At least five people have been arrested during anti-nuclear protests in France.
The arrests followed clashes with police over a convoy of German nuclear waste.
The protests are over the latest - and last - convoy of waste to be treated in France at the Areva plant in Normandy, and its return to Germany.
The practice has been the subject of huge controversy with French environmentalists furious at what they see as a potentially hazardous overland journey of more than 430 miles.
The waste is being transported by train from Valognes and police have been setting up roadblocks to stop protesters converging at the railway station. More
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