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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly Berlin

German climate activists stop air traffic after breaking into four airport sites

A sign at Cologne-Bonn airport showing cancelled flights
Flights were cancelled for a short time at Cologne-Bonn airport and at Nuremberg airport. Photograph: Thilo Schmülgen/Reuters

Climate activists have broken into four German airport sites, briefly bringing air traffic to a halt at two of those before police made arrests.

Protesters from Letzte Generation – Germany’s equivalent to Just Stop Oil – gained access on Thursday to airfields in areas near the takeoff and landing strips of Cologne-Bonn, Nuremberg, Berlin Brandenburg and Stuttgart airports at dawn. Air traffic was suspended for a short time at Nuremberg and Cologne-Bonn due to police operations.

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