8613・白鳥城-Hakucho Castle

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Verdachte mishandeling agent bij asielprotest Den Haag nog vast

DEN HAAG (ANP) - Van de acht personen die zaterdag zijn aangehouden tijdens een demonstratie in Den Haag, zit nog een verdachte vast. Er werd gedemonstreerd tegen de komst van asielzoekers in het voormalige Haga Ziekenhuis aan de Sportlaan. De persoon die nog vastzit, wordt verdacht van het mishandelen van een politieagent. De agent werd met een voorwerp op het achterhoofd geslagen.

De overige zeven verdachten zijn na verhoor naar huis gestuurd, zegt een politiewoordvoerder. Zij worden verdacht van verschillende strafbare feiten, waaronder het verstoren van de openbare orde en belediging.

Het onaangekondigde protest verliep onrustig. De mobiele eenheid trad meerdere keren op tegen demonstranten. Onder hen waren veel jonge mannen met donkere kleding en petjes. De politie voerde charges uit en sloeg met de wapenstok.


Donald Trump eist vertrek van Netflix-bestuurslid

WASHINGTON (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - Donald Trump eist dat Netflix bestuurslid Susan Rice "onmiddellijk" ontslaat of anders "de gevolgen ondervindt". Op Truth Social maakte de Amerikaanse president haar uit voor een "politieke pion", die "geen talent of vaardigheden" heeft.

Trump haalde uit naar Rice na opmerkingen in de podcast Stay Tuned with Preet. In het interview had Rice, die de nationale veiligheidsadviseur en VN-ambassadeur was onder voormalig president Barack Obama en ook diende in het Witte Huis onder president Joe Biden, het over de tussentijdse verkiezingen in de VS. Als de Democraten die zouden winnen, worden bedrijven die onder de Trump-regering regels hebben omzeild volgens haar ter verantwoording geroepen.

"HAAR MACHT IS VERDWENEN EN KOMT NOOIT TERUG", schreef Trump daarna op Truth Social. Ook verwees hij naar een X-bericht van de radicaalrechtse activist Laura Loomer, die Trump oproept de fusie tussen Netflix en Warner Bros. Discovery te stoppen. Eerder deze maand zei Trump nog dat hij zich niet zou bemoeien met de overname.


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How Italians fell in love with their Winter Olympics after gaffes turned into gold

After a slow start, when the hosts began to pick up medals in the second week the public’s imagination was captured

With the atmosphere in Rome subdued as the Winter Olympics unfolded across northern Italy, travelling to the Games was not on Amity Neumeister’s radar.

That was until the event entered its second week and, inspired by images of the Dolomites on TV, Italy racking up the medals and friends in Milan describing an energetic vibe, Neumeister, originally from the US, decided she wanted to join the action. “It was a late-night, last-minute crazy decision, completely unplanned,” she said. “I hadn’t even considered going before, but it felt like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the Games and celebrate people coming together from around the world.”

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Winter Olympics briefing: king Klæbo’s greatness on show with sixth gold

Norwegian cross-country skier achieved unprecedented feat with victory in the 50km mass start

“I’m starting to believe maybe he is a machine.” Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget was not alone in his assumption on the final weekend of an Olympics that has belonged to Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. Nyenget had as good a view as anyone of his fellow Norwegian’s sixth gold medal of the Games in the 50km mass start.

It was not until the final uphill slope that Klæbo landed the killer blow. Nyenget had stayed with him until then and admirably fended off a couple of attacks on the final lap of the 7.2km course. It was inevitable, though, that when push came to shove, Klæbo would find another gear. “It’s close to impossible to beat him in the finish,” said Nyenget, who could only laugh as crossed the line for silver and Emil Iversen completed a Norway one-two-three.

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Peter Bradshaw’s Baftas 2026 predictions – who’ll get the gongs, who’ll be the goners?

Will Paul Thomas Anderson’s ICE age conspiracy thriller sweep the board, or will Sinners and Hamnet share some glory? Our critic places his bets
Full list of Bafta 2026 nominations

Will win One Battle After Another
Should win Hamnet
Shoulda been a contender The Secret Agent

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The Great Olympic lie: untold story of Winter Games’ huge environmental impact

Rivers drained dry to create artificial snow, a forest cut down for the bobsleigh track – IOC’s claims to prioritise sustainability at Milano Cortina exposed

On the foothills of the mountains, by the banks of the river in Cortina, there was a forest. It was full of tall larch trees. Arborists said the oldest of them had been there for 150 years and dendrologists that it was unique because it was unusual to find a monocultural forest growing at such a low altitude in the southern Alps.

The locals knew mostly it was the place where the old wooden bobsleigh run was, where you went on your walks in summer or autumn, or when you wanted to play tennis on the small courts built near the bottom. They called it the Bosco di Ronco and it isn’t there any more.

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The strategy of Russia’s liberal elite is clear: make your peace with Putin. It’s how they survive | Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan

As the fourth anniversary looms of Russia’s war on Ukraine, those close to the Kremlin prosper while others merely strive to escape the worst repression

Four years into the full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia’s elite has shown no sign of resisting the very difficult spot that Vladimir Putin placed them in by acting without their consultation. Instead, it has largely adapted, reshaping itself in ways that ensure its survival in what increasingly looks like a state of permanent conflict.

In the atmosphere of repression, Russian top-level officials and public intellectuals, who are tasked with ruling the country and shaping what society thinks and discusses, remain reluctant to express directly what they really think. The narratives they offer through culture are therefore some of the clearest expressions of how they see their role in a wartime country.

Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan are Russian journalists in exile in London and authors of Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation

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