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Buying a Chinese electric car? There is something you should know...

As the Chinese overtake Tesla for sales of their EVs, Western governments are warning of other threats beyond business. But how worried should we be? Jonathan Margolis examines the claims that we may never be in full control of the new vehicles that will soon be everywhere on our roads

Jonathan Margolis

<p>Baby Reindeer has been Netflix’s No 1 show for weeks – but how reliable a narrator is Richard Gadd? </p>

Inside Story

Baby Reindeer’s ‘true’ story is getting more complicated by the day

<p>Rupert Murdoch was previously a director of News International, now News UK</p>

Alan Rusbridger

Tens of millions of emails deleted. What does Murdoch have to hide?

<p>If the BBQ is still packed away, lamb cutlets are still delicious when griddled </p>

Food Focus

Seven crowd-pleasing spring recipes for a fabulous bank holiday feast

Voices

<p>Rishi Sunak limited the scale of the rebellion against him with pre-election policy initiatives</p>

Andrew Grice

Whatever happened to the post-election Tory bloodbath?

<p>They say you want a revolution: Columbia university protests in 1968, and, inset, today </p>

Protesting students have much to learn from the 1960s ‘glory days’

<p>All Starmer has to do is hold his nerve and keep the Labour vehicle pointing towards the centre ground</p>

John Rentoul

The local elections are a triumph for Starmer’s embrace of Blairism

The Longer Read

<p>Petrolhead Jeremy Clarkson reinvented himself as a Cotswolds farmer </p>

First Person

How to reinvent your career in middle age – and not blow up your life

Ten years ago, Grant Feller watched his annual salary plummet to less than his teenage daughter’s nannying job. With no income, no clue and no clients, here’s how he went from panic to six figures after 50. (Rule number one: your best friend’s an idiot)

<p>Is anybody there? If so, Voyager 1 will let them know we are here </p>

Inside Story

Voyager 1 is still surprising us from the edges of our solar system

<p>‘My mum’s simple wish was to die with dignity and in peace’ </p>

I took Mum to Dignitas – this act of love was investigated as a crime

Politics Explained

<p>The party has made significant progress without having Nigel Farage as its formal leader</p>

Politics Explained

How scared should the Tories be of Reform UK?

<p>Monty Panesar will represent George Galloway’s Workers of Britain party in Ealing Southall </p>

Politics Explained

Can Monty Panesar spin his way into the House of Commons?

<p>Rishi Sunak is looking for enough support to continue into the next election</p>

Politics Explained

How bad must local election results get to topple Rishi Sunak?

<p>Humza Yousaf arriving at Bute House ahead of his announcement on Monday</p>

Politics Explained

Why Scotland could end up with two general elections this year

Most Commented

Local elections results – live: Sadiq Khan wins historic third term as London mayor

484 comments

Students join pro-Palestinian encampment at University of College London

119 comments

Sadiq Khan faces anxious wait amid claims Susan Hall ‘has won’ London Mayor contest

113 comments

The local elections are a triumph for Keir Starmer’s embrace of Blairism

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Editorials

<p>All the indications are that Keir Starmer’s ‘changed Labour Party’ will surpass the landslide victory won by Tony Blair in 1997</p>

The Independent View

Labour is resurgent – and prepared for power

<p>There are other, systemic and cultural issues in the system that have given rise to some appalling scandals</p>

The Independent View

A devastating, damning picture of maternity care failings is emerging

The Independent View

A vote for Sunak’s metro mayors is not a vote for him

Culture

<p>Is the back catalogue of The Beatles really as infinite as a recent series of releases and projects suggests? </p>

Is there any ‘lost’ classic rock still worth hearing?

<p>Gregory Peck and Brock Peters in the 1962 film of Harper lee’s classic ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ </p>

Book of a lifetime: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

<p>Dunaway as Bonnie Parker, the role that made her famous around the world </p>

Faye Dunaway, the screen star punished for her independent spirit

Travel

<p>A couple’s tour to Japan was paid for at a much higher exchange rate than experienced in the country on their trip </p>

Can we claim rate rebate after the yen dropped while we were in Japan?

