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Europe's self-driving car industry has fallen far behind the United States and China. Self-driving taxis developed by Tesla and Waymo have become commonplace in several American cities. Waymo overtook Lyft's market share in San Francisco in June. China operates a thriving robotaxi industry led by Baidu, WeRide and Pony AI. Europe has no established player and runs pilot projects in only a handful of cities. The most promising is Volkswagen-backed Moia in Germany. Markus Villig, chief executive of Estonian ride-hailing company Bolt Technology, told Brussels officials in mid-October that Europeans will move about their cities in American robotaxis by 2030 unless the European Commission acts quickly. He called for investment, regulatory clarity and restrictions on foreign competitors. Traffic laws governing self-driving tests vary at national and city levels across Europe. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered a speech in Turin about AI adoption days before Villig's visit. Last week, Henna Virkkunen, the commission's technology chief, gathered carmakers and technologists to create a harmonized framework for self-driving cars. Waymo announced plans to provide driverless rides in the United Kingdom starting in 2026.

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This Monday will mark 106 years since the end of the First World War.

This Monday will mark 106 years since the end of the First World War.

Horrifying video footage captured from multiple angles shows the devastating scale of the Kentucky air disaster that killed at least nine people last night.

Kim Kardashian has ruled the reality TV realm for two decades but her foray into fictional small screen drama has already been dubbed a crime against television.

The father of the Southport killer today admitted he played down his son's violent outbursts because he feared he would be taken into care.

More in Common research found Nigel Farage's insurgents way out front on 31 per cent - although that was down two points over the past week.

In roughly five billion years, scientists warn that our sun will burn the last of its hydrogen fuel and begin expanding into a monstrous red giant.

The twice-a-day cream can be used by adults affected by the inflammatory condition, which causes uncomfortable patches of itchy, cracked and dry skin.

For decades the Boeing 737 has been the world's most popular plane, but now another aircraft has taken the crown.

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A nurse who killed 10 patients and tried murdering 27 more with lethal injections to reduce his workload has been jailed for life. 

Firefighters attended almost 1,600 incidents in last month, with the number of road traffic collisions and animal rescues revealed.

Experts say that Tom Brady's decision to clone his family pet might not be worth the eye-watering $50,000 (£38,340) price tag.

Traitors star Charlotte Chilton has insisted she did NOT sleep with Jonny Holloway as her paternity row with Conor Maynard takes yet another wild turn.

Brave rail worker Samir Zitouni, 48, is understood to have grabbed the cookware from the galley kitchen and put himself in harm's way to save people's lives.

Brazil is set to announce Thursday the establishment of a multibillion-dollar fund designed to pay countries to keep their tropical forests standing. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility would deliver $4 billion per year to as many as 74 countries that maintain their forest cover. The fund requires $25 billion from governments and philanthropies to begin operations. Private investors would contribute the remaining $100 billion. Brazil has committed $1 billion. Countries would receive around $4 per hectare of standing forest after using satellite imagery to verify forests remain in place. Nations with annual deforestation rates above 0.5% are ineligible for payouts. Indonesia, which has rapidly lost forests to palm-oil cultivation and mining, cannot participate. One-fifth of the payments are designated for forest communities. The World Bank is managing the fund.

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Filling in for Keir Starmer in the Commons, the Justice Secretary started the session by making a sombre Remembrance tribute.

New car sales rose by 0.5% as surging EV sales continued to keep the market buoyant, accounting for 24.5% of all registrations.