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Climate protest halts Frankfurt flights

Giulia Saudelli
July 25, 2024

Germany's busiest airport has resumed operations after hundreds of flights were suspended because of a climate protest. Activists broke through a fence at Frankfurt airport and glued themselves to the tarmac. Police detained eight people.

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