A tanker widely believed to be carrying Russian fuel is heading towards Cuba, potentially setting the stage for a fresh confrontation between Moscow and Washington as the island struggles under a de facto US fuel embargo.

PM Viktor Orban accused Ukraine of preventing the transit of cheap Russian oil to Hungary, creating what he described as an energy security threat.

Fico threatened to ask the Slovak Electricity Transmission System company to cut emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine unless the oil flow via Russian Druzhba pipeline is not renewed.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment has called on motorists to move away from petrol and diesel vehicles, as more than 120,000 fossil fuel vehicles have already been swapped for electric alternatives under a scheme launched in 2022.