VIDEO. Graffiticrew dwingt Amsterdamse metro tot stoppen, gaat met 20 man helemaal loco

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Ja okee het mag niet enzo maar dit is een potje gruwelijk hey. Even de metro tot stoppen dwingen door een fiets op het spoor te kegelen en dan met je 'graffiticrew' (Locos Worldwide) in een paar minuten tijd die hele metro van een nieuwe laag verf voorzien. AMSTERDAM NIGHTMARE. Het gebeurde allemaal bij station Henk Sneevlietweg en de bestuurder (piloot?) van de metro is 'heel erg geschrokken'. FOEI, maar we hebben mooi wel vette beelden.


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‘In our veins’: Arsenal pushed by pain of Champions League final defeat, says Raya

  • ‘On us to make it better this year,’ goalkeeper admits

  • He credits self-belief as key to making decisive saves

David Raya has said Arsenal are using the pain of losing on penalties against Paris Saint-Germain in last year’s Champions League final to “make it better this year”.

The Spain goalkeeper produced an outstanding save to help Arsenal hold off Slavia Prague on Wednesday as Mikel Arteta’s side moved up to third in the league standings with 10 points from four matches.

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Rare Renaissance masterpiece hidden for 70 years could fetch £5m at auction

Exclusive: Experts say Albrecht Altdorfer’s 1520 landscape is ‘one of the most exciting discoveries imaginable’

An exceptionally rare painting, described as one of the earliest landscapes in western art, goes on auction in London next month.

It was completed around 1520 by Albrecht Altdorfer, who is widely regarded as Europe’s first pure landscape oil artist.

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‘By the time the abuse ended, I was 16, and a husk’: how Johnny Daukes survived his childhood – and fought back

Daukes was an outgoing 10-year-old when he met boys’ club leader John Phillips. As an adult, he lived through years of chaos and self-sabotage, while repressing his experiences. Then he found out his brother had been abused by Phillips too

In early 2020, Johnny Daukes found an old storage box in his loft with a big black folder inside marked Toxic Hazard. It was stuffed with old sheets of paper: every song he’d written, starting as a teenager, just a boy with a guitar, then for Fin, his 90s indie band, and then his five solo albums.

By that time in his life, Daukes was 55 and deep in turmoil. He and his younger brother were working with the Metropolitan police to build a criminal case against the man who had sexually abused them both as children. Every case of historical abuse can disrupt a family, but this one was truly labyrinthine. Their abuser, John Phillips, had gone on to marry their sister and have 10 children. Every relationship was affected – cousins, siblings, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, godchildren and every variety of in-law.

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Sports owners bet big on Republicans. What does their defeat mean for US sports?

A Democratic sweep has changed Washington’s balance of power. But from gambling legislation to stadium subsidies, both parties have helped build the system that enriches American sports’ billionaire owners

Before a single vote was cast this election cycle, the technocrats and oligarchs who own American sports had already voted. Pro sports owners put more than $100m into this cycle, according to Front Office Sports. But Tuesday night was a referendum not just on Donald Trump and Maga policies, but on the puppeteers who pull America’s strings. The people voted, and the owners lost.

Before anyone frames this as a rescue, a word about the rescuers. Democrats are the instrument for ending Maga, and they are also the other face of the same coin. Think Republicans are behind all of our ills? Think again. New Jersey’s governor, Phil Murphy, placed his state’s first legal sports bet in 2018. Illinois governor JB Pritzker signed sports betting into law a year later. New York’s mobile sportsbooks went live under Governor Kathy Hochul in 2022, with the state taking 51% of the revenue. Pritzker and Hochul both won Tuesday, and all of them are Democrats. In some of the biggest betting markets in the country, the bookmakers’ most reliable partner has been a Democratic statehouse.

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‘It’s so glossy and sexy!’: 10 movies (and one TV show) that inspired Grand Theft Auto

As GTA 6 looms, we look at the films that have influenced Rockstar’s creatives, from Heat to Bonnie and Clyde, via Boyz n the Hood and Speed

Grand Theft Auto is arguably the most cinematic video game series ever made. Over the past three decades, the games have studied and stolen the themes, conventions and visual dynamism of great gangster and action movies, applying them to open worlds filled with low-life characters and grand set-piece possibilities. Here then are the movies (and TV show) that have shaped the GTA experience, from the 1996 original to this year’s inescapable instalment.

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‘No one cares about the little guy’: Sri Lanka’s fishers still reeling from 2021 toxic plastic spill

A stricken container ship shed tonnes of tiny pellets called nurdles on the west coast. Five years on, locals are counting the cost to marine life and livelihoods

On the beach in Pamunugama, on Sri Lanka’s west coast, women in uniform work under the scorching sun. They sift through rubbish washed ashore, searching among the usual litter for something much smaller: tiny plastic pellets.

Five years ago, in May 2021, this same beach was swamped with pellets as smoke rose over the Indian Ocean.

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Was one of the great novels of the Enlightenment written by a man who thought he was a werewolf?

Surreal, mysterious and with an outlandish origin story, Jan Potocki’s The Manuscript Found in Saragossa has amassed a cult following that includes Salman Rushdie and Jerry Garcia. But it’s the book’s global humanism makes it relevant now, say the curators of a new exhibition

A young Walloon officer called Alphonse van Worden travels through the Sierra Morena on his way to Madrid to join the Spanish army. Along the way he has an erotic encounter with two demonic Moorish sisters, falls foul of shape-shifting apparitions and is tested by a Jewish Kabbalist attempting to use mystical formulas to control spirits and decipher the universe.

All these things happen in what might be one of the least-known great novels of the European canon, an encyclopedic roman-monde written more than 200 years ago called The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.

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Russian Diesel Tankers Bound for U.S. Change Course, Casting Doubt on Trump Deal

One ship altered its signal to “Brazil,” while another diverted to the Mediterranean and signaled “for orders” off the coast of Algeria.

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Zelensky hoopt op meer steun VS na verkiezingstriomf Democraten

De Oekraïense president Volodymyr Zelensky hoopt dat de Verenigde Staten zijn land meer zullen steunen nu de Democraten een grote overwinning hebben behaald in de Congresverkiezingen. "Er is hoop dat het tot een machtsevenwicht komt en dat we meer ondersteuning krijgen", zei Zelensky in een interview met de Duitse omroep ZDF.

Sinds het aantreden van de Republikeinse president Donald Trump stellen de VS zich niet langer op als steunpilaar van Oekraïne, maar als bemiddelaar. De afgelopen weken was er opnieuw ruzie tussen Washington en Kyiv. Trump gaf Oekraïne de schuld van hoge brandstofprijzen. Het land zat enkele dagen zonder cruciale Amerikaanse inlichtingen en satellietcommunicatie.

"De Democraten hebben het heel duidelijk over het steunen van Oekraïne", zei Zelensky tegen ZDF. Ook dat "zij van het vernieuwen van de band tussen de VS en Europa spreken" geeft hem moed.

De Republikeinen verloren dinsdag de meerderheid in beide huizen van het Amerikaanse parlement aan de Democraten.


Russische centrale bank eist inbeslagname documenten Euroclear

BRUSSEL (ANP) - De Centrale Bank van Rusland wil dat de Belgische justitie een gerechtsdeurwaarder naar het hoofdkantoor van Euroclear stuurt om documenten in beslag te nemen. Dat meldt de Franstalige zakenkrant L'Echo. Bij die in Brussel gevestigde financiële instelling staat ruim 200 miljard euro aan Russische tegoeden, die geblokkeerd zijn na de Russische inval in Oekraïne.

Binnen de Europese Unie leven al langere tijd plannen om die bevroren tegoeden te gebruiken voor hulp aan Oekraïne.

De Russische Centrale Bank stelt dat Euroclear en de EU deze zomer hebben gewerkt aan een wijziging in de Europese regelgeving. De bank wil dat een gerechtsdeurwaarder documenten kan "verzamelen, inventariseren en bewaren" die dat bewijzen.

In Brussel wordt al enige tijd gezocht naar mogelijkheden om de geblokkeerde tegoeden te kunnen inzetten, waarbij de juridische verantwoordelijkheid van België naar EU-niveau wordt overgeheveld. De tegoeden zouden dan onder Europees beheer komen te vallen.


