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Dozens protest in warning shot over Britain wanting to take back control of its waters

More than 100 French fishermen are taking part in a blockade to stop lorries carrying fish from the UK in a protest against a Brexit fishing deal they dismiss as a sham. Since Thursday night, protesters massed at a checkpoint where lorries carrying fish from Britain into the northern French ports of Dunkirk and Calais are subject to hygiene checks, now that the UK has left the EU. French fishermen hold a banner as they block lorries carrying UK-landed fish to protest for the slow issuance ...

French fishermen block British lorries carrying UK-landed fish Reuters 2 days ago By Clotaire Achi and Pascal Rossignol Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, April 22 (Reuters) - French trawlermen angered by the slow issuance of licenses to fish inside British waters after Brexit on Thursday blocked lorries carrying UK-landed fish as they arrived in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Europes largest seafood processing centre. Britains post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union allowed the blocs fishermen to keep fish...

Christian migrants from Eritrea and Ethiopia pray and read the bible before Sunday mass at the makeshift church in "The New Jungle" near Calais, France, August 2, 2015. | Reuters/Pascal Rossignol Thirteen Eritrean Christians remain imprisoned after authorities raided two separate prayer meetings last month where 35 people were taken into custody, including several women. Twenty-two of the 23 Christians who were arrested at a prayer meeting in the capital of Asmara last month, most of whom were...

Christian migrants from Eritrea and Ethiopia pray and read the bible before Sunday mass at the makeshift church in "The New Jungle" near Calais, France, August 2, 2015. | Reuters/Pascal Rossignol Thirteen Eritrean Christians remain imprisoned after authorities raided two separate prayer meetings last month where 35 people were taken into custody, including several women. Twenty-two of the 23 Christians who were arrested at a prayer meeting in the capital of Asmara last month, most of whom were...

Editors note: This story originally appeared in Gizmodo and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Andrew Bryant, a therapist based in Tacoma, Washington, felt helpless the first time climate change came up in his office. It was 2016, and a client was agonizing over whether to have a baby. His partner wanted one, but the young man couldnt stop envisioning this hypothetical child growing up in an apocal...

Christian migrants from Eritrea and Ethiopia pray and read the bible before Sunday mass at the makeshift church in "The New Jungle" near Calais, France, August 2, 2015. | Reuters/Pascal Rossignol Thirteen Eritrean Christians remain imprisoned after authorities raided two separate prayer meetings last month where 35 people were taken into custody, including several women. Twenty-two of the 23 Christians who were arrested at a prayer meeting in the capital of Asmara last month, most of whom were...

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© Reuters: Pascal Rossignol Winemakers have been using fire to try and heat their vineyards to save them from frost.French winemakers have lit candles and burned bales of hay to try to protect their vineyards from sharp spring frosts, with the forecast of more cold nights this week raising fears of serious damage and lost production. Temperatures plunged as low as -5 degrees Celsius overnight in wine regions including Chablis, in Burgundy, and Bordeaux, which could hurt shoots already well-dev...

Labor board finds Amazon illegally fired activist workers - NYT Reuters 5 days ago © Reuters/Pascal Rossignol FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France (Reuters) - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has determined Amazon.com Inc illegally retaliated against two of its most prominent internal critics when it fired them last year, the New York Times reported on Monday. Last year, Amazon fired two user experience designe...