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PM’s spokesman Matthew Doyle quits Downing Street after nine months
Sir Keir Starmer’s communications chief has resigned after nine months in Downing Street.
Labour veteran Matthew Doyle, who worked for Tony Blair, was brought in as Sir Keir’s communications director four years ago, when the party was in opposition.
He is the second senior member of Sir Keir’s team to leave less than a year after the general election, following Sue Gray walking out of the door as his chief of staff in the autumn.
Mr Doyle’s departure is expected to lead to the promotions of James Lyons to director of communications (strategy) and Steph Driver to director of communications (delivery).
Mr Doyle’s decision to quit and leave immediately has caused some surprise, but one special adviser said he “had been increasingly detached for some time. It was clear that Lyons was actually in charge – and doing an excellent job to be fair”.
The veteran spin doctor has more than a quarter of a century of experience with Labour, beginning as the head of press for the party in 1998, before a brief stint as an adviser to David Blunkett, then the work and pensions secretary.
Moving into Blair’s No 10 in 2005, Mr Doyle rose to become deputy head of communications, and carried on working for Blair after he left office for another five years.
He spent a period working at the charity International Rescue with David Miliband, the former Blair-era foreign secretary, and set up his own consultancy.
Mr Doyle joined Sir Keir Starmer’s team in the summer of 2021, arguably the lowest point of his leadership, shortly after a humiliating defeat for Labour in a by-election in Hartlepool.
An email from Mr Doyle to colleagues this morning, seen by the BBC, said “it’s time to pass the baton on”.
He added: “I wanted to let you know that I have informed the prime minister I am standing down as director of communications.
“When I started working for Keir four years ago, not many people thought we could win a general election and certainly not in the emphatic way we did.
“That was down to the hard work and determination of so many people and of course Keir’s leadership.
“I am incredibly proud of the part I have played in returning our party to government and the change we are already bringing to the country. Now it’s time to pass the baton on.”
In a statement, Sir Keir said: “Matthew brought his considerable experience to my team in summer 2021 and has worked tirelessly by my side every day since playing a leading role in Labour’s historic election win.
“On a personal level it has been a real privilege to work with him and on behalf of the entire team I wish him all the very best for his next role.”
Special advisers from across government are gathering for an away day today, at which new arrangements for Labour’s communications team will be discussed.
Mr Doyle’s role is expected to be split between Ms Driver, who is Downing Street’s current deputy communications director, and Mr Lyons, a former political journalist and TikTok spinner who joined Number 10 last year.
Ms Driver will focus on day-to-day interactions with journalists, with Mr Lyons’ attention on managing the grid of forthcoming government announcements.
The prime minister’s former chief of staff, now Lady Gray of Tottenham, was forced out after a vicious briefing campaign against her by colleagues and gave her maiden speech in the House of Lords on Thursday.
Putin floats idea of UN-led government in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has suggested that Ukraine should temporarily be placed under UN control to elect what he called a more “competent” government.
It is the latest attempt by the Russian president to challenge the legitimacy of the Kyiv government.
Ukraine accused Putin of proposing “crazy” ideas to delay further movement towards a peace deal – being championed by US President Donald Trump.
The White House insisted Ukraine’s governance would be decided by its constitution and people.
Putin’s remarks come as the US seeks to broker a ceasefire in the full-scale war with Ukraine, now into its fourth year.
On Tuesday the White House said the two sides had agreed to a limited truce in the Black Sea.
But Russia then put forward a list of conditions including lifting of some Western sanctions, prompting concerns that Moscow was trying to derail any moves towards a ceasefire.
Speaking to the crew of a nuclear-powered submarine in the far north Russian city of Murmansk, Putin said a temporary administration under the auspices of the UN could be discussed “with the United States, with European countries, and of course with our partners and friends”.
“This would be in order to hold democratic elections, to bring to power a capable government trusted by the people and then to begin with it talks on a peace agreement and sign legitimate documents,” he added.
Moscow says the current Ukrainian authorities are illegitimate as President Volodymyr Zelensky has stayed in power beyond the end of his term and is therefore not a valid negotiating partner.
But Zelensky has stayed because elections have been put on hold, legally by martial law and practically by the chaos of war.
It would be almost impossible to hold a valid election with more than five million Ukrainian citizens displaced overseas and many hundreds of thousands away from home fighting on the frontline.
By calling for an election, Putin is trying to raise doubts that President Zelensky is a legitimate interlocutor in any peace talks. The White House has already echoed this narrative.
And if Putin succeeded in forcing an election, he may hope this would both divide and distract Ukraine while he made gains on the battlefield.
Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov later attempted to clarify the remarks, saying they were in response to indications of a “loss of control” by Kyiv.
He also said that Ukraine’s armed forces were not obeying the leadership’s orders and were continuing to strike Russian energy installations, despite a moratorium on attacks on energy infrastructure agreed in talks with the US.
Ukraine has described Russian reports of such attacks as lies, while in its turn accusing Moscow of continuing to attack its own infrastructure.
Putin said that his proposal for a transitional government was only one of many options, but pointed out that there were international precedents for UN control such as East Timor and parts of the former Yugoslavia.
Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak responded to Putin’s remarks, saying Russia was trying to stall movements towards peace and had chosen to continue the war.
Meanwhile a US national security spokesperson told Reuters news agency that governance in Ukraine was determined by the constitution and the people.
At the same meeting, the Russian leader said that Moscow had the “strategic initiative” all along the front line in the war and “there are reasons to believe that we can finish off” Ukrainian forces.
But despite frequent proclamations of progress in the fighting, Russia has made only very slow and limited progress in gaining territory in eastern Ukraine.
Putin’s comments come after a meeting on Thursday between Zelensky and European allies in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron said that France and the UK were putting forward plans for a reassurance force” in Ukraine.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022.
Confidential army papers found in Newcastle street
Calum Grewar
BBC North East & Cumbria Investigations
Piles of papers containing confidential military information have been found scattered along a city street.
They include soldiers’ ranks, emails, shift patterns and weapon issue details, and information which appears to relate to accessing weapons storage and an intruder detection system.
The documents were discovered spilling out of a black bin bag in the Scotswood area of Newcastle by a football fan on 16 March and, according to information security consultant Gary Hibberd, posed a “significant” threat to individuals named in them.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it was looking into the matter “urgently” and was conducting an internal investigation.
