Italy sends troops, toughens security laws after Milan clashes

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Italy approved deploying 500 troops to Milan after violent clashes linked to protests over fuel prices disrupted pasta production and food deliveries in southern Italy. The government also adopted security measures that would ease detention of minors and criminalize violent participation in demonstrations.

Italy on Tuesday approved the deployment of 500 troops to Milan after violent clashes as fuel price protests hit pasta production and food deliveries in southern Italy. A cabinet meeting on Tuesday also approved a series of security measures, including making the detention of minors easier and introducing the crime of "violent participation in a demonstration". FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome.