DEN HAAG (ANP) - De Russische hackersgroep Clop claimt Shell en Philips te hebben gehackt. Onduidelijk is echter wat de impact is. Na berichtgeving van BNR laat zowel Shell als Philips weten dat zich iets heeft voorgedaan.

Shell zegt "op de hoogte te zijn van een mogelijk incident". Volgens een woordvoerster vindt er op dit moment nog onderzoek plaats "met securityteams en relevante experts".

Philips spreekt van "een poging tot een cyberaanval op een specifieke bedrijfsserver met interne gegevens". Dit incident is volgens het zorgtechnologiebedrijf inmiddels onder controle gebracht. "Dit heeft geen impact op klantomgevingen", voegt een woordvoerder toe.

GRONINGEN (ANP) - Jacques Wallage, voormalig politicus van de Partij van de Arbeid, is op 79-jarige leeftijd overleden. Dat meldt de gemeente Groningen, waar hij woonde en waar hij van 1998 tot 2009 burgemeester was.

De huidige Groningse burgemeester Roelien Kamminga zegt in een verklaring: "We zijn diep geraakt door het overlijden van Jacques Wallage. Hij heeft veel betekend voor Groningen. Wij wensen de familie en iedereen die hem dierbaar was veel sterkte in deze moeilijke tijd."

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Aston Villa supporters could have been forgiven for approaching the new season with feelings of great anxiety, nagging angst and face-twitching trepidation. Youri Tielemans has gone: such an elegant player with an eye [and nose? – Football Daily Ed] for the spectacular. Morgan Rogers has also departed: so energetic and skilful, always carrying that goal threat. And goodbye to Lucas Digne. But Villa fans who have been keeping their eye trained behind the curtain may not have been quite so concerned. Earlier this month, their 17-year-old striker Brian Madjo – 6ft4in, body of iron ore – was cleared by the court of arbitration for sport to play competitive fixtures for the club. Born in London but already capped for Luxembourg, Villa and Fifa were in diagreed over whether Madjo, signed from Metz in January for £10m, qualified as a home purchase or an international transfer. If it was the latter, as a minor, he wouldn’t have been eligible until turning 18 next January. While waiting for the verdict, Madjo banged in four goals in pre-season friendlies, against Walsall, Real Sociedad and Indonesia All Stars, and upon finally being cleared for the big boys, could have scored as many again in 45 minutes against the best team in the world, Paris Saint-Germain.

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Readers recall the breathtaking sight and community spirit of the rare celestial treat – and the handmade contraptions they saw it through

On Wednesday evening, millions of people in Europe watched a rare solar eclipse. We asked some of them to share their photographs and experiences of this celestial treat.

Here are some of their responses.

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Man dies in Bas-Uele after travelling from Haut-Uele, as head of WHO says outbreak on track to be deadliest ever

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to a sixth province, officials have said, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said the outbreak was on track to surpass the deadliest in history, which erupted more than a decade ago and killed more than 11,000 people.

Jean Kaseya, the director general of Africa CDC, said a death had been recorded in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province. Kaseya said the man had travelled from Isiro, in Haut-Uele province, to Buta, the capital of Bas-Uele, where he died.

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One of the most famous teams in the world is about to change hands for the second time in less than a year for more than $12bn. Will anyone push back?

One of the most brutal lessons we must learn as fans is that the team we shed blood, sweat and tears for is seen by those who own it as just one of many assets. That gap has never felt as wide as it does this week. On Wednesday, ESPN reported that the Los Angeles Lakers are set to change hands, for the second time in 10 months, for $12.5bn, a sum that would be a record for any North American sports team. (The deal must be approved by the NBA’s board of governors before it can go through.) The buyers aren’t diehards who saved up every penny like the good Dr Jerry Buss in the 1970s. Those days are gone. If and when the deal is approved, the new owners will be venture capitalist Josh Kushner and his business partner, Bob Iger. Kushner is the younger brother of Jared Kushner, the titleless Wormtongue to Donald Trump’s Saruman. Iger used to run Disney. These men have connections across the political world and influence in every corner of the American empire. A franchise woven into a city’s identity should never become an asset vastly wealthy people move around like a chip around a poker table. But that is exactly what the Lakers are about to become. The way the deal came together should terrify anyone who still thinks sports belong to the fans.

Mark Walter took control of the team from the Buss family last October at a valuation of roughly $10bn. Now he is set to cash out around $2bn richer. That’s not how this is supposed to work. The old guard, like Buss, used to guard their NBA teams like heirlooms and pass them down. Walter is set to flip the team after less than a year.

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De tanker had zo’n 800.000 vaten internationaal gesanctioneerde Russische olie aan boord toen op 6 juni een „incident” buiten Omaanse territoriale wateren plaatsvond. De olie verspreidt zich in een gebied met kwetsbare ecosystemen.

The Kremlin has pushed to reduce university enrollment in favor of vocational training to address industrial labor shortages.