in an unassuming garage in the netherlands, there s an electric car with a secret. no, it s not its ultra light, ultra strong carbon fibre frame, although that is important to the story, and it s not the aerodynamic design that makes it look like a future car from the 19505, although that is important too. no. look closer at that shiny finish, and you ll see that it s not paint. the entire thing is covered in solar panels solar panels on the bonnet, solar panels on the roof, solar panels instead of a back window. yes, this is a solar powered car, and they call it lightyear one. the first production model will be going on sale this summer. its five square metres of solar panels come in narrow sections that better curve around the body and also mean that if it s parked partly in the shade, the sections that are in the sun still work at full capacity. but even though the battery can take you 440 miles on a single charge, a day s worth of sunlight will only provide about 45 mil
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the daughter of one of president putin s close allies, aleksandr dugin, has been killed in a bomb attack. russian media says darya dugina died after her car exploded near moscow. there s been no comment from the authorities there. it s thought that her father who s often called putin s brain could have been the intended target of the attack. the pair were reportedly set to travel back from an event in the same car. aleksandr dugin is a prominent ultra nationalist philosopher and strategist. mr dugin was interviewed by the bbc s gabriel gatehouse in 2016. he had this to say about his philosophy. truth is the question of belief and postmodernity shows that every so called truth is the matter of believing. so we believe in what we do, we believe in what we say, and that is the only way to define the truth. so we have our special russian truths that you need to accept as something that maybe is not your tru
in an unassuming garage in the netherlands, there s an electric car with a secret. no, it s not its ultra light, ultra strong carbon fibre frame, although that is important to the story, and it s not the aerodynamic design that makes it look like a future car from the 19505, although that is important too. no. look closer at that shiny finish, and you ll see that it s not paint. the entire thing is covered in solar panels solar panels on the bonnet, solar panels on the roof, solar panels instead of a back window. yes, this is a solar powered car, and they call it lightyear one. the first production model will be going on sale this summer. its five square metres of solar panels come in narrow sections that better curve around the body and also mean that if it s parked partly in the shade, the sections that are in the sun still work at full capacity. but even though the battery can take you 440 miles on a single charge, a day s worth of sunlight will only provide about 45 mil
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. dockers at britain s largest container port, felixstowe, have gone on strike for the first time in three decades. it is the first of eight. almost 2,000 workers are taking part in the eight day action after rejecting a 7% pay offer. there are warnings that the strike will cause disruption to supply chains for shops and other retailers half of britain s container trade goes through the port in suffolk. the government says supply chains are resilient. here s our business correspondent marc ashdown. the summer of strikes has reached felixstowe docks. these workers would normally be making sure essential goods find their way to households, but today, 1,900 members of the unite union are starting an eight day walk out. people are so angry now that a company who made £240 million profit over the last two years are unwilling to share that. well, when i say share it, unwilling to share it, in 2020, the same company paid out £99 million in
and showers are likely to continue across parts of scotland, although the winds will tend to ease. it has been a very blustery day here. perhaps a few showers elsewhere but on the whole, as i say, for most of us, it s a dry night. temperatures first thing around 10 degrees in aberdeen, 1a in liverpool and about that in london, as well. so, here s the forecast for sunday, then. it starts off quite sunny in many parts of the uk. writer wins spain in scotland, still a few showers but it will cloud over later in the afternoon lighter winds there in scotland. perhaps a little bit of rain there in northern and mid wales perhaps reaching the north west later on in the day. highs up to about 25 degrees. hello. this is bbc news with me, sean ley. the headlines. more travel disruption on train lines across the uk as thousands of rail workers strike for the second time in three days over pay and working conditions. sevastapol, the home of russia s black sea fleet in crimea, appears t