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FILE PHOTO: Andre, 15 and Sofia Oliveira, 18 pose for a picture in Almada, Portugal, July 29, 2023. They are part of a group of six that took action in the European court against 32 countries for allegedly failing to do their part to avert climate catastrophe. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Andre, 15 and Sofia Oliveira, 18 pose for a picture in Almada, Portugal, July 29, 2023. They are part of a group of six that took action in the European court against 32 countries for allegedly failing to do their part to avert climate catastrophe. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo

Youth vs Europe: ‘Unprecedented’ climate trial kicks off at rights court

 (Reuters) – Six young people from areas in Portugal ravaged by wildfires and heatwaves took 32 European governments to court today, arguing their failure to act fast enough on climate change is a violation of their human rights.

More than 100 dead, 150 injured in Iraq wedding inferno

NINEVEH, Iraq,  (Reuters) – More than 100 people were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya district in Iraq’s Nineveh province that left civil defence searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday.

France to pull troops out of Niger following coup

PARIS (Reuters) – France will pull its soldiers out of Niger following a July coup in the West African country, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, dealing a huge blow to French influence and counter-insurgency operations in the Sahel region.

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