UK Set To Ban Sale Of New Petrol And Diesel Cars From 2030 – Mr Johnson is expected to move the date to 2030 in an attempt to jump-start the market for electric cars in the UK and propel the country towards its goal of net zero emissions by 2050, according to government and industry insiders. [ft]

Tensions Flare Between Trump Supporters And Opponents At DC Protests – Tensions flared after dark Saturday — and one person was stabbed — as pro- and anti-Trump factions clashed in Washington D.C. — hours after the president himself made a drive-by appearance at a recount rally attended by thousands of his supporters. [nyp]

Trump Says For The First Time Biden Won The Election But Later Insists He’s Not Conceding – President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time on Sunday that Joe Biden won the presidential election, but the President refused to concede and blamed his loss on a string of conspiracy theories. [cnn]

Liftoff! Astronauts Head To Space Station On SpaceX Rocket – Four astronauts lifted off Sunday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX rocket bound for the International Space Station. [npr]

Princess Diana’s Note To BBC About Panorama Interview Recovered – A previously missing note from Princess Diana, thought to indicate she was happy with the way her interview by BBC Panorama was obtained, has been found. [bbc]

Rothschild Heir Makes Early Win In Legal Battle With Vienna – A descendent of the Austrian branch of the prominent Rothschild family has claimed an early victory in his court battle over a medical trust set up by his ancestors, seized by the Nazis, and now run by the City of Vienna. [theloc]

Super-Rich Buying Up ‘Downton Abbey Estates’ To Escape Pandemic – Sales of £15m-plus English country homes breaking records as wealthy families ‘recalibrate their priorities’. [guardian]

How Did Bushiris Pull Off Great Escape? It Wasn’t On President’s Plane, Say Officials – Controversial self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary, fled South Africa for Malawi through one of the borders after allegedly bribing Home Affairs officials. [iol]

Zuma Lays Into ‘Unkind’ Zondo, Questions Existence Of State Capture, Calls Commission Unconstitutional – Former president Jacob Zuma has filed a 102-page affidavit, taking a shotgun approach by not only asking Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo to recuse himself, but again questioning the constitutionality of the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture. [mav]

Ivanka Trump And Jared Kushner’s Children Withdrawn From School – After administrators raised concerns about adherence to Covid precautions. [cnn]

Stephen Schwarzman Defended Donald Trump At CEO Meeting On Election Results – Blackstone founder dismissed ‘coup’ fears and forecast legal process would take its course. [ft]

Turkish GP: Lewis Hamilton Delivers Wet-Weather Masterclass To Win Record-Equalling Seventh F1 World Title – Lewis Hamilton has been crowned champion of the world for a record-equalling seventh time after he won a dramatic Turkish Grand Prix. [tele]

Dustin Johnson Wins Masters Golf Tournament With Record Score Of 268 – Johnson tapped in for par on the 18th for a 4-under 68 to finish at 20-under 268, breaking by two shots the record set by Tiger Woods in 1997. [nbc]

Hermès Plans To Build Australia’s Biggest Crocodile Factory Farm – The state-of-the-art facility, used solely for harvesting skin and meat, will increase the number of farmed crocodiles in Australia’s Northern Territory by some 50,000. [vice]

Three Five-Star Ratings That Stand Out From The Latest Platter’s Wine Guide – A team of experts ranks hundreds of producers and brands, and thousands of individual wines, so cracking a five-star rating is a pretty big deal. [here]

Keanu Reeves And The ‘Matrix 4’ Cast Hold Secret Wrap Party In Germany Amid Pandemic – Killing two birds with one stone? Keanu Reeves and the Matrix 4 cast celebrated the end of filming with a massive wrap party amid the pandemic by allegedly staging a party scene for the movie. [usm]

Matthew Perry Says ‘Friends’ Reunion To Film In March – Matthew Perry, who starred on the hit series as Chandler Bing, announced on Twitter that the highly anticipated reunion will now happen in 2021. [cnn]

James Blunt: ‘My body Has Not Been A Temple. I’ve Put It Through Painful Experiences’ – The singer talks about sharing rations with the Russians, after-party toasties and his mum’s signature dish. [guardian]

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