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Nine arrested in Greenpeace protest at BP in London

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police arrested nine Greenpeace campaigners on Wednesday who blockaded BP’s London headquarters with solar panels and oil barrels to mark the new boss’s first day at the energy giant. The Metropolitan Police said the arrests were made outside the firm’s building in St James’ Square, central London, as part of a “proportionate policing plan”. They were detained for aggravated trespass, highway obstruction and conspiracy to commit a public nuisance. Around […]