A) Defensie wil minimumleeftijd dienjaar omlaag
B) Sportdagen kinderen op basisschool steeds vaker verstoord door 'onbegrepen gedrag' volwassenen
C) "Kijk, daar staat de pers, schieten maar jongens"
D) Het Nederlandse stikstofdebat, samengevat
E) Een Koning
F) Wat een Koning
G) Een levende legende
H) Gezellig toch jongens
I) Anders, namelijk...

• Mercedes driver doesn’t want to lose four-time champion

• ‘Natural’ for lack of competitiveness to start taking its toll

George Russell has said he would understand if Max Verstappen chose to leave Formula One after the four-time champion recently cast doubt on his future in the sport because of his dissatisfaction with current regulations.

Russell, who is currently second behind his Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli in the world championship, insisted Verstappen had nothing left to prove.

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Paul Quinn convicted in light of DNA evidence from 2003 attack that led to notorious miscarriage of justice

• The rape case that became one of Britain’s greatest miscarriages of justice

A man who evaded justice for more than two decades has been found guilty of the “horrific” 2003 rape for which Andrew Malkinson was wrongfully jailed for 17 years.

Paul Quinn, 52, was convicted by a jury on Friday after a fresh forensic analysis found traces of his DNA on the victim.

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Voor het eerst stond er in Rotterdam een flitspaal in een straat waar een maximumsnelheid van 30 kilometer per uur is toegestaan. En die heeft in korte tijd veel automobilisten geflitst: in drie maanden tijd was het 33.971 keer raak.

De gemeente Nissewaard wil na de zomervakantie beschikken over het terrein van de Charles de Foucauld-mavo in Spijkenisse, onderdeel van CVO Penta. Nu beide partijen niet tot een oplossing zijn gekomen over de oplevering, sleept de gemeente scholenkoepel CVO voor de rechter. De zaak dient volgende week.

De gemeente Nissewaard wil na de zomervakantie beschikken over het terrein van de Charles de Foucauld-mavo in Spijkenisse, onderdeel van CVO Penta. Nu beide partijen niet tot een oplossing zijn gekomen over de oplevering, sleept de gemeente CVO de scholenkoepel via een kort geding voor de rechter. De zaak dient volgende week.

Zondag wordt in De Kuip de bekerfinale gespeeld tussen AZ en NEC. Feyenoord lag er al vroeg uit dit seizoen en dus haalt FC Rijnmond herinneringen op met twee oud-bekerwinnaars namens Feyenoord: Luigi Bruins en Michiel Kramer.

I’d vaguely heard of Project Plowshare but good god, what a ridiculous and dangerous waste of time and money.

At the height of the Cold War, nuclear weapons were seen not only as devices of destruction, but also as tools for progress. Project Plowshare was a bold attempt to use atomic explosions for more practical purposes: from digging canals and creating harbors to reshaping entire landscapes. This project was designed to push the limits of what seemed possible, but instead turned into an environmental disaster.

This reminds me of that episode of the Simpsons when Homer buys a gun and uses it around the house for everything, like changing the TV channel and opening beer cans. If the only tool you have is a hammer…

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On Wednesday the Federal Aviation Administration rescinded a temporary flight restriction (TFR) that created a no-fly zone within 3,000 feet of “Department of Homeland Security facilities and mobile assets.” The new restriction softened the language of the original and abandoned the threat of civil or criminal penalties but added the Department of Justice to the list of protected agencies.

A 2025 TFR restricted the presence of drones around Department of Energy and Pentagon assets. The FAA added ICE and CBP to the list of restricted agencies in January as ICE began operations in Minneapolis. The no-fly zone covered 3,000 feet around any ICE vehicle. Anyone who was caught violating it could be fined or jailed. Because ICE agents often drive through the city in unmarked vehicles it was impossible for drone operators to know if they were violating the order and local journalists who use drones to take pictures and monitor law enforcement activities were grounded.

Earlier this month, Minnesota journalist Rob Levine sued the FAA over the TFR. In a motion filed earlier this week, Levine’s lawyers argued that the FAA had violated his rights and should rescind the restrictions. Core to their argument was the unmarked vehicles which they said created a “flotilla of invisible, moving bubbles,” according to court documents. “Under any standard, the TFR’s chilling sweep violates the First Amendment as applied to the Petitioner’s use of drones in photojournalism.”

The FAA replaced the TFR this week after Levine’s lawyers filed the motion. The new advisory lessened restrictions, including dropping the language around 3,000 feet and criminal penalties, but expanded the amount of protected assets. 

“UAS operators are advised to avoid flying in proximity to: Department of War, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security covered mobile assets,” the new TFR said. “UAS operators who fly within this airspace are warned that…DOW, DOE, DOJ, or DHS may take action that results in the interference, disruption, seizure, damaging, or destruction of unamended [aircraft] deemed to pose a credible safety or security threat to covered mobile assets.”

Despite the threat to shoot journalist’s drones out of the sky, Levine and his lawyers see the new TFR as a victory. “This is a big win. It was heartbreaking to have my drones grounded at a time of such importance to my community, but I'm looking forward to getting back up there and getting back to my journalism as soon as possible,” Levine said in a statement provided to 404 Media.

Grayson Clary, a lawyer with Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press who took on Levine’s case, said there is still work to do. “We're glad to see the FAA rescind its original order, which was an egregious overreach that had serious consequences for reporters nationwide. But this kind of arbitrary back-and-forth from the FAA is exactly the problem, and we intend to make clear to the D.C. Circuit that this restriction never should have been implemented in the first place,” he said.

Het zwaar getroffen Waalse stadje Pepinster laat zien hoe ingrijpend wederopbouw is na extreme regenval. Een eventuele nieuwe overstroming dwingt overheden tot lastige beslissingen over ruimte voor water en veiligheid voor de bewoners. „Jullie Deltawerken hebben ook veertig jaar in beslag genomen.”