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Green News

Watch Just Stop Oil's most divisive and defiant protests so far

The group has made headlines across Europe with actions that have included throwing food at famous paintings and climbing to the top of a bridge over a busy UK motorway.

France

Protests go on at French farm reservoir site after clashes with police

France's worst drought on record this summer has sharpened debate over water resources in the European Union's biggest agricultural sector.

Culture news

Interview: Just Stop Oil activist on why it's right to attack art

Euronews Culture speaks with Alex De Koning, a Just Stop Oil spokesperson who believes that pushing cultural buttons can make people question their comfort zones.

World News

Cost of living protests across Europe might spell political trouble

As inflation keeps growing and the war in Ukraine causes further economic fears, the risk to political leaders became clearer as people continue to demand action.

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France

Tens of thousands strike in France over pay and cost of living

Tuesday's industrial action hit the transport, health, education and energy sectors as workers demand pay rises to cope with high inflation.

United Kingdom

Attack on protestor at Chinese consulate in UK 'deeply concerning'

Footage made public by domestic outlets showed a man was hauled through a gate into the consular grounds Sunday, where he was kicked and punched by five men as he lay on the ground.

France

Large demonstration held in Paris against the rising cost of living

Thousands of people protested in Paris on Sunday in a "march against the high cost of living and climate inaction" organised by a left-wing alliance.

United Kingdom

Luxury car showroom hit in latest climate activists' protest in London

The Just Stop Oil activists sprayed orange paint over an Aston Martin showroom in central London on Sunday.

Culture news

Protestors throw soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers

Just Stop Oil climate activists have thrown soup at a Van Gogh painting at the National Gallery in their latest demonstration

Climate

Just Stop Oil: Activist in viral arrest video slams government

Lora Johnson was arrested while protesting fracking in London last week. Here’s why she did it.

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Indigenous of Chile march for rights and recognition

Indigenous peoples in Chile marched across parts of the capital Santiago on Monday to mark The Day of the Meeting of Two Worlds.

Belgium

Protesters block two TotalEnergies facilities in Belgium

Climate activists demonstrated at TotalEnergies oil sites at Feluy and Liege in Belgium on Saturday, against sky-rocketing energy prices and the use of fossil fuels.

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Women protest in Afghanistan after Kabul academy bombing

Women and girls from the Hazara community protest in Kabul's western district of Dasht-e-Barchi after a suicide bombing.

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso coup leader calls for end to anti-French violence

French institutions in the West African nation have been attacked following reports, denied by Paris, that France had given protection to the leader deposed in Friday's coup.

United Kingdom

Hundreds gather in London over the death of Mahsa Amini

"The regime wants to prove that they didn't use any violence [against Mahsa Amini] by using violence against protestors," said Mohammad Hoshr, a demonstrator in London on Saturday.

Green News

Youth activists stage a coordinated 'global climate strike'

Protesters took to the streets in Jakarta, Tokyo and Berlin to highlight their fears about the effects of global warming.

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Protests in Quito after lawyer found murdered

Protests outside Quito police headquarters after lawyer found murdered.

Japan

Man set himself on fire amid Shinzo Abe's state funeral plans outcry

The planned state funeral for the assassinated former PM Shinzo Abe has become increasingly unpopular among Japanese as more details emerge about his links to the Unification Church.

My Europe Series

Why is there concern over free speech in aftermath of Queen's death?

“I struggle to understand how holding up that sign could meet the threshold for a breach of the peace, and any subsequent prosecution on that basis would clearly bring into play serious concerns about fundamental human rights.”

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Catalan separatists hold rally as movement frays

Hundreds of Thousands of Catalan separatists held a rally in Barcelona.