🇬🇧🟢 Sadiq Spooked? London Rolls Back Ban On Petrol Cars Following Protests

Plans to introduce a zero-emission zone (Zez) in central London - which would allow only electric vehicles within it and charge anybody driving a combustion engine car - have been dropped by the council.

On Tuesday, London's ULEZ (ultra low emissions zone) scheme came into effect - much to the ire of londoners.

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🤬 New EU Green Chief Doubles Down On 2030 Agenda After Poland's Backlash

"We are not going to dilute our ambition,” EC Exec VP Maroš Šefčovič said in Brussels, vowing to put more pressure on non-compliant firms to 'meet' green companies to strike deals.

Leaders must be more aggressive and "faster, earlier and be more precise" in dealing with industries that are reluctant to turn to "green solutions."

The EU should intervene to ensure firms purchase low-carbon energy and that steel and concrete makers buy up low-carbon hydrogen fuel from producers.

The comments come as Warsaw takes Brussels to court over enforced rules which it says will increase social inequality.

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😲 🇺🇦 Police Shooting: Dad Shot In Front Of Kids While Trying To Prevent His Wife From Being Arrested

In Dnepropetrovsk, police fired at the man after she loudly complained that the cops were being too heavy-handed with her and hurting her legs - over a traffic stop...

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🇷🇴🏳️‍🌈Human Rights Courts' Gay Marriage Diktats Meet Resistance, Activists Fume

The Romanian government is appealing the ECHR's demands that it allow protection for same-sex marriages, a move activists call "shameful."

"The government is postponing the adoption of legislation to recognise and protect same-sex families, keeping Romania on the shameful list of European countries that struggle with combating discrimination”, the Accept Association said on Monday.

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🇪🇺🇬🇦 Josep Borrell Laments Gabon Coup

The country’s military chiefs have closed the borders and dissolved state institutions after the state election body called for a third term for President Ali Bongo.

The UK and France are among the biggest profiteers from the country, raking in cash from oil extraction and Manganese.

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☄️BREAKING: Gabon 🇬🇦 President Ali Bongo Under House Arrest, Son Detained for "Treason" - Coup Leaders State TV Announcement

Meanwhile, video shows the military celebrating.

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🇺🇦Troubled Waters: Kyiv Demands Residents Hand Over Their Boats

Trans spokesperson for Zelensky's forces issued an official request to Ukrainians to hand over their fishing vessels - just hours before it was reported the Russian military blew 3 to 4 ships out of Black Sea waters on Tuesday.

Sailing towards defeat?

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🇪🇺 Green Agenda And 🇷🇺 Sanctions Slash Fossil Fuel Production, But Prices Stay High

The use of fossil fuels for energy production in the EU fell by 17% in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, Ember Energy Institute data shows.

Bulgaria, Portugal, Austria, Estonia, and Finland reported cuts of more than 30%, while in another 11 countries it went down by over 20%.

The decline comes due to the sanctions forcing up the cost of coal and gas, and high energy prices pushing down demand, and Europeans find other ways to heat their homes.

Renewable energies failed to bring costs down in any significant way - despite solar power use increasing by 13% and wind power growing by 4.8%.

How can green energy be a solution if nobody can afford it?

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🇫🇷 NEW: France Condemns Gabon Coup

"France is closely monitoring developments on the ground and reaffirms its wish that the result of the election, when known, can be respected," a government spokesperson said.

Feeling that oil money circling the drain?

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☄️ 🇷🇺 Meteor Crosses Irkutsk's Night Sky

The meteor didn't quite make it to Earth, and most likely it burned up in the atmosphere, Sergey Yazev, director of the ISU astronomical laboratory said.

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💥🇷🇺🇺🇦Russia's Reply To Kyiv Following The Attacks On Pskov Airport Last Night

It was the most devastating attack since April, according to The Guardian

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NEW:🇫🇷🇺🇦Macron Meets Ukrainian Foreign Minister

Dmytro Kuleba and the French President discussed further military support and other topics, he said.

How to put out fires? 🔥

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