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Turkey Protest March

09/07/2017 GMT

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Huge crowds join 450 kilometre anti-government march from Ankara to Istanbul

Huge crowds have joined a 450 kilometre anti-government march from Ankara to Istanbul. It has been organised by the opposition CHP party and was prompted by the imprisonment of one of their MPs.

Also in the programme: A ceasefire in south-western Syria, and Russia's Bolshoi theatre cancels a ballet about Rudolf Nureyev.

(Photo: Turkish protest march, July 8, Credit: Getty Images)

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