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Brussels uses WTO rules to quickly impose 350,000 vehicle-a-year quota, which will halve Chinese market share to 3% Business live – latest updates VW boss backs EU plan to bolster domestic industry The EU is to limit the number of hybrid electrical vehicles imported from China to 350,000 cars a year, the European Commission has confirmed. Imports have been soaring in the last two years with about…

Descendant of 19-century artist demands removal of Marc Chagall’s 1960s canvases that cover original fresco In 1962, the then French culture minister, André Malraux, reportedly bored by the ballet he was watching at Paris’s opera house, raised his eyes to the classical ceiling and determined it needed a makeover. In his ennui, Malraux decided his friend and artist Marc Chagall, sitting next to hi…

MEP Raphaël Glucksmann issues call after becoming social democrat candidate for 2027 presidential election The European lawmaker Raphaël Glucksmann has urged the French centre left to wage an “existential battle” to prevent Marine Le Pen ’s far right winning the 2027 presidential election after he was chosen as the social democrat candidate for the presidency. “We’ve got to rid our hearts of the …

Survivors had criticised ‘outrageous’ appointment of Laura Johnson to £150,000 job with Barnet Group A housing director who oversaw cost cutting at Grenfell Tower before the fatal fire has left a £150,000-a-year senior council housing role after a backlash from bereaved families and survivors. Laura Johnson was the director of housing at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) at the t…

Roger Marshall says he has ‘no idea how this happened’ and repaid bill double for 2020 election watch party treats The Republican US senator Roger Marshall says he has finally paid off a bakery debt – after six years and repeated collection attempts reported by a Kansas business that had supplied a large order of treats for a 2020 election watch party. “We have absolutely no idea how this happene…

PM to give speech calling for ‘calm, clear-eyed look’ at possibility of new deal with EU as he says Brexit has done more harm than good Burnham to urge MPs to embrace closer ties with EU Good morning. The last time Andy Burnham gave a statement to MPs after a recess, it went on for more than three hours . This prompted Kemi Badenoch to make a lewd joke later about the PM’s stamina (which she repe…

Opinion piece by head of union Michael Slezak sparks disagreement with new ABC director of news, Simon Robinson Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter here ABC management has refused to rule out disciplinary action against a journalist and union office-holder for writing an opinion piece for the Australian Financial Review, according to the Media Entertainment and Arts Alli…

The carnival is over for use of Australian band’s song they say was played without permission at conservative conference Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast A member of legendary Australian band the Seekers has taken aim at a conference featuring Pauline Hanson for using a classic song, confirming no permission had been granted. Bruce Woodley said the Conservative Politic…

Former student says nothing untoward happened to her during stays but tells NSW parliamentary inquiry culture of Redeemer Baptist School left much to ‘untangle’ as an adult Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Teens at a private religious school were made to share beds with teachers, while its principal once wandered through a common area naked, former students claim. A NS…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Kyiv power plant among the facilities hit after US president claims ‘energy ceasefire’, while Kremlin yet to confirm any deal Trump announces partial ceasefire in Ukraine war as Zelenskyy says deal is ‘news to me’ We are expecting Volodymyr Zelenskyy to speak at the annual security conference in Warsaw alongside Polish prime minister Donald Tusk from 8.30am to 9.30am UK t…

Exclusive: Finds suggest account in medieval folklore of a camp near Frenni Fawr hill was rooted in reality Magnus Maximus, the Roman emperor who ruled Britain in the fourth century, led his troops against the Picts and Scots, but a theory that he also established a military camp near Frenni Fawr hill in Wales has so far been based on folklore. Now fourth-century coins, among other finds at a new…

Coronial inquest begins into death of eight-year-old after 14 members of Toowoomba sect the Saints, including her parents, were found guilty of her manslaughter Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A medical specialist at the Queensland Children’s hospital warned that Elizabeth Struhs would not be safe at home with her mother years before her parents allowed her to die by …

India’s opposition parties and supporters of the ‘cockroach’ youth movement have been demonstrating against a ⁠controversial revision of election voter ⁠lists Authorities in India’s capital closed six metro stations and warned of traffic disruptions on Monday, as opposition parties planned to march to the supreme court in protest against a ⁠controversial revision of voter ⁠lists that has sparked …

Calls for planned fuel duty rise to be scrapped as analysis finds average fuel bill could hit £1,965, up from £1,294 Millions of British van drivers face a combined £2.5bn cost to cover the rising price of diesel this year, according to figures, fuelling calls for the government to scrap its planned fuel duty rise. The owners of diesel vans and pickups can expect to collectively spend almost £8.5…

Online appeal and detective work by local historian help to return keepsake to couple’s sone after it had been stolen When Andrew Bedford discovered an old wedding album dumped outside his city centre cafe in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, he considered chucking it into a nearby wheelie bin. But when he opened the album, the vintage photographs of the happy couple on their wedding day in 1957 seemed …