An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Two days before tens of thousands of migrants surged into Ceuta, one of Spain's enclaves on Morocco's northern coast, a newspaper there posted a video on TikTok and Instagram showing two young women walking in the city in wet suits, their hair still damp. The posts didn't say so explicitly, but the implication was clear: The women had just swum across the border from Morocco. "Ceuta can't take it anymore," the newspaper, El Faro de Ceuta, declared in the posts. On the other side of the border, the video resonated very differently. Cropped and reposted in Arabic, the video seemed like an invitation. The women were smiling, flashing peace signs and thumbs up and, most of all, walking around freely. The video seemed to legitimize rumors that had percolated for weeks on social media suggesting that a recent ruling by Spain's Supreme Court meant migrants who arrived illegally by sea could stay in the country. As one account on Facebook put it, falsely, "Ceuta is turning into an open gate," when in fact migrants still faced expulsion after a judicial review. The responses to the posts about the swimmers were a critical part of a cascade of disinformation that experts described as one of the starkest instances in which social media contributed directly to a real-world tragedy.

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Weer voor Rotterdam ☀️ - 13-08-2026 07:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 18.8°C · Zonnig ☀️ | Min 18.6°C / Max 33.9°C

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 18.6°C, Max 33.9°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, 🧭 1021.4 hPa ↘️ -1.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ← 85°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 08:00: 20.1°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1023.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.9 km/u (2.2 m/s), richting: ↖ 115°
• 09:00: 22.5°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1023.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.5 km/u (1.8 m/s), richting: ↖ 116°
• 10:00: 25.6°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1023.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.8 km/u (1.6 m/s), richting: ↖ 121°
• 11:00: 28.3°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1023.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.8 km/u (1.9 m/s), richting: ← 104°
• 12:00: 29.9°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1022.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ← 87°
• 13:00: 31.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1022.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ← 85°
• 14:00: 32.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1022.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ← 89°
• 15:00: 32.8°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1021.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.2 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ← 85°
• 16:00: 33.5°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1021.3 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ← 82°
• 17:00: 33.8°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1020.8 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ← 78°
• 18:00: 33.9°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1020.3 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ← 76°
• 19:00: 33.8°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1019.8 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ← 77°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• vrijdag 14 augustus: Min 23.6°C, Max 36.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1016.6 hPa ↘️ -4.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 323°
• zaterdag 15 augustus: Min 19.1°C, Max 26.5°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 24%, 🧭 1014.6 hPa ↘️ -2.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.2 km/u (5.6 m/s), richting: ↓ 18°
• zondag 16 augustus: Min 17.5°C, Max 23.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1017.3 hPa ↗️ +2.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↓ 359°
• maandag 17 augustus: Min 15.6°C, Max 23.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1017.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↘ 301°
• dinsdag 18 augustus: Min 15.8°C, Max 22.5°C (Matige buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 14.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 48%, 🧭 1008.9 hPa ↘️ -8.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.1 km/u (5.0 m/s), richting: ↗ 234°
• woensdag 19 augustus: Min 15.3°C, Max 19.9°C (Lichte buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 15.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 38%, 🧭 1004.4 hPa ↘️ -4.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.3 km/u (5.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 298°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 07:15): 18.8°C (Zonnig)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 18.0°C (-0.8°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 8.6 km/u (2.4 m/s), richting: ← 110°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 16.2 km/h (4.5 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 40%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1023.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 37.2 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.5
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:23 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 21:10

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 38 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 11.0 μg/m³
• PM10: 15.6 μg/m³

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HONGKONG (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - Modewebwinkel Shein wil rond 28 augustus zijn beursgang in Hongkong maken, meldt persbureau Bloomberg op basis van ingewijden. Daarmee komt er een einde aan een jarenlang proces waarbij de fastfashionretailer probeert een beursgang te bewerkstelligen. Het van oorsprong Chinese bedrijf verwacht dat de beursgang 2 miljard tot 3 miljard dollar zal opleveren.

Shein had oorspronkelijk al in 2023 het plan om een beursnotering op Wall Street te verkrijgen. Door onderzoeken naar de toeleveringsketen en arbeidsomstandigheden bleek dat niet haalbaar. Een poging om naar de Londense beurs te gaan, werd tegengehouden door de Chinese toezichthouders. Hoewel Shein al sinds 2021 zijn hoofdkantoor in Singapore heeft, is het bedrijf door zijn Chinese roots nog altijd gebonden aan de beoordeling van de Chinese toezichthouders, waar ter wereld het bedrijf ook een beursnotering wil krijgen.

