Thousands protest in Germany as far-right AfD party starts youth convention

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the western German city of Giessen on Saturday as the far-right Alternative for Germany’s new youth organisation was set to kick off its founding convention. Groups of protesters blocked or tried to block roads in and around the city of some 93,000 people in the early morning. Police said they used pepper spray after stones were thrown at officers at one location. The new youth organisation of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is to be...