Farmers clashed with Belgium police on Monday, spraying officers with liquid manure and setting fire to tire piles in a fresh show of force as European Union agriculture ministers met in search of ways to address their concerns. Brussels police said 900 tractors entered the city, many bearing down on the European Council building where the ministers met. Police in riot gear used water cannons to defend the EU's headquarters from behind concrete barriers and barbed wire. Read more here.
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