Good afternoon. The government is facing anger from the car industry about the plans being considered by the Prime Minister to delay a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars. Rishi sunak spoke to the cabinet this morning, and is to make a speech in Downing Street later this afternoon. The Carmaker Ford Has said the proposal would undermine the governments ambition, commitment and consistency. one option seen by bbc news is for the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars to be moved to 2035 in line with the eus timetable. Another measure being considered is weakening a commitment to phase out all gas boilers within 12 years. Heres our Political Correspondent helen catt. Commitment to the movement of emissions to zero by 2050 is set in law, and by then the country will only be able to put as many pollutants into the atmosphere as it can take out but rishi sunak is about to make a significant gear shift in how the government plans to get there. Ministers insist it is j
Of our colleagues. We know it has not been the right way to return, so we are not in a position to say ok, now you come back. This is a process. We are happy because it is true some changes are taking place. Weve reached another stage. Little by little, things are changing and we support our team mates, as we have all this time. The pick of Wednesdays Champions League fixtures sees a stuttering Manchester United travel to germany to take on bayern munich, with the english team taking on the england captain in harry kanes first game in the competition for his new club. Erik ten hags side are missing several first team players, including mason mount, Harry Maguire and raphael varane. But despite troubles both on and off the pitch, the manager insists that he is looking forward to taking on the bundesliga champions. They leave you also sometimes spaces. We are very respectful and we know in the Champions League, at home, they are very strong. As you say, we are looking forward. We like a
Through the city and out to sea. Now to give you a sense of the power of that reverse tsunami 20 centimetres of fast moving water, is enough to knock adults off theirfeet here you had three metres of water sweeping everything in its path. It is an appalling loss of life the man in these pictures had onlyjust found his son, and was begging Rescue Workers not to move him. Desperate scenes repeated again and again there are some people who have lost 30 50 members of their extended family. Heres one survivor describing what he went through. Translation we woke up at around 33. 30am, i we heard a large bang. Anyone who was awake in derna for sure must ve heard it. The water was unbelievable, everyone could hear it coming. When we went outside, the city was gone, it had been raised to the ground. Well, to begin with, there are around 14 15 families which were swept away by the sea. Anyone who was in the valley was just swept away. Nine other people who live directly on the coast are gone, ma
to the bbc news at one. ministers have been defending the cost of the government plan to relocate asylum seekers to rwanda, after it emerged that the scheme has already cost £240 million, with more money due to be paid next year. the prime minister rishi sunak is under pressure after vowing to finish the job of reviving the plan which is aimed at discouraging people from crossing the channel in small boats in the wake of the resignation of his immigration minister. our political correspondent peter saull has the latest. this bustling central african country is getting plenty of cash from the uk. in exchange for taking on migrants who cross the english channel, rwanda is receiving millions to boost its economy. but while the bill goes up and up, for flights carrying asylum seekers, the opposite is true. priti patel was the home secretary who first announced the arrangement with rwanda. the initial outlay, £140 million. then earlier this year, under her successor suella
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