Door een schietincident in het Gelderse Overasselt is een persoon overleden, meldt de politie. Twee politieagenten raakten gewond en zijn naar het ziekenhuis gebracht. Er zijn meerdere aanhoudingen verricht.

De agenten waren ter plaatse gekomen na een melding. Wat er precies is gebeurd, is nog onduidelijk. De politie doet op meerdere locaties in Overasselt onderzoek.

Het incident vond plaats op de Ewijkseweg.

DEN HAAG (ANP) - Het dagelijks leven in Nederland is in augustus 3,3 procent duurder geworden dan een jaar eerder, meldt het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) op basis van een snelle raming. De inflatie is daarmee verder opgelopen na de stijging tot 3,2 procent in juli.

Door de oorlog in het Midden-Oosten, die eind februari begon, zijn de olie- en gasprijzen dit jaar flink gestegen. De inflatie kwam daardoor in mei uit op 3,5 procent. In februari, voor het conflict, bedroeg de inflatie 2,4 procent. In juni daalde de inflatie nog tot 2,9 procent door een minder sterke prijsstijging van energie en motorbrandstoffen.

In augustus stegen de prijzen van energie en motorbrandstoffen met 11,7 procent, na een stijging van 9,7 procent in juli. De prijzen van voedingsmiddelen, dranken en tabak daalden met 0,5 procent. In juli bleven die onveranderd. De prijzen in de dienstensector stegen met 3,7 procent, na een toename van 4 procent een maand eerder. Industriële goederen werden 1,4 procent duurder, na een stijging van 1,2 procent in juli.

In vergelijking met juli stegen de prijzen voor consumenten in augustus met 0,3 procent. Het CBS plaatst daar wel een kanttekening bij. De tijdelijke seizoensinvloeden kunnen hier groot zijn, bijvoorbeeld bij kleding die in de uitverkoop wordt gedaan. Die afprijzingen zijn geen blijvende prijsdaling.

Op basis van de Europese meetmethode bedroeg de inflatie in Nederland afgelopen maand 2,8 procent, tegen 3 procent in juli. Bij de binnen de Europese Unie afgesproken methode wordt geen rekening gehouden met de kosten voor het wonen in de eigen woning. Bij de Nederlandse methode tellen die wel mee.

Sum of financial support from a baby’s birth until age 17 is the city-state’s offer to address low birthrate and reluctance of couples to have children

With leafy cycle paths, rooftop water parks and child-friendly restaurants, Singapore’s east coast is one of the best places in the island city-state to raise a family.

Finance worker Lee lives in an apartment here with his wife and two cats, but like an increasing number of Singaporeans they do not intend to have children. They worry about the challenges of bringing them up, and the disruption to their lives.

Who dreams of having a Euro summer now when staying in an ancient, uncooled building in the Old Town is like trying to sleep in a wood-fired pizza oven?

This week the Euro summer comes to an end – and so does a certain type of posting on Instagram.

Waiting at the bus stop in the grey winter dawn, a slanting rain soaking your trouser leg, you can warm yourself by scrolling your feed and seeing pictures of Australians enjoying a Euro summer. There it is again – azure Greek coves, plates of barbecued sardines, the yachts rented by the hour, and selfies on the balcony of some Paris Airbnb, drinking wine in the long, blue night.

This rubbly cousin of hummus is flavourful and satisfying at any time of day, served warm, topped with a colourful salad and just made to eat with homemade flatbreads

Few things make me happier than a bowl of warm musabaha served with freshly baked bread straight from the pan. It’s a combination that shouts comfort, generosity and the simple pleasure of sharing food. Across the Levant, musabaha is a much-loved breakfast or brunch dish, though I’d happily eat it at any time of day. Served with the buttery, soft turmeric and nigella-seed flatbreads, it becomes a meal that is nourishing, intensely satisfying and perfect for gathering family and friends around the table.

In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggered

You may not have felt it, but the earth beneath our feet is getting twitchier, and global heating is to blame. As temperatures surge and climate breakdown accelerates, interactions between climate and geology are becoming ever more apparent – as marked by last week’s horrific events in Nepal and Tibet. We still have a bit of a blind spot when it comes to the idea that a changing climate can impact what scientists call the geosphere, but the evidence has long been incontestable.

In 2021, a similar deluge ripped through a series of mountain valleys in the Indian Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, severely damaging two hydroelectric power plants and taking about 200 lives. In August 2025, a colossal landslide in an Alaskan fjord created a 500-metre-high wave in an area frequented by cruise ships. A few months earlier, the collapse of part of a glacier in Switzerland’s Valais canton caused a debris-laden torrent that destroyed and buried most of the already evacuated village of Blatten.

Bill McGuire is professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at UCL. His latest book is The Fate of the World – a History and Future of the Climate Crisis

The retired second-row on his recovery from addiction, depression and incarceration to find a new life as a meditation teacher

“Carefree,” says Ryan Caldwell when I ask him what word is tattooed across his fingers. He looks up from his hands on a rainy morning in Belfast. The former Ireland international, who played the role of enforcer for Ulster, Bath and Exeter, then laughs softly in acknowledgment of that incongruous word.

We have spoken for almost two hours about a wide range of dark and heavy subjects – from his addiction issues and imprisonment to his injury-riddled rugby career and the last big concussion that ended his playing days and sent him plunging into a deeper spiral of suicidal depression.

TRUE 2 DEATH has added a photo to the pool:

A two-car local train rolls north through the rice fields of Happō Town (八峰町) in Akita Prefecture on the JR Gono Line (五能線).
At the time, the Gono Line was still a great place to encounter these older diesel railcars wearing the traditional cream-and-blue color scheme associated with JR East's regional diesel trains. Compared with the brighter, more modern liveries and newer rolling stock that would increasingly appear on the line, this older color combination had a wonderfully utilitarian, almost timeless appearance—particularly when seen moving through the rural landscape of northern Akita.
The Gono Line follows the Sea of Japan coast between Higashi-Noshiro in Akita Prefecture and Kawabe in Aomori Prefecture, passing through small farming communities, coastal villages and some of the most dramatic scenery on the JR East network. While the line is famous for its views of the Sea of Japan, stretches like this show another side of the route: rice fields, mountains, scattered farmhouses and enormous summer skies.
Here, heading north toward Aomori, the little two-car train is almost swallowed by the landscape. The rice is beginning to turn gold, while a massive bank of clouds rises above the train and the surrounding hills.
It's a scene that feels particularly representative of the older Gono Line—an aging diesel local in its classic blue-and-cream colors, quietly making its way through the countryside.

Happō, Akita Prefecture, Japan September 2017

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