Electric vehicle targets ‘will not be weakened’ despite pressure

Rules on the percentage of electric vehicles (EVs) car firms must sell will not be weakened, the transport secretary has said, despite growing pressure from the industry. The mandate will become tougher next year ahead of a complete ban on new diesel and petrol cars in 2035, but car makers have suggested the rules could threaten jobs. Several senior government ministers and car makers with factories in the UK will

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Blackouts in Ukraine as Russia targets power grid

A “massive” Russian missile and drone attack has targeted power infrastructure across Ukraine, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. It is the largest such assault since early September, with reports of multiple explosions across the country, according to authorities and local media. “Peaceful cities, sleeping civilians” and “critical infrastructure” were targeted, Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said. Emergency blackouts were enacted in Kyiv and two other regions in the

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