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Tomas Magnusson scores in 88th minute to seal win
Jambos now have a six-point lead at the top of the table
Tomas Magnusson scored a late winner as the Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts defeated Hibernian 1-0 in a tense Edinburgh derby to tighten their grip on top spot.
Magnusson, on as a substitute, popped up with the game’s decisive moment in the 88th minute to spark jubilant scenes inside Tynecastle.
Continue reading...Boy, 13, held on suspicion of attempted murder after pupils aged 12 and 13 stabbed at Kingsbury high school
A police counter-terrorism unit was on Tuesday night leading the inquiry into the stabbing of two boys aged 13 and 12 at a school in north-west London.
Police were called to Kingsbury high school in Brent on Tuesday afternoon after reports that a 13-year-old boy had been stabbed. When they arrived at the scene, officers found a 12-year-old boy who had also been stabbed.
Continue reading...BRUSSEL (ANP) - Europese koepelorganisaties voor de luchtvaart waarschuwen dat een nieuw Europees registratiesysteem op luchthavens leidt tot aanzienlijke vertragingen voor passagiers van buiten de Europese Unie. Als er niet onmiddellijk maatregelen worden genomen, dreigen in de drukke zomermaanden ernstige verstoringen, waarbij wachttijden kunnen oplopen tot vier uur of meer. Dat stellen onder meer de internationale brancheorganisatie voor de luchtvaart IATA en koepelorganisatie van luchthavens ACI Europe.
Het zogeheten Entry/Exit System (EES) werd vorig jaar in 29 landen ingevoerd om het grenstoezicht te verbeteren. Het verving het handmatig stempelen van paspoorten. De EU had geen zicht op hoeveel mensen precies voor een korte periode in het Schengengebied zijn en op tijd weggaan. Het nieuwe systeem zou dit moeten oplossen.
De luchtvaartorganisaties signaleren hierdoor echter nu al buitensporige wachttijden tot wel twee uur bij de grenscontroles op luchthavens. Volgens de luchtvaart verergeren de problemen door onder meer een "chronisch personeelstekort" bij de grenscontrole en "onopgeloste technologische problemen, met name bij grensautomatisering".
Complete kloof
"Er gaapt een complete kloof tussen de perceptie van de EU-instellingen dat het EES goed functioneert en de werkelijkheid, waarin niet-EU-reizigers te maken krijgen met enorme vertragingen en overlast. Hier moet onmiddellijk een einde aan komen", zegt directeur van ACI Europe Olivier Jankovec. "We moeten realistisch zijn over wat er gebeurt in de drukke zomermaanden, wanneer het verkeer op Europese luchthavens verdubbelt. De invoering van het EES moet flexibel zijn en kunnen inspelen op de operationele realiteit", vervolgt hij.
De luchtvaartorganisaties hebben Eurocommissaris Magnus Brunner in een brief gevraagd om met oplossingen voor de kwestie te komen. Schiphol gaf in oktober vorig jaar aan dat tweehonderd nieuwe medewerkers werden ingezet om te voorkomen dat de invoering van het registratiesysteem zou zorgen voor chaotische taferelen en lange wachtrijen.
Volgens de Staatscommissie tegen Discriminatie en Racisme normaliseren politici discriminerende taal in het publieke debat. „Maak discriminatie niet gangbaar”, aldus Joyce Sylvester, voorzitter van de Staatscommissie.
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An anonymous reader shares a report: In 1966, a beach-ball-size robot bounced across the moon. Once it rolled to a stop, its four petal-like covers opened, exposing a camera that sent back the first picture taken on the surface of another world. This was Luna 9, the Soviet lander that was the earliest spacecraft to safely touchdown on the moon. While it paved the way toward interplanetary exploration, Luna 9's precise whereabouts have remained a mystery ever since.
That may soon change. Two research teams think they might have tracked down the long-lost remains of Luna 9. But there's a catch: The teams do not agree on the location. "One of them is wrong," said Anatoly Zak, a space journalist and author who runs RussianSpaceWeb.com and reported on the story last week. The dueling finds highlight a strange fact of the early moon race: The precise resting places of a number of spacecraft that crashed or landed on the moon in the run up to NASA's Apollo missions are lost to obscurity. A newer generation of spacecraft may at last resolve these mysteries.
Luna 9 launched to the moon on Jan. 31, 1966. While a number of spacecraft had crashed into the lunar surface at that stage of the moon race, it was among the earliest to try what rocket engineers call a soft landing. Its core unit, a spherical suite of scientific instruments, was about two feet across. That size makes it difficult to spot from orbit. "Luna 9 is a very, very small vehicle," said Mark Robinson, a geologist at the company Intuitive Machines, which has twice landed spacecraft on the moon.
That may soon change. Two research teams think they might have tracked down the long-lost remains of Luna 9. But there's a catch: The teams do not agree on the location. "One of them is wrong," said Anatoly Zak, a space journalist and author who runs RussianSpaceWeb.com and reported on the story last week. The dueling finds highlight a strange fact of the early moon race: The precise resting places of a number of spacecraft that crashed or landed on the moon in the run up to NASA's Apollo missions are lost to obscurity. A newer generation of spacecraft may at last resolve these mysteries.
Luna 9 launched to the moon on Jan. 31, 1966. While a number of spacecraft had crashed into the lunar surface at that stage of the moon race, it was among the earliest to try what rocket engineers call a soft landing. Its core unit, a spherical suite of scientific instruments, was about two feet across. That size makes it difficult to spot from orbit. "Luna 9 is a very, very small vehicle," said Mark Robinson, a geologist at the company Intuitive Machines, which has twice landed spacecraft on the moon.
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