00:02Violent clashes erupted between police and demonstrators outside Albania's parliament on Thursday as protests against a controversial resort development linked
00:11to US President Donald Trump's family continue.
00:15Police used tear gas, pepper spray and a water cannon to break up the crowd, and some protesters tried to
00:21push through lines of officers.
00:23People were also seen smashing the windows of an empty police car in a nearby street as the crowd was
00:29pushed away from the area.
00:32Protests began in late May against the planned construction of a luxury hotel linked to Trump's daughter Ivanka and her
00:38husband Jared Kushner in a nature reserve in Zvernets on Albania's southwestern coast.
00:44While the protests stem from environmental issues related to the development project, they have morphed into more general political demonstrations
00:52voicing opposition against the government and Prime Minister Eddie Rama.
00:56Thank you very much.
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