DEN HAAG (ANP) - In Den Haag hebben duizenden mensen zaterdagmiddag meegelopen met de jaarlijkse Mars voor het leven. Op een livestream van initiatiefnemer Schreeuw om leven was te zien dat de deelnemers verzamelden op het Malieveld en vervolgens in een stoet door de stad liepen.

De christelijke beweging wil met de stille tocht, die dit jaar voor de 34e keer werd georganiseerd, laten zien grote moeite te hebben met de abortuspraktijk in Nederland.

Onder anderen Tweede Kamerleden Mirjam Bikker (ChristenUnie) en Chris Stoffer (SGP) liepen mee in de mars en ook leden van SGP-jongeren waren aanwezig. Stoffer sprak voorafgaand aan de mars op een podium op het Malieveld de aanwezigen toe. Hij riep op te blijven opkomen voor "het ongeboren leven".

Langs de route had een groep mensen zich verzameld voor een tegendemonstratie. Zij riepen leuzen richting de deelnemers van de mars en hielden kartonnen borden omhoog met teksten als "Jouw god is niet mijn gynaecoloog" en "Bemoei je met je eigen buik".

HILVERSUM (ANP) - Ook de fractieleiders Jan Paternotte (D66), Ruben Brekelmans (VVD) en Henri Bontenbal (CDA) zijn zaterdagmiddag aangekomen op het landgoed De Zwaluwenberg in Hilversum. Daar zijn premier Rob Jetten en vicepremiers Dilan Yeşilgöz (VVD) en Bart van den Brink (CDA) al sinds het eind van de ochtend in gesprek.

De premier en coalitieleiders spreken over de politieke crisis die is ontstaan nadat D66 en CDA een deal hadden gesloten met oppositiepartijen PRO en Volt over het belastingplan.

Vrijdag hielden Jetten, Yeşilgöz en Van den Brink al urenlang crisisberaad. Na afloop zei de premier door te willen praten over een "serieuze doorstart". Maar Yeşilgöz sprak over het minderheidskabinet als een "mislukt experiment" en vindt dat de koers te ver naar links is gegaan. Om dat tegen te gaan wil ze een inhoudelijke correctie en de optie afwegen om een extra rechtse partij aan het kabinet toe te voegen.

BRUSSEL (ANP) - De Europese Unie zegt in een verklaring ernstig bezorgd te zijn over het lot van de Palestijnen vanwege de recente overstromingen en winterse omstandigheden in Gaza. Die verslechteren de levensomstandigheden nog verder, waardoor het leed alleen maar wordt verergerd, aldus EU-buitenlandchef Kaja Kallas.

Ook noemt de EU de luchtaanval op het Nasser-ziekenhuis, een van de zeer weinige medische centra die nog in werking zijn, van donderdag "uiterst verontrustend". Civiele infrastructuur en medische voorzieningen moeten beschermd worden onder het internationaal recht, aldus de EU. De Unie dringt er daarom bij Israël op aan om "onmiddellijke, onbelemmerde toegang en duurzame distributie van humanitaire hulp" te verlenen door onder meer de grensovergangen naar Gaza te openen.

In oktober 2025 is een staakt-het-vuren tot stand gekomen. Maar sindsdien zijn er alsnog zo'n 1500 Palestijnen omgekomen bij Israëlische aanvallen. Ook komen er niet genoeg hulpgoederen het gebied binnen door toegangsbeperkingen opgelegd door Israël.

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As the surrounding area of upper North Adelaide developed, Tynte Street evolved as the 'High Street' of the district. While O'Connell Street eventually became the commercial centre of North Adelaide after the mid 1850s when King William Road provided a direct connection to South Adelaide, Tynte Street retained its early pre-eminence as the location of the more
dignified cultural and philanthropic institutions.
The property on which this building was erected was purchased in 1879 by the Albert Lodge No. 6 of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society, and by George Guest Newman, Albert Hirst, William Cox, William Smith and Henry Bryan who were the trustees of Court Huntsman's Pride No. 2478 of the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society. In August of that year tenders for the hall's construction were advertised by architect, J.G. Osborne. It was soon built for it appears on the Smith Survey of 1880.
The property remained in the names of the friendly societies until it was sold in 1963 and so has had a lengthy association with these societies and the philanthropic work of the
organisation which now embraces the Oddfellows, Australian Natives Association, Foresters, Hibernians and Rechabites. The building is typical of the expansion of such organisations in South Australia which are also represented by the Oddfellows Hall in Franklin Street (1872) and the Rechabite Hall in Grote Street (1879).
The hall is a simple gabled structure of bluestone rubble trimmed with brick, strongly blocked at quoins and around the windows, lending distinction and originality to a facade which is otherwise plain and evocative of chapel architecture.
The building contributes to a streetscape lined with prominent commercial, public and church architecture although its scale
is more akin to neighbouring residential properties.

