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The EV’s driver’s seat is comfortable and supportive, and materially interesting enough even in the cloth trim of Air specification. But the first disappointment is that it doesn’t feel particularly low. When you’re sat in it, you’re still aware of the presence of the battery pack displacing your backside upwards by three or four inches.It’s not a deal-breaker, though. Even sitting as you do, you find plenty of room at the controls and, even if you’re long-legged, a typical setting for the driver’s seat leaves generous space for adults in the row behind. Our tape measure confirmed big advantages for…
Osmond ChiaBusiness reporterJason GarciaNevi Bergeron and her Suzuki Cappuccino mini sports car America is known as the land of big cars and even bigger SUVs but Donald Trump has an idea that could change that.The president wants to bring to the US tiny vehicles, like those commonly seen on the streets of Japan, in the form of mini hatchbacks and vans half the size of a Ford F-150 pickup truck.So-called Kei cars – short for kei-jidōsha, literally “light vehicle” – became popular in Japan after World War Two as an economical means of transport in its crowded cities. They have…
Paul GlynnCulture reporterWillaMotaz Malhees stars in the film which places the late Hind Rajab front and centre”They’re shooting at me. Please come get me. I’m scared.”When filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania first heard the emergency phone call recording of Hind Rajab, a frightened six-year-old Palestinian girl begging for help while under siege in Gaza City in 2024, on social media, she says she immediately knew what she had to do.Hitting pause on the movie she was about to make, the Tunisian two-time Oscar-nominee called her producer and they agreed to shift focus to telling the story of the girl, who was…
Amid the rubble of future business cases that were going to unlock billions in investor value for the car industry, robotaxis and autonomous driving are among the few still standing. True, autonomous vehicle (AV) flag-waving will look incongruous this year as car companies promote a more ‘back to basics’ message to investors after reality intruded on the dreams of software-led disruption.
Riaz Sohail, Zubair Khan and Qaisar KamranBBC UrduAFP via Getty ImagesDozens of people are still missing after Gul Plaza caught fire on Saturday eveningMuhammed Amin is beside himself with grief and despair.His brother, Naveed Memon, was inside Gul Plaza when a massive fire ripped through the densely-packed shopping centre in Pakistan’s commercial capital, Karachi.Like dozens of others, he still hasn’t been found.”What should I tell my mother when I go home? What should I tell my nieces?” asks Amin.”My nieces are crying for their father – they are asking me why he is late to come home. What should I…
The man who killed Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been sentenced to life in prison, three and a half years after he fatally shot the ex-leader during a rally in the city of Nara in 2022.Tetsuya Yamagami himself pleaded guilty to the crime at the trial’s opening last year, but what punishment he deserves has divided public opinion in Japan. While many see the 45-year-old as a cold-blooded murderer, some sympathise with his troubled upbringing.Prosecutors said Yamagami deserved life imprisonment for his “grave act”. Abe’s assassination stunned the country where there is virtually no gun crime.Seeking leniency, Yamagami’s…
Urmi BhattacheryyaUrmi Bhattacheryya and Aditya Prakash sued their university for alleged racial discriminationA dispute that began over heating a dish in a microwave has ended with two Indian students winning a $200,000 settlement from a US university.Aditya Prakash and his fiancee, Urmi Bhattacheryya, told the BBC they filed a civil rights lawsuit against the University of Colorado, Boulder, after they faced a series of “microaggressions and retaliatory actions” following the microwave incident.The harassment began, the lawsuit alleged, after a university staff member objected to Prakash heating up his lunch of palak paneer – one of northern India’s most popular dishes,…
Watch: BBC asks if breakup of Nato is price Trump willing to pay for GreenlandUS president Donald Trump has doubled down on his threats to take control of Greenland, saying on social media that there is “no going back” and that “Greenland is imperative”. During a news conference at the White House, Trump was asked how far he was willing to go to acquire Greenland and replied, “You’ll find out”. Meanwhile, French president Emmanuel Macron warned at a meeting at the World Economic Forum meeting in Switzerland of a “shift towards a world without rules”, while Canadian Prime Minister Mark…
Liverpool legend has named a ‘four-man shortlist’ to be Manchester United’s next permanent manager and has ruled out interim boss Michael Carrick. Carrick has had a dream start at Man Utd as he inspired the Premier League giants’ best performance of the 2025/26 campaign at the weekend to beat arch-rivals Manchester City 2-0 at Old Trafford. There is now renewed optimism that the Red Devils could seal Champions League qualification this season, with this potentially enough for Carrick to earn a deal beyond this season. Former Middlesbrough boss and club legend Carrick has initially been brought in as an interim…
Paul Scholes has revealed that Lisandro Martinez messaged him on Instragram recently claiming that he’d “lost all respect” for the Man Utd legend. Scholes has been one of the Argentina international’s biggest critics since he joined Man Utd from Ajax in a deal worth £57m in 2022. Previewing the derby match against Man City, Scholes doubted Martinez’s ability to mark Erling Haaland, while former Man Utd team-mate Nicky Butt joked about Martinez’s size. Butt joked before the Manchester Derby that Haaland would “pick Martinez up and run with him” and would resemble “a dad after school running down the road…