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Advanced driving experts explain how to survive these 10 major problems on Britain’s roads in 2024

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Driving in Britain in 2024 presents a minefield of issues.

Some are motoring headaches that have existed for decades, others are relatively new challenges resulting from social, economic and technological shifts over recent years.

For instance, Britain’s potholed roads have advanced from problematic to epidemic levels, while the wider introduction of LED bulbs on the newest cars means there’s a far greater chance of being dazzled behind the wheel than 10 years ago.

We’ve picked 10 aspects of driving we

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„All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt“: Ein Meisterwerk des amerikanischen Southern-Filmschaffens

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2. Januar 2024

Raven Jacksons bemerkenswertes Debüt ist ein poetischer Blick auf das Familienleben der Schwarzen im Süden.

Kaylee Nicole Johnson, Jannie Hampton, Jayah Henry in Alle unbefestigten Straßen schmecken nach Salz.

(Foto von Jaclyn Martinez / A24)

Eine pastorale Szene eröffnet Raven Jacksons Debütfilm. Alle unbefestigten Straßen schmecken nach Salz: Wir finden Mack (als Kind gespielt von Kaylee Nicole Johnson), ein nachdenkliches kleines Mädchen mit Zöpfen, das am Flussufer kauert, während ihr

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What London’s mayor learned when he took on the cars – POLITICO

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It looked like group therapy. One late summer day, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, sat with a group of faith leaders and clean-air campaigners in a small circle in the near-empty hall of a suburban church.

The moment was meant to be one of celebration, for Khan and for London. He was marking the creation of the largest clean air zone in the Western world through the expansion of restrictions on polluting cars to cover the entire British capital,

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Anti-green backlash hovers over COP climate talks – POLITICO

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This article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM.

LONDON — World leaders will touch down in Dubai next week for a climate change conference they’re billing yet again as the final off-ramp before catastrophe. But war, money squabbles and political headaches back home are already crowding the fate of the planet from the agenda.

The breakdown of the Earth’s climate has for decades been the most important yet somehow least urgent of global crises,

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They’re talking, but a climate divide between Beijing and Washington remains – POLITICO

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This article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM.

Last week’s surprise deal between China and the United States may provide a boost to the climate talks in Dubai — but the two powers remain at odds on tough questions such as how quickly to shut down coal and who should provide climate aid to developing nations.

The world’s top two drivers of climate change are also divided by a thicket of disagreements on trade,

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Who’s who at COP28 – POLITICO

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This article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM.

The annual U.N. climate summit that starts November 30 has become one of the biggest diplomatic setpieces in the global political calendar. 

Organizers are expecting more than 70,000 people to descend upon Dubai’s Expo City: activists, billionaires, presidents, Indigenous leaders, business executives, monarchs and diplomats from every corner of the world. A few will hold sway over the outcome of the talks. Some will make noise

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Every bill in the King’s Speech, reviewed and rated – POLITICO

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LONDON – This is the list of new laws Rishi Sunak hopes will save his skin come election-time.

Tuesday’s King’s Speech — in which King Charles III read out the British government’s legislative agenda for the crucial pre-election term ahead — was packed with promises from Sunak’s Conservative Party.

With the clock ticking down to an election which must be held before the end of January 2025, the King’s

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„All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt“ ist das Regiedebüt des Jahres

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In einem Jahr beeindruckender Debüts ist der erste Spielfilm des Autors und Regisseurs Raven Jackson, „All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt“, der am Freitag startet, der bisher beste. Es ist ein umfassend konzipierter und realisierter Film, bei dem jedes seiner Elemente mit Originalität, Inspiration und Sinn für Schönheit zum Leben erweckt wird. Jeder Aspekt des Films zeugt von einer wahrhaft filmischen Sensibilität: die Geschichte und die Dialoge; das Casting und die Auftritte; das Auge für Kleidung, Einrichtung und Orte; die

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