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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends a protest in London outside a major oil and gas industry meeting, warning that the "world is drowning in fossil fuels". "Behind these closed doors at the oil and money conference, spineless politicians are making deals and compromises with lobbyists from destructive industries, the fossil fuel industry," she tells protesters and media gathered outside the Intercontinental Park Lane hotel where the Energy Intelligence Forum is being held. SOUNDBITE
In a speech to Parliament, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announces that the UK government will supply Storm Shadow long-range missiles to Ukraine to use in its war againt Russia. By doing so, the UK will become the first country to provide longer-range weapons to Kyiv. "I can confirm that the UK is donating Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine," says Ben Wallace. SOUNDBITE
Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement start a four day climate protest in London, holding a picket line outside the British government's Department of Energy. IMAGES
Britain's top diplomat calls on Iran's leadership to choose "another path" including embracing a nuclear deal as protests grip the nation after the death of a young woman arrested by morality police. SOUNDBITE
The mother of slain journalist James Foley, Diane Foley, says the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation welcomes the life sentence for El Shafee Elsheikh after the member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" was sentenced to life in prison by a US court for the deaths of four American hostages in Syria. "With today's verdict we finally have a bit of justice," she says outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. SOUNDBITE
Demonstrators gather in front of the Paris City Hall to take part in worldwide demonstrations against what campaigners say is a lack of urgency to address global warming at a crunch UN climate summit. IMAGES
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