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A decade after Brazil's deadly dam collapse, Indigenous peoples demand justice on the eve of COP30

A week before what the Indigenous Krenak people now call "the death of the river," they say they could feel it coming. The birds stopped singing, the air grew heavy, and an unusual silence settled over their village in Minas Gerais, a southeastern Brazilian state where forested hills give way to the winding Doce River.

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‘Nationals-lite’: former Liberal president says party would be ‘rewarding standover tactics’ if net zero dumped

Exclusive: Jason Falinski says cutting net zero would tell young Australians ‘we have given up’ and could have negative impact at next election Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Liberal party ran as “Nationals-lite” last election and would be “rewarding standover tactics” from its junior Coalition partner if it caves to dropping a net zero emissions commitment, says former party president and MP Jason Falinski, as moderate and conservative forces continue warring over climate policy.The Liberals are poised to ditch their net zero pledge after conservative powerbrokers urged Sussan Ley to follow the Nationals in dumping the target. With a special meeting to be convened in the coming fortnight to resolve a position, moderate Liberals are fighting privately and publicly to retain a semblance of the policy amid fears abandoning the climate goal would further damage its standing in city seats. Continue reading...

Motorist rams vehicle into people on French Atlantic island of Île d’Oléron, injuring several

A motorist deliberately rammed pedestrians and cyclists on the Île d’Oléron, a French island off the Atlantic coast, injuring nine people

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Munich's famous river wave has vanished after a cleanup. Surfers hope it will return soon

Germany's famous river-surfing wave in Munich has mysteriously disappeared, leaving Bavarian surfers high and dry for the first time in decades.

Germany cracks down on Muslim groups viewed as threats to its constitutional order

The German government has banned a Muslim group accused of violating human rights and democratic values