Okjokull Glacier
Around the World in 8 Minutes: Episode 46
In this episode, we look at the killing of three Palestinians by Israeli forces, the symbolic funeral of the Okjokull glacier in Iceland and the feminist protest in Mexico against gender-based violence.
Icelanders take out a ‘funeral’ for glacier lost to global warming
Rise in global temperatures has induced large scale melting of the ice cover in the Arctic region. After the complete loss of a glacier in Iceland, a symbolic funeral was held to protest global inaction over climate change.
- Lebanese president urges France, US to pressure Israel to uphold ceasefire deal after bombing Beirut
- Protesters march against “transphobic” and “authoritarian” resolution of Brazil’s Council of Medicine
- Al-Qassam video depicts rescue of Israeli captives from IOF bombing in Gaza
- Belgians to government: “We won’t sacrifice pensions for warplanes”
- Eight wounded as Syrian-Lebanese border tension comes back to the fore
