De Tweede Kamer verwijst in de motie naar het Verenigd Koninkrijk, dat onlangs een visum van de rapper introk vanwege zijn antisemitische uitlatingen. Minister Bart van den Brink deed eerder een poging, maar vond binnen de wet niet de ruimte Ye te weigeren.

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The announcement comes after the military said it carried out a successful test launch of the missile on Tuesday morning.

• LIV in race against time to survive without PIF funding

• McIlroy: ‘I was hearing about this in March, April time’

Rory McIlroy has revealed he heard rumblings of impending trouble for LIV Golf weeks before the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund confirmed it would withdraw funding for the circuit. The Masters champion believes the PIF approach highlights the danger of sport becoming reliant on anything that can be affected by world affairs.

LIV is engaged in a race against time to survive with the PIF, which has bestowed more than $5bn on the tour, to exit at the end of 2026. News of that, which emerged in the immediate aftermath of McIlroy’s successful defence at Augusta National last month, shocked even those within LIV but not the Northern Irishman.

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Juliette Binoche joins 600 leading figures to warn against a ‘fascist takeover of the collective imagination’

More than 600 cinema figures have said the growing influence of the far right on French cinema production risks turning into a “fascist takeover of the collective imagination”.

In an open letter published in the newspaper Libération to coincide with the opening of the Cannes film festival, they said the billionaire Vincent Bolloré’s dominant position in French film production and distribution threatened the independence of the industry.

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• Two-time champion to help Draper in grass-court season

• British men’s No 2 splits with coach Jamie Delgado

Andy Murray will make his return to tennis as part of Jack Draper’s interim coaching team during the grass-court season when Draper begins his comeback from his recent knee injury.

Draper has parted ways with Jamie Delgado after working together for six months. The pair linked up at only four ATP tournaments this year because of Draper’s injuries over the past month. “I am very grateful for everything Jamie Delgado has done for me over these past six months, said Draper in a statement. “He is a world-class coach and a great man. In the interim, I will continue to be supported by the excellent team at the LTA, with the addition of Andy Murray, who will be supporting me throughout the grass-court season.”

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De politie heeft dinsdagmiddag zes activisten van Geef Tegengas opgepakt. Ze waren onderdeel van een groep van ongeveer dertig demonstranten die voor de vierde dag op rij een spoorlijn in de Rotterdamse haven blokkeerden. Daardoor konden er geen goederentreinen meer rijden.