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The sand battery has been installed and is functioning well according to the power company.
Climate change: 'Sand battery' could solve green energy's big problem
HELSINKI — Finnish researchers have installed the world's first fully working "sand battery" which can store green power for months at a time.The developers say this could solve the problem of year-round supply, a major issue for green energy.Using low-grade sand, the device is charged up with heat made from cheap electricity from solar or wind.The sand stores the heat at around 500C, which can then warm homes in winter when energy is more expensive.Finland gets most of its gas from Russia, so the war in Ukraine has drawn the issue of green power into sharp focus.It has the longest Russian border in the EU and Moscow has now halted gas and electricity supplies in the wake of Finland's decision to join NATO.Concerns over sources of heat and light, especially with the...
July 05, 2022

Climate change: 'Sand battery' could solve green energy's big problem

Actor Michael Sheen says the worst things imaginable are happening to children in care.
Michael Sheen: I broke down hearing stories of Welsh children in care
CARDIFF — How would you feel if your child, or one you knew, was taken into care and ended up living in a B&B, a hostel, or even slept rough?What I'm talking about here is "the care system", the safety net we'd rely on if we couldn't look after our kids.I've been working on a BBC documentary which has found teenagers are still being placed in B&Bs and hostels — six years after the Welsh government said it wanted to "eliminate" it.Some of the stories have shocked me.With record numbers of children being taken into care in Wales and England, I've spoken to some young people who have been through the care system in an hour-long documentary, filmed over nearly three years, I've helped make for the BBC.My question is: does the care system always...
July 05, 2022

Michael Sheen: I broke down hearing stories of Welsh children in care

Dry cracked land is visible under a bridge in Boretto on the bed of the Po river.
Italy drought: Rome declares a state of emergency in five northern regions
ROME — Italy has declared a state of emergency in five northern regions amid the worst drought in 70 years.It applies to Emilia-Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Piedmont and Veneto regions, the government said in a statement.The Council of Ministers-approved move will see €36.5 million allocated to try and deal with the drought.The valley of the River Po, which produces around 40% of the country's food, including wheat and rice, has barely seen any rainfall for around four months.The river, Italy's longest, is seven metres below the average.The state of emergency aims to grant "extraordinary means and powers" to ensure the implementation of urgent interventions necessary to guarantee public safety, the repair of damage to public and private property and the...
July 05, 2022

Italy drought: Rome declares a state of emergency in five northern regions

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Ukraine war: Putin presses on after Lysychansk capture
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defense minister to continue the offensive in Ukraine after Russia captured the city of Lysychansk.Putin was shown on Russian TV calling on forces on other fronts to pursue their aims according to "previously approved plans".The capture means that all of Luhansk region is now in Russian hands.Earlier the region's Ukrainian governor said the city was abandoned so Russians would not destroy it from a distance.Soldiers have now moved to new fortified positions, Serhiy Haidai told the BBC.Losing the city and ceding control of Luhansk to Russia was painful, he said, but added: "This is just one battle we have lost, but not the war."He pleaded for more weapons from the West to offset the Russian...
July 05, 2022

Ukraine war: Putin presses on after Lysychansk capture

A large police presence remains around the shopping mall.
Denmark shooting: Gunman charged in court with murder
COPENHAGEN — A 22-year-old man suspected of killing three people at a shopping center in Denmark's capital Copenhagen has been charged with murder.Two Danish citizens, both aged 17, and a 47-year-old Russian citizen were killed in Sunday's attack.Police said the suspect had mental health issues and there is no indication of a terror motive.He had a rifle and a knife and his shooting was random — "not motivated by gender or anything else" — they said.The suspect appeared in front of a court in a blue T-shirt accompanied by three heavily armed officers, Danish media report.The suspect's lawyers refused to enter a plea for the accused while the media were present and the judge ordered the rest of the hearing to be behind closed doors. The judge also imposed a name...
July 04, 2022

