00:00Hundreds of youths faced off with riot police in the streets of Brussels, the Belgian capital, on Friday in chaotic
00:07scenes on the sidelines of a workers' march.
00:10Around 30,000 people turned out for the national strike against government austerity measures, police said, with tensions running high
00:18after days of student protests inspired by those in France.
00:23Trade unions are pushing for the Belgian government to increase taxes on the highest earners rather than impose cuts.
00:50Dozens of protesters threw rocks and firecrackers at police at the central Brussels railway station before setting several fires.
00:59Friday's Day of Action was the latest in a series of strikes in recent months against efforts by Prime Minister
01:06Bardo Viva to save 10 billion euros over the next few years in a bid to reduce the country's high
01:12deficit.
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