Daily briefing Sunday 14th June

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0:46The Ministry of Defence said Royal Marine Commandos and law enforcement officers from the National Crime Agency boarded a sanctioned oil tanker during a six-hour operation. The vessel, named Smyatos, will be moved to a site off the south coast of England and monitored for any environmental or safety concerns. Sir Keir Starmer is expected to water down electric vehicle targets amid pressure from car manufacturers and unions. The Sunday Times is reporting the Prime Minister has overruled the Energy Secretary Ed Miliband to slow down the mandatory shift to electric vehicles. Under the new plans, the requirement for 80 % of new car sales to be fully electric by 2030 will be reduced to 50%.

1:26The Times industry and leisure business editor Oliver Gill says it boils down to a simple equation. The concern is that if you push too fast and too hard with the green agenda, you end up being in a position where car manufacturers don't want to make cars in this country. And that could have a very big impact on the automotive industry, which employs tens of thousands of people directly and hundreds of thousands in the supply chain. After 28 years in the World Cup wilderness, Scotland returned to football's global stage with a nervy 1-0 win against Haiti. John McGinn's first half strike proved decisive in Scotland's first win at a World Cup tournament since 1990 It's a result that leaves Scotland top of Group C after Brazil drew 1-0 with Morocco Captain Andy Robertson admitted it was a tense encounter But said he and his teammates never underestimated their opponents We've seen the quality they can bring, we can see how difficult they can be and I think they showed that But I also think we defended really well and I think we limited them to I can't really remember them having a clear cut chance, maybe the header.

2:32So I'm really proud of that. Obviously got the goal, maybe could have got one or two more, but just delighted to get the three points. Hundreds of babies are alleged to have died or suffered serious injuries at an NHS trust in Leeds because of failings spanning 15 years. A Sunday Times investigation has found that one of the trust's two neonatal units at St James' University Hospital was providing regular intensive care to babies when it was not set up to do so. Natalie Cosgrove is a lawyer representing some of the families in what is feared to be Britain's biggest maternity scandal. What we're seeing, and your report shows it in Leeds, is that where it is an internal trust here, it's not separate to separate.

3:10Where we've got it, there seems to be a movement of children with high requirements of care being moved into a hospital unit where they're just simply not equipped to care for them. And next week's planned four-day strike by resident doctors in England has been called off, while members of its union, the BMA, consider a new offer. It includes a pay increase of 6.6%. There's more on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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