Tesla’s UK sales rise despite threat of backlash over Musk’s political role

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Sales of battery-powered cars jumped in February, with Model 3 and Model Y most popular after Mini Cooper

Sales of Teslas in the UK rose by more than a fifth last month as demand for battery-powered cars increased, despite the prospect of a buyer backlash over Elon Musk’s controversial and divisive behaviour since becoming a key figure in Donald Trump’s administration.

Almost 4,000 Teslas were sold in the UK in February, with the Model 3 and Model Y proving the second and third most popular after the Mini Cooper, according to the latest new car registration figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

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TPS ending for Springfield Haitians: 5 things to know – Dayton Daily News

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  1. TPS ending for Springfield Haitians: 5 things to know  Dayton Daily News
  2. DHS Revises Haiti TPS Extension, Accelerates Registration Period  The National Law Review
  3. Lawsuit challenges Trump's end to Haitian, Venezuelan deportation protections  Reuters
  4. Exclusive | Trump moves to close 'humanitarian parole' loophole for 500,000+ migrants  New York Post
  5. Midwestern cities fear fallout of Trump revoking Haitian residents’ status  The Guardian US
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Pope Francis: Like Mary and Joseph, let’s search for the Lord with hope – Vatican News – English

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  1. Pope Francis: Like Mary and Joseph, let's search for the Lord with hope  Vatican News - English
  2. For those who embrace Christ’s love, death is not the end, pope writes  The Catholic Weekly
  3. Pope Francis shines light on Bible’s elderly ‘pilgrims of hope’ in Wednesday catechesis  Catholic News Agency
  4. Pope’s Catechesis: The Finding of Jesus in the Temple  Exaudi
  5. Pope Francis urges acceptance of mortality in Lenten Message amid health struggles  Orthodox Times - Orthodoxtimes.com
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Key court hearing as Alabama threatens prosecutions over abortion support

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Experts say victory for state could give green light for other states to attack those who help women travel for procedure

A bellwether test of states’ ability to prosecute people over abortions that take place across state lines will hold a critical hearing on Wednesday, when Alabama abortion rights supporters will square off against the state attorney general over his threats to prosecute groups that help women travel for the procedure.

In the months after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022, clearing the way for Alabama to ban virtually all abortions, Alabama attorney general Steve Marshall repeatedly suggested that abortion rights activists who help people go out of state for abortions could be charged as participants in an illegal conspiracy. The Yellowhammer Fund, an abortion fund that helped people pay for the procedure, and the West Alabama Women’s Center, a former abortion clinic that pivoted to providing services like miscarriage management, joined with other abortion rights advocates to sue Marshall over his comments.

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Russia ‘will never agree’ to European peacekeepers in Ukraine, Lukashenko says – ABC News

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  1. Russia 'will never agree' to European peacekeepers in Ukraine, Lukashenko says  ABC News
  2. Trump insists Putin wants peace. But the war is raging – and Ukrainian civilians are dying  CNN
  3. Trump expresses hope Russia's war in Ukraine is nearing an endgame as he meets with France's Macron  The Associated Press
  4. After Trump comments, Kremlin reaffirms opposition to European peacekeepers in Ukraine  Reuters
  5. How Trump is proceeding on the future of Ukraine's war with Russia  CBS News
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Exile is ‘a little bit less than death’ for lawyer forced to flee Guatemala

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Virginia Laparra spent two years in prison after reporting her suspicion that a judge leaked sealed details of a case

A Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor forced into exile after being pursued by the country’s conservative elite has said that leaving the country was the only way to save her life but was only “a little bit less than death”.

Virginia Laparra, 45, spent two years in prison for allegedly abusing her position after she reported her suspicion that a judge had leaked sensitive details from a sealed corruption case to a colleague in 2017.

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A NATO ally figured out the trick to getting weapons to Ukraine cheaper and faster. It could be critical. – Business Insider

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  1. A NATO ally figured out the trick to getting weapons to Ukraine cheaper and faster. It could be critical.  Business Insider
  2. Denmark has already completed the transfer of 12 out of the 19 F-16 fighters committed to the Ukrainian Air Force  Zona Militar
  3. Ukraine’s F-35 Fighter ‘Problem’ No One Saw Coming  19FortyFive
  4. Trump, Zelensky Spat May Ground Ukraine’s F-16 Deployment  defensemirror.com
  5. Andrii Sybiha held phone talks with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen  Міністерство закордонних справ України
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JD Vance denies disrespecting UK and France over Ukraine peacekeeping force – Reuters

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  1. JD Vance denies disrespecting UK and France over Ukraine peacekeeping force  Reuters
  2. JD Vance Ignites Outrage in UK With ‘Random Country’ Comment  The New York Times
  3. UK MPs condemn ‘deeply disrespectful’ JD Vance comments | Defence policy  The Guardian
  4. Vance's comments about European peacekeeping plan for Ukraine draw ire abroad  NPR
  5. Britain and France are conspiring in the end of the Nato alliance  The Telegraph
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