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Tuesday September 24th, 2019 night edition

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Climate change: Greta Thunberg warns world leaders that 'we will not let you get away with this'.

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has told world leaders: "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.".

Addressing the United Nations 2019 climate action summit in New York, she said: "This is all wrong.

"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words and yet I'm one of the lucky ones.

It comes after millions of people around the world took part in a global climate strike on Friday, inspired by Greta Thunberg.

Marches took place in 139 countries, with more than 200 events and demonstrations carried out in the UK alone. »

Election Poll: A sensational week, yet a tight race remains

Authored by abacusdata.ca

In BC, the Liberals and Conservatives are tied at 30% with the NDP at 22% and the Greens at 15%.

At the same time, Andrew Scheer, Jagmeet Singh and Elizabeth May have all seen deterioration in their ratings as well.

Regionally, most in the Prairies think the Conservatives will win with about one in four thinking the Liberals will win. »

Five women go on trial over planned Notre Dame car bomb attack

Authored by theguardian.com

Five women have gone on trial in Paris over an attempt to set off a car bomb near Notre Dame Cathedral, in a case that aims to shed light on the role of female French jihadists in homegrown terrorism.

But they had chosen diesel fuel, much less flammable than standard petrol and, despite several attempts, the car did not catch fire.

When the car bomb failed to ignite outside Notre Dame, the women fled, the court heard. »

Astronomers watch six galaxies suddenly fire up into quasars

Authored by newatlas.com

It can take thousands, millions or even billions of years for stars and galaxies to evolve.

The galaxies in question started off in a class known as low-ionization nuclear emission line region (LINER) galaxies.

We want to know how such massive amounts of gas and dust can suddenly start falling into a black hole. »