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Environmental activist Greta Thunberg arrives at a London court for the opening of a two-day trial on charges of public order offences linked to a demonstration against the energy industry. The 21-year-old Swedish activist pleaded not guilty to the charges at an initial hearing in November 2023, as did four other activists who appeared with her. IMAGES
Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg arrives at a London court after her arrest during a protest at an annual gathering of energy industry figures. The 20-year-old activist -- a key face of the movement to fight climate change -- was among 26 people charged with a public order offence in the October 17 demonstration in London. IMAGES
Gisele Pelicot, a French woman whose husband has admitted to enlisting dozens of strangers to rape her while she was drugged, arrives at the court in Avignon with her three children, while her daughter Caroline Darian and her two step-daughters were due to speak on the fifth day of the trial. Photos of them sleeping were also found on the computer of her husband, Dominique Pelicot. IMAGES
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
Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists gather outside the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, northeastern France, which is due to rule in three separate cases to decide wether states are doing enough in the face of climate change. IMAGES