[Link] Dozens arrested in Netherlands in second night of Covid protests

Read: 21/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Five police officers have been injured and at least 40 people arrested in a second night of violence in the Netherlands, as tougher Covid-19 restrictions to curb the resurgent pandemic led to angry protests in several European countries.

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[Link] Article 16 ‘very much on the table’ in Brexit row, says Frost

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

David Frost, the UK’s Brexit minister, has said triggering article 16 to suspend post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland is “very much on the table”, as he met his EU counterpart in Brussels.

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[Link] Police attacked in Belfast at protest over Northern Ireland protocol

Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Police in Belfast have been attacked with missiles and fireworks following a demonstration against the Brexit protocol in the north of the city. The disorder on Wednesday night took place on Lanark Way in the loyalist Shankill Road area close to the peace wall.

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