- Associated Press
Police search Brussels office of prominent far-right German lawmaker over China spying allegations
Authorities were searching the European parliament office of a prominent German far-right lawmaker in Brussels on Tuesday, Germany’s top prosecutor’s office said. Maximilian Krah, the Alternative for Germany party’s top candidate in the upcoming European Parliament elections, has been under scrutiny after an assistant of his was arrested last month on suspicion of spying for China. Jian Guo — a German national who had worked for Krah since his election to the European Union legislature in 2019 — has been accused of of working for a Chinese intelligence service and of repeatedly passing on information on negotiations and decisions in the European Parliament in January.
- The Telegraph
Shift to electric cars could kill off manual gearbox in five years
The traditional manual gearbox is set to reach the end of the road within five years.
