NICOSIA (ANP) - De kapitein van de veerboot die zondag kapseisde en zonk voor de noordkust van Cyprus, is opgepakt. Dat meldt Cyprus Mail op gezag van de premier van de zelfbenoemde republiek Noord-Cyprus, Ünal Üstel. Ook acht bemanningsleden zijn gearresteerd. Van acht schipbreukelingen is nu bekend dat ze zijn overleden, zeventien anderen worden nog gezocht. De rest van de in totaal 267 opvarenden kon worden gered.

De catamaran, een hogesnelheidsveer tussen het Cypriotische Kyrenia en het Turkse Taşucu, sloeg zondag op weg naar die laatste plaats om, waarna het veer zonk. Onduidelijk is nog hoe het vaartuig kon kapseizen.

Hulpdiensten schaalden groot op om de opvarenden in veiligheid te brengen. Onder meer helikopters, drones en boten van de kustwacht en het Turkse leger werden ingezet. Op een later punt moet een schip dat de diepte kan scannen zich bij de diensten voegen. De catamaran bevindt zich momenteel op circa 500 meter diepte.

WASHINGTON (ANP/AFP) - Google Maps heeft het Ontariomeer (Lake Ontario) voor Amerikaanse gebruikers omgedoopt tot Amerikameer (Lake America). "Het is officieel. Het is Amerikameer op Google Maps", schreef communicatiedirecteur Steven Cheung van het Witte Huis op X.

De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump vaardigde donderdag een decreet uit om de naam van het meer op de grens tussen beide landen met onmiddellijke ingang te veranderen van Ontariomeer in Amerikameer. Trumps decreet, dat geen internationale erkenning met zich meebrengt, wordt betwist door de Canadese autoriteiten. "Dit is compleet absurd", zei bijvoorbeeld premier Doug Ford van de provincie Ontario tegen de zender ABC News. "Niemand gaat het Amerikameer noemen."

In een onlineverklaring legt Google uit dat de naam voor Amerikaanse gebruikers is veranderd om officiële Amerikaanse regeringsbronnen te volgen, in dit geval het Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). In Canada blijven gebruikers Ontariomeer zien, de rest van de wereld krijgt de twee namen te zien.

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The bodies continue to wash up. But the morgues have already run out of room.

Since the deadly floods coursed through the Himalayan valleys of Nepal and Tibet, the numbers of people killed have continued to rise. The bodies have surfaced in their hundreds and continue to be pulled from the thick, tar-like mud that engulfed everything after the flood waters had receded. By Sunday, the death toll stood at 797 in Nepal and Tibet.

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The far right is close to winning a state election for the first time since the second world war. A different economic approach is needed to combat it

The early autumn has become a time of foreboding and angst in German politics. In the eastern states that have become strongholds for the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, it has regularly made headline-grabbing advances in September elections. Only the refusal of mainstream politicians to form coalitions with one of Europe’s most extreme movements has kept it out of power.

This year, the lights are flashing red. Next weekend, when voters in Saxony-Anhalt cast their ballots, the signs are that the traditional firewall may not be enough. In polling, the AfD is currently scoring above 40% in the state, which could win it enough seats to govern on its own. Compared with the last election in 2021, its support has doubled; backing for the closest challenger, the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has tumbled by almost 15%.

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Outsourcing the industry to China cannot continue, but Europe knows it can no longer count on the US for a solution

The alarm sounded 16 years ago. In 2010, China blocked exports of key rare earths to Japan in a row over disputed islands in the East China Sea. The critical minerals are essential to everything from advanced weaponry and iPhones to electric vehicle batteries and wind turbines, so the rest of the world took note. But it didn’t take much action. China still accounts for about 70% of rare-earth mining globally and 90% of separation and processing.

Then, last year, Beijing forced Donald Trump to back away from his trade war – not with its retaliatory tariffs, but the curbing of rare-earth exports. A scramble for new supplies began in earnest. The year-long trade truce is due to expire in November. The price of erbium, an element essential to communications infrastructure, has already jumped because of fears that export controls will soon be renewed.

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Senior Tory says Khan has ‘lost passion for the job’ and Burnham is ‘very anti-London’ in interview with LBC

James Cleverly has vowed to run a “classically Conservative” campaign to become the mayor of London, insisting his victory in the capital would be a stepping stone for Kemi Badenoch to become prime minister.

The senior Tory denied he had resigned from the shadow cabinet to run for mayor after a shift to the right under Badenoch’s leadership. However, in a series of interviews on Sunday he avoided speaking about culture wars issues, which have been a focus for the Conservative leader.

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Krejcikova gets in a muddle after squandering a 40-0 lead on serve. Deuce. She fights back though. Wins the game with a lovely serve down the T. All square at 2-2.

Paolini delivers a dominant effort on serve to change ends at 3-2 up.

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Heron Nests in the Winter along the shores of the Salton Sea in Southern California. January, 2014.

In Barendrecht zijn verzakkingen ontdekt op het goederenspoor, nadat een locomotief beschadigd raakte. Volgens ProRail is er geen sprake van gevaar, maar daar zijn politici niet gerust op. "Er rijden ook treinen met gevaarlijke stoffen", klinkt het.