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Jonathan Leake Energy Editor |
Donald Trump has demanded that Europe release emergency diesel reserves or risk being cut off from crucial US supplies.
The Trump administration is calling for tens of millions of barrels of fuel to be unlocked to lower pump prices for motorists.
A White House official said it was “in Europe’s best interest to work with the United States”, cautioning that the president was “evaluating all the options on the table”, which included banning US diesel exports.
The threat prompted Britain to join the EU for crisis talks yesterday, in which ministers held calls with counterparts in Germany, France, Italy and Ireland to discuss the possibility of tapping stockpiles of the fuel.
Maroš Šefčovič, the European Union’s trade chief, warned that a US diesel ban would “would have very dramatic consequences for our economic performance”.
However, leaders resisted pressure to tap emergency stockpiles and instead called for a global deal on fuel.
Trump is said to be frustrated with France and Germany, believing they have not met earlier pledges to release emergency oil and petrol supplies.
The White House is said to be pushing Europe to release 120 million barrels of diesel from emergency reserves over the next six months, out of total reserves of 315 million barrels.
While it is not clear whether Britain would be directly included in any threatened US ban, losing American diesel exports to Europe would be hugely damaging.
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Richard Holmes Forensic Investigations Editor |
A Russian motorcycle enthusiast can be unmasked as the alleged mastermind behind a bomb plot against a European airport.
A joint investigation by The Telegraph and Welt am Sonntag, based on intelligence reports from Germany, Lithuania and Poland, as well as interviews with senior Western intelligence officials, reveals that Oleg Levushkin is believed to have planned a failed attempt to plant explosives at Germany’s Leipzig-Halle airport.
Levushkin, an imposing figure with broad shoulders, a furrowed brow and thinning brown hair, displays an inconspicuous life on social media, sharing pictures of himself with his wife and daughters, fishing, skiing and motorbiking across Europe.
German investigators suspect he also lives a second life, where he has made contact with a colonel at the heart of Russia’s sabotage plans and become involved in Moscow’s clandestine operations in the heart of Europe.
Investigators suspect Levushkin planned the attack before ordering a Belarusian proxy agent, named for the first time as Andrei Karshakou, to carry it out.
Today’s investigation also reveals disturbing links between the attempted attack in Leipzig and a wider network of sabotage plots across Europe, orchestrated by a hardline unit in Moscow’s military intelligence service, the GRU.
Germany is increasingly becoming an “operational theatre” for Russian intelligence services, according to a senior German intelligence official. “What used to be isolated cases, we are now seeing on a broad scale.”
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Alan Cochrane How can the Prime Minister deny the SNP a re-run of the independence vote if he endorses a second referendum on Brexit? Continue reading ➤
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• Germany has said it will do everything it can to help Britain if it decides to rejoin the EU, as bloc leaders urge Andy Burnham to reverse Brexit.
• Manchester City will argue that their sponsorship deals were part-funded by the Abu Dhabi government, rather than the club’s owners, in their appeal against charges of wrongdoing.
• Israeli intelligence failed in its vetting of the co-pilot who tried to hijack a passenger jet, former security officials said. The claims could impact the Israeli elections later this month.
• Kemi Badenoch has claimed that Andy Burnham is preparing to hold an early election next year and go back on his pledge not to call one until 2029.
• The Duchess of Sussex has launched a £112 advent calendar inspired by her mansion in Montecito. Each chocolate is inscribed with a number that appears to be in Meghan’s handwriting.
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Israel has accused Britain of being “hell-bent” on destroying relations between the two countries, despite having given the Government a tip-off about the RAF Fairford terror plot. Israel warned MI5 of an imminent Iranian-backed attack on RAF Fairford shortly before Britain imposed new sanctions on Israeli settlement goods, The Telegraph can reveal. Counter-terror police believe Iran was involved in the alleged plot, as the diplomatic rift between Britain and Israel deepens following months of mounting tensions.
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Luke Evans is starring in ITV’s The Party, playing a journalist under the yoke of a charismatic politician who declares “an end of bloody wokeness”. Speaking to Claire Allfree, Evans wants to make it clear that sexuality doesn’t equate to political belief. “It’s one part of who you are,” he says, “but I’ve got very woke gay friends and very unwoke gay friends. We don’t all agree on the same thing.” Continue reading ➤ |
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Pints used to be the go-to for students but now they’ve developed a worrying taste for ketamine, the horse tranquiliser. At a time when Gen Z’s consumption of controlled substances is declining, the Class-B drug is the only one whose popularity has increased. A week’s supply costs just £20 to £30, around the price of four pints. Read on to find out about the trend, and doctors’ concerns about the side effects. Continue reading ➤ |
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This time last year, after the Tories’ drubbing in the local elections, some in the party questioned whether Kemi Badenoch was the right leader to take them into a general election. Now, writes Ed Cumming, she heads to the Tory Party conference with the wind in her sails. After watching her in action over the past fortnight, I sat down with her to get a sense of how she steadied the ship, the secrets of her vastly improved Commons performances and what remains for the Tories to beat Labour and Reform. The numbers suggest Badenoch has found her stride as leader. Now she needs the rest of her party to catch up. Continue reading ➤ |
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When it comes to my health, I’d always thought I was bobbing along quite nicely aged 60, writes Kate Mulvey. When I failed to open a jar of strawberry jam, however, I realised my hands simply didn’t have the strength. Here’s how I changed that in six short weeks, and why it matters.
