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• One killed and hundreds injured in French anti-Macron protests

  17-11-2018 21:45 via theguardian.com
  Death at ‘gilet jaunes’ demonstration caused by panicking driver as anti-fuel tax blockade grips countryOne protester has died and more than a hundred were injured after a nationwide wave of peaceful protests aimed at French president Emmanuel Macron turned to tragedy.Demonstrators from the gilets jaunes – yellow vests – movement had called for people to turn out and gridlock France’s road network to show their anger at increases in fuel taxes. Continue reading...
  
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• France demands UK climate pledge in return for Brexit trade deal

  17-11-2018 20:28 via theguardian.com
  President Macron and other member states fear Britain could gain advantage over them by undercutting EU environment lawsFrance is pushing the UK to incorporate future European climate change directives into law automatically in return for an ambitious trade deal with the EU.A large number of member states fear that the UK could enjoy an economic advantage after Brexit if it were able to diverge from European laws and regulations, and they want to use their leverage now to force a commitment from
  
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• Recycling the old masters – in pictures

  17-11-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Dutch artist Suzanne Jongmans creates photographs that echo the old masters, but with a modern twist: she crafts intricate costumes using recycled plastics, old blankets and used packaging. Jongmans finds inspiration in painters such as Jan van Eyck, Rembrandt and Holbein, whose level of detail she aims to replicate. “When you look at the old masters, you can really see the time that is put into the paintings,” she says. “And that fits with the method I developed.” There
  
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• Several arrested as thousands block London bridges in climate rebellion

  17-11-2018 16:31 via theguardian.com
  Protesters close five main bridges across Thames over extinction crisis in huge act of peaceful civil disobedience
  More than 50 people have been arrested as thousands of demonstrators occupied five bridges in central London to voice their concern over the looming climate crisis.Protesters including families and pensioners began massing on five of London’s main bridges from 10am on Saturday. An hour later all the crossings had been blocked in one of the biggest acts of peaceful civil disobe
  
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• Scores arrested as thousands block London bridges in climate rebellion

  17-11-2018 16:31 via theguardian.com
  Protesters close five main bridges across Thames over extinction crisis in huge act of peaceful civil disobedience
  More than 50 people have been arrested as thousands of demonstrators occupied five bridges in central London to voice their concern over the looming climate crisis.Protesters including families and pensioners began massing on five of London’s main bridges from 10am on Saturday. An hour later all the crossings had been blocked in one of the biggest acts of peaceful civil disobe
  
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• Dozens arrested after climate protest blocks five London bridges

  17-11-2018 16:31 via theguardian.com
  Thousands of protesters occupied bridges across the Thames over extinction crisis in huge act of peaceful civil disobedience
  Seventy people have been arrested as thousands of demonstrators occupied five bridges in central London to voice their concern over the looming climate crisis.Protesters, including families and pensioners, began massing on five of London’s main bridges from 10am on Saturday. An hour later, all the crossings had been blocked in one of the biggest acts of peaceful civi
  
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• Habitat loss threatens all our futures, world leaders warned

  17-11-2018 16:14 via theguardian.com
  Biodiversity experts say mass extinction of wildlife is as big a danger as climate changeAs a UN conference convenes to work out a new deal for protecting the planet’s biodiversity, the focus falls on the nations that are not attending.Amid the worst loss of life on Earth since the demise of the dinosaurs, the agenda at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh could hardly be more important, but the spirit of international collaboration appears
  
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• French protester killed in accident at anti-fuel tax blockade

  17-11-2018 12:45 via theguardian.com
  Driver accelerated when panicked by ‘yellow vest’ demonstration in Savoie, minister saysA motorist has accidentally hit and killed a protester taking part in a campaign of road blockades across France triggered by fuel tax rises, officials have said.The demonstrators are trying to block motorways and fuel depots as part of a grassroots movement billed as the “yellow vests”. They are angry at higher fuel taxes introduced by President Emmanuel Macron. Continue reading...
  
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• Thousands gather to block London bridges in climate rebellion

  17-11-2018 12:11 via theguardian.com
  Protesters plan to close five main bridges across Thames over extinction crisis
  Thousands of people have descended on central London for a “day of rebellion” in protest over the looming climate crisis.People began massing on five bridges over the River Thames from 10am on Saturday. By 11.30am organisers said all five target bridges in central London had been occupied. Continue reading...
  
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• Submarine that vanished with 44 crew is found sunken in Atlantic

  17-11-2018 06:45 via theguardian.com
  ARA San Juan detected 800 metres deep in waters off the Valdes Peninsula in Argentine Patagonia, a year after it disappearedSearchers have found the missing Argentinian submarine ARA San Juan deep in the Atlantic a year after it disappeared with 44 crewmen on board.The vessel was detected 800 metres (2,625 feet) deep in waters off the Valdes Peninsula in Argentine Patagonia, the country’s navy announced early on Saturday. Continue reading...
  
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• Country diary: waking up to traces of nocturnal animals

  17-11-2018 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Stamford, Lincolnshire: Leaner months bring night animals closer to us as the hours of our shifts cross
  Something’s been happening while we were asleep. This week four things have made me think this: four mornings after the nights before. Four reminders of the night shift. These dawn traces are harder to spot than the detritus of our own late-night species of reveller, those sheepish shadows occasionally spotted slinking home in the silver light of morning. The harder proof is more forensi
  
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• Turnbull says climate change has become a 'third rail' for Liberal party

  17-11-2018 01:06 via theguardian.com
  Former PM tells Bar Association that policy remains evasive as long as group of Coalition MPs believes climate change is a fraudThe former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says a “constituency” of Coalition MPs believes climate change is a fraud, and that the issue has become a “third rail” for the Liberal party.Speaking at the Australia Bar Association’s annual conference in Sydney on Friday night, Turnbull, the guest of honour at the event, said a climate-sceptic g
  
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