeunes Agriculteurs), arrive at Matignon to meet French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and obtain "concrete measures" to deal with farmers' anger. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian supporters begin marching in London. Almost 2,000 police officers will be on duty when more than 100,000 protesters are to march through London. Police have made almost 100 arrests for offences such as supporting banned organisations and hate crimes over the past few weekends that protests have been held in the capital. IMAGES
A nationwide strike call by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party over the deadly violence on Saturday disrupts normal life in parts of the capital Dhaka. Many markets remain shuttered in the capital city and public transport is running thin in the bustling city following fresh incidents of arson, with riot police on high alert for signs of further violence. At least two people were killed on Saturday during the street demonstration by opposition parties to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow an interim government to oversee elections due by the end of January. IMAGES
Thousands of Israeli protesters wave national flags as they march into Jerusalem during a multi-day march that started in Tel Aviv to protest the government's judicial overhaul bill ahead of a vote in the parliament. IMAGES
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