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Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists gather outside the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, northeastern France, which is due to rule in three separate cases to decide wether states are doing enough in the face of climate change. IMAGES
The two gigantic fires that have been raging since 12 July in Gironde (south-west France) have burnt more than 19,000 hectares of forest and forced the evacuation of 34,000 people, according to the sub-prefect of Arcachon, Ronan Léaustic. SOUNDBITE
Hundreds of people rally in Sydney for COP26 Global Day of Action. Delegates from nearly 200 countries are in Glasgow to hammer out how to meet the Paris Agreement goals of limiting temperature rises to between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius. IMAGES
Porto (Portugal), Jul 22 (EFE) .- (Camera: Cynthia de Benito) "I believe that Cubans deserve a better life and a better government," Ai Weiwei sentenced. The Chinese artist, always committed to human rights, reappears this Thursday in the Portuguese city of Porto with a new reason for struggle, climate change, although without neglecting politics.FOOTAGE OF THE NEW PIECES PRESENTED BY THE CHINESE ARTIST AI WEIWEI AT THE SERRALVES MUSEUM IN PORTO.SOUNDBITES IN ENGLISH OF AI WEIWEI, CHINESE ARTIST.
Australian Navy helicopter helps evacuate people trapped by the bush fires in Australia. IMAGES
According to reports, Donald Trump has shown Barack Obama's letter to him on inauguration day to Oval Office visitors and others visiting his private White House residence. It has become customary in the US for outgoing presidents to leave letters for their successors with every president doing it since George H.W. Bush wrote one for Bill Clinton.