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Just Stop Oil protesters demand end to fossil fuel projects following devastating floods in Italy and Somalia
Just Stop Oil activists protest in central London against fossil fuel projects

JUST STOP OIL protesters returned to central London today to demand an end to fossil fuel projects following the devastating floods in Italy and Somalia.

On Wednesday, thousands were left homeless and at least nine people reported dead after a heavy storm caused 21 rivers to burst their banks in Italy, causing landslides.

And in Somalia, a quarter of a million people were forced to leave their homes after the Shabelle River burst its banks.

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