Germany's RWE calls for end to protest showdown over coal mine expansion
German energy firm RWE said it would start demolishing a former settlement on Wednesday as part of plans to expand an opencast lignite mine and urged demonstrators to end a sit-in protest that has highlighted tensions over climate policy. The demonstrators, many wearing masks or balaclavas, have been protesting against the Garzweiler mine in the abandoned village of Luetzerath in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.