UTRECHT (ANP) - Volt