Downing Street said it could not comment on “any specifics” while the Army’s investigation was taking place.
“But you can expect that appropriate action will be taken in response to any potential information breach,” a spokesperson said.
The papers appear to be connected to British Army regiments and barracks at Catterick Garrison.
One document was headed “armoury keys and hold IDS codes”, which the BBC understands relates to accessing an armoury – a storage area for weapons and ammunition – and an intruder detection system.
Another was footnoted with the words “official – sensitive” which, according to government guidance, can in some cases mean the information could lead to a “threat to life” if compromised.
Information contained in the dumped documents ranged from general medical advice to ingredients order sheets, along with people’s ID numbers and email addresses.
The papers were discovered by Mike Gibbard, from Gateshead, as he parked his car before heading to a fanzone to watch Newcastle United’s Wembley win over Liverpool in the Carabao Cup Final.
“I peered down and started to see names on bits of papers, and numbers, and I thought ‘what’s that?’,” he said.
The papers were piled up against a wall in a black bag and “in the road, underneath cars, spread all the way up the road”.
“I found a lot more on the other side of the road that wasn’t in a bag.”
Mr Gibbard said he asked his wife: “Why is it here? This shouldn’t be here, anyone could pick it up.”
Describing the find as “crazy”, he said he saw “details of the perimeter, the patrol, checking weapons in and out, requests for leave, mobile phone numbers, high ranking officers”.
Gary Hibberd, an information security consultant with 35 years’ experience, said the documents posed a “significant” threat to those individuals named.
“They could be easily identified through social media, they could potentially be coerced, they could be harassed,” he said.
Government guidance on sensitive information reveals such documents could, in the wrong hands, lead to “moderate, short term damage” to UK or allied forces’ military operations.
It adds: “However, in some exceptional circumstances, the compromise of more sensitive official information could lead to a threat to life.”
All such documents should be disposed of in a “burn bag” or by shredding in an approved machine.
Mr Gibbard reported the find to Northumbria Police.
A spokesperson confirmed the force “received a report that potentially confidential documents had been found on Railway Street in the Scotswood area of Newcastle”.
“The documents have now been handed to the Ministry of Defence.”
An MoD spokesperson said: “We are looking into this urgently and the matter is the subject of an ongoing internal investigation.”
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Scramble at 30-storey Bangkok building reduced to rubble
As the sun sets over Bangkok, hundreds of rescue workers desperately search for survivors at the collapsed 30-storey skyscraper on a construction site in Thailand’s capital.
Rescuers are trying to reach dozens of workers trapped in the rubble after the skyscraper collapsed.
Standing on a bridge a short distance from the scene, under the orange glow of the sky, a group of reporters, including myself, look on in disbelief at the three-storey-high piles of concrete.
Twisted wire and metal jut out.
Even as more professional rescue and military teams arrive and floodlights are erected, there seems little chance of finding many survivors.
A shallow magnitude 7.7 quake hit central Myanmar and was followed minutes later by a magnitude 6.4 aftershock, toppling buildings and rupturing roads.
Here, across the border in Thailand, the shocks and devastation were also felt. Residents struggle to respond to a natural disaster few are accustomed to.
I was at my house when the shakes started and it was unlike anything I had felt before.
The collapsed building, belonging to the national audit office, was under construction for three years at a cost of more than two billion Thai baht (£45m) – now reduced to rubble.
White tents have been erected at the perimeter as rescuers in bright yellow hard hats work to free an estimated 81 people still trapped beneath the collapsed skyscraper.
Thai Defence Minister Phumtham Wechachai told reporters three people had been confirmed dead. A little under an hour ago, I saw two covered bodies being carried to the tents.
The road next to the building is full of fire engines, ambulances and other rescue vehicles. Curious civilians have joined us on the bridge, watching in an attempt to understand what is happening.
Heavy machinery is beginning to arrive including a large crane. Rescuers say they need them to remove the debris before they can start searching for the missing.
I arrived less than an hour after the collapse to find construction workers covered in dust, stunned by what they had just survived.
Adisorn Kamphasorn had been bringing materials down from the sixth floor when he suddenly felt the tremor. The 18-year-old looked up the stairwell and saw a crane shaking.
He told me: “I knew it was about to be bad. I ran. It took one minute for it to collapse. All of a sudden, there was smoke everywhere and everything went black. I couldn’t breathe. I didn’t have a mask.”
He had not spoken to his family yet because he lost his phone in the chaos, saying he had never experienced anything like it in his life. He thought he was going to die.
The construction workers tell me they were a mixture of Thai and Burmese.
Nukul Khemutha, 30, was working on the fifth floor when he felt the tremors. He looked up and saw all the floors sinking, holes forming.
He said one of his colleagues had just gone up to the tenth floor to use the bathroom and they are still waiting for news of his whereabouts. He told me: “We were all just screaming ‘run’ and telling each other to hold hands and run together.”
When I spoke to them, they sat there smoking, trying to calm down. They looked sad. None of the survivors had received medical help, as all the attention was focused on those still trapped.
As the sound of drilling intensifies, rescue workers face a long night ahead.
Additional reporting by Rachel Hagan in London
Nasen Saadi jailed for Bournemouth stabbings
Charlotte Andrews & Briony Leyland
BBC News
Reporting fromWinchester Crown Court
The wife of a woman who was stabbed to death on a beach in Bournemouth has said she wants her killer to know the pain he has caused.
Criminology student Nasen Saadi, 21, has been jailed for life with a minimum of 39 years for the murder of Amie Gray and attempted murder of Leanne Miles.
The friends, who were aged 34 and 38 and not known to Saadi, were attacked on Durley Chine Beach last May.
Wanting to keep her wife’s memory alive, Sian Gray exclusively told the BBC: “She didn’t die on that beach, she still lives on.”
Saadi was described in court as a “social misfit” with a “grievance against women” and committed his crimes “to feel powerful”.
The criminology student at the University of Greenwich had collected knives and researched locations to carry out the killing, Winchester Crown Court heard.
He even asked course lecturers questions on how to get away with murder.
On the night of the attack, the two women were sitting on the sand where they had lit a fire and were enjoying the full moon.
CCTV footage showed Saadi stepping on to the beach, before repeatedly stabbing the pair and leaving them to bleed to death.
