Beleaguered Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt announced today that it was filing for bankruptcy in the U.S., striking a blow to Europe’s ambitions for homegrown lithium-ion batteries. It may still be, perhaps with the help of one of those rivals through some kind of partnership, but first it has to get its house in order.

Two undersea fibre-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea, including one linking Finland and Germany, were severed, raising suspicions of sabotage by bad actors, countries and companies involved said on Monday.

German and Finland have expressed deep concern over the discovery of a severed undersea cable between the countries through the Baltic Sea