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London, Aug 26 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Vickie Flores) A demonstration called by Extinction Rebellion has paralyzed Victoria Street in London on Thursday, at the gates of the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.FOOTAGE FROM THE DEMONSTRATION CALLED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANZIATION EXTINCTION REBELLION IN LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM) TO DEMAND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FOR STRONG ACTIONS IN THE FACE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
British Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove speaks at the daily government briefing on COVID-19 as Prime Minister Boris Johnson self-isolates after testing positive for the virus. SOUNDBITE
In a show of support for a principal threatened with a knife by a student on Friday, the French Minister of National Education, Nicole Belloubet met with staff at the secondary school, before participating in a round table on school security at Chenove town hall, near Dijon, in eastern France. IMAGES
Controversial British-American influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan arrive at a Bucharest court of appeals, after their arrest by Romanian police over UK sex offence charges. Romanian authorities said in a statement that they executed "two European arrest warrants issued by the UK judicial authorities for the committing of sexual offences, of exploitation of persons on the territory of the UK". IMAGES
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says "an immediate full ceasefire" between Israel and Hamas which collapses into fighting "would not be in anyone's interest" ahead of a parliamentary debate on the issue. Speaking during his weekly question session, Sunak tells the House of Commons that he backs an "immediate humanitarian pause" ahead of a motion and vote on a ceasefire in the chamber. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the UK has sanctioned officials running the Arctic penal colony where Russian opposition figure and critic of President Vladmir Putin Alexei Navalny died, saying Britian and its allies were considering "all options to hold Russia and Putin to account". "He died for a cause to which he dedicated his whole life - freedom - and to return home knowing that Putin had already tried to have him killed is one of the most courageous acts of our time," he tells members of parliament. SOUNDBITE