Denmark shooting: Gunman charged in court with murder

The visit to Ukraine was the first by any Australian prime minister.
Australian PM visits Kyiv, pledges more military aid
KYIV— Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged more military aid to Ukraine after visiting the war-torn nation's capital.The prime minister met President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv during a surprise trip on Sunday.He earlier toured the devastated towns of Bucha and Irpin, describing what he saw as a "war crime".The aid package, worth 100m Australian dollars ($68m; £56m), includes drones and 34 additional armored vehicles.Albanese also announced sanctions and travel bans on a further 16 Russian ministers and oligarchs and an end to imports of Russian gold.He says he saw first-hand "the devastation and trauma" inflicted on Ukraine on his visit.Thousands of Ukranians have been killed and towns destroyed since the invasion began on February 24.The prime...
July 04, 2022

Australian PM visits Kyiv, pledges more military aid

Ukraine confirms Russia captured eastern city Lysychansk
KYIV — Ukraine's military has confirmed that the eastern city of Lysychansk has fallen to Russian forces."After heavy fighting for Lysychansk, the defence forces of Ukraine were forced to withdraw from their occupied positions and lines," the army general staff said.Earlier Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said his forces had captured Lysychansk and taken full control of Luhansk region.Ukraine's troops were outgunned there.Its general staff said that "in order to preserve the lives of Ukrainian defenders, a decision was made to withdraw".It said the Russians had multiple advantages in artillery, aircraft, manpower and other forces.President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged that Ukrainian forces would return to Lysychansk thanks to their tactics and...
July 04, 2022

Ukraine confirms Russia captured eastern city Lysychansk

Zhibek Zholy anchored outside Karasu Port.
Turkey detains Russian-flagged grain ship from Ukraine
ANKARA — A cargo ship carrying grain from a Russian-occupied region of Ukraine has been detained by Turkish customs authorities, according to Ukraine's ambassador to Turkey.Vasyl Bodnar says, "We have full co-operation. The ship is currently standing at the entrance to the port, it has been detained by the customs authorities of Turkey".We've tracked the Russian-flagged ship, the Zhibek Zholy, on its route from the Ukrainian port of Berdyansk, to Karasu on the Turkish Black Sea coast.It is not clear where its cargo came from or how it was obtained, but Russia has been accused of stealing grain from areas of Ukraine it controls — allegations Russia denies.Berdyansk is in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region, on the Sea of Azov.News of the ship's departure...
July 04, 2022

Turkey detains Russian-flagged grain ship from Ukraine

People react in front of the Fields shopping center during evacuation.
Gunman kills three in Denmark shopping mall shooting
COPENHAGEN — A gunman has killed three people and wounded others, three of them critically, at one of Denmark's biggest shopping malls, police say.The 22-year-old man, described as "an ethnic Dane", was arrested and charged with the attack which sparked panic at Field's mall in south Copenhagen.Police chief Soeren Thomassen said the motive was unclear and he could not rule out an "act of terrorism".The suspect will face questioning by a judge on Monday.Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Denmark had suffered a cruel attack.She said she wanted to encourage Danes to stand together and support each other in this difficult time."Our beautiful and usually so safe capital was changed in a split second," she said.The deadly shopping mall attack took place...
July 04, 2022

Gunman kills three in Denmark shopping mall shooting

File photo of Chris Pincher
Pincher suspended; Johnson unaware of specific claims
LONDON — Boris Johnson was not aware of "specific allegations" against Chris Pincher when he was promoted to deputy chief whip, a Cabinet minister says.Pincher was suspended as a Conservative Party MP earlier this week over allegations he had groped two men.He now faces six new claims of inappropriate behavior stretching back several years, which he has denied.Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey defended the PM, saying he took "decisive action" to suspend the MP.Coffey told the BBC that "to the best of my knowledge" Johnson was not aware of specific allegations about Pincher, saying she had not spoken to the prime minister directly and had received the assurance from the No 10 press office.Earlier, she told Sky News Pincher's appointment in...
July 03, 2022

Pincher suspended; Johnson unaware of specific claims

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