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Dutch officers have broken up a motorway blockade by climate activists in Amsterdam, police announced on Saturday on social media platform X, formerly Twitter. Around 40 demonstrators were carried away from the road and then transported from the scene in buses, according to the statement. Another 27 people had been arrested earlier. The operation was peaceful, the police said. The demonstrators from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the A10 ring motorway around Amsterdam for a short time in the afternoon to protest against the financing of fossil fuels. The demonstration had previously…

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