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Now playing Next USA Los Angeles police break up pro-Palestinian protest at UCLA Similar college campus demonstrations are increasingly being met with police action across the US. 01/05/2024
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Now playing Next no comment WATCH: Pro-Palestinian protests at universities across the world Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the US blocked access to a campus building at the prestigious Sciences Po university in Paris on Friday, prompting all classes to be held online. 27/04/2024
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Now playing Next world news 283 bodies found in mass grave in Khan Younis EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says no progress has been made towards a ceasefire deal in Gaza and the humanitarian situation in the enclave remains a “catastrophe”. 23/04/2024
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