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Zestien mensen die het niet eens zijn met het stoppen van hun bed-bad-broodregeling in Rotterdam, hebben gelijk gekregen van de rechter. Voormalig minister van Asiel en Migratie Marjolein Faber had hun opvang niet mogen beëindigen, oordeelt de rechter.

Homes were reduced to rubble as twister touched down for 30 minutes and carved out a trail of destruction

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At least 10 people were injured after a tornado hit northern Oklahoma, as a strong weather system produced a dozen reported twisters that tore destructively through parts of the central US overnight.

Emergency services began assessing the most extensive damage in the rural town of Enid as dawn broke on Friday. Homes were reduced to rubble and splintered wood in the city of about 50,000 people near the state’s northern border. A number of videos showed terrifying wind funnels touching down and roaring across the land towards settlements. The largest tornado was reported to have stayed on the ground for 30 minutes, carving a snaking trail of damage.

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Carriers will retain airport slots if they cancel services as passengers are urged to continue with travel plans

Penalties on airlines that cancel UK flights because of jet fuel shortages have been eased, it has emerged, as the government issued fresh advice to reassure the public they can still fly and should stick to travel plans.

Airlines that cancel owing to a lack of fuel will not lose their rights to valuable takeoff and landing slots at busy airports, which can be forfeited when flights fail to operate over a period.

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Swerving the child abuse allegations, the new Michael Jackson film is yet another revisionist music movie in a long line. We know what’s in it for their subjects. What about the viewers?

As a giant glittering ferris wheel dissolves into a closeup of Michael Jackson’s face, legendary producer Quincy Jones explains to him that what people want is “pure escapism”. Michael, a new biopic about Jackson’s rise to fame directed by Antoine Fuqua, is certainly that: a fantastical greatest hits playlist scrubbed clean of the darkness that tarnished the singer’s reputation. The songs, which were licensed by Sony and the Jackson estate, remain glorious, transporting and indelible.

Michael is the latest addition to a new canon of authorised music biopics including films about and featuring the official music of Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Bob Marley, Robbie Williams, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. The genre was revived by the success of the 2018 Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, which was made with Queen’s involvement and took home four Oscars and $911m at the box office. Never mind that it was dismissed by critics; the boost it gave to the band’s streaming figures set a new precedent for hungry estate holders keen to cash in – and to control the narrative.

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Hoe kan het dat deze ‘ergste energiecrisis ooit’ naar verwachting minder economische schade en minder inflatie veroorzaakt dan in de jaren zeventig of in 2022?

De huidige wereldpolitiek draait om rauwe macht en harde keuzes, precies die zaken die de EU van oudsher lastig vindt. Op de top in Cyprus wordt het ook duidelijk dat dit zorgt voor spanningen tussen EU-landen.

Leak-site bragging meets breach hunters as Have I Been Pwned flags millions of records

Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise company, is dealing with choppy waters after Have I Been Pwned flagged what it claimed were 7.5 million unique email addresses all allegedly tied to one of its subsidiaries. …

LOOSDRECHT (ANP) - Het aantal tijdelijke noodopvangplekken voor asielzoekers in Loosdrecht zakt van de beoogde 110 naar 70, meldt de gemeente Wijdemeren vrijdag. De opvang gaat niet eerder dan 6 mei van start, staat in een verklaring.

De gemeente wil met het besluit "rust terugbrengen en weer in verbinding komen met de gemeenschap". De laatste dagen is in Loosdrecht gedemonstreerd tegen de beoogde opvang. Daarbij moest de politie ingrijpen en werden meerdere mensen aangehouden.