Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented engraved revolvers – with bullets – to his guests in Ankara, causing security concerns

What does a world leader do with a gun and six bullets? That was the conundrum Nato leaders faced after the Turkish president offered them each a revolver after the Ankara summit.

Keir Starmer was the first to mention the highly unusual gift presented by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to his guests. On the flight back from Ankara, where Nato leaders had gathered for two days, the British prime minister said he and others had received a revolver engraved with their names.

Continue reading...

President ordered investigation after fictitious federal body allocated funding and office space, triggering renewed scrutiny of corruption

A fictitious federal entity that was allocated 1.3 billion naira (£705,248) in Nigeria’s 2026 budget has precipitated a political storm in Africa’s largest democracy in the run-up to January’s general election.

The fake agency came to light last October when Femi Gbajabiamila, the president’s chief of staff, wrote to the police alleging that his signature, along with official seals and reference numbers, had been forged by Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, who was claiming to have been appointed by the presidency to head the presidential foreign intervention promotion council (PFIPC).

Continue reading...

Alan Hempseed has added a photo to the pool:

Alan Hempseed has added a photo to the pool:

Microsoft's apparent ambition to make Outlook the worst email client for Mac shows no sign of fading after a recent update broke font selection in emails. The problem occurs when composing an email. Outlook uses the default font as the user types, but will ignore any request to select something different. Several threads have appeared on Microsoft's forums about the issue, and a moderator confirmed that something was amiss in a post on July 8. One workaround is to roll back to an earlier version of Outlook and turn off updating. Another is to copy and paste text from elsewhere. Alternatively, users can wait for a fix to arrive. An affected Register reader told us: "Not being able to share terminal output and snippets of code in a monospaced font is quite the limitation. The workaround, sad that it is, is to compose messages in Word and then paste them into Outlook." Savvy users have looked into the issue and noted that the problem appears to lie with the HTML behind the scenes and quotes being inserted where they shouldn't. The Register asked Microsoft to comment, and will update this piece should an explanation be forthcoming. In the meantime, there are reports in the forums that the issue is not present in the beta and preview versions of Outlook, suggesting a fix may be on the way. Our reader noted that the bug wasn't the end of the world (unlike, say, something that removed the original email text from replies), but the fact that it made it into production highlighted a greater malaise at Microsoft. "It's a fairly fundamental problem that should never have made it past the unit tests, let alone into the wild and for it to take four weeks with still no fix is astonishing." ®

"Drammer"

"Donder"

"Teflon"

"Skater"

Bonusfoto van de tankcommandant

SHANGHAI (ANP) - Opnieuw is de strijd opgelaaid tussen de Verenigde Staten en Iran. "Dat er nu weer gevechten zijn is ontzettend zorgelijk", aldus minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma (Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking, D66). Hij vreest meer honger en vluchtelingen.

Door de oorlog die in februari uitbrak, is de Straat van Hormuz grotendeels dicht. Daar gaat niet alleen 20 procent van de olie en gas van de wereld doorheen, ook voor kunstmest is het een heel belangrijke zeeroute, zegt de minister in Shanghai waar hij op handelsmissie was.

Het feit dat er al maanden geen kunstmest door de Straat van Hormuz komt, betekent dat delen van Afrika en Azië in de problemen komen in het zaaiseizoen. "Dat betekent iets voor de oogst van dit jaar en als het nog veel langer duurt iets voor de oogst van volgend jaar", aldus de minister.

Dat kan leiden tot honger en mensen die op de vlucht slaan. Grote hulporganisaties zien volgens hem in Afrika en Azië al mensen huis en haard verlaten. En zij trekken verder dan hun eigen regio. Hulporganisaties spreken volgens hem al over de "perfect storm".

BELGRADO (ANP) - De Nederlandse volleybalsters hebben opnieuw gewonnen in de Nations League, dit keer van Tsjechië. Woensdag was Nederland al in drie sets te sterk voor Frankrijk. Tegen Tsjechië was het opnieuw na drie sets gedaan: 25-21 25-21 25-18.

Door de overwinning blijft Nederland zicht houden op een plek in de top 8, die nodig is om de kwartfinales van het toernooi te bereiken. Na tien gespeelde wedstrijden staat de ploeg van bondscoach Felix Koslowski achtste met 18 punten, evenveel als Turkije (dat een wedstrijd tegoed heeft) en China. De komende tegenstanders van Oranje in Belgrado zijn Duitsland en gastland Servië.