Carmakers face smaller cut in UK EV sales targets
Government seeks to lower mandate for electric cars sold by 2030 to 60% despite industry lobbying for bigger cut
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The new unequivocal Zelenskyy
Ukraine’s president is standing up to Trump, but it’s unclear if this will help Kyiv or hinder it
Albania PM refuses to resign as student protesters attack government buildings
Demonstrations initially sparked by Jared Kushner’s plans for a luxury development have escalated into serious threat to Edi Rama
China unveils draft export controls on AI technologies and chips
Expanded restrictions highlight Beijing’s determination to prevent transfer of most advanced technology overseas
Burnham: straight-talker or loose cannon?
Plus, welfare reform and why the Lib Dems are turning on Ed Davey
Starlink spectrum deal piles Elon Musk’s plate ever higher
Move may be part of a bigger plan but it spells even more capital expenditure at a company already spending beyond its means
EU vows to maintain Russia sanctions after US pivot
European leaders close ranks around Volodymyr Zelenskyy following Donald Trump’s fuel deal with Moscow
World’s oldest gunmaker expands American foothold after boardroom tussle
Beretta Holding seals strategic investment in rival gunmaker Sturm Ruger securing a 25% stake in a $107.5mn deal
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Burnham: straight-talker or loose cannon?
Plus, welfare reform and why the Lib Dems are turning on Ed Davey
Treasuries head for best week since February as AI jitters halt bond rout
Borrowing costs fall back from highest levels in decades as investors seek safety in government debt
The best books of the week
From Britain’s dysfunctional energy sector to novels on TV, from English German-bashing to cold war defection and how Canada should handle Trump. Plus: a family saga by Min Jin Lee, David McCloskey’s new thriller and our pick of graphic novels
NHS boss Penny Dash: the lack of clear strategy is ‘quite staggering’
The chair of NHS England on the need for a more rigorous analysis of the National Health Service, why it is right to focus on cost — and her experience as a young doctor on the UK’s first Aids ward
Yunchan Lim unleashes massive emotion in dazzling Mozart recital
The superstar pianist gave his modern grand a thorough workout at the opening night of Wigmore Hall’s cycle
Anne-Marie Duff is outstanding in Some Woman, a queasy study of modern misogyny
A fiftysomething woman is thrown into a Kafkaesque nightmare in Helen Edmundson’s disturbing, timely new play at London’s National Theatre
Shareholders should have a say on making AI safe
SEC decision to rescind key rule on voting could not have come at a worse time
How Africa’s ‘wall’ to hold back the desert unravelled
Grand ambition to plant 8,000km band of trees has fallen well short of its targets
The once-obscure tech at the heart of the green energy trade war
Power inverters are central to the global clean electricity boom but reliance on China is triggering security fears
Is Britain sliding into a subsidence crisis?
The hottest summer on record has played havoc with house foundations — experts predict insurance claims rising even more than last year’s surge. And El Niño could compound things further