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Amsterdam’s famous Rijksmuseum was forced to close for several hours on Saturday after a protest by the Extinction Rebellion (XR) climate action group. The museum reopened at around 3 pm (1300 GMT) after more than 30 XR members were arrested. “The safety of the visitors, the staff and the art collection take priority,” a spokesman told Dutch news agency ANP. “Any action that jeopardizes this is unacceptable.” Protesters dressed in yellow had earlier chained themselves to the museum’s entrance and lit yellow torches to prevent visitors from entering one of the Netherlands’ best-known cultural s…

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