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Police use tear gas to disperse an impromptu gay pride parade in Istanbul after authorities prohibited such a march from taking place. Gavino Garay reports.
Police fire a water cannon and tear gas to disperse 2,000 people marching in Istanbul's Taksim Square who had been protesting the shooting death of a prominent Kurdish lawyer in the southeast that the pro-Kurdish HDP Party called a "planned assassination." Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Turkish police have sealed off Istanbul's central Taksim Square to prevent any May Day protests, with scuffles breaking out in the nearby Besiktas district after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned unions to stay away from any provocative steps. The stepped-up security measures come a day after Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said authorities had designated 40 areas for May Day celebrations with the exception of the emblematic Taksim Square. IMAGES
Images show cars leaving after Turkish police release a group of hostages taken by a pro-Palestinian gunman at a plant near Istanbul owned by US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble. IMAGES
Turkish police detain protesters attempting to hold a Labour Day demonstration in Istanbul, with the city centre's famous Taksim square closed off. The city is expecting mass International Workers' Day rallies ahead of key May 14 elections billed as a referendum on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two decades in power. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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