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The group of environmental activists Extinction Rebellion ('XR') begins ‘weekend of resistance’ with march from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street in London, to denounce the use of fossil fuels and inaction on climate change, while the country is going through a political and economic crisis linked to the rise in energy prices that just led Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her Finance minister. IMAGES
Extinction Rebellion climate activists gather outside the Bank of England in London on the final day of their new series of "mass rebellions". IMAGES
Climate activists affiliated with Extinction Rebellion carry trees to the UK Parliament in a fresh protest action in London. IMAGES
Climate change activists with the Extinction Rebellion group protest outside the Brazilian embassy in London to denounce the inaction of Jair Bolsonaro's government on Amazon deforestation and on fighting the fires ravaging the rainforest for weeks. Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year -- the highest number for any year since 2013. Most were in the Amazon. IMAGES
Police have arrested eight climate activists who forced their way into Frankfurt airport, Germany's busiest, forcing it to temporarily suspend arrivals and departures, seeing queues of passenger and flights cancelled. IMAGES
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