Ms Miles survived despite being taken to hospital with 20 knife wounds, mainly to her back.
But Ms Gray, a football coach from Poole, Dorset, had been stabbed in the heart and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Judge Mrs Justice Cutts told Winchester Crown Court that Saadi had chosen to deny his guilt because he wanted the “notoriety of a trial” and had a “complete lack of remorse”.
She added: “It seems you have felt humiliated and rejected for any advances you have made towards girls which has led over time to a deeply-suppressed rage towards society and women in particular.”
Sian Gray described her wife as a strong, beautiful woman with an infectious laugh.
“She would literally walk in, do a silly little dance and do a couple of jokes,” she said.
Sian sat in the public gallery every day during the murder trial last December at Winchester Crown Court.
“For me, him getting the justice he deserves is important,” she explained.
“I wanted to see him and him to look at me, to know the pain that he’s caused and the lives that he’s ruined.
“I felt like I was representing her, like I was standing up to him, not letting her die.”
She said Amie’s death still did not feel real, but she was taking each day as it came.
“I don’t want hate to consume me,” she added.
“Amie wouldn’t want us to stop our lives or be living in the shadows.”
The trial revealed Saadi had travelled from his home in Croydon to the Travelodge hotel in Bournemouth on 21 May.
He scouted the area before moving to the Silver How Hotel on 23 May, and attacking his victims the following night.
No weapon, clothing or DNA evidence was recovered during Dorset Police’s investigation.
It was also discovered that Saadi had an interest in true crime and had bought multiple knives online.
He denied charges of murder and attempted murder and claimed “mistaken identity” in a police interview.
But a jury found him guilty on both counts after a nine-day trial.
He previously pleaded guilty to failing to give police access to his mobile phone.
He did not give evidence in court.
यस्तो छ सागसब्जी र फलफूलको थोक मूल्य
कालीमाटी फलफूल तथा तरकारी बजार विकास समितिले आजका लागि कृषिउपजको थोक मूल्य निर्धारण गरेको छ। समितिका अनुसार तरकारी र फलफूलको अधिकतम थोक मूल्य निर्धारण गरिएको हो।
गोलभेँडा ठूलो (नेपाली) प्रतिकिलो रु ४०, गोलभेँडा ठूलो (भारतीय) प्रतिकिलो रु ५०, गोलभेँडा सानो (लोकल) प्रतिकिलो रु २०, गोलभेँडा सानो (तराई) प्रतिकिलो रु ३०, आलु रातो प्रतिकिलो रु ३५, आलु रातो (भारतीय) प्रतिकिलो रु ३५, प्याज सुकेको (भारतीय) प्रतिकिलो रु ५५, गाजर (लोकल) प्रतिकिलो रु ५०, गाजर (तराई) प्रतिकिलो रु ४०, बन्दा (लोकल) प्रतिकिलो रु १५, बन्दा (तराई) प्रतिकिलो रु १५, बन्दा (नरिवल) प्रतिकिलो रु २०, काउली (स्थानीय) प्रतिकिलो रु ४०, स्थानीय काउली (ज्यापु) प्रतिकिलो रु ५०, मूला रातो प्रतिकिलो रु ५०, मूला सेतो (लोकल) प्रतिकिलो रु १५, सेतो मूला (हाइब्रिड) प्रतिकिलो रु २०, भन्टा लाम्चो प्रतिकिलो रु ३५ तथा भन्टा डल्लो प्रतिकिलो रु ५०, तने बोडीको मूल्य प्रतिकिलो रु ९० कायम गरिएको छ।
यसैगरी, मटरकोसा प्रतिकिलो रु ८०, घिउ सिमी (लोकल) प्रतिकिलो रु ८०, घिउ सिमी (हाइब्रिड) प्रतिकिलो रु ८०, घिउ सिमी (राजमा) प्रतिकिलो रु १००, टाटे सिमी प्रतिकिलो रु ७०, तितो करेला प्रतिकिलो रु १२०, लौका प्रतिकिलो रु ६०, परबर (लोकल) प्रतिकिलो रु ९०, परबर (तराई) प्रतिकिलो रु ९०, चिचिण्डो प्रतिकिलो रु ९०, घिरौला प्रतिकिलो रु ८०, झिगुनी प्रतिकिलो रु ८०, फर्सी पाकेको प्रतिकिलो रु ५०, फर्सी हरियो (लाम्चो) प्रतिकिलो रु ३०, हरियो फर्सी (डल्लो) प्रतिकिलो रु ३०, सलगम प्रतिकिलो रु ६० तथा भिण्डी प्रतिकिलो रु १४० कायम गरिएको छ।
यस्तै, सखरखण्ड प्रतिकिलो ७०, बरेला प्रतिकिलो रु ५०, पिँडालु प्रतिकिलो रु ९०, स्कूस प्रतिकिलो रु ४०, रायो साग प्रतिकिलो रु ८०, पालुङ्गो साग प्रतिकिलो ७०, चमसुरको साग रु ७०, तोरीको साग प्रतिकिलो रु ५०, मेथीको साग प्रतिकिलो रु ७०, प्याज हरियो प्रतिकिलो रु ५०, बकुला प्रतिकिलो रु ५०, तरुल प्रतिकिलो रु ९०, च्याउ (कन्य) प्रतिकिलो रु १३०, च्याउ (डल्ले) प्रतिकिलो रु २५० तथा कुरिलो प्रतिकिलो रु ६०० निर्धारण गरिएको छ।