<p>The ruins of a Roman apartment block go unnoticed in the shadow of Rome’s Il Vittoriano and Santa Maria Aracoeli</p>

Beyond the Trevi Fountain: an the ancient roman’s guide to secret Rome

John RentoulThe Independent’s chief political commentator

<p>Rishi Sunak in Teesside celebrating with Ben Houchen following his re-election</p>

No, the local elections don’t point to a hung parliament

<p>Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and his wife Saadiya Khan leave their polling station</p>

Local election results: Ask John Rentoul anything

<p>If Ben Houchen holds on as mayor of Tees Valley, that does not mean very much for the Tories nationally </p>

Even if Ben Houchen wins, he won’t save Rishi Sunak

Andrew GricePolitical columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

<p>Announcing the date of the general election now is preferable to threatening a summer poll, which few backbenchers want </p>

There is one simple way for Sunak to silence the Tory rebels

<p>Now, after a miserable year as first minister, the man dubbed ‘Humza Useless’ has resigned </p>

Humza Yousaf is gone – and Labour can’t believe its luck

<p>Interviewed on Sky’s ‘Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips’ programme, the PM declined to rule out a July election</p>

Sunak faces a make-or-break week – but he isn’t master of his own fate

Chris Blackhurst

<p>The event was interpreted as a personal advertisement from Sunak, that when he departs No 10, he will want to work in tech, possibly, who knows, for Elon Musk himself </p>

Why is Rishi shying away from a battle with Big Tech?

<p>Shalini Khemka was made a CBE for services to entrepreneurship (E2E/PA)</p>

A celebration of Britain’s fastest-growing women-led businesses

<p>The hospitality industry is struggling without a steady stream of young staff </p>

Business Comment

Blocking a Brexit free-movement scheme is spiteful and unforgiveable

News analysis

<p>Rishi Sunak welcomes Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame to Downing Street earlier this month </p>

Is the capital of Rwanda really safer than London?

<p>Demonstrators wave Iran’s flag as they gather in front of the British embassy in Tehran</p>

Could conflict between Israel and Iran trigger a third world war?

<p>That sinking feeling: the City spoke of Britain paying a ‘moron premium’ for the craziness caused by Liz Truss, </p>

Going for broke: the tragicomedy of Trussonomics

<p>Israel has been encouraging clan militia groups to take over the security vacuum created in areas from which Hamas has been driven out</p>

Chaos and indiscipline are undermining Israel’s war, say insiders

Sport

<p>Nottingham Forest accused a Premier League official of bias in a controversial statement </p>

Shameless derby: How Forest made City clash a lose-lose for neutrals

<p>Taylor Swift has been supporting partner Travis Kelce throughout the playoffs </p>

As the NFL grows, could the Super Bowl soon touch down in London?

Mary DejevskyExpert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

<p>Wednesday’s meeting between Rishi Sunak and his German counterpart, Olaf Scholz, was overshadowed by a diplomatic gaffe </p>

Why Sunak is now banking on a special relationship with Germany

<p>The Renters (Reform) Bill is on its third reading </p>

Politics Explained

How did a Tory promise to end no-fault evictions become stalled?

<p>Iranians protest in Tehran after Israel’s ‘limited’ attack on a strategically important military air base in Isfahan</p>

Iran and Israel won’t stop fighting, but WW3 has been averted… for now

America

<p>Joe Biden speaks in Belfast on 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement</p>

Biden says Brexit deal can bring ‘significant’ US investment to NI

<p>Such leaks remind countries like Russia – as well as US allies – of the sheer scale and reach of Washington’s operations</p>

The diplomatic damage done by the Pentagon leak won’t last long

<p>Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wrote a tweet attacking ‘weak and woke’ ideology the day she declared her candidacy</p>

Republicans are running on ‘wokeism’ – but don’t know what it is