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Just Stop Oil supporters paint ‘1.5 is dead’ on Charles Darwin’s grave

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Just Stop Oil protesters with a police officer outside Westminster Abbey in central London after they spray painted “1.5 is dead” on the grave of Charles Darwin, in the north aisle of the nave of the Abbey, January 13, 2025

JUST STOP OIL activists painted the grave of British naturalist Charles Darwin today to demand an end to reliance on fossil fuels by 2030.

Two activists entered Westminster Abbey and sprayed “1.5 Is Dead” on the grave after it was confirmed that 2024 was the first year on record with a global average temperature exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

During the action, the supporters said: “We have passed the 1.5° threshold that was supposed to keep us safe

“Darwin would be turning in his grave to know we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction.

“The government’s plans will take us to over 3 degrees of warming.

“This will destroy everything we love. World leaders must stop burning oil, gas and coal by 2030.”

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German police attack Palestine bloc on annual procession to Luxemburg and Liebknecht’s graves

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Police officers and demonstrators clash during the ‘Luxemburg-Liebknecht-Ehrung 2025’ demonstration in memory of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, in Berlin, January 12, 2025

GERMAN police attacked the annual march to the graves of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht today, targeting marchers expressing solidarity with Palestine.

The second Sunday in January sees a traditional procession from Berlin’s Frankfurt Gate to the Friedrichsfelde cemetery, where a monument marks the graves of communist revolutionaries killed in the struggle, with thousands joining to place red carnations on their graves.

But a Palestine solidarity bloc came under immediate attack as the march moved off, with police charging marchers who chanted “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and seizing individuals from the crowd to carry off.

Organisers halted the march and called for everyone to close gaps to prevent any bloc being separated and beaten up by police. But officers continued to snatch people from the crowd, saying placards or items of clothing were promoting “unconstitutional” messages, which ranged from expressions of solidarity with Palestine to one member of the German communist youth league being detained for wearing a red triangle, the badge assigned to political prisoners by the Nazis as the yellow star was for Jews.

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London hospital advertises for ‘corridor care’ nurses

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The emergency department at Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Smethwick, January 8, 2025

Royal College of Emergency Medicine says advertisement is ‘normalising’ patients being treated in the corridors

A LONDON hospital has advertising for “corridor care” nurses because so many A&E patients are being cared for while waiting for beds or treatment.

The 12-hour shifts were advertised by Whittington hospital in north London.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) said the advertisement indicated the “normalising” of patients being treated in the corridors of hospital A&E departments.

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Retired paediatrician Dr John Puntis, co-chair of campaign group Keep Our NHS Public, said: “There can be no bleaker illustration of the current state of the NHS than ‘care’ delivered in corridors.

“Winter pressures on an already overstretched service were entirely predictable.

“Six months in power and Labour has done nothing pro-active to alleviate this situation.”

He accused the government of instead “throwing money at the private sector.”

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