Berlin shop owners board up windows ahead of 'Generation Z Decides' youth protests

In Berlin, shop owners are boarding up storefronts due to expected youth protests on October 31 by the movement 'Generation Z Decides'.

Large-scale demonstrations are planned in more than 20 German cities.

Activists are demanding education reform, a halt to rising living costs, and oppose the reinstatement of compulsory military service.

Organizers describe the events as peaceful, but Berlin police are deploying 1,500 officers to maintain order.