The world's third-largest car market, India has some of the deadliest roads, where some 150,000 people die in accidents every year, reports say.

The mistake has caused an uproar in Spain since it was first revealed in the media in early February, with the country expected to go the polls at the end of the year.

Large disruption to education and commuter travel is anticipated in the latest mass stoppages by public and private sector workers as the government and company bosses stand firm over wage demands.

The new vehicle does not look like a regular bus and has rounded edges along with large windows that make it appear more like a toy than a technological breakthrough.

The ban had been well flagged and comes after a ship that left its shores with nearly 6,000 cows and 43 crew members capsized in 2020 off Japan.

The union says more than 2,000 drivers at bus operator Arriva will strike from Oct 4 in London, while 600 Kent-based staff employed by the same company will walk out on Sept 30.

In an update issued, Great Western Railway says the disruption is likely to continue for the rest of the day.

Tens of thousands of workers from the wider national rail network walked out on Thursday and will do so again on Saturday.

After Moscow's offensive in Ukraine, the country has strengthened its legislative arsenal, allowing for heavy fines or prison sentences for anyone found guilty of 'discrediting' or publishing 'false information' about its operation.

Air-One, a so-called 'vertiport' for drones and future electric vehicles taking off and landing vertically, was proclaimed as the first of its kind by proponents and heralding a new era of low-emission futuristic air transport.

The company said it would now redouble its commitment to its ride-sharing in Hong Kong, a business that remains in a legal grey area.

This train would take just two and a half hours to travel from Beijing to Shanghai – a journey that currently takes three hours by plane.