Wave of protests continues: protesters break into the Colosseum | Watch the footage

Protesters broke into the Colosseum in Rome last night (Saturday) as part of the wave of protests across Europe. Footage shows dozens of protesters bypassing barriers and breaking into the monument. In Barcelona, vandalism and looting were documented. Clashes with police led to hundreds of arrests across the continent.

Protesters broke into the Colosseum in Rome last night (Saturday), as part of the wave of protests spreading across Europe. Footage shows dozens of protesters bypassing barriers and breaking into the ancient monument. Meanwhile, in Barcelona, Spain, acts of vandalism, looting, and damage to public property were documented, including attempts to break into a shoe store and the arrest of a man trying to steal a phone. Clashes between protesters and police led to hundreds of arrests across the continent. The protests began last month in the suburbs of Paris over conditions in schools, and peaked in a series of demonstrations across France involving about 400,000 people.