Allemaal even lachen om de sukkels van landgenoten die zo stom zijn om op een fatbike te rijden en zo stom zijn dat in het Amsterdamse Vondelpark te doen, dan ook nog zo stom zijn zich te laten pakken door boa's en bovendien zo stom zijn zich zelfs te laten beboeten door boa's. Maar geen slecht woord over de fatbikeboa's, want die laten ons vandaag de wonderschone kanten van handhaving (kan ook elders) zien. Fatbikes zijn namelijk al een maandje verboten in het Vondelpark, en na eerst een beetje aftasten en waarschuwen blijkt nu dat 39 fatbikesukkels tussen 25 mei en 8 juni boetes tot 115 euro hebben gekregen. Justice for niet-fatbikers. Eindelijk is het Vondelpark weer weer van óns.

The memorandum of understanding, described as the first of its kind, is aimed at improving cooperation between the two legal systems on civil, criminal, economic, labor and family cases.

Vorige week leek de behandeling van de begroting van Ontwikkelingssamenwerking rond, tot plots bekend werd dat tussen VVD en D66 een uitruil had plaatsgevonden, zonder medeweten van de oppositie. Vier vragen over het debat dat donderdag wordt voortgezet.

Naar aanleiding van beelden van een mesaanval in Belfast door een Soedanese man gingen dinsdagavond mensen de straat op in een gewelddadige strooptocht tegen bewoners met een migratie-achtergrond. De relschoppers, aangemoedigd door extreemrechtse opruiers, zullen worden vervolgd, zegt de Britse premier Starmer.

Luka Modric and friends are aiming for one last hurrah but a Tottenham defender is providing hope for the future for England’s group opponents

This article is part of the Guardian’s 2026 World Cup Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 48 countries who qualified. theguardian.com is running previews from three countries each day in the run-up to the tournament kicking off on 11 June.

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In the UK – and across the west - incendiary language and white supremacist policies are entering the political mainstream

What qualifies as too rightwing these days? It’s a question I’ve considered often in recent years. But it takes on even greater urgency when contemplating the rise of Restore Britain. Founded by multimillionaire businessman and former Reform MP Rupert Lowe, the party enjoys the active support of far-right tech bro Elon Musk, the world’s richest man. If Nigel Farage strikes you as a wet liberal, then Restore Britain may be the party you’ve been waiting for.

Its mission, it says, is to “reverse mass migration”. That means deporting not just undocumented migrants but “legally resident foreign nationals” who live in social housing, claim benefits or supposedly “fail to integrate” – a strikingly elastic category. Lowe himself declares that “millions and millions” need to leave or be made to leave. Officials and politicians “who knowingly placed dangerous third world savages in our communities” will be imprisoned.

Owen Jones is a Guardian columnist

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Some remains found in Diamantina fracture zone date back more than 5m years and reveal species and ecosystems unknown to science

The oldest, deepest and most extensive whale graveyard yet discovered has been found in the south-eastern Indian Ocean, with fossils dating back more than 5m years.

Whale falls – the term for dead whales that sink to the ocean floor – are not uncommon, but most have been found at depths of less than 4km (2.5 miles). By contrast, the newly discovered necropolis reaches depths of more than 7km, and extends hundreds of miles across the sea floor.

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More customers are seeking out meticulous e-file manicures, but there are concerns about the risk of infection with the cuticle-raising beauty treatment

A drill with a speed of 35,000 revolutions per minute sits on Alina Huck’s orderly work station. The drill bit is the length of an almond, and as soon as it touches the client’s nail it whips up a fine dust of dead skin.

“It’s definitely a satisfying experience,” says Huck, a Sydney-based nail technician who has spent nearly a decade specialising in e-file manicures, also known as Russian manicures.

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