within 2a hours. injoint talks in beijing, russia and china strongly criticise what they describe as a "negative us influence" in both europe and asia. cheering. the two leaders met as excitements builds in the chinese capital ahead of the winter olympics opening ceremony which is just hours away. in the uk, mps are warning that a new motoring tax is needed to plug the revenue gap as drivers switch to electric vehicles, which are currently not taxed. the transport select committee says the uk faces a £35 billion hole in its finances, and that money from existing tax sources could end by 2040. the committee suggests charging people based on how much driving they do. all of this has to be tackled with urgency because from 2030 we will be buying electric vehicles that currently do not have any tax levied on them. g’s currently do not have any tax levied on them. , ., ., ., ~ on them. 496 of the entire tax take for the chancellor _ on them. 496 of the entire tax take for the chancellor comes _ on them. 496 of the entire tax take for the chancellor comes from - for the chancellor comes from motoring taxes and if we do not find the replacement, we will not have