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Fuel tankers leave a depot in Grays, Essex, as the British army is set to begin delivering petrol to fuel stations after fears over tanker driver shortages led to panic buying and forced the government to offer visa waivers to foreign truckers to plug the shortfall. IMAGES
London, Sep 28 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Facundo Arrizabalaga) The British Minister of Transport, Grant Shapps, said on Tuesday that the first "tentative signs" are seen that the current pressure on gas stations in the United Kingdom due to the panic of the population due to shortages is beginning to loosen towards "stabilization".FOOTAGE FROM A PETROL STATION IN LONDON, TO ILLUSTRATE THE SHORTAGE OF FUEL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Fremont, Nov 24 (EFE/EPA).- Shelves in many Californian supermarkets have gone mostly empty Tuesday night due to the panic buying following the new overnight stay-at-home order announced by California Governor Gavin Newsom. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO).SHOT LIST: EMPTY SHELVES AT WALMART STORE IN SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA, AS WELL AS AT TARGET STORE AND COSTCO WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE IN FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, US.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says "an immediate full ceasefire" between Israel and Hamas which collapses into fighting "would not be in anyone's interest" ahead of a parliamentary debate on the issue. Speaking during his weekly question session, Sunak tells the House of Commons that he backs an "immediate humanitarian pause" ahead of a motion and vote on a ceasefire in the chamber. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the UK has sanctioned officials running the Arctic penal colony where Russian opposition figure and critic of President Vladmir Putin Alexei Navalny died, saying Britian and its allies were considering "all options to hold Russia and Putin to account". "He died for a cause to which he dedicated his whole life - freedom - and to return home knowing that Putin had already tried to have him killed is one of the most courageous acts of our time," he tells members of parliament. SOUNDBITE
Representatives of the majority farming unions, Arnaud Rousseau (FNSEA) and Arnaud Gaillot (Jeunes Agriculteurs), arrive at Matignon to meet French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and obtain "concrete measures" to deal with farmers' anger. IMAGES