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Anita Singh Arts and Entertainment Editor |
Here at The Telegraph, we have an in-house style guide with a section devoted to banned words and phrases. The lengthy list includes train station (it is a railway station), mass exodus (tautology) and stunned (“unless the subject really is unconscious”).
I was reminded of this invaluable guide when attending the Celebrity Traitors launch, because one banned word popped up so often it began to drive me demented.
“It’s an iconic opening episode,” said the BBC executive introducing the show, which is “presented by the iconic Claudia Winkleman.”
On to a discussion about the first episode. Claudia’s arrival in a coffin? “Iconic.”
Richard E Grant flubbing his words? “An iconic moment in Traitors history.”
“Oh my God, how iconic!” a producer gushed at one point. These people weren’t even from Gen Z, but well into middle age.
There’s no need for the daft hyperbole, because we can all see that Celebrity Traitors is a great television show. It’s brilliantly constructed and cleverly cast, and millions of us are going to be hooked.
Read my review of the first episode ➤
For what to watch, and one thing to avoid, read on…
Television
East of Eden
★★★★☆
John Steinbeck purists may be offended by the decision to give villain Cathy Ames a feminist makeover, but set that to one side: this is a handsome, compelling family saga set in the American West. Make it your next box set.
Read the full review ➤
Film
Digger
★★★★☆
Tom Cruise as you’ve never seen him before, in a crazy, swaggering satire with more than one twist. It has divided the critics and will do the same with audiences. Make up your own mind by seeing it this weekend.
Read the full review ➤
Film
Verity
★★☆☆☆
This adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestseller, starring Anne Hathaway as a catatonic novelist and Dakota Johnson as the ghostwriter brought in to complete her work, takes the spirit of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca and turns it into a pulpy erotic thriller.
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Musical chairsEvery weekday, Orlando Bird, our loyal Reader Correspondent, shares an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Orlando writes...
When you’re laying on a state banquet for the paramount leader of China, there’s probably quite a lot to think about. Still, Ursula Wide had some constructive criticism for the organisers of the White House dinner for Xi Jinping.
One feature in particular, she contended, betrayed a distinct “lack of savoir faire”. “Four married couples were put next to each other. This gruesome idea is now far too common. I love my husband dearly, but my heart sinks when I am placed next to him at a formal dinner. We end up talking about the dogs and the grandchildren, which we could easily do at home.”
Ah, the gruesome seating plan. My wife and I couldn’t agree more. If we’re out to see friends and find ourselves exchanging more than 10 words or so, something has gone seriously wrong.
Other readers took the same view. “When I was commanding my regiment”, replied Philip Barry, “my wife insisted that she was not placed at the top table during formal dinners, but with the young subalterns. This had two benefits: first, that we did not have to talk about things that were usually covered at home; and secondly, the young officers generally behaved a bit better.”
“My wife is just as frustrated as Ursula Wide to be placed next to me at formal dinners,” added Richard Edmondson.
“She maintains that the only reason she needs to wear spectacles is that she has rolled her eyes so often at what I have had to say at such occasions that she has worn them out.”
Martin Ranson, meanwhile, recalled: “An old school friend of mine always announced at large al fresco Sunday lunches: ‘Children at one end of the table, humans at the other’.” Which seating arrangements make you despair? Send your responses here, and the best of the bunch will feature in a future edition of this newsletter.
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1901 | First Royal Navy submarine launched at Barrow-in-Furness (the coverage of which can be seen below in the following day’s paper)
1902 | Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit is published
1909 | The first rugby union match is played at Twickenham as Harlequins beat Richmond 14-10
2018 | Saudi-American journalist Jamal Khashoggi enters the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, never to be seen again
Birthdays: Matt Hancock (48), Victoria Derbyshire (58), Sting (75)
Plus, in the news today, a popular event in Peckham, south London, is no longer going ahead because of health and safety fears. What was cancelled?
Players are told the competition is ‘about winning – not taking part’ | Credit: Tom Hufton |
1. Tag competition
2. Karate competition
3. Conker competition
4. Wrestling competition
Click one of the options to reveal the answer... |
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Yesterday’s Panagram was WOODCRAFT. Come back tomorrow for the solution to today’s puzzle. |
Thank you for reading. Have a fulfilling day and I hope to see you tomorrow. Chris Evans, Editor
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