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Washington, Apr 22 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Will Oliver) The Extinction Rebellion social movement protested on Thursday in the vicinity of the White House against the "very small and late" plans of the US government to tackling climate change, coinciding with the summit of international leaders organized by President Biden in virtual format.FOOTAGE OF PROTEST IN WASHINGTON.
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
"We do not need more warnings. The dystopian future is already here," UN right chief Volker Turk tells the United Nations Human Rights Council during the opening its the 54th session in Geneva. Climate change is sparking human rights emergencies in many countries, the UN rights chief added, also decrying widespread "nonchalance" to surging deaths of migrants. SOUNDBITE
A cloud of smoke covers La Orotava, a village in northern Tenerife, at dawn, after wildfire that has raged for a week on the holiday island and forced thousands of people to flee. On August 22, authorities said Spanish firefighters were gaining the upper hand in their battle against the blaze, which broke out late August 15 in an area of steep ravines and cliffs in the northeast of the island, part of Spain's Canary Islands archipelago off the northwestern coast of Africa. IMAGES
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