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Climate activists target UK parliament
Members of climate activist group Extinction Rebellion on Friday glued themselves to the Speaker's chair in the UK House of Commons, calling for a "Citizens' Assembly" to help shape environmental policy. "The parliament action began with three people booked on an official tour of the building, gluing themselves in a chain around the Speaker's Chair."
Russia's Gazprom expected to resume pipeline supplies
Russia's Gazprom looked set to resume gas supplies to Europe via Nord Stream 1 this weekend, data from the pipeline operator showed Friday, after a halt that fuelled an energy crisis.
G20 talks end with pledge to accelerate energy transition
G20 energy talks in Bali ended Friday with the world's leading economies pledging to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy, but there was no binding agreement as officials struggle to overcome discord over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Several nations, including Britain and France, denounced the invasion of Ukraine and said it had destabilised energy supply.
Queen Elizabeth II to miss Highland Games event
Queen Elizabeth II will not attend a traditional highlight of her summer trip to Scotland because of persistent health worries, British media said Friday. The queen had this weekend been expected to attend the Braemar Gathering near her remote Balmoral retreat in northeast Scotland.
Myanmar junta jails former British envoy for one year
Myanmar's ruling military jailed on Friday a former British ambassador and her husband for a year each for breaching immigration rules, a junta spokesman said. Since carrying out a coup last year, Myanmar's military has carried out a bloody clampdown on dissent and battled forces opposed to the takeover.
Top cleric killed by mosque blast in Afghanistan's Herat
A huge bomb blast at one of the biggest mosques in western Afghanistan Friday killed its influential imam, who called earlier this year for those who commit "the smallest act" against the government to be beheaded. In July, during a religious gathering in Kabul, he called for those who commit "the smallest act against our Islamic government" to be beheaded.
Greenpeace drops boulders on UK seabed to curb bottom-trawling fishing
Greenpeace UK said Friday it had dropped 18 large boulders on the seabed in a marine conservation zone off the coast of southwest England to prevent "destructive" industrial fishing. "We are placing large limestone boulders on the seabed to create a protective underwater barrier which will put the area off limits to destructive fishing," Anna Diski, UK oceans campaigner, told AFP on board.
Trial opens in France over 2016 Nice truck massacre
Eight suspects go on trial Monday over the July 2016 attack in the Mediterranean city of Nice where a radical Islamist killed 86 people by driving a truck into thousands of locals and tourists celebrating France's national day.
Millions locked down in China's Chengdu over Covid outbreak
Millions were stuck at home in China's Chengdu on Friday after a handful of Covid-19 cases brought the megacity to a standstill. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare this week as locals in the city -- a powerhouse economic hub in China's southwest that is home to 21 million people -- feared a repeat of the months-long lockdown in the eastern megalopolis of Shanghai earlier this year.
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