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De politie heeft woensdag een verdachte aangehouden voor de mishandeling van een buschauffeur van de RET vrijdagmiddag in Rotterdam-Overschie. Het gaat om een 32-jarige man uit Rotterdam.
Langs de Groeneweg in Ouddorp is woensdagmiddag een auto in het water beland. Hierbij raakte de bestuurder, een man, gewond. Nadat hij uit de auto wist te komen, is hij met de ambulance naar het ziekenhuis gebracht.
Carlijn van Beek deed promotieonderzoek naar de moleculaire motortjes waar haar begeleider Ben Feringa de Nobelprijs voor kreeg. Het is een complexe nanopuzzel. Hoe doe je onderzoek naar iets wat je niet kunt zien?
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PM says King’s state visit to US should still go ahead as it will support relationship beyond Trump’s term in office
PMQs is starting soon.
Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.
I’ll be honest, when people would pop up on social media laying those sorts of charges, they tended to be the sort of people who appear in your timeline trolling. And I just didn’t think it could be credible that [Mandelson] would have had that kind of relationship.
So, the FT did a report, but I don’t remember seeing it in other newspapers. Mandelson still had a podcast. He was appearing regularly on really big news programmes. And so, to be honest, the only time I remember seeing stuff, Mandleson/Epstein, you just think, ‘I haven’t seen that from a credible news source, he hasn’t been questioned, I think that must be overblown’.
I think it stems from the same root cause, which is those women [Epstein’s victims], those girls, not being taken seriously enough, their experiences not mattering enough and being prioritised. And that is exactly the sort of sexism and misogyny at the root of the issue, I’m afraid. And I think all of us have to take responsibility for that.
Continue reading...For some, the impact is already being felt but others remain in limbo over their energy security and are hostage to an unlikely de-escalation
It remains a confusing situation, but the strait of Hormuz now appears to have been closed twice. Once by Iran, and then by the US, which this week announced a blockade of its own on the reduced number of ships using Iranian ports. Higher fuel and energy costs for ordinary people across the world are the headlines, but as the war on Iran enters its sixth week, shipping restrictions and strikes on energy facilities in Gulf countries are affecting some of the poorest and most vulnerable economies in the world in more profound ways.
I spoke to Dr. Zainab Usman, senior research scholar at the Centre on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, about how the war and its blockades are affecting some African countries.
Continue reading...Republicans had hoped that Trump’s 2025 tax cuts would be at the forefront of voters’ minds, but many have reportedly not noticed a difference
Donald Trump is in Washington today. While the president will spend most of the day in policy meetings that are closed to the press, first lady Melania Trump will make a rare trip to Capitol Hill to take part in a House Ways and Means committee roundtable on improving foster care and education.
While we’re not expecting to hear from Trump today, Karoline Leavitt will hold a White House press briefing for at 1pm ET, where she’ll be be joined by treasury secretary Scott Bessent. We’ll bring you the latest lines as that gets underway.
Continue reading...Bridget Jones statue becomes permanent resident of Leicester Square: ‘She makes Londoners feel seen’
Extension of three-year lifespan for bronze coincides with 25th anniversary rerelease of original romcom
A record 149 days have now passed without alcohol, cigarettes or ice-cream for Bridget Jones’s statue in Leicester Square in London – and her fast is set to be extended indefinitely.
Originally conceived to be in situ for three years, the bronze statue, which was unveiled in November, has now been granted permanent residence opposite the Empire Casino and adjacent to the toilets, where she joins the likes of Harry Potter, Mary Poppins and Batman as part of Westminster council’s Scenes in the Square initiative.
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