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144-146 and 154 Tynte Street

Like the Anglican cathedral, the Wesleyan churches, and the Congregational church, the building of this Baptist church complex indicated the social standing of North Adelaide as the original dormitory suburb of the city, the well established nature of the denomination and even the substance and maturity of the colony itself. The high integrity of the complex and the quality of detail are now rare in the city. The complex can be compared with the Baptist Church in Flinders Street which was erected to consolidate the cause of the denomination in South Australia. Its continuous association with the Baptist Church is also significant as so many non-conformist church congregations failed to survive residential decline in the city and the often destructive changes to its social and environmental character.
The Tynte Street Baptist congregation had its beginnings in a church on Lefevre Terrace in 1850, the result of a division within the original North Adelaide congregation of the Ebenezer Chapel in Brougham Court. The late 1860s were important expansionist years for the Baptist Church in North Adelaide as the Lefevre Terrace property was sold to E.S. Wigg and the present complex erected in Tynte Street. However, the Ebenezer Chapel could not match the attractions of the newly erected premises and the two congregations amalgamated.
Before the erection of premises in Tynte Street, services were transferred from Lefevre Terrace to the Temperance Hall in Tynte Street under the pastoral care of the Reverend John Langdon Parsons. The foundation stone of the present church was laid on 9 December 1869 by Dr H. Wheeler. The North Adelaide Baptist Church was described in the South Australian Register, 16 July 1870 as 'Venetian' in style with a roof of ‘very fine Willunga slate’. The substantial balustrading was finished, and when the 'ashlar freestone' had been dressed, the edifice promised to 'be second-to-none, in North Adelaide at any rate'. The reporter made the interesting general observation that, 'The style of work is now able to be carried out in consequence of the great reduction which has been made in the price of the freestone, rendering it now much more available than formerly'. The chapel measured 75 feet by 46 feet providing accommodation for 600 people:
The seats will rise from the platform to the front ... and will be in circular form so that each person will look directly towards the preacher. The entrance will be by a double flight of side
steps leading to a piazza ... The portico is composed of Gothic arches with white and brown freestone pillars and carved capitals, on which the sculptors are now engaged.
Ventilation was provided by a space in the centre of the ceiling covered by perforated zinc, through which hot air could escape into the roof where there were louvre openings.
At the rear were vestries for minister and deacon. To the east of the chapel a separate building accommodated schoolrooms and lecture hall which was built of Glen Osmond stone with cement dressings. The lecture hall seated 300. A passage led to twelve classrooms and a kitchen, ‘. . . to be fitted up with boiler and other appliances necessary for tea meetings'.
The church was opened in November 1870 and the apse
was finally completed in 1874.
James Cumming was responsible for design and
construction. It has been stated that ' . . . the idea of the church as an auditorium is most evident in this building, with its sloping floor, central organ, choir, and pulpit and the seating arranged in concentric arcs'. The architectural style and layout probably originated from the London tabernacle of the famous Baptist preacher C.H. Spurgeon. The congregation remained under the pastoral care of the Reverend J.L. Parsons until 1876 when the Reverend L.G. Carter began his ministry. He was succeeded by the Reverend A.W. Webb who was responsible for initiating the erection of the manse to the east, thus completing the group which still remains in impressively original order. The two storey addition to the rear of the church was erected in 1907.
The integrity of the complex as a whole is complemented by the boundary wall which is topped with cast-iron railings to the
Tynte Street frontage. This complex, dominated by the
church building, presents a long and imposing frontage and a
strong visual element to Tynte Street, maintaining architectural, historical and environmental qualities of its 'High Street' character.

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Located in Gover Place, at the rear of the North Adelaide Baptist Church.

The coach’s tenure with the USMNT brought a whiplash of highs and lows. He met some goals but also left many with the impression he never truly bought in

It did not take US men’s national team coach Mauricio Pochettino very long to take his first big swing.

He’d just taken the reins of the program after a disastrous performance at the 2024 Copa América cost his predecessor his job, with the first home World Cup in three decades looming on the horizon. The federation introduced him in New York City, on the 24th floor of a building overlooking the Hudson River. In short order, he was asked about the culture surrounding the program. In his answer, he invoked the four-time World Cup champion US women.

The singer on his love for Ibiza, the weirdest thing he’s done in the name of romance, and being signed up for Celebrity Traitors against his will

You were a punching bag for such a long time after You’re Beautiful became a massive hit, but your consistent good humour is deeply admirable. Does it ever get tiring?

It was a surprise, at the beginning. I was just a little guy with a dream. And when you achieve your dream, you think people would be happy for you. For them not to be happy for you, but angry with you, for your song, seems irrational, an overreaction. It is interesting how people generally want to tear people down for achieving their little dreams. But I’d had a real proper job before that [as a captain in the British army]. My friends might have been on operations in Afghanistan or Iraq, so if I were to complain to them at the time saying, “Oh, the Guardian said something really horrid about me and gave me three stars for my album” – they would be able to talk about who had lost their lives or limbs that day, and that put it all in perspective. And perspective is everything.

The world has become accustomed to concerns about the male loneliness epidemic. But research suggests women are just as lonely

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No one would think of Sasha* as lonely, least of all Sasha herself. The 38-year-old from Sydney has close and longstanding friendships, proactively keeps in touch and makes plans, and is engaged with her local community.

“All those things that you read about, about why men might be lonely – they don’t maintain one-on-one friendships, or they’re not good at reaching out, or their conversations aren’t deep and meaningful – none of those issues apply to me,” she says. “I’m a very socially connected person.”