निगुरो प्रतिकेजी रु १२०, ब्रोकाउली प्रतिकिलो रु ५०, चुकुन्दर प्रतिकिलो रु ६०, सजीवन प्रतिकिलो रु २००, कोइरालो प्रतिकिलो रु १८०, रातो बन्दा प्रतिकिलो रु ५०, जिरीको साग प्रतिकिलो रु ६०, ग्याठकोभी प्रतिकिलो रु ६०, सेलरी प्रतिकिलो रु १५०, पार्सले प्रतिकिलो रु ३००, सौफको साग प्रतिकिलो रु ७०, पुदिना प्रतिकिलो रु ३००, गान्टे मूला प्रतिकिलो रु ७०, इमली प्रतिकिलो रु १७०, तामा प्रतिकिलो रु १००, तोफु प्रतिकिलो रु १२० र गुन्द्रुक प्रतिकिलो रु ३५० तोकेकोे छ।
समितिले स्याउ (झोले) प्रतिकिलो रु २५०, स्याउ (फूजी) प्रतिकिलो रु ३५०, केरा (दर्जन) रु १६०, कागती प्रतिकिलो रु २७०, अनार प्रतिकिलो रु ३५०, अङ्गुर (हरियो) प्रतिकिलो रु २००, अङ्गुर (कालो) प्रतिकिलो रु २५०, भारतीय सुन्तला रु २५०, तरबुजा हरियो प्रतिकिलो रु ७०, मौसम प्रतिकिलो रु २००, जुनार प्रतिकिलो रु २००, भुइँकटहर प्रतिगोटा रु २००, काँक्रो (लोकल) प्रतिकिलो रु ७०, काँक्रो (हाइब्रिड) प्रतिकिलो रु ३३, रुख कटहर प्रतिकिलो रु १००, निबुवा प्रतिकिलो रु ५०, नासपाती (चाइनिज) प्रतिकिलो रु २६०, मेवा (नेपाली) प्रतिकिलो रु ५०, मेवा (भारतीय) प्रतिकिलो रु १२०, अम्बा प्रतिकिलो रु १२०, लप्सी प्रतिकिलो रु १३०, उखु प्रतिगोटा रु १००, स्ट्रबेरी (भुइँऐसेलु) रु २५०, किबी प्रतिकिलो रु ४५० तथा आभोकाडो प्रतिकिलो रु ६५०, अमलाको मूल्य प्रतिकिलो रु १०० निर्धारण गरिएको छ।
यसैगरी, अदुवा प्रतिकिलो रु १२०, खुर्सानी सुकेको प्रतिकिलो रु ४००, खुर्सानी हरियो प्रतिकिलो रु ८०, खुर्सानी हरियो (बुलेट) प्रतिकिलो रु ८०, खुर्सानी हरियो (माछे) प्रतिकिलो रु ९०, खुर्सानी हरियो (अकबरे) प्रतिकिलो २५०, भेडे खुर्सानी प्रतिकिलो रु १००, लसुन हरियो प्रतिकिलो रु ६०, हरियो धनिया प्रतिकिलो रु १००, लसुन सुकेको चाइनिज प्रतिकिलो रु ३२०, लसुन सुकेको नेपाली प्रतिकिलो रु ३००, छ्यापी सुकेको प्रतिकिलो रु १६०, छ्यापी हरियो प्रतिकिलो रु ६०, ताजा माछा (रहु) प्रतिकिलो रु ३२०, ताजा माछा (बचुवा) प्रतिकिलो रु २६०, ताजा माछा (छडी) प्रतिकिलो रु २४०, रुख टमाटर प्रतिकिलो रु १८०, राजा च्याउ प्रतिकिलो रु ३०० र सिताके च्याउको मूल्य प्रतिकिलो रु ८०० तोकेको छ।
राजावादी गतिविधिलाई समाजवादी मोर्चाले दियो अराजकताको संज्ञा
१५ चैत, काठमाडौं । समाजवादी मोर्चाले राजावादीको गतिविधिलाई अराजकताको संज्ञा दिएको छ ।
शुक्रबार राजावादी र गणतन्त्र पक्षधरहरूको प्रदर्शन थियो । प्रदर्शनका क्रममा राजावादीबाट उच्छृङ्खल गतिविधि भएको भन्दै समाजवादी मोर्चाले विज्ञप्ति निकालेर राजावादीको गतिविधिलाई अराजकताको संज्ञा दिएको हो ।
‘यो उच्छृङ्खल र अराजक कार्यको हामी घोर भत्सना एवं निन्दा गर्दछौं,’ समाजवादी मोर्चामा आवद्ध दलका शीर्ष नेताहरूले जारी गरेको विज्ञप्तिमा उल्लेख छ ।
नेकपा माओवादी केन्द्रका अध्यक्ष पुष्पकमल दाहाल प्रचण्ड, नेकपा एकीकृत समावादीका अध्यक्ष माधवकुमार नेपाल, नेपाल समाजवादी पार्टीका अध्यक्ष महेन्द्रराय यादव, नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टीका महासचिव नेत्रविक्रम चन्दले विज्ञप्ति निकालेर यस्तो बताएका हुन् ।
राजावादीको गतिविधिमा संलग्नलाई कारबाही गर्न माग गरिएको छ ।
‘यस कार्यमा संलग्न आपराधिक र आततायी तत्वलाई यथाशीघ्र कानुनी दायरामा ल्याई कडाभन्दा कडा कारबाही गर्न सरकारसँग माग गर्दछौं,’ विज्ञप्तिमा भनिएको छ, ‘राजनीतिक दलको कार्यालय र नागरिकको जनधनको सुरक्षा गर्न हामी सरकारसँग जोडदार माग गर्दछौं ।’
राजावादीहरूले ‘पुनरुत्थानवादी र उच्छृङ्खल प्रतिगामी तत्वहरूले अराजकता सिर्जना गर्दै’ अगाडि बढेको उनीहरूको निष्कर्ष छ ।
नेकपा एकीकृत समाजवादीको केन्द्रीय काठमाडौं जिल्ला कार्यालय, अध्यक्ष माधवकुमार नेपालका भाइ सरोज नेपालको निजी निवास लगायतमा तोडभोड र आगजनी गर्न पुगेको भन्दै साजवादी मोर्चाले सरकारको ध्यानाकर्षण गरेको छ ।
निजी, सार्वजनिक सम्पत्ति, सञ्चार गृह लगायत तोडफोड तथा आगजनी गरेको भन्दै मोर्चाले यस्ता गतिविधिको भर्त्सना गरेको छ ।
BYD becomes the world’s largest EV maker beating Tesla
Build Your Dreams, shortly known as BYD, has topped the world as the largest electric vehicle maker with an annual revenue of over 100 billion in 2024, sliding US competitor Tesla from the pole position.
The Chinese EV giant posted $107 billion in revenue in 2024, which surpasses that of Tesla, as the latter generated $97.9 billion in the same year.
BYD’s record sales come from electric cars and batteries. The company saw a remarkable growth of 40% in 2024. The company managed to sell 4.3 million electric and hybrid vehicles in 2024 alone.
