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BBC news with Jonathon Izard.

A new report on deforestation says the planet is losing an area of forest the size of Britain every year. A group of civil society organizations say a five-year-old international agreement to protect the world's forest is failing. Instead of deforestation being halved by next year, the amount of tropical woodlands lost actually increased by 44%.

Scientists say the largest glacier in the Alps could disappear completely by the end of this century, if nothing is done to slow down the effects of climate change. Using simulation technology, researchers in Zurich say the Aletsch glacier could retract to just a few meager patches if the Swiss climate warms by four to eight degrees.

A powerful U.S congressional committee has expanded its power to investigate President Trump, as democrats explored the possibilities of a full impeachment. Some sessions of the democrat controlled House Judiciary Committee can now be designated as impeachment hearings.

The social media giant Twitter has suspended a series of accounts run by the Cuban government. They include those of the country's state-run radio and newspaper, and several government officials. Cuba's Journalist Union accused Twitter of censorship.

The U.N Security Council has extended the mandate of the U.N support mission in Libya by a year to help and try to deliver a ceasefire in the crisis-torn country. It comes after the U.N envoy to Libya warned that the country is in danger of descending into all-out war.

Environmental protesters dangling on ropes from a bridge in Houston and Texas have interrupted traffic in the biggest oil export thoroughfare in the United States. 11 Greenpeace activists are suspended from the Fred Hartman Bridge, forcing part of the Houston ship channel to close.

The body of a man who went missing more than 20 years ago in the U.S has been found in a submerged car that's visible on Google Maps. William Moldt from Florida failed to return home from a night-out in 1997. A satellite image of his sunken car was spotted by a previous resident in the area after doing a Google search.

BBC news.