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Added on the 08/01/2023 13:50:12 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Environmental activists block dozens of streets in Berlin to protest Germany's climate policy, causing widespread transport disruption in the capital. IMAGES
German police officers begin removing climate activists perched precariously on high structures after they embarked on an operation to evacuate a protest camp that has become a symbol of resistance against fossil fuels. Luetzerath, a village in North Rhine-Westphalia state, has been turned over to around 2,000 anti-coal activists who are trying to prevent the site from being dug up for coal. IMAGES
Thousands of European climate activists gather to blockade a huge German open-cast coal mine and plant in a campaign of non-violent mass civil disobedience. IMAGES of protesters
Several thousand demonstrators converge on Bonn ahead of UN climate negotiations demanding that governments step up action to halt global warming, starting with a rapid phase-out of coal-burning power plants. 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
Activists unfurl a banner on Westminster Bridge that reads "Keir Starmer: Will Labour stop arming Israel?". Organised by pro-Palestinian volunteer organisation Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Houses of Parliament looms over the bridge on which the banner hangs, on the eve of the first TV debate ahead of the UK's July 4 election. IMAGES