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Without energy and without a strategic partner, Cuba is currently fighting for its survival. While the population is literally sitting in the dark, the Trump administration is trying to definitively break the socialist project through economic blackmail. What lies ahead for the island, asks MARC VANDEPITTE
We don’t need the Silvertown toll tunnel
STEWART McGILL argues the estimated £2bn cost of the project which will inevitably increase road traffic should be spent on improving London’s public transport system instead
A setback for IG Metall at Tesla’s Berlin plant has ignited claims of intimidation and raised fears for the future of collective bargaining and workplace democracy, says TONY BURKE
The question for the media, in the US and across the globe, says ROGER McKENZIE, is will they do their job fearlessly and call Donald Trump out?
A recent Financial Times column on the Iran war exemplifies how the Western elite worldview is more concerned with strategy and power than legality or human life, writes ANDREW MURRAY
STEVE BISHOP considers the prospects for a settlement of the conflict and how the demands of both sides are being viewed
The PM is drawing cautious distance from Donald Trump over Iran – but history suggests Britain’s support may run deeper than it appears, just as it did during the Vietnam war, says KEITH FLETT
THE Silvertown Tunnel is a planned road tunnel under the Thames in East London connecting Greenwich and Silvertown. The stated intention is to reduce congestion through the Blackwall Tunnel. Toll charges will be imposed on both tunnels when the Silvertown opens in 2025.
The tunnel will include lanes for buses and HGVs but will not be accessible to walkers or cyclists.
The construction of the Silvertown Tunnel is planned to cost £1bn, however figures from the capital’s transport operator show that the overall cost for building, maintaining and operating the tunnel will be £65m a year from its scheduled opening in 2025.
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