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Poland is one of the most polluted countries in Europe, breaching EU norms by hundreds of percentage points at the worst times of year.
Dozens of schoolchildren take part in protest against hazardous air pollution levels, calling on Indian authorities to take stringent action to tackle problem.
Entretien 1/4 : Pascal Dupraz, entraîneur du TFC et Toulousain de coeur
Roberto Saviano, Italy's best-known anti-Mafia author and a leading human rights campaigner, is due to stand trial in Rome this Tuesday for calling Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a "bastard". Meloni sued Saviano following a December 2020 TV interview in which he lambasted her and fellow right-wing leader Matteo Salvini over their attacks on migrant rescue NGOs. FRANCE 24's correspondent in Rome, Seema Gupta, tells us more.
New Delhi wakes up to toxic smog after Diwali revellers defied a firecracker ban and risked jail to celebrate the annual Hindu festival. According to international monitoring company IQAir, harmful PM 2.5 particles surged to 350 on the air quality index -- more than three times the reading a day earlier. The reading for the particulates -- so tiny they can penetrate deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream -- is more than 23 times the recommended daily maximum set by the World Health Organization.