Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Mark Langdon and Archie Rhind-Tutt as Ecuador beat Germany to reach the last 32

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A treasure trove of field recordings are reshaped into pulsating floor-fillers and sparse baile funk by a range of producers

The Brazilian religious and musical tradition of candomblé is a rhythmic barrage. Originating in the 19th century among enslaved west Africans, candomblé manifested in music as a ritual practice of drumming circles, where polyrhythms were hammered out to induce possession by spirits. Athens-based archival label Flee presents a treasure trove of this ceremonial music from a community in Salvador in the late 1980s, alongside a series of ingenious remixes made by contemporary artists.

Side one of the album hosts the field recordings. Hazy, unbalanced and full of tape hiss, the 10 ritual compositions pull listeners into the frenetic environment in which they were recorded. It is as if we are sitting next to the tape recorder witnessing the overlapping, joyous voices glimpsed in the distance on Ossaim or the singular male voice that wails movingly before disappearing on Xangô. The experience can feel frustratingly fragmented, but if melody is fleeting, the drumming is not. Clattering, clave-style hits produce infectious movement on Ogum, while bells and a mid-tempo swing create the feel of undulating waves on Entrada dos Orixás.

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Austrian Grand Prix declares heat hazard as dramatic rise in temperatures forecast in central and northern Europe

Temperatures are forecast to rise dramatically in parts of central and northern Europe this weekend as the intense heatwave continues. In Germany and Poland, highs up to or exceeding 40C (104F) are expected on both Saturday and Sunday, days after swathes of France experienced similar extreme temperatures. The Austrian Grand Prix, taking place this weekend in Spielberg, has declared a heat hazard, the first race to do so this season. Temperatures are expected to rise into the low 30s celsius during the race, almost 10C warmer than usual for the venue.

Across Europe, the intense heat has led to severe thunderstorms. In the Sverdlovsk region of central Russia, a strong tornado was reported on the evening of 22 June. Rated a 3 out of 5 on the international Fujita scale, the twister injured 16 people and destroyed or damaged about 100 homes and businesses in the town of Kushva. Emergency services have been working on restoring power to the town. Tornadoes are not unheard of in Russia but are rare. Forecasters say they may become more common in future as the climate breaks down. Storm warnings remained in effect in the southern part of the country on Friday.

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Het Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg (ISO) maakt zich „zorgen over de gevolgen voor de veiligheid en gezondheid van studenten” omdat sommige hogescholen en universiteiten…

Al meer dan veertig jaar runnen Annemiek van der Leck (79) en Tijn Noordenbos (76) een kledingwinkel, galerie en koffiehuis in het centrum van Delft. Ze wonen boven hun winkelpand. Aan stoppen denken ze niet. „Dit leven is gewoon het leukste wat ik kan bedenken.”

Het is warm, Nederland moest ’s nachts nog tegen Tunesië en daar ging het misschien wel onweren. Onze tv-recensent wilde niet over het weer schrijven en ook niet over voetbal. Er bleef weinig over. Gelukkig levert Wieger Hemmer altijd.

​Mensen die moeite hebben om rond te komen, zouden er goed aan doen om meer geld verdienen. Dat advies geeft de VVD in reactie op nieuwe cijfers waaruit blijkt dat steeds meer huishoudens financieel onder druk staan.

Volgens de partij wordt er in Den Haag te vaak gekeken naar ingewikkelde oplossingen als toeslagen, lastenverlichting en inkomensbeleid, terwijl de oplossing voor de hand ligt. "Als je inkomsten lager zijn dan je uitgaven, moet je zorgen dat je inkomsten omhooggaan", aldus een VVD-woordvoerder. "Dat geldt voor gezinnen, maar bijvoorbeeld ook voor landen als Griekenland."

De VVD benadrukt dat iedereen kansen heeft om zijn financiële situatie te verbeteren, maar dat het begint met verantwoordelijkheid nemen. "Iedereen kan vandaag aan de baas vragen om meer salaris, een extra baan nemen, ondernemer worden, een rijke partner zoeken of spaargeld beleggen in een succesvolle start-up", licht de woordvoerder toe. Critici plaatsen kanttekeningen bij het advies, maar volgens de VVD bewijst juist de eigen achterban dat het verdienen van meer geld wel degelijk werkt. "Vrijwel niemand van onze achterban heeft moeite om rond te komen", aldus de woordvoerder. "Dat laat zien dat het echt mogelijk is."

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SEOUL (ANP/RTR/AFP) - De voormalige Zuid-Koreaanse first lady Kim Keon-hee is opnieuw veroordeeld tot een gevangenisstraf. Ze zou gunsten hebben verleend in ruil voor dure cadeaus en kreeg daar zeven jaar cel voor.

Kim (53) is de echtgenote van oud-president Yoon Suk-yeol, die eerder levenslang kreeg voor het leiden van een opstand. Hij had eind 2024 de militaire noodtoestand uitgeroepen. Daarop greep het parlement in en Yoon werd afgezet en opgepakt.

Ook zijn echtgenote kreeg te maken met strafvervolging. De rechtbank stelde dat Kim, die eerder al vier jaar cel kreeg in een andere corruptiezaak, "zonder aarzelen waardevolle zaken had aangenomen die de gemiddelde burger zelfs maar één keer in het leven nauwelijks zou kunnen verwerven".

Cadeaus

Zo had Kim volgens de autoriteiten voor 103 miljoen won (ruim 58.000 euro) aan juwelen geaccepteerd. Een zakenman die haar een ketting van Van Cleef & Arpels en Graff-oorbellen had gegeven, zou ze hebben toegezegd een baan voor zijn schoonzoon te regelen.

Van een politicus zou ze een gouden beeldje van een schildpad van bijna 3 miljoen won hebben gekregen. Een ondernemer die zich bezighield met robothonden gaf haar een Vacheron Constantin-horloge van 39 miljoen won.

Aanklagers verweten de voormalige presidentsvrouw "te handelen in banen en gunsten". Kim ontkende niet dat ze cadeaus kreeg, maar sprak wel tegen dat ze iets zou hebben misdaan. Er waren volgens haar geen voorwaarden verbonden aan de giften.

QUITO (ANP/RTR) - ‌De Ecuadoraanse president Daniel Noboa heeft een nationale feestdag aangekondigd nadat het voetbalelftal de volgende ronde heeft bereikt op het WK. Hij bedankte de spelers op X, na hun overwinning op Duitsland.

"Bedankt aan de spelers en de trainer die, ondanks de kritiek, de beledigingen en de slechte momenten die ze doormaakten, erin slaagden om zich te herpakken en deze immense vreugde te schenken aan het hele land", aldus Noboa.

Het is de tweede keer dat Ecuador de knock-outfase van een WK voetbal bereikt. Ecuador werd derde in de poule met Duitsland, Ivoorkust en Curaçao, maar is door het behaalde aantal punten al wel zeker van een plek bij de laatste 32. Het is nog niet bekend wie daarin de tegenstander zal zijn.

EPISODE 12 "What's everybody here for?" the Boss asks, peering worriedly at the long line of people extending out of the wedged-open door of Mission Control, continuing on down the corridor. "It's the amnesty," the PFY replies. "The amnesty?" "Oh, I forget!" the PFY says. "You've not been here that long. Every year or so we run an amnesty, where users can fess up to damaging, destroying, or losing our equipment, no questions asked." "No questions?" "Well, typically they'll explain what they did, because it's amnesty day – for one day only – and there's no retribution." "Retribution?!" "Yeah. Well, take this bloke. This is his six-month-old laptop. It's a laptop that we expressly told him – several times – not to carry around with the cables still plugged in. And what did he do?" "I... uh..." "He caught it in the lift door, damaging the power socket so that it only works if you put a book on the plug to hold it in a particular position." "Well, surely you can repla-" "The rest of the USB-C functionality – i.e. the ability to use a dock, plug in an external mouse, etc., no longer works from that port." "Can't he use another port?" "Remember how I said several times? Yeah... There are no ports left. So anyway, retribution would normally see him 'upgraded' to a 19-inch i3 series 3 laptop, retrofitted with lead-acid batteries, along with an OHP and some slides – for his presentations." "But not today," I say, entering the conversation and handing our user a new-ish replacement machine. "Today we'll take his laptop and replace it with a similar model from a location where it's not needed." "So... you're just replacing people's equipment?" the Boss asks, as our user wanders off happily. "Sometimes. Other times, people just want to admit to, say, plugging an HDMI cable directly into a meeting room display instead of using the wall socket provided – then tripping over the cable and munging up the only spare HDMI socket in the screen. Then sneaking out of the room and pretending it was like that when they came in. Isn't that what happened?" The next user in front of us looks rather sheepish. "But no matter!" I continue. "We'll move that screen to another location with a lower use requirement, and it'll be good as new!" Our next user departs, relieved. "How's all this being paid for?" "As he said," the PFY responds, nodding at me, "we often just move items to an area that has a lower use requirement – somewhere the damage is unlikely to be noticed, or to someone that everybody hates. The rest of the damaged items were – tragically – destroyed in that fire." "What fire?" "The big fire we had," I reply. "When was that?" the Boss gasps. "Tomorrow morning," I say. "Probably." "Yes," the PFY says. "The big fire in the storage room. Like the one about four years ago – after which the insurance company told us we couldn't store large quantities of isopropyl in the building." "Or the one about two years ago, when the insurance company told us that storing piles of small pieces of timber – kindling, they called it, though the PFY maintained that he'd bought it to make a three-dimensional model of a CPU – on top of a piece of powered-up equipment with a dodgy heatsink during stress testing." "No," the PFY says, "we're very cautious about that sort of stuff now. Anyway, changing the topic a little – I'm thinking about taking up a hobby." "Really?" I cry. "I collect matchboxes and matchbooks – I've got boxes of them. Would you like me to bring in my collection to show you, tomorrow maybe?" "I was more thinking about collecting antique firearms," the PFY admits. "And it turns out there's a local company who supplies bulk black powder – with next-day delivery!!" "Wait a minute," the Boss interrupts. "That's not how insurance works." "Sure it is. All the stuff's damaged. We're just... consolidating... our claim. Think of the admin fees that a single large claim will save the insurer. They should be thanking us." "No," the Boss insists. "So what do we tell this user?" I say, pointing to the next in line. "By the look of it she has a laptop that her children have been using... as... an ice cream container?" "I… uh..." she says. "I'll let you decide," the Boss says smugly. "But we're not spending money on your little side hustle – and we're not indulging in insurance fraud." ... The next day ... "There's something wrong with my laptop," the Boss says. "The keys are sticking." "Have you been using this as an ice cream container?" the PFY asks, looking at the keyboard carefully. "No." "It certainly looks like it." "Wait. That's not my laptop!" "Sure it is. It was on your desk, wasn't it?" "Yes, but it's not my laptop!" "Please. Next you'll be telling me that your wall monitor didn't always have a broken HDMI cable." "What?! Look, I want my old laptop back!" "Ah, you mean the one with the broken USB-C ports." "NO. I want MY old laptop." "But that IS your old laptop. I could check the serial number in the fixed asset register, but I'm pretty sure it'll match that machine." "I bet it won't." "Oh it does. I just checked it this morning, coincidentally. In fact, I checked all your asset numbers and all of them match. The iPad with the cracked screen, the multifunction printer that's had vinyl run through it..." "I don't have a multifunction printer." "The asset register says you do. A real monster, with four A3 trays. I'm surprised you didn't smell the burned plastic when you opened the door." "Was that what that smell…" "Then there's the secure shelf unit with the electronic lock that doesn't have a way of supplying power when the internal battery runs out. Apparently that's where you keep all those spare laptops with the broken hinges. That said, not many of our users have a portable diesel backup generator that you accidentally filled with petrol after taking it camping." "I've never BEEN camping," the Boss sighs. "OK, you win. We can have an amnesty day." "Yeah. We did. It was yesterday. One day only. TODAY, you just have a lot of broken crap." "So, nothing in my office works?" the Boss snaps. "There is a gas-powered fire starter in your top drawer," the PFY suggests. "Oh, and a 5 kg carton of black powder." "They're on top of that generator..." I add. ® BOFH: Previous episodes on The Register The Compleat BOFH Archives 95-99