In Rotterdam-Delfshaven is vrijdagavond op straat geschoten. Daarbij is een man gewond geraakt. Volgens 112-fotografen kon hij zelf naar een ambulance lopen. De politie heeft nog niemand aangehouden.
LAUWERSOOG (ANP) - Het Werelderfgoedcentrum Waddenzee (WEC) gaat zijn faillissementsaanvraag met een week uitstellen. Dat maakte het bestuur van het WEC op vrijdag bekend. Het centrum wil in die tijd meer mogelijkheden onderzoeken om te blijven bestaan.
Het bestuur meldt dat "de steun van donateurs" en "de beweging bij andere betrokken partijen" aanleiding geven om toch gesprekken te blijven voeren. Het WEC zegt dat er in gesprekken met betrokken overheden "enige ruimte" is ontstaan om verder te spreken over de toekomst van het centrum. Daarnaast lopen gesprekken met fondsen over de vraag of en hoe zij kunnen bijdragen.
Op 12 oktober kondigde het WEC nog aan binnen twee weken een faillissement aan te vragen, tenzij er voldoende toekomstperspectief zou ontstaan. Onverwachte kosten bij de bouw en ingebruikname van de nieuwe locatie van het centrum zorgen voor grote financiële problemen bij het centrum.
De provincie Groningen en gemeente Het Hogeland kondigden begin oktober al aan geen verdere financiële steun te willen verlenen.
MANILA (ANP/RTR) - De autoriteiten in de Filipijnen zijn een onderzoek begonnen naar Thomas Markle, de vader van Meghan Markle. De 82-jarige schoonvader van de Britse prins Harry, die een periode in het Filipijnse Cebu heeft gewoond, wordt beschuldigd van het bezit van beelden van seksueel kindermisbruik.
De Filipijnse onderminister van Justitie, Nicholas Ty, bevestigde vrijdag dat de beschuldigingen aan het adres van Markle worden onderzocht. "Onze taskforce tegen mensenhandel en online seksueel misbruik en uitbuiting van kinderen (OSAEC) in Cebu onderzoekt de zaak momenteel", verklaarde Ty.
De Filipijnse minister van Binnenlandse Zaken, Jonvic Remulla, liet weten dat Meghans halfbroer, die ook Thomas heet, de politie bewijsmateriaal heeft verstrekt. In een reactie aan de krant Daily Mail ontkende Markle de beschuldigingen en noemde hij deze "ziekelijke leugens".
Eerder op de dag liet de vrouw van prins Harry in een verklaring weten "zeer ontdaan" te zijn door de aantijgingen.
De autoriteiten in de Filipijnen zijn een onderzoek begonnen naar Thomas Markle, de vader van Meghan Markle. De 82-jarige schoonvader van de Britse prins Harry, die een periode in het Filipijnse Cebu heeft gewoond, wordt beschuldigd van het bezit van beelden van seksueel kindermisbruik.
De Filipijnse onderminister van Justitie, Nicholas Ty, bevestigde vrijdag dat de beschuldigingen aan het adres van Markle worden onderzocht. "Onze taskforce tegen mensenhandel en online seksueel misbruik en uitbuiting van kinderen (OSAEC) in Cebu onderzoekt de zaak momenteel", verklaarde Ty.
De Filipijnse minister van Binnenlandse Zaken, Jonvic Remulla, liet weten dat Meghans halfbroer, die ook Thomas heet, de politie bewijsmateriaal heeft verstrekt. In een reactie aan de krant Daily Mail ontkende Markle de beschuldigingen en noemde hij deze "ziekelijke leugens".
Eerder op de dag liet de vrouw van prins Harry in een verklaring weten "zeer ontdaan" te zijn door de aantijgingen.
An electoral supercycle over the next year may redefine the continentâs future. But whatâs happening on the streets is shaping it, too
France sneezed, and Europe has again caught the cold. The wave of unrest which began with teenagers at a high school soon drew in hundreds of thousands of people nationwide and then spread across the continent. Protests have filled the streets in Lisbon and Madrid, and have ignited into violence in Milan, Brussels and Tirana as well as in French cities.
