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Hundreds of firefighters backed by planes and helicopters battle a massive forest fire in the Harz mountains of central Germany for the second day. The blaze began in the Harz Mountains on 6 September prompting the evacuation of about 500 hikers and other tourists from the area. 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
Sheets of heavy rain and strong winds hit the city of Taitung as Typhoon Koinu nears Taiwan, the second major storm in a month to hit the island directly. IMAGES
Images of runners competing in the Berlin marathon and their supporters. Meanwhile activists of the "Letzte Generation" (Last Generation) movement disrupt the race by throwing orange paint on the track. IMAGES
Images show Berlin's Brandenburg Gate splattered with orange paint after activists from the "Last Generation" ("Letzte Generation") environmental collective spray-painted the six pillars of the emblematic monument to warn of the urgency of global warming and demand a change in the German government's policy. The movement is calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels by 2030 at the latest. Police arrested around ten activists near the gate, some of whom were still sitting on the ground, handcuffed. IMAGES
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