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‘Black market’ of greenhouse gases worth millions of pounds being smuggled into the UK – BBC News
A BBC investigation has uncovered a black market in highly polluting greenhouse gases being smuggled into the UK from Eastern Europe.
The gases – hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – are advertised and sold illegally via social media and the BBC found a trader suggesting smuggling them on coaches.
HFCs are widely used in fridges, air conditioning and aerosol sprays, but the EU and UK are limiting their use and want to eventually phase them out in favour of cleaner alternatives.
However, older machinery still runs on the most polluting HFCs – which has led to a black market worth millions.
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The US said it has hit “dozens” of Iranian military targets in overnight attacks, in response to Iran hitting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The military said it struck “air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats”, using aircraft, ships, and drones – including “one-way attack sea drones for the first time”.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” the US military said. “Iran does not control it”.
In response, Iran said it targeted US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait and also radar systems in Oman.
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President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz following days of escalating strikes between the two countries.
He said this would stop “Iran’s ships or customers” from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but “all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait”.
Iran’s foreign minister later said whoever provides safe passage “should be compensated for this service”, but Iran would remain the strait’s “GUARDIAN” – using Trump’s word.
Tehran and Washington clashed over the strait’s control after exchanging strikes in the region overnight and on Monday.
The US said it carried out strikes against military targets in Iran, targeting air defence systems, coastal radars, and missile and drone sites. Iran said it responded by striking US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, and radars in Oman.
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Wildfires of ‘exceptional scale’ have taken force in Paris, as neighbouring Spain still tackles flames across the country following its own devastating fires.
Now the UK is also experiencing wildfires in England and Wales, as its third heatwave of the year is set to intensify again this week.
Here’s what we know so far about the extent of wildfires in Europe and the UK, and how heatwaves are impacting them.
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Explosions have been heard near two Iranian port cities, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, state media has reported.
It comes after another night of strikes between the US and Iran, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps saying it hit two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted US facilities in Jordan and Bahrain.
The UAE called the attack “brazen”, adding that an Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured.
Meanwhile, the US military says it completed strikes on targets aimed at degrading “Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping” – Iranian state media reports three people were killed.
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The US military said it was carrying out a new wave of strikes on targets in Iran. It said the aim of the attacks was to degrade Iran’s ability to attack shipping in the strait of Hormuz. It came ass the US Navy resumed its blockade of Iran’s ports.
Iran said that control of the strait of Hormuz was required for its national security and it will exercise sovereignty over the key shipping lane, whatever the cost.
President Trump announced that he was scrapping a plan he had announced a day earlier, for placing a 20% toll or tariff on all cargos passing through the strait of Hormuz.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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@andybray9791
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Food was put in vinegar decades ago to stay fresh
@maikl1080
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Recently, a certain woman from Britain was sitting on a tank in the Baltic States … and the fact that in August 1941 the British military died delivering military aid to Murmansk … In Murmanka there is a memorial to the British sailors who died. It would be better to come there on a ship and take the children and grandchildren of soldiers from Britain who died in the fight against the Nazis …
@robinsoncrusoejr7089
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Too funny. This must be an April fool joke.
@shorea27
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Maybe better for the govt to subsidize or give incentives to upgrade older cars that still use these gases.
@VivalaryMan
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
It's a dislike from me.
Leave these people alone. Their trying to make a living like everyone else. Go after Boris for private jets to get to Glasgow from London. There is your climate criminal.
Edit, where did you empty those bottles? Did you waste the gas or at least give it to someone who "allowed" to use it?
@kukulroukul4698
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
GAS produced in Russia smuggled by Hungarians on the Romanian territory !Blinken being the real TRAITOR of course . NONE of this would ever happen if not for the double game that USA is playing
@kukulroukul4698
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
The accent of the guy is westernly romania :))) Theres a secessionist mouvement currently ongoing in Romania financed by Hungary . The secessionists are in the western Romania
@tetsuderothchild9318
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
oxfam scandal was hilarious to me since i know prostitution is active in soho in the same place year after year.
the hipocrisy. dirty hipocrisy.
pedigree dogs i tell u.
boycott uk now
@liamhargreaves7135
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Oh there’s a strict way you can get it. Means someone’s avoiding some added tax
@John-qh5dv
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Stop making them and theyre gona run out problem solved no supply no demand
@davidherron3136
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Moral of the story , it's okay for Tesco's but not for you.
Now pay for your new expensive replacement,s !
@graff8757
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Dont talk shi#
@melvinmayfield470
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Well-Done.
@auro1986
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
green market for bbc
@user-bu9nb8wr6e
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Scum filthy criminals that need to be really punished hard.
@davidjacobs828
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Hilarious…
@chipishor
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
The guy selling them on that back road in northern Romania is Ukrainian.
@neelroy2918
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Human needs. I reckon at some point BBC will have to reporting same kind of news about snot.
@hitachi088
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
oy! u got a loicence for that gas?
@mranonimous6
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Load of bullshit !!!!!!
@castlev1986
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
why they don't want it coming in is because that co wants to make all the money from it & raise the price as they rip you off
@castlev1986
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
nice always happy when you can make money off the books
@pennysmurf
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Ha! in 🇯🇲 that's the only gas we know in the automotive world
@jonathanturnbull2617
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
You should investigate yourselves you pack of nonces.
@bobyboy191
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
hate to break the bad news but the atmosphere is sort of a "world wide" thing
@fatehyabali
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
😳😳
@saadaqotto6455
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
every bad things they called black why?
@XERXO_
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
I wonder how hard it would be for BBC journalist to find crack dens and go on benders
@PeterJohnsonWales
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Maybe if the govt ever get round to introducing the import checks they were supposed to have in place by January 2021 under the Brexit agreement, smuggling might be a bit less easy. Not holding my breath.
@geoffreycharles6330
January 15, 2024 at 10:40 am
Of course they are all going to be trafficked in from Eastern Europe.