As the Volkswagen emissions scandal apparently widens, Reuters reports the German automaker is poised to appoint the boss of Porsche “to help steer it out of crisis”. 

• Full coverage from Reuters is here.

(The Times/Tomorrow’s Papers Today)

The Economist wonders if the scandal could finally be the beginning of the era of the electric car.

At least America’s regulators, unlike Europe’s, sometimes stage their own tests to verify the manufacturers’ findings. But it is time this whole system was swept away and replaced, everywhere, with fully independent testing of cars in realistic driving conditions. Now, with outrage at VW’s behaviour at its height, is the moment to act. That would mean overcoming the objections of carmakers. But it also requires European regulators to change their attitudes to diesel, which accounts for half of cars sold on the continent.

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WORLD

House Speaker John Boehner is to resign from Congress at the end of October.

Reuters reports:

The Ohio lawmaker, 65, stunned Republican House members at a morning meeting with the announcement he will step down from the speakership, the top job in the 435-seat chamber, and resign his seat in Congress effective on Oct. 30.

U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the No. 2 House Republican, is expected to be the leading contender to replace Boehner as speaker, Republican Representative Peter King told reporters.

Representative Paul Ryan, a former U.S. vice presidential candidate, told reporters in a Capitol hallway that McCarthy would likely be the next speaker. Ryan said, “I don’t want to be speaker.”

 

Some folks were maybe a little too happy at the news…

With President Obama hosting the Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday in the Chinese leader’s first state visit to the US, the New York Times reports that China is to announce a cap-and-trade program to limit emissions.

Mr. Xi’s pledge underscores China’s intention to act quickly and upends what has long been a potent argument among Republicans against acting on climate change: that the United States’ most powerful economic competitor has not done so. But it is not clear whether China will be able to enact and enforce a program that substantially limits emissions.

The UN, meanwhile, is hosting the Sustainable Development Goals summit.

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SPORTS

Could England be lining up a new coach?

And Liverpool, perhaps…? At least his name is a gift for sports subs pressed for a headline.

(The Daily Star/Tomorrow’s Papers Today)