News Headlines - 18 November 2020

▽Government to invest ￡4bn to create 250,000 new green jobs - BBC News

The government is to invest ￡4bn in creating 250,000 new green jobs as part of its plan to hit net zero emissions.
It also aims to equip a generation of workers with new green skills.
The government will release its long-awaited 10-point plan to make the UK carbon neutral by 2050 later on Tuesday.

▽UK to ban sales of new diesel and petrol cars in 2030 - CNN

The United Kingdom will ban the sale of new cars that run only on fossil fuels in 2030, a move that is designed to phase out polluting vehicles earlier than any other major economy and support the country's recovery from the pandemic.
The UK government said in a statement Wednesday that it would end the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars and vans five years earlier than previously planned, putting it on course to be the first G7 country to decarbonize road transport. Sales of new hybrid vehicles will be allowed to continue until 2035.
The ban is part of a broader "green industrial revolution" blueprint announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson that includes ￡12 billion ($16 billion) in government investment.

▽Post-Grenfell social housing reforms unveiled - BBC News

Landlords in England are to be held more accountable, the government has said, as part of social housing reforms three years after the Grenfell fire.
They include a charter setting out what tenants can expect from a landlord, including to be safe in their home and to know how the landlord is performing in areas like repairs and complaints.
The housing secretary says it will give tenants "a much stronger voice".

▽Thailand parliament discards most constitutional reform ideas - Nikkei Asia

Thai lawmakers on Wednesday evening ruled out five of seven proposals for amending the constitution while more than 10,000 young protesters rallied at Ratchaprasong intersection, one of Bangkok's commercial hubs.
The joint session of the house of representatives and the senate had sat for two days to review possible constitutional reforms, including one that would allow changes to the role of the monarchy... The seven proposals were put forward by the ruling coalition, opposition parties, and a civic organization called Internet Law Reform Dialogue, or iLaw.
Two of the proposals were sent on for a second reading. The five rejected included the iLaw one most favored by pro-democracy protesters.

▽Japanese Woman Found Dead in Brazil - JIJI PRESS

Police in Abadiania in the Brazilian state of Goias have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of robbing and killing a Japanese woman, whose body was found in a local area Monday.
The Japanese embassy in Brazil said that it has confirmed that the victim is a Japanese woman in her 40s.