What is Extinction Rebellion and what does it want?

Environmental group is back in the spotlight after its Whitehall fake blood stunt

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Extinction Rebellion protesters on a fire engine after spraying fake blood at the Treasury building in Westminster
(Image credit: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Environmental activists from the Extinction Rebellion protest group have sprayed fake blood over the Treasury building in Westminster.

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