Vorige maand kreeg het bedrijf toestemming van dezelfde toezichthouders, waardoor de weg nu vrij is.

KOERILSK (ANP/RTR) - De Russische president Vladimir Poetin heeft het eiland Itoeroep bezocht. Dat meldde het Russische staatspersbureau TASS donderdag. Itoeroep is een eiland in de betwiste eilandengroep de Koerilen. Zowel Rusland als Japan maakt daar aanspraak op. Door Japan wordt het eiland Etorofu genoemd.

Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog hebben Rusland en Japan nooit officieel een vredesakkoord ondertekend. Dat komt onder meer door het territoriale dispuut over de Koerilen. Japan noemt de eilandengroep de Noordelijke Gebieden.

Volgens TASS was dit de eerste keer dat Poetin de Koerilen bezocht. Hij ging onder meer langs een visverwerkingsfabriek en sprak over visserij en migratiegedrag van vissen.

Japan heeft "ernstig bezwaar" gemaakt tegen het bezoek van Poetin, zegt de minister van Buitenlandse Zaken.

Taiwan’s statement comes a day after reports that suspected China-linked hackers had carried out a first-of-a-kind breach

Taiwan says it detected AI-assisted cyber-attacks on government agencies that came from overseas last month, a new kind of threat that has been reported as “first-of-a-kind breach”.

The Ministry of Digital Affairs (MDA) said its cybersecurity monitoring units ‌detected the “abnormal attack” targeting government agencies, which began on 20 July. The National Institute of Cyber Security issued a series of warning alerts while it investigated.

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Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?

On this day in 1888, the mechanical mastermind John Logie Baird was born in Dunbartonshire. He was the pioneering inventor who first beamed a recognisable image across a room, giving the world the very first working television. Without his early experiments with biscuit tins, darning needles and bicycle lenses, half of the questions the Thursday quiz has asked would never have been possible. So tune in, turn up your mental brightness, and test your frequency with these 15 questions. Allons-y!

The Thursday news quiz, No 260

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The science behind summer storms – and why they have yet to break the hot spell gripping the country

“The English summer: three fine days and a thunderstorm,” George II is reputed to have said, although the line has also been attributed to Charles II and others. It was not recorded until 1867, by which time it was already in common circulation.

A brief hot spell ending in a thunderstorm is a familiar pattern, but it is not what we have experienced in recent weeks.

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Combine these simple Italian baked treats with chilled fruit and thick cream for a playful summer pudding

In his exquisite The French Menu Cookbook, Richard Olney has clear ideas and strong opinions about everything, including dessert. He believed that rich desserts should follow only the simplest of meals, whereas with most menus (meaning all the sophisticated menus in his book), something light, airy and playful is best. His suggestions read like a summer fruit poem: peach melba, apple mousse with peaches, apricot fritters dusted with icing sugar, strawberries in sweetened orange juice, strawberries in beaujolais, strawberry mousse with raspberry puree, iced cherries and fresh almonds. One of his late summer/early autumn menus also suggests fresh figs with raspberry cream (figues à la crème framboise), which is both fun to make (the red puree streaking through the cream for a raspberry ripple) and to eat.

An airy and playful pudding calls for an airy and playful biscuit. What better than lingue di gatto, or cat tongues, so called because of their flat, elongated shape. Made from butter, sugar, flour, and egg whites, lingue di gatto are not complicated to make, but do require a piping bag, which can be mimicked by a zip-lock bag – just remember to scrape the mixture into the bag first, and only snip the end off when you are ready to pipe.

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The UK is far from equality in academia or society. You don’t need a Cambridge degree to see that Arday’s story is being used to stop any progress in its tracks

In 1987, a college at the University of Cambridge considered offering a prestigious position to a black man in what would be the first appointment of its kind. Not only did the man not have a degree, but he had left school at the age of 13, struggling with dyslexia and – at the time – unable to read or write. That he would later to go on to accumulate 20 honorary doctorates and become a professor of creative writing is only one way, and in my view not the best one, of measuring his talent.

The man was the late, great poet Benjamin Zephaniah. And he had been nothing but transparent about his lack of credentials. In fact it was his background that made him eligible for this fellowship, which was designed to reach out to somebody in the community who didn’t have a degree, to give them the opportunity to have a connection with the university.

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