Victor Vlam draagt de last van de godganse mediawereld op zijn schouders en zal daarom tot het einde der tijden dapper dooropiniëren en –analyseren, ziet onze recensent. Zij eindigt deze week met het goede nieuws dat de bosuil uit Vlodrop er nét op tijd in is geslaagd een vrouwtje in zijn nest te krijgen.

Dat Joel Broekaert zich niet volledig verliest in het mezcal-aanbod van Taquería Clamato is te danken aan het goeie eten op de kaart. Wel is er een overkill aan mayo.

Reform UK leader told a ‘Save Chagos Boat Party’ yesterday he would be raising the issue in his meeting with the president

• Middle East crisis – live updates

Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch this morning reinforced that she would support Royal Air Force jets striking Iranian missile launch sites.

Speaking on BBC Breakfast, she said:

That is the right thing to do. Otherwise, we are allowing our service personnel to be put in danger. We have to think about them.

If this was a nuclear attack, God forbid, it would be too late.

You can’t always wait for people to attack you. Sometimes you have to make sure that you get there first to stop their ability to hurt your citizens.

We are in this war whether we like it or not because we have put bases in other people’s countries and we need to protect them.

And what I’m worried about is that our government looks afraid to do anything and just wants to sort of make it go away, and we need to be stronger than that.

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peaceful-jp-scenery posted a photo:

Aizu Painted Candle Festival
会津絵ろうそくまつり

This is a picture of Aizu Wakamatsu Castle and countless candle lights of the Aizu Candle Festival. It also features drawings of okiagari koboshi (a type of dwarf doll)
and akabeko (horse).

会津絵ろうそくまつりから、会津若松城と無数のろうそくの灯りです。起き上がり小法師や赤べこなどが描かれていました。

Aizu-wakamatsu city, Fukushima pref, Japan

peaceful-jp-scenery posted a photo:

Aizu Painted Candle Festival
会津絵ろうそくまつり

At the Aizu E-Rosoku Festival, there were also lights illuminating the pathways like this.

会津絵ろうそくまつりでは、このように通路を照らす灯りもありました。

Aizu-wakamatsu city, Fukushima pref, Japan

Peter Kernwein posted a photo:

Peter Kernwein posted a photo:

Peter Kernwein posted a photo:

Peter Kernwein posted a photo:

peaceful-jp-scenery has added a photo to the pool:

Aizu Painted Candle Festival
会津絵ろうそくまつり

At the Aizu E-Rosoku Festival, there were also lights illuminating the pathways like this.

会津絵ろうそくまつりでは、このように通路を照らす灯りもありました。

Aizu-wakamatsu city, Fukushima pref, Japan