Greta Thunberg joins protest in Germany against coal mine expansion

Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg in Erkelenz (AP)

Climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg has joined thousands of people demonstrating against the demolition of a village in western Germany to make way for the expansion of a coal mine.

The Swedish activist joined fellow protesters against the clearance of Luetzerath, walking through the nearby village of Keyenberg and past muddy fields amid persistent rain.