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BYD beats Tesla to become largest EV maker with record revenues
At the same time, BYD filed a profit of $5.6 billion, which was a jump of 34% from 2023.
The EV industry is largely dominated by Tesla and Chinese firms. BYD, a Shenzhen-based automaker, remains a particular threat to the US company, and it’s also making strides in innovations.
Just recently, BYD unveiled a new charging system that provides over 400 km of range in a 5-minute charge. Such tech and innovation are giving BYD more steel as it heads into a very critical phase in competition en route to leading the industry from the top.
The only big and major challenge is that the company has not yet reached the US officially. Trump’s 25% tariffs and challenges from the EU pose challenges to BYD in its expansion plans.
पाल्पाका किसानलाई चैते धान रोप्न चटारो
आलु, गहुँलगायत बाली भित्र्याएका पाल्पाका किसानलाई चैते धान रोपाइँको चटारो थपिएको छ। यहाँका पूर्वखोला, रामपुर, रम्भा, निस्दीलगायत फाँटका अधिकांश किसान एक सातायता चैते धानको रोपाइँमा व्यस्त छन्।
पूर्वखोला गाउँपालिका–३ कलौलीकी गोमाया कामु अहिले चैते धान रोप्न व्यस्त छिन्। गर्मी मौसमका कारण अन्य स्थानमा खडेरी परेको समयमा उनको परिवारलाई भने कुलोको पानीले सिञ्चित भएको पाँच रोपनी खेतमा चैते धान रोप्न भ्याइनभ्याइ छ। पानीको सुविधा भएको र उत्पादन पनि हुने भएकाले बर्सेनि चैते धान रोप्दै आएको कामु बताउँछिन्।
‘चैते धानका लागि पानीको समस्या हुँदैन। उत्पादन पनि राम्रै हुन्छ,’ उनले भनिन्, ‘त्यसैले वर्षौंदेखि निरन्तर हामीले चैते धान रोप्दै आएका छौँ।’ चैते र बर्खे धान गरेर वर्षमा दुई बाली धान खेती गर्ने कामु बर्खे धानभन्दा चैते धान पर्याप्त उत्पादन हुने बताउँछिन्।
गोमाया जस्तै डढेटाका सोमबहादुर थापालाई पनि चैते धान रोप्ने चटारो छ। खेत जोत्ने, पानी मिलाउने, ब्याड काट्नेदेखि धान रोप्न उनको परिवारलाई भ्याइनभ्याइ छ। उनले करिब दुई कट्ठा खेतमा चैते धान रोप्न थालेको बताए।
‘फागुनमा राखेको धानको ब्याड हो। चैतको अन्तिमतिर रोपिसक्नुपर्ने हुन्छ,’ थापाले भने, ‘धान रोपेर सक्ने तयारीमा छौँ।’ बेमौसमी खेतीका रूपमा रोपिने चैते धानबाट मनग्य आम्दानी हुने भएपछि आफ्नो परिवारले धेरै पहिलेदेखि नै चैते धान रोप्दै आएको उन बताउँछन्। उनीहरू जस्तै यहाँका डढेटा, लाबे, सातबिसे, खैरेनी, आठबिसे, कलौली, चेवा मङ्गला, सुखौरा लगायतका फाँटका प्रायः किसानलाई चैते धानको रोपाइँको हतारोले एकैछिन फुर्सद छैन।
महिला हरियो धानको बीउ काँढ्न र रोप्नमा व्यस्त देखिन्छन् भने पुरुष खेत हिलाउन, आली गरा मिलाउनमै व्यस्त छन्। कतै किसानले हल गोरु लगाएर खेत जोतिरहेका छन् भने कतै गोरुको सट्टा ट्र्याक्टरको प्रयोग गरी हिलो फेटेको देखिन्छ। सिँचाइ सुविधा भएकाले चैत र बर्खा गरी दुईपटक धान रोप्ने चलन रहेको छ। यहाँ फागुन महिनामा बीउ राखेर चैत महिनामा हिउँदे धान रोप्ने प्रचलन रहेको छ। ‘सबै छिमेकी जम्मा भएर आपसमा रोपाइँको मेलापातमा सघाइरहेका छौँ। यो बेला हाम्रा लागि व्यस्त समय हो,’ डढेटाका किसान मनु दिसुवाले भने, ‘यहाँ पानीको स्रोतको समस्या नभएकाले धमाधम रोपाइँ भइरहेको छ।’
यहाँका अधिकांश किसान वर्षाैंदेखि चैते धानमा आकर्षित हुँदै आएका छन्। पूर्वखोलावासीले घरको धान प्रयोग गर्न कात्तिक महिना नै कुर्न पर्दैन, असार साउनमा पनि नयाँ धान भित्र्याएर आम्दानी गर्न सक्छन्। आफूले जानेदेखि नै हिउँदे धान रोप्दै आएको कलौलीकी किसान अग्निश्वरा बाह्रघरेले बताइन्। अधिकांश ठाउँका युवा विदेश गइरहेका बेला डढेटाका केही युवा भने कृषिमै लागेका छन्। डढेटा फाँटमा आली गरा मिलाउँदै गरेको अवस्थामा युवा देखिन्थे।
आली लगाउँदै गरेका शिव दिसुवाले पुस्तौँदेखि आमाबुबाले लगाउँदै आएको धानखेतीलाई आफूले पनि निरन्तरता दिँदै आएको बताए। असारमा हुँदै आएको धान रोपाइँ चैत महिनामा पनि देख्न पाउँदा त्यहाँ पुग्ने नयाँ पुस्ता भने दङ्ग छन्। कृषिमा आधुनिक प्रविधिसँगै बेमौसमी खेतीको प्रयोग बढ्दै गएको पाइन्छ।
विशेष गरी यहाँका वडा नं २, ३ र ४ मा रहेका फाँटमा चैते धान रोपाइँ हुने गरेको गाउँपालिकाकी कृषि शाखा प्रमुख चाँदनी चौधरीले बताइन्। उनका अनुसार यहाँ १५ हेक्टर क्षेत्रफलमा चैते धान रोपाइँ हुने गरेको छ। यस वर्ष सोमबारसम्म १० हेक्टर क्षेत्रफलमा धान रोपाइँ भइसकेको उनले बताइन्। यहाँका अधिकांश फाँटमा पर्याप्त मात्रमा सिचाँइको सुविधा भएकाले कृषक दुई याम नै धानखेतीतर्फ आकर्षित हुने गरेका छन्।
