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Shanks also said current North Sea oil and gas projects would be allowed to run to completion but reiterated that no further licenses for drilling would be granted.

His secret to a speedy completion of the challenge?

Ariana Densham, head of oceans at Greenpeace UK, said the consultation was "ultimately a long-overdue completion of a process started by the previous government".

The Wagner Group has announced it is withdrawing from Mali following what it called "the completion of its main mission" in the West African country.

The train was initially proposed with a 2020 completion date, but construction has been limited to a 171-mile stretch in the Central Valley.