SWEDEN: Hours after a court fined Greta Thunberg the equivalent of £190 for disobeying police during an environmental protest at an oil facility last month, the climate activist once again attempted to block access to the facility and was removed by police.

“If the court sees our actions of self-defence as a crime, that’s how it is,” said Reclaim the Future spokeswoman Irma Kjellstrom, who was also present at the June protest. She added that activists “have to be exactly where the harm is being done.”

YEMEN: An international team began siphoning oil out of a decrepit tanker off the coast today, the United Nations said, a crucial step in a complex salvage operation aiming to prevent a potential environmental disaster.