कृषिलाई प्राथमिकतामा राखेर नीति तथा कार्यक्रम बनाउने गरेको पालिका अध्यक्ष नुनबहादुर थापाले बताए। उनले भने, ‘हामीले बीउविजन, मल, प्राविधिक सहयोग कृषि क्षेत्रमा गर्दै आएका छौँ, त्यसैले पनि कृषक कृषि कर्म गर्न उत्साहित हुनुहुन्छ।’ यहाँका खोलाबाट कुलो बनाएर कृषकले धान रोप्ने गरेको अध्यक्ष थापाले बताए।
विगतमा स्थानीय जातको धान लगाउँदा कृषकले उत्पादन कम गरे पनि पछिल्लो समय उन्नत जातको बीउ लगाउन थालेपछि उत्पादनमा समेत वृद्धि भएको पालिकाका प्रमुख प्रशासकीय अधिकृत सुन्दरप्रसाद श्रेष्ठले बताए। उनले बाँझो जग्गाको सदुपयोग गर्ने गरी कृषकलाई पालिकाले प्रोत्साहनका कार्यक्रम समेत ल्याउने गरेको बताए।
पाल्पाका अन्य फाँटहरूमा पनि यति बेला चैते धान रोप्ने चटारो छ। फागुन महिनामा बीउ राखेर चैत महिनामा हिउँदे धान रोप्ने चलन रहेको छ। पाल्पामा नियमित रूपमा कुलो लाग्ने र प्रशस्त पानी भएका खोला नालाका फाँटमा चैते धान रोप्ने गर्छन्।
जिल्लामा धानबाली लगाइने फाँटमध्ये ६२० हेक्टरमा चैते धानको खेती गरिन्छ भने ७०० कृषकले चैते धान लगाउँदै आएको कृषि ज्ञान केन्द्रले जनाएको छ। हिउँदे धानखेती गरेपछि चामल किन्न नपर्ने यहाँका किसानको भनाइ छ।
बेमौसमी कृषि खेती गर्ने प्रचलन बढे पनि हिउँदे धान रोपाइँ भने परम्परादेखि हुँदै आएको हो। हिउँदे धानको उत्पादनले धेरै परिवारलाई राहत मिलेको छ। बाह्रैमास सिँचाइको सुविधा विस्तार गर्न सकेमा पाल्पाका अन्य फाँटमा पनि हिउँदे धान रोप्न सकिने हावापानी रहेकाले सरकारले सिँचाइ सुविधा उपलब्ध गराउन ध्यान दिन जरुरी छ।
प्रकाशित: १५ चैत्र २०८१ १०:५३ शुक्रबार
‘जडीबुटी कम्पनीमा २५ टन तेल छ, आगो ननिभाए ठूलो क्षति हुनसक्छ’
१५ चैत, काठमाडौं । कोटेश्वरस्थित जडीबुटी उत्पादन तथा प्रशोधन कम्पनीमा आगजनी अझै नियन्त्रणमा आएको छैन ।
कम्पनीकी महाप्रबन्धक संगीता यादवका अनुसार कार्यालयको मुख्य भवनमा आगजनी भएको छ । त्यससँगै रहेको भवनमा ‘सञ्चो’ उत्पादन हुने गर्छ ।
स्टोरमा प्राय: गरी प्रज्जवनशील पदार्थहरू रहेकाले त्यहाँ आगो लाग्यो भने ठूलो विस्फोट हुने यादवले जानकारी दिइन् ।
‘उक्त भवनमा २५ टन तेल छ । आगो सल्किएमा जडीबुटी क्षेत्रको ध्वस्त हुनसक्छ’, यादवले अनलाइनखबरसँग भनिन्, ‘आगो निभाउन कतैबाट पनि अहिलेसम्म पहल भएको छैन ।’
दुर्गा प्रसाईं नेतृत्वको भएको आन्दोलनकारीले पार्किङमा रहेका आधा दर्जन गाडी जलाएका छन् । ‘हामी अफिसका कर्मचारीभित्र बसेर काम गरिहेका थियौं । अचानक बाहिरबाट ढुंगामुढा गर्न थाले’, यादवले भनिन्, ‘भवनको सिसा फुटाउन थालेपछि ज्यान जोगाउन पछाडिको बाटो भएर भाग्यौं ।’
BYD showcases 30,511 RPM electric motor
It seems like the sky is the only limit for the Chinese automaker BYD (Build Your Dreams). Soon after unveiling a 5-minute fast-charging breakthrough, the electric vehicle brand has launched a 30,511-RPM electric motor.
The 30,511-RPM could be a game-changer in the EV industry. BYD is one of the peers in the wide competition among EV automakers. But its cutting-edge innovations such as this definitely place it among the top.
The features of the BYD 30,511 RPM electric magnet
The eye-popping 30,511-RPM is achieved due to a combination of key features. One of them is the use of N50EH magnets, which improves performance by up to 18% while also decreasing losses by up to 44%. Next, the system uses ultra-thin silicon steel sheets or 0.2mm, which decreases iron loss. This helps achieve the next level of efficiency.
Likewise, the motor system utilizes dynamic balance accuracy within 50 mg, which far exceeds the current best industry level of 100 mg. Additionally, the improved and optimized winding design consisting of a 10-layer short-distance winding conserves copper loss by 21%.
In addition, BYD has implemented an advanced cooling system on its 1500V silicon carbide (SIC) power system for better heat dissipation management.
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Which BYD cars have BYD 30,511 RPM?
BYD plans to install the 30,5111-RPM motor on its Hand L sedan and Tang L SUV cars at first. It’s kind of a surprise as these are midrange cars, however, this also sets a precedent for BYD, indicating its grandeur plans with its thriving auto business.
And the trials have delivered encouraging stats. The Han L accelerated from 0 to 100 kmph in just 2.7 seconds, while the Tang L shot from 0 to 100 kmph in 3.6 seconds.
The vehicles are designed on BYD’s BYD’s Super e-Platform, which brings improvements in battery, motor, charging, and other core areas. BYD will likely expand the revolutionary motor power to more vehicles in 2025.
