What was predicted to be the last sea ice to lose its perennial ice cover in the Arctic Ocean, is now melting twice as fast as any ice in the area. Researchers have released a video showing the oldest and thickest solid layer of frozen ocean water has loss 95 percent of its mass over the past 35 years –which experts say is a 'dramatic indicator' of climate change. The area is now dominated by thinner and more mobile ice that is more susceptible to melting, which has 'led to stresses on the entire spectrum of ice‐dependent organisms from ice algae to polar bears'. Climate models have predicted that Arctic summers will soon be ice-free and it could happen as early as 2030. 🌎 #science

French police have closed beaches in southwest France as packages of cocaine and other drugs continue to wash up daily along the Atlantic coast, with nearly 900 kilograms discovered since mid-October, ABC reports. Officials said the cocaine was extremely pure at some 83 per cent, warning people who find the packages not to touch them. A package of cocaine washed up on the beach. That has not stopped some from trying to get their hands on the drugs, with a street value in the millions of euros, prompting police to close beaches and start carrying out patrols. On Monday, a 17-year-old was caught with 5kg of cocaine at Lacanau, a closed-off surfing beach near the southwestern city of Bordeaux — he had come from Toulouse, a three-hour drive away.❄️

Meanwhile on the east coast 🤣

A couple of Good Samaritans in Brazil made sure a handbag thief did not escape and beat him down two weeks ago, images from a street surveillance camera showed.

This is the heartwarming moment a bus driver pulled over to save a six-year-old boy and his sister, two, after she spotted them wearing no jackets and with bare legs in frigid 18 degrees Fahrenheit weather in Wisconsin. Nicole Chamberlain saw the two youngsters during her rounds at around 8am on Monday morning in Waukesha. Bitterly cold weather and wind chills made the temperature feel like just 3F there. Speaking to Good Morning America Nicole said: 'The little girl only had on a t-shirt and diaper and neither of them had a coat on. She added: 'They said, "We're looking for grandma". 'They didn't say why they left but they said they were going to find grandma.' The children's grandmother arrived in minutes. She told police - who are not pressing charges - that she had been in the basement of her home when the two wandered off to find her.

The use of lasers to blind the police in Chile’s riots. #WTF #reddit

🤣 #WTF?

American student attacked in 'Muslim Patrols' area of London........

In Bolivia, a civil war begins. Armed Supporters of Evo Morales took over the highway heading north from La Paz in a town called Alto Beni. 'Comrades!' says the man. 'The sleeping lion has awoken! Long live Evo Morales! Long live our Wiphala, damn it!' 🔥

A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro fights with an opposition leader Juan Guaido's supporter outside Venezuelan embassy in Brasilia, Brazil. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

President Trump welcomes Turkey's Pressident Tayyip Erdogan at the White House. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Mass Arbitrary Arrests in Central
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Passersby try to get the names of the arrestees to help them notify families or friends, as the police escort them to a coach.

Police, however, claim that this is not allowed while they also shout loudly to prevent any possible exchange between the arrestees and the passersby. Apart from one foreigner, all other arrestees are women.

Source: Campus TV #Nov13

A demonstrator scuffles with a riot police officer during a protest against Chile's government in Valparaiso, Chile November 12. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

The Sydney Opera House is seen as smoke haze from bushfires drifts over the CDB in Sydney, Australia, November 12. AAP Image/Paul Braven

Demonstrators and riot police vehicle are seen amid laser beams during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado