Wolven die problemen veroorzaken kunnen vanaf uiterlijk eind volgende week makkelijker worden afgeschoten, zo heeft het kabinet besloten. Voor boeren wordt het eenvoudiger een wolf te mogen verjagen. Dierenrechtenorganisaties verwerpen de maatregel.

Al langer probeert de regering van Benjamin Netanyahu de onafhankelijkheid van het Hooggerechtshof te ondermijnen. Zondag ging ze een stapje verder: een uitspraak van de hoogste rechter wordt openlijk genegeerd. Vijf vragen over de Israëlische rechtsstaat.

Max Verstappen’s departure from the British GP after a spectacular spin into the Stowe corner gravel trap left the Dutch driver fuming.

• Trump says he asked Fifa to review red card

• US president insists he did not pressure Fifa

• Trump: Harry Kane a great player and golfer

Donald Trump said on Monday that he personally asked Fifa president Gianni Infantino to review the red card shown to USA striker Folarin Balogun, saying he believed the dismissal was unfair but insisting he did not pressure football’s governing body to overturn the suspension.

“All I did was ask for a review because I didn’t think it was a foul,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I didn’t tell him what to do. I can’t tell him what to do.”

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James Webb Space Telescope posted a photo:

This near-infrared view of Centaurus A from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope exposes a warped disk of gas and dust left behind by a collision with another galaxy billions of years ago.

What may first appear as a grainy glow is actually a dense field of millions of individually resolved stars. By distinguishing different generations of stars embedded throughout the dusty center, Webb gives astronomers new clues to the galaxy’s history and the processes that continue to shape it.

Read more: science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-uncovers-unusual...

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Macarena Garcia Marin (ESA Office at STScI)

Image Description: A diagonal image of the galaxy Centaurus A stretches from the upper left to the lower right against a deep black background filled with countless tiny orange, blue, and white points of light. The galaxy is brightest at its center with a white glowing core. A broad band of golden-orange dust cuts across the middle of the galaxy, forming a distinctive parallelogram shape. Rather than appearing smooth, the galaxy has a finely speckled texture created by millions of individually resolved stars, which fill the central regions and extend into the surrounding glow. Against the surrounding darkness, several bright foreground stars display Webb’s distinctive diffraction spikes.

James Webb Space Telescope posted a photo:

This combined view of Centaurus A from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope pairs observations from the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). Webb’s infrared vision exposes a warped disk of gas and dust left behind by a collision with another galaxy billions of years ago.

What may first appear as a grainy glow is actually a dense field of millions of individually resolved stars. By distinguishing different generations of stars embedded throughout the dusty center, Webb gives astronomers new clues to the galaxy’s history and the processes that continue to shape it.

Read more: science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-uncovers-unusual...

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Macarena Garcia Marin (ESA Office at STScI)

Image Description: A diagonal image of the galaxy Centaurus A stretches from the upper left to the lower right against a deep black background filled with countless tiny orange, blue, and white points of light. The galaxy is brightest at its center with a white glowing core. A broad band of golden-orange dust cuts across the middle of the galaxy, forming a distinctive parallelogram shape. The dust in this feature is richly textured, with mottled patches, bright knots, and intricate filaments throughout. Just above the center, delicate peach-colored ribbons trace an S-shaped structure. Rather than appearing smooth, the galaxy has a finely speckled texture created by millions of individually resolved stars, which fill the central regions and extend into the surrounding glow. The galaxy’s outer edges are reddish-orange and dissolve into diffuse, cloud-like plumes with feathery textures that stretch beyond the dust lane. Against the surrounding darkness, several bright foreground stars display Webb’s distinctive diffraction spikes.

I love this short little video montage of actresses during Charlie Rose interviews. No dialogue, just quiet reactions. Musical accompaniment by Laurie Anderson (O Superman).

ANKARA (ANP) - NAVO-topman Mark Rutte heeft aan de vooravond van de top in Ankara aandacht gevraagd voor de rechten van journalisten en demonstranten. Hij bleef weg van een veroordeling van gastheer Turkije, die de afgelopen dagen onwelgevallige geluiden hardhandig smoorde, maar onderstreepte dat een democratie ruimte moet bieden voor protest en pers.

In de aanloop naar de top pakten de Turkse veiligheidsdiensten dissidenten, activisten en een kritische komiek op. Journalisten van kritische media werd aanvankelijk de toegang tot de NAVO-top ontzegd. Nadat onder meer Nederland Turkije daarop binnenskamers had aangesproken en de NAVO zich ermee bemoeide, werd alsnog een aantal van hen toegelaten.

"Democratie is ook de vrije pers, dat jullie alle vragen kunnen stellen en de stukken kunnen schrijven die jullie willen en jullie onderzoek kunnen doen", zei Rutte bij zijn voorbeschouwing op de top. "En natuurlijk is democratie ook dat mensen demonstraties kunnen organiseren als ze daarvoor kiezen."

Delen van de A20 en de A27 zijn ook deze week afgesloten in verband met werkzaamheden. Verder wordt er deze week vier nachten gewerkt aan de Drechttunnel (A16) bij Dordrecht.