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Elon Musk travelled Wednesday to Tesla's factory near Berlin to lend his workers "support" after the plant was forced to halt production by a suspected arson attack on nearby power lines.With his son X AE A-XII in his arms, Musk said: "I am here to support you."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited the electric car maker's first European plant on Wednesday as production resumed at the factory just outside Berlin, about a week after a suspected arson attack cut its power supply. Musk was expected at a “team huddle” with employees at the plant in the Gruenheide municipality, employee council chief Michaela Schmitz told regional broadcaster RBB's Inforadio channel. Production at Tesla’s plant in Gruenheide came to a standstill on Tu...

DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) -German policymakers should team up with power grid operators to improve the response to incidents such as the arson attack near Tesla's gigafactory, said the head of regional utility Westenergie. Security measures needed reviewing and a better legal framework created, Westenergie's chief executive Katherina Reiche told reporters in Duesseldorf. "Critical infrastructure is vulnerable," said Reiche, whose subsidiary Westnetz dealt with restorin...

Hundreds of environmental activists are set to protest on Sunday against the massive expansion of US electric carmaker Tesla's factory outside of Berlin. Also planned is a second rally by local residents who want to show their solidarity with Tesla and who support the project as part of the area's future development. Police will accompany both events in the small town of Grünheide, which is located south-east of the German capital in an area known for its forests and lakes. Produc...

The old Shipwright Pub on Thorncastle Street in Ringsend was set ablaze in the early hours of New Year’s Eve.

There has been 19 fires linked to anti-migrant protests since 2018 in Ireland.

A 46-year-old man has been arrested after a Tory minister whose office was burned down in a suspected arson attack received an abusive and threatening phone call, police have said.

Tory MP Mike Freer has said he plans to stand down at the next general election over safety fears.

The derelict building was in a "fundamentally dangerous condition" following an arson attack in October 2022.

A man was arrested shortly after the incident on suspicion of arson endangering life, police say.