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Een rode barbaar in Japan

Peter Breedveld Nanbanjin, een samenwerking tussen de twee grootmeesters Cyril Pedrosa en Taiyo Matsumoto, is een tour de force, een schitterend, monumentaal boek, maar niet het meesterwerk dat zovelen erin zien. Peter Breedveld Nanbanjin is een tour de force van twee grootmeesters van de strip, de Portugese Cyril Pedrosa en de Japanse Taiyo Matsumoto. Het resultaat van zeven jaar overzeese samenwerking, ambitieus en prestigieus, elk op de top van zijn kunnen. Het resultaat is een bijna 500 pagina’s dikke grafische roman over een 16e-eeuwse Portugese zeeman, Fernando, die op een Japans eiland aanspoelt, verteld vanuit twee perspectieven. Aan de ene kant het Portugese perspectief door Pedrosa en als je het boek omdraait, lees je van achter naar voren, van rechts naar links, op de Japanse manier dus, het Japanse perspectief van Matsumoto. Twee grafische romans in één. Ik begon met Pedrosa, leerde zo wie Fernando is en wat hem motiveert, om hem daarna, in Matsumoto’s verhaal, als een vreemdeling door de ogen van de Japanse eilandbewoners te zien. Een sprookjesachtige, vriendelijke reus met felrood haar die zelfs de autoriteiten en de plaatselijk yakuza voor zich inneemt. Het is de natuurlijke leesvolgorde voor een Europeaan, want die slaat een boek open […]

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Royal London plans IT outsourcing shake-up as staff brace for redundancies

Royal London plans to cut hundreds of IT jobs and shift work to India under an outsourcing deal with IBM, according to sources, with redundancies expected by the end of December. Sources said Royal London's chief technology officer, James Sandell, told IT staff in September that the insurance and pensions giant was partnering with IBM to outsource a substantial portion of its technology operations. A consultation process was expected to follow. A Royal London spokesperson told The Register: "Royal London has appointed IBM as its strategic technology infrastructure partner as it continues to develop its technology strategy. The partnership will give Royal London access to IBM’s specialist capability, scale and experience. Royal London will remain accountable for service delivery and regulatory requirements and continues to focus on ensuring continuity and quality of service for customers." We asked Royal London how many UK IT roles it would retain and whether IBM would move work to India. The exact number of jobs at risk remains unclear, although one Glassdoor review posted on October 6 claims that hundreds of positions in the company's technology operations division are being eliminated. "A vast amount of knowledge is being lost by the business, a lot that is not yet documented due to constant years of recruitment freeze and workload volume," they wrote. The reviewer also questioned whether management had grasped just how much work would be involved in handing operations over to IBM, particularly with already stretched teams being cut to a fraction of their former size. Royal London replied to the Glassdoor review, acknowledging staff concerns about the changes, though it didn't comment on the claims about outsourcing and redundancies. "We recognise that as Royal London is going through a period of transformation, this has raised questions and concerns for some colleagues," the company wrote. "We have established channels for colleagues to raise these, including through People Leaders and Colleague Representatives, and I encourage colleagues to use these routes to discuss their concerns." Other October reviews questioned the handling of the outsourcing and Royal London's commitment to its mutual values. An October 12 reviewer identifying themselves as an IT infrastructure employee said the company had historically offered good career prospects, before criticizing its new direction. "Sudden outsourcing goes against all Royal London values," the reviewer wrote, adding that employees were questioning the company's direction amid reports of a hiring freeze and further potential cuts. Another review, posted on October 20, suggested the IBM deal was the latest in a series of outsourcing decisions following an earlier move to transfer servicing jobs to South Africa. "A mutual company but not mutual values when it comes to things like this," the reviewer claimed. The planned cuts follow rising profits. Royal London reported adjusted group operating profit of £187 million in the first half of 2026, up 13 percent year-on-year. Royal London has been keen to trumpet the benefits of its mutual structure, under which it is owned by customers rather than shareholders. Reporting the results in August, chief executive Barry O'Dwyer highlighted the £199 million distributed to eligible customers through ProfitShare in April. "As a customer-owned business, when we do well, our customers share in that success," O'Dwyer said. For employees facing redundancy before Christmas, the benefits of that success may be somewhat harder to appreciate. The Reg has asked IBM to comment. ®