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Florida students call for gun control as Trump blames the FBI
Students who survived last week’s Florida school shooting say they want to make the massacre a turning point in the debate over gun controls – announcing a national march on Washington next month. Young protesters have criticised President Trump for his inaction – but he’s tried to shift the blame onto the FBI for failing…
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The face of Hong Kong pro-democracy protests jailed
20-year-old Joshua Wong has been jailed along with two other student leaders for their roles in huge pro-democracy protests almost three years ago. On Twitter Wong said they would never give up fighting for democracy, declaring: “You can lock up our bodies, but not our minds!”
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FactCheck: how students have been misled and lied to for 20 years
It’s been 20 years since Tony Blair first introduced tuition fees. Since then, students have been lied to, misled and betrayed by politicians and political parties. FactCheck uncovers the long history of broken promises and political U-turns.
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Students to be ‘excluded’ if they don’t stand for US anthem
A US high school principal says students will be excluded if they don’t stand for the US national anthem. The students are supporting a quarterback who remained seated to protest police brutality.
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Met police compensates brothers caught up in protests
Exclusive: The Metropolitan police is to pay out tens of thousands of pounds in compensation to two brothers caught up in the 2010 violent student protests at Westminster.
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Policeman found guilty of tuition fee protest assault
As a fluke helps convict a PC of assault during the 2010 tuition fees protest, student William Horner, who broke a tooth during the demo, tells Channel 4 News it could be “the tip of an iceberg”.
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Anti-austerity activists plan ‘five years of protest’
One week after the election results hundreds of activists packed a London meeting to plan what they say will be a major fight against Tory cuts. But are they refusing to accept the democratic process?
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Policeman accused of framing student at tuition fee riot
PC Andrew Ott, who hit student William Horner with his riot shield, was recorded saying after the incident “he’s going to have to have done something, coz I’ve put his tooth out”.
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Baltimore’s Freddie Gray protests: the key questions
More than 200 people arrested, and 15 buildings and 144 vehicles set on fire on Monday night in Baltimore. Channel 4 News answers the key questions around the Freddie Gray protests.
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A 'revolutionary wedding' amidst Burma's student crackdown
Ko Htet and his wife Su Yee Win are lovers in a dangerous time, which happens to be an entirely unexpected feature of their new life as a married couple.
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FactCheck: will Labour’s tuition fees cut help the poorest students?
Labour says its plans to cut tuition fees will make the system “more progressive”. Others says poor students will be worse off. Who’s right?
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Student outrage as Marine Le Pen visits Oxford Union
The Oxford Union decision to invite French far-right politician Marine Le Pen to speak prompts outrage from student groups. But others tell Channel 4 News it is important to hear what she has to say.
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Thousands march in Mexico for missing students
Protesters march through the streets of Mexico City in their thousands, marking four months since the disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico.
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From protest to Parliament: can Greens hold the youth vote?
The Green party hit new highs in the latest polls after a surge in support from young people, support for the Labour party fell. We speak to young activists backing the Greens and others who are wary.
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Mexico’s missing students: body parts found
With protests erupting over the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico, the country’s attorney general confirms that bone fragments found belonged to a 19-year-old trainee teacher.