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सुनको मूल्य हालसम्मकै उच्च विन्दुमा पुगेको छ।
बिहीबार प्रतितोला एक लाख ७४ हजार आठ सय रुपैयाँमा कारोबार भएको सुन आज एक हजार चार सय बढेर तोलामा एक लाख ७६ हजार दुई सय रुपैयाँ कायम भएको नेपाल सुनचाँदी व्यवसायी महासङ्घले जनाएको छ।
अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय बजारमा आज सुन प्रतिऔंस तीन हजार ७३ अमेरिकी डलर हाराहारीमा कारोबार भइरहेको छ। त्यस्तै, आज चाँदीको मूल्य प्रतितोला २० रुपैयाँ बढेर दुई हजार ४० रुपैयाँ कायम भएको छ।
प्रकाशित: १५ चैत्र २०८१ ११:२० शुक्रबार
समानताका लागि संघर्ष गर्न जसपा नेपालले परिसंघ गठन गर्ने
१५ चैत, काठमाडौं । जनता समाजवादी पार्टी (जसपा) नेपालले परिसंघ गठन गर्ने भएको छ । अधिकारका साथै समानता, स्वतन्त्रता र सामाजिक न्यायको प्राप्तिका लागि सङ्घर्ष गर्न परिसंघ गठन गर्न लागिएको पार्टीका प्रचार प्रसार तथा प्रकाशन विभाग प्रमुख पूर्ण बस्नेतले जानकारी दिए ।
खासगरी दलित, आदिवासी जनजाती, पिछडावर्ग, थारु, अल्पसङ्ख्यक समुदायहरुसँग सम्बन्धित संघ/संगठन, संस्था र व्यक्तित्वहरु सम्मिलित महासंघ वा परिसंघ गठन गरी सोको नीति, कार्यक्रम र कार्ययोजना निर्माण गरी कार्यान्वयन गरिने प्रमुख बस्नेतले बताए ।
१९९७ सालदेखि हालसम्म जहाँनीया राणा शासन, निरङ्कुश पञ्चायती व्यवस्था र राजतन्त्रात्मक प्रणालीको अन्त्य भई मुलुकमा संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रात्मक प्रणाली स्थापित भइसक्दा पनि सामन्तवादी उत्पीडन, वर्णवादी तथा नश्लवादी जातीय सोच, चिन्तन र अभ्यासका कारणले शोषित, उत्पीडित वर्ग र जाति/समुदायहरुमाथि अन्याय, अत्याचार, शोषण, दमनका साथै विभेद, उत्पीडन र असमानतामा खासै परिवर्तन आउन नसकेकाले संघर्ष गर्न परिसंघ गठन गर्न लागिएको बस्नेतले बताए ।
Machhapuchchhre Bank starts Gate Pay for easier payment
Machhapuchchhre Bank has started a Gate Pay service, which streamlines payment services for customers through different platforms. The company brought the next-generation payment system with Nepal Clearing House Limited (NCHL).
The bank expects the service to facilitate businesses for better and more efficient transaction services.
Previously, MBL introduced offline tap and pay payment while also serving diverse payment services via its MBL M-Smart app. The Gate Pay service is its new and innovative approach to streamline payment services.
What is MBL Gate Pay?
MBL Gate Pay is a payment service of Machhapuchchhre Bank that acts as a one-stop destination for all types of transactions. The system has been developed by City Tech. The system lets business owners check their transactions on Gate Pay.
The bank claims that Gate Pay makes payment processes simpler and more straightforward, as well as time-saving for business owners.
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Going forward, City Tech, the company that developed the system, says that it will further improve the platform. Gate Pay also gives users information about payments.
आयोजना प्रभावितलाई सीपमूलक तालिम | Nagarik News
एक सय ४० मेगावाट क्षमताको तनहुँ जलविद्युत् आयोजनाले प्रभावित क्षेत्रका बासिन्दालाई सीपमूलक तालिम प्रदान गरेको छ। प्रभावित क्षेत्रका बासिन्दालाई आयआर्जनमा जोड्ने उद्देश्यसहित हलुका सवारीसाधन चलाउने तालिम सञ्चालन गरिएको तनहुँ जलविद्युत् आयोजनाले जनाएको छ।
तालिममा महिला र पुरुष गरी ३६ जनाको सहभागिता रहेको आयोजनाका प्रमुख श्यामजी भण्डारीले जानकारी दिए। २६ दिनसम्म सञ्चालन हुने तालिममा आयोजना प्रभावित क्षेत्र म्याग्दे गाउँपालिकाका पाँच, ऋषिङ गाउँपालिकाका ११, भिमाद नगरपालिकाका १० र व्यास नगरपालिका १० जनाको सहभागिता रहेको भण्डारीले बताए।
आयोजनाको जीविकोपार्जन पुनर्स्थापन योजनाअन्तर्गत आयोजना प्रभावितका लागि दमौली र भिमादमा दुई ठाउँमा तालिम सञ्चालन भइरहेको छ। भण्डारीले भने, ‘आयोजना प्रभावित क्षेत्रका बासिन्दालाई आत्मनिर्भर बनाउन तालिम आयोजना गरिएको हो।’
यसैगरी, आयोजनाले सामुदायिक विकास कार्यक्रमअन्तर्गत ६८ वटा योजना सम्पन्न गरेको छ। उपभोक्ता समितिहरूमार्फत सञ्चालित योजना, कार्यक्रमको वातावरणीय तथा सामाजिक व्यवस्थापन सेवा प्रदायकबाट नियमित रूपमा अनुगमन तथा सुपरीवेक्षण भइरहेको भण्डारीको भनाइ छ।
यस अवधिमा विजय आधारभूत विद्यालयको खेलमैदान, सडक निर्माणकार्य, सेती नदी बायाँ किनार संरक्षण कार्य, सिद्धबतासन सामुदायिक वनमा पोखरी निर्माण, ग्याजा महिला समूह भवन सहयोग, खानेपानी मुहान सुदृढीकरण तथा पाइप जडान कार्यको काम भइरहेको आयोजनाले जनाएको छ।
प्रकाशित: १५ चैत्र २०८१ ०८:३३ शुक्रबार
King Charles experiences temporary side effects of cancer treatment
King Charles III spent a short period of time in hospital on Thursday after experiencing temporary side effects during cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace said.
