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Brian Gerrish and Louise Collins present a news update including the Leveson Inquiry Tony Blair protester in court on Friday, Cameron no apology for arms dealing in the middle east, a British Lynx helicopter joins a French frigate for anti-piracy operations, gas prices manipulation and Leveson to reign in Twitter and Facebook.

There have been clashes between anti-austerity protestors and police in the Italian city of Naples.

In one of the biggest rallies in months against the austerity being imposed on the country, police in Greece used teargas and water cannon on protesters who responded by throwing petrol bombs. 

Al Jazeera's Rula Amin reports on the violence that erupted in Beirut, Lebanon on Sunday, October 21, following the funeral of Wissam al-Hassan.

Hundreds of protesters broke away from a huge anti-austerity demonstration in London on Saturday, and attempted to storm various multi-national companies on Oxford Street, in the West End central shopping district. 

An anti-austerity demonstration in Athens descends into violence as protestors hurl petrol bombs, bottles and stones at riot police

The Republic of Venice is planning for a glorious comeback. Supporters of Venetian independence from Italy are gathering for a rally to demand the region goes it alone, tired of being saddled with Rome's austerity. It's the latest in a number of European regions to consider independence, including Scotland and Catalonia. RT talks to Professor Lodovico Pizzati, who is the chairman of the separatist Indipendenza Veneta party, which has organised the rally.

Reservists from Greece's special forces protest the visit to Greece by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on 9 October 2012. The servicemen demonstrated in uniform during a mass rally in central Athens, attended by tens of thousands of protesters.

Police fired tear gas as angry protesters clashed with officers in Athens as thousands rallied in the Greek capital in protest against German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit. Merkel is in Athens for austerity talks with the country's Prime Minister.

All across France, unions are flexing their muscles to warn the government: saving jobs is an utmost priority. Tens of thousands have arrived in the French capital and other big cities.

Greeks turned out in their thousands to protest the six-hour flying visit of the bankers' emissary and all-round German frump, Frau Merkel, to the bankers' latest colony.

Protests against biting spending cuts continue throughout Europe, as people vent their anger over bailout sponsored austerity. Mass demonstrations in Madrid turned to violence earlier this week, as police were forced to fire rubber bullets to calm the fury of the public. There ha've been dozens of injuries and arrests.

Bahrain's Shia opposition says a teenage protester has been killed in violent clashes with police in the capital Manama. Police fired tear-gas and stun grenades to disperse demonstrators, who were throwing stones and petrol bombs. They have been demanding equal rights from the Sunni monarchy for over a year now.

Alberto Casillas, 49-year-old owner of a bar in Madrid and self-confessed voter for Rajoy's centre-right Partido Popular, shields wounded protesters from the police, whom he bertates and refuses entry to his bar. In an interview with Spanish daily El Pais, he stated that he saw no violence towards the police and described the police's actions as excessive.

Russia Today's Abby Martin talks about the American corporate media's unfair coverage of domestic issues pointing out the comparison between protests in Spain and Greece alongside the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in the US.

The cameras of "A la Calle" capture the arrest of a hooded "protester" by the Unidad de Intervención Policial, Spain's riot police. He is quickly identified as one of their colleagues and spared the vicious beating meted out to the genuine protesters. It is proof positive that Spanish police had positioned provocateurs amongst the 25-S protesters.

Panic and chaos ensued inside Madrid's Atocha railway station after riot police opened fire on protesters.