The amount of waste that China dumps into the ocean in on the rise.
According to the country's environment ministry, last year saw a 28 per cent rise in rubbish that was thrown into coastal waters.
In total, China threw just over 200 million cubic meters of waste into the ocean in 2018.
That's the most it's been in at least a decade.
Arab ministerial meeting urges action to stop Israeli violations in Jerusalem
An Arab ministerial meeting in Amman has called for urgent international action to halt Israeli violations in occupied East Jerusalem and at its holy sites.
Israeli military strikes southern Lebanon
The Israeli military said it had begun targeted strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday in response to a "Hezbollah violation", a day after the latest round of US-facilitated talks between Israel and Lebanon took place in Rome.
Four people stabbed near London's Covent Garden, woman arrested
Four men were stabbed in a street near London's Covent Garden district on Wednesday and a woman was arrested in what police said they believed to be a "mental health related incident".
Austria has record temperature, Hungary curbs power use as drought takes toll
The temperature in Austria climbed to a record high on Wednesday, while Hungarians curbed power use as the latest heatwave and drought took their toll on central and southern Europe.
US and Iran having 'very good discussions', Trump says
US President Donald Trump said his administration had "very good discussions" with Iran during all-day negotiations on Tuesday, fuelling expectations of an imminent end to the five-month conflict.
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