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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jim Waterson Media editor

XR protesters smash windows of News UK over coverage of Britain’s heatwave

Extinction Rebellion protesters after cracking windows at News UK.
Extinction Rebellion protesters after cracking windows at News UK. Photograph: Denise Laura Baker

Extinction Rebellion protesters have smashed windows at the London headquarters of Rupert Murdoch’s media company, in protest at his outlets’ coverage of the climate crisis.

Activists targeted the News UK building next to London Bridge station early on Tuesday morning, destroying glass panels and putting up posters reading “tell the truth” and “40 degrees = death” next to the entrance used by journalists at the Sun and the Times.

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