Clashes have broken out in Greece’s two largest cities as protesters hurled gasoline bombs and flares outside parliament.

Clashes broke out in Greece's two largest cities Friday, as protesters hurled gasoline bombs and flares outside Parliament during a censure motion debate against the government over its handling of a deadly rail disaster two years ago.

Protesters launched burning projectiles and fireworks in clashes with police outside Greece's parliament Friday, in renewed nationwide protests calling for politicians to be held accountable for a 2023 rail disaster that claimed 57 lives.

Two years after a rail disaster in central Greece that left 57 people dead, the opposition failed in its attempt to bring down the government with a no-confidence vote on Friday. The opposition had accused the Cabinet of conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of covering up the causes of the fiery crash in Tempi,