School students walk out in global climate strike (BBC)

School students around the world have gone on strike to demand action on climate change.

Organisers expect more than one million young people to join the protests in at least 110 countries on Friday.

They are calling on politicians and businesses to take urgent action to slow global warming.

The strikes are inspired by school student Greta Thunberg, who has become a global figurehead since protesting outside Sweden’s parliament in 2018. Read more

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