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World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns that spikes in coronavirus transmission in a number of countries are being driven by young people "letting down their guard", reminding them that they are also at risk. SOUNDBITE
Multiple fires broke out across Mount Vesuvius near Naples on Wednesday, forcing authorities to evacuate local residents. Thick smoke billowed from several spots on the mountain, leading residents from surrounding towns and villages to falsely believe that the volcano had erupted. The fire threatens the national park surrounding the mountain, as well as adjacent landfill sites, sparking fears of toxic smoke being unleashed on nearby towns.
UN climate chief Simon Stiell warns that global warming will "decimate G20 economies" without unity. "Sidelining climate isn’t a solution to a crisis that will decimate every G20 economy and has already started to hurt," he says during his address at the UK think tank Chatham House, London, UK. SOUNDBITE
Activist Greta Thunberg says that a ruling by Europe's top rights court that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change is "only the beginning". SOUNDBITE
Europe's top rights court says Switzerland is not doing enough to tackle climate change, in the first such ruling on the responsibility of states in curbing global warming. SOUNDBITE
People remove debris in Vina del Mar, in the Valparaiso region, left behind by the devastating wildfires that claimed at least 112 lives, according to the latest Interior Ministry toll. IMAGES
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