◾ ◾ ◾ A new wave of demonstrations against the government began in Italy in Milan, as part of a general strike called by trade unions, two mass marches took place at once - a column of workers and students and a separate procession of schoolchildren and activists. The city police raised the threat level to public order. ◾ This is not the first outbreak of demonstrations in Milan in October: earlier in the city, as well as in Turin, Bologna and Bergamo, there were riots due to dissatisfaction with the increase in the cost of living and the tax burden - then protesters smashed and looted stores of famous brands, and the police used tear gas and water cannons, 271. ◾ RTVI reporter, who is now in Piazza Duca d'Aosta, Reports on what is happening on the streets of Milan ◾.

◾ ◾ ◾ A new wave of demonstrations against the government began in Italy in Milan, as part of a general strike called by trade unions, two mass marches took place at once - a column of workers and students and a separate procession of schoolchildren and activists. The city police raised the threat level to public order. ◾ This is not the first outbreak of demonstrations in Milan in October: earlier in the city, as well as in Turin, Bologna and Bergamo, there were riots due to dissatisfaction with the increase in the cost of living and the tax burden - then protesters smashed and looted stores of famous brands, and the police used tear gas and water cannons, 271. ◾ RTVI reporter, who is now in Piazza Duca d'Aosta, Reports on what is happening on the streets of Milan ◾.