Britain will ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035, five years earlier than planned, in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of reliance on the internal combustion engine. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to use the announcement to elevate the United Kingdom's environmental credentials after he sacked the head of a Glasgow UN Climate Change ...
![Staff prepare a set for the shooting of a movie depicting the story of a member of Shiite movement Hezbollah, Amer Kalakesh, who blew himself up in his vehicle before an Israeli army patrol in 1985 during Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6287524.jpg?itok=VJaq2cGg "Staff prepare a set for the shooting of a movie depicting the story of a member of Shiite movement Hezbollah, Amer Kalakesh, who blew himself up in his vehicle before an Israeli army patrol in 1985 during Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon. [AFP]")
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