World 'losing battle' on 2020 goal to cut deforestation

The world lost more than 26 million hectares of trees - an area the size of Britain - each year from 2014-2018

INTERVIEW-Paralympian turned climate activist readies for arrest at UK airport

The Paralympian is part of a group planning to disrupt Heathrow airport with drones to pressure the government to take tougher steps to reduce carbon emissions


Mapping project seeks to secure 'invisible' indigenous lands

An online project aims to map all of the world's indigenous lands to secure legal rights and alert communities to the threats of illegal logging and mining


Germany to criminalise 'disgusting' practice of upskirting

Upskirting has become an increasing concern in many countries - in many cases images or videos are shared on porn sites, social media or other platforms


With glue and fake blood, climate protesters target London Fashion Week

"(The demonstrators) are calling for the fashion industry to tell the truth about its contribution to the climate and ecological crisis," says the Extinction Rebellion group


Third person dies, two airports closed as torrential rains hit southern Spain

Heavy rainfall in the regions of Valencia and Murcia swept away cars and debris and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people, including from flooded highways


Rape convictions in England and Wales slump to decade low

The decline comes amid growing concerns that the justice system is failing rape victims with many saying they are re-traumatised by the process while their attackers walk free


Hello? Indigenous Maori have words with Air New Zealand over trademark of phrase

'Maori is ours. You don't get to culturally misappropriate it for profit'


Death threats 'broke my heart', says popular Lebanese band singer

Hamed Sinno, lead singer of popular band Mashrou' Leila on death threats, homophobia and the importance of free speech


Role of female coaches reaches well beyond playing fields, U.S. sports leaders say

Globally, fewer than one in 10 registered soccer coaches is female


Calls for enquiry as LGBT+ hate crime doubles in UK

The number of hate crimes in Britain against the LGBT community grew by more than 130% between 2014-15 and 2018-19



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