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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

A four-day truce between Israel and Hamas will begin today

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                                                                                     Source Thejakartapost.com  A four-day truce between Israel and Hamas will begin today Palestine/Gaza ● Friday, November 24, 2023 A first batch of 13 Israeli women and children held as hostages will be freed later on Friday, according to mediators in Qatar, marking the beginning of a four-day ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas. The announcement was cautiously welcomed by world powers. However, the fighting continued, with Gaza City officials reporting that a hospital was one of the sites hit as the clock ticked down to the first ceasefire in the almost seven-week-old, horrific conflict. Additionally, all sides indicated that the pause would only last until the conflict resumed.  According to Qatar's foreign ministry, the ceasefire would include a complete ceasefire in both north and south of Gaza and would start at 7 a.m. local time (0500 GMT). In the Qatari cap