The King returned to Clarence House, where he was said to be continuing to work on state papers and make calls from his study. He has cancelled a tour of Birmingham on Friday, acting on medical advice.
Charles, 76, had planned to travel to the city for a busy schedule of engagements, which included four events.
The palace first announced the King’s cancer diagnosis in February 2024.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said meetings with three ambassadors on Thursday were also affected.
“Tomorrow, he was due to undertake four public engagements in Birmingham and is greatly disappointed to be missing them on this occasion,” the palace’s statement added.
“He very much hopes that they can be rescheduled in due course and offers his deepest apologies to all those who had worked so hard to make the planned visit possible.”
A palace source described it as a “most minor bump in a road that is very much heading in the right direction”.
The palace did not provide further information over what his side effects were.
Queen Camilla attended a reception in Wembley, north London on Thursday and did not join the King during his brief stay at hospital.
The underlying message from the palace is one of reassurance – with the postponement of the visit to Birmingham presented as a brief setback against an otherwise optimistic picture on the King’s health.
There was no drama, they went to the London Clinic hospital in central London in a car and not an ambulance, and the late night announcement followed a decision that it was wiser to postpone Friday’s visit.
It might also have seemed wiser to get ahead of the news and remain transparent about a minor problem, rather than make it a major event with a last-minute cancellation.
His cancer treatment is ongoing but the King has seemed keen not to be defined by his illness. He seems to thrive on meeting crowds and has shown no signs of slowing down, with a full set of engagements.
In recent weeks, he has been on a trip to Northern Ireland, he launched a playlist of favourite music and attended the Commonwealth Day service, having missed it last year after his cancer diagnosis.
The King has been centre-stage in recent weeks, unexpectedly involved in global diplomacy.
After inviting President Donald Trump for a second state visit to the UK, the King then showed solidarity with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky after his disastrous meeting with Trump in the White House.
He also gave a warm welcome to Mark Carney, Canada’s new prime minister, whose country has been under pressure from Trump.
None of that suggested that the monarch was running out of energy. And the postponement of the state visit to the Vatican, announced earlier this week, had been about the health of Pope Francis rather than the King – with the rest of the visit to Italy expected to go ahead.
While recognising that it is impossible to rule out any further health problems, the message from Buckingham Palace is that the King is expected to be back to normal in terms of his diary next week.
The King’s wider state visit to Italy is also set to continue in April with some alterations to the planned programme, the palace said this week.
The palace has never disclosed what type of cancer the King has. He returned to public duties last April after a period of treatment and recuperation.
Canada PM Mark Carney says old relationship with US ‘is over’
Jessica Murphy & Ali Abbas Ahmadi
BBC News
Bernd Debusmann
BBC News
Reporting fromWashington DC
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Canada’s old relationship with the United States, “based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation, is over”.
Speaking to reporters in Ottawa after a cabinet meeting, Carney said Canadians must “fundamentally reimagine our economy” in the face of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
He said Canada would respond with retaliatory tariffs that will have “maximum impact” on the US.
Trump announced on Wednesday he would target imported vehicles and vehicle parts with a 25% tax, stating: “This is permanent.”
Carney, the Liberal Party leader, called the original Canada-US Automotive Products Agreement signed in 1965 the most important deal in his lifetime.
“That’s finished with these tariffs,” he said in French.
He continued that Canada can sustain an auto industry with the US tariffs provided the government and business community work to “reimagine” and “retool” the industry.
Canada needs to build an economy Canadians can control, he said, and that would include rethinking it’s trade relationship with other partners.
It remains to be seen whether Canadians can have a strong trading relationship with the United States going forward, he added.
Carney has switched his campaign plans ahead of next month’s general election to confront the latest import duties.
The US has already partially imposed a blanket 25% tariff on Canadian goods, along with a 25% duty on all aluminium and steel imports. Canada has so far retaliated with about C$60bn ($42bn; £32bn) of tariffs on US goods.
The new car tariffs will come into effect on 2 April, with charges on businesses importing vehicles starting the next day, the White House said. Taxes on parts are set to start in May or later.
Early on Thursday morning, Trump warned Canada and the EU against joining forces versus the US in the trade war.
“If the European Union works with Canada in order to do economic harm to the USA, large scale Tariffs, far larger than currently planned, will be placed on them both,” he posted on his Truth Social platform.
Carney met his ministers in Ottawa on Thursday morning to “discuss trade options”. He had originally been scheduled to campaign in Quebec.
He said during his press conference that President Trump had reached out to him last night to schedule a call, and that it would take place in the “next day or two”.
If it takes place, this would be the first call between the pair.
Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservatives, the main opposition party, called the tariffs “unjustified and unprovoked”.
The NDP, a left-wing party that previously helped prop up the minority Liberal government of ex-PM Justin Trudeau, also switched its campaign plans on Thursday.
Jagmeet Singh, the NDP leader, spent the day meeting union leaders and car workers in Windsor, Ontario, an auto manufacturing hub across from Detroit, Michigan.
He said the US tariffs are a “betrayal” against a close ally, saying that “Donald Trump has started an illegal trade war with Canada” for “absolutely no reason”.
He said any auto company that moves their operations out of Canada because of the tariffs should be blocked from selling cars in the country.
Canadians go to the polls on 28 April.
The US imported about eight million cars last year – accounting for about $240bn in trade and roughly half of overall sales.
Earlier this month, after he became Liberal leader and before he was sworn in as prime minister, Carney gave a victory speech in which he lambasted the US president.
“A person who worships at the altar of Donald Trump will kneel before him, not stand up to him,” he said, while assailing his main rival, Poilievre.
Mexico is the top supplier of cars to the US, followed by South Korea, Japan, Canada and Germany.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, in a news conference on Thursday morning, declined to comment directly on the new auto tariffs.
She vowed her government would “always defend Mexico”, and fight to maintain job creation and protect Mexican companies affected by import taxes.
She said Mexico would provide an “integral response” to the Trump administration’s tariffs on 3 April, the day after many are due to come into effect.
Sheinbaum has repeatedly noted that many US car companies have operations in both Mexico and Canada, which are bound by a North American free trade agreement that Trump himself negotiated during his first term in the White House.
“Of course, there shouldn’t be tariffs,” she said on Thursday. “That’s the essence of the free trade agreement.”