Anti-lockdown protests sweep across Europe
There have been huge protests in Belgium and the Netherlands over anti-covid measures
Tens of thousands of people have been marching in the Belgian capital, Brussels, to protest against anti-Covid measures. Thousands of demonstrators also took to the streets in the Netherlands, Austria, Croatia and Italy as anger mounted over new curbs. Dan Michaels, Brussels Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal, explains why there is so much opposition to new anti-covid measures.
On World Fisheries Day, Vera Coelho of the campaigning group Oceana, talks about the challenges worldwide of overfishing.
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(Image: Protesters gathering in front of police in Brussels. Credit: Getty Images).
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