The teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined hundreds of young protesters outside the White House to push pressure on President Trump ahead of the United Nation's climate summit. She urged the demonstrators not to give up.
The United States and Brazil, two critics of the Paris Climate accord say they will work together to promote the commercial exploitation of the Amazon. Brazil's foreign minister said opening the rain forest to economic development was the only way to protect it.
The BBC has learned that the rising emissions of a synthetic gas used in electrical circuits are damaging the environment. Leaks of SF6 across the EU in 2017, was equivalent to what in while over a million extra cars on the road.
A team of Taliban negotiators is in Moscow, days after President Trump declared that peace talks between the Afghan militant group and the U.S were dead. Russian media says a Taliban official met Russia's special envoy for Afghanistan.
One of Canada's most senior police officials have been charged with breaching national security laws. Cameron Ortis is reported to have led an intelligence unit.
The Hollywood actress Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for fraudulently securing a university place for her daughter. Huffman is the first person to be sentenced in a scandal that's involved dozens of wealthy families.
A Republican from Texas has been reported to the FBI for allegedly threatening the life of the democratic party presidential contender Beto O'Rourke. State legislator Briscoe Cain, tweeted that his semi-automatic rifle was ready for Mr.Rock, after the democrat said he would confiscate such weapons if elected president.
Five people are now known to have died in southeastern Spain as a result of flash floods sparked by heavy rains on Thursday. A number of rivers have burst their banks.
And Gyorgy Konrad, the Hungarian author and anti-communist dissident has died at the age of 86. His autobiography detailed his escape from deportation during the holocaust and his role in the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.
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