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Just Stop Oil target grave of Charles Darwin

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Just Stop Oil target grave of Charles DarwinJust Stop Oil (JSO) protesters have spray-painted Charles Darwin's grave in Westminster Abbey to highlight rising global temperatures, the climate protest group has said.
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News video: UK climate activists target Darwin's grave with chalk

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Climate activists target Charles Darwin's grave with chalk paint, in the latest controversial disruptive action by protesters over the UK government's environmental policies. Two Just Stop Oil (JSO) supporters are seen spray-painting with chalk "1.5 is dead" on the 19th-century biologist's grave in...

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