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Tony Blair on Wednesday arrived for his last Group of Eight (G8) summit as British prime minister, hoping to secure movement on climate change and greater commitments to help Africa. Blair, who last week completed a three-country tour of Africa, wants more to be done to boost aid to the world’s poorest continent and progress on a new deal to tackle climate change.

Protesters threw stones and bottles and attacked police officers with sticks in the German port of Rostock on Saturday after a largely peaceful demonstration against next week’s Group of Eight (G8) summit. A group of around 500 demonstrators set upon police near the harbour after a series of marches through the city in which police said 25 000 people took part.