French authorities say they are deploying 70,000 officers on Saturday and are allowing only marches organised by unions. They blame hard-left militants as well as opportunistic young perpetrators for last weekendâs destruction and looting, when a minority hijacked largely peaceful protests. But with fuel prices set to rise further over the winter, the demands and participants broadening, and President Macron utterly failing to meet the moment, there is no sign of an end to the wider discontent and no speedy resolution in sight.
Continue reading...Campaigners call lack of progress âstaggeringâ, as Ofcom also admits little change in severity of harm to children encountering unsafe content
Landmark online safety measures have failed to limit the proportion of children suffering harms from social media, the UKâs online regulator has admitted, in an assessment branded âstaggeringâ by campaigners.
The proportion of children being fed unsafe content that often left them frightened, confused and upset, was almost unchanged, according to an Ofcom review of the first nine months of supposedly strict requirements on social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram.
Continue reading...Prosecution says Robinson âthreatened people and acted like a bullyâ towards Daily Mail journalists
Tommy Robinson is guilty of harassing two journalists because we do not live in a âvigilante worldâ, jurors have been told, as the prosecution sought to use the far-right activistâs words against him.
Robinson had posted a video in which he told Daily Mail journalists he would find them after they wrote about his alleged role influencing Englandâs 2024 riots. He told them he had obtained details of where they and their families lived and warned them to abide by âmenâs rulesâ.
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Comcast reportedly plans significant job cuts in its cable division as the firm continues to lose residential broadband and TV customers. Comcast lost 144,000 residential broadband customers in Q3 2026, up from a 91,000-customer loss in the same quarter a year ago, the company said in its earnings report today. Comcast historically capitalized on a lack of competition for high-speed wired broadband. But now it faces stronger competition from fixed wireless providers and from fiber providers in parts of its cable territory. "Fixed wireless remains aggressive and continues to take share, while fiber construction remains elevated, with pockets of irrational pricing and promotional activity," Comcast co-CEO Mike Cavanagh said today in an earnings call.
Comcast CFO Jason Armstrong said "irrational pricing" from fiber operators includes $30 to $40 monthly broadband offers "in specific markets in the third quarter." He said $30 to $40 pricing is irrational because deploying fiber costs $1,500 or more per home, and is "getting more expensive with construction costs up as you get into more suburban and rural areas." "As we look at the return profile of that, to us, that is irrational competition," Armstrong said. While he didn't name any specific competitors, Verizon has been pitching FiOS fiber plans that start at $30 a month. Comcast's network is a mix of fiber and cable, and it offers fiber-to-the-home in only small portions of its cable territory.
Armstrong said more Comcast customers are leaving when they face "pricing transitions," apparently referring to the price hikes customers get when promotional offers expire. "We've been refining our offers and retention strategies to better manage these transitions and strengthen customer retention," he said. Cavanagh said that "satellite is not yet a material factor" in the competition Comcast faces, but that Comcast is focused on "anticipating emerging forms of competition and positioning our business to respond as the market evolves."
Comcast CFO Jason Armstrong said "irrational pricing" from fiber operators includes $30 to $40 monthly broadband offers "in specific markets in the third quarter." He said $30 to $40 pricing is irrational because deploying fiber costs $1,500 or more per home, and is "getting more expensive with construction costs up as you get into more suburban and rural areas." "As we look at the return profile of that, to us, that is irrational competition," Armstrong said. While he didn't name any specific competitors, Verizon has been pitching FiOS fiber plans that start at $30 a month. Comcast's network is a mix of fiber and cable, and it offers fiber-to-the-home in only small portions of its cable territory.
Armstrong said more Comcast customers are leaving when they face "pricing transitions," apparently referring to the price hikes customers get when promotional offers expire. "We've been refining our offers and retention strategies to better manage these transitions and strengthen customer retention," he said. Cavanagh said that "satellite is not yet a material factor" in the competition Comcast faces, but that Comcast is focused on "anticipating emerging forms of competition and positioning our business to respond as the market evolves."
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