Extinction Rebellion is staging Black Friday protests at Amazon sites across the UK (Ian West/PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)It’s the day we’ve been waiting for - Black Friday - but across the UK, Extinction Rebellion’s been blockading 13 Amazon warehouses.
An XR spokesperson claims the action is to draw attention to the e-retail giant’s “exploitative” practices, as well as the “wastefulness” the cyber sales extravaganza.
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The UK’s suspending flights from six African countries following the discovery of a Covid mutant that’s got doctors very worried.
Virologist Lawrence Young says the variant was first spotted in Botswana, and is spreading “rapidly” in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotha and Eswatini.
Twitter says it’s fixing the “disappearing Tweet” problem.
A fix has been rolled out on desktop and the iOS app - it’s coming to Android “soon”; they promise.
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