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 ...
![Assad has been clear that he intends to run for re-election to "let the people decide" what they want. [wikia]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/assad_points.jpg?itok=6ZSHWZSR "Assad has been clear that he intends to run for re-election to \"let the people decide\" what they want. [wikia]")
![Maaloula's cathedral and churches empty of Christians as Syria's latest fight ensues. [Reuters]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/maaloula-fighting-refugees-damascus.jpg?itok=EaTcLsON "Maaloula's cathedral and churches empty of Christians as Syria's latest fight ensues. [Reuters]")
![The US Naval ship the Cape Ray [not pictured] is being equipped with hydrolysis equipment so that it can destroy Syria's chemical weapons at sea. [US naval ships sail in the Mediterranean Sea. AFP/File]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/US_navy_afp.jpg?itok=F3o4bhsz "The US Naval ship the Cape Ray [not pictured] is being equipped with hydrolysis equipment so that it can destroy Syria's chemical weapons at sea. [US naval ships sail in the Mediterranean Sea. AFP/File]")
![A Palestinian child raises up a paper ship reading 'No siege' during a rally to protest against the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip on November 30, 2013 at Gaza City harbour. [Mahmud Hams/AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/452597519.jpg?itok=2adq-tTN "A Palestinian child raises up a paper ship reading 'No siege' during a rally to protest against the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip on November 30, 2013 at Gaza City harbour. [Mahmud Hams/AFP]")
![Iran's Deputy FM Abbas Araqchi told reporters that "we are in no way optimistic about [the West world powers]-we are pessimistic- and we have told them that we cannot trust you" (Courtesy of Press TV)](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/araqchi.jpg?itok=hpBlqYLT "Iran's Deputy FM Abbas Araqchi told reporters that \"we are in no way optimistic about [the West world powers]-we are pessimistic- and we have told them that we cannot trust you\" (Courtesy of Press TV)")
