Greek police ban Athens protests during Obama visit

Greek police have banned protests planned during US President Barack Obama's trip to Athens from Tuesday, the first leg of his last official visit to Europe. Thousands of police officers were on Monday patrolling central Athens which will be closed to traffic for several hours on Tuesday while Obama holds talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President Prokopis Pavlopoulos. Obama was set to leave Washington later Monday to embark on his last trip to Europe as president before he hands over to Donald Trump in January.