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The French government is being sued for failing to outlaw bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas.

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The French government has been formally asked by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and Defense des Milieux Aquatiques (DMA) to address its noncompliance with EU and French regulations pertaining to bottom trawling, one of the most damaging fishing methods. These regulations are obviously broken by allowing this practice to continue in some of France's most biodiverse and endangered marine areas. The NGOs claim that this situation puts the long-term sustainability of the fisheries in jeopardy in addition to compromising the integrity of these places. Legal action will be taken in a French court if the government fails to appropriately respond to this formal request. The request specifically targets two maritime protected areas, Chausey and Bancs des Flandres, where bottom trawling is causing habitat destruction. A major factor in the decline of marine biodiversity is bottom trawling, which is the practice of dragging weighted nets across the seabed. It unintentionally captu

Israel is at war, and Hamas vows to kill detainees

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                                                                                 Source Thejakartapost           In an indication that it may be preparing a ground invasion in retaliation for the horrific attack by Hamas terrorists over the weekend, the Israeli military announced on Monday that it had summoned an unprecedented 300,000 reservists and was enforcing a complete embargo of the Gaza Strip.        Following several hours of continuous Israeli aircraft bombardment, Gaza's Islamist organization, Hamas, declared it will execute one Israeli prisoner for each unexpected Israeli strike on a civilian home.      Two days after they massacred hundreds of Israelis and took numerous captives in a raid that destroyed Israel's image as an unbeatable force, Palestinian fighters remained entrenched in a number of locations within Israel.        According to Israeli TV stations, at least 2,600 people were injured in the Hamas attack, bringing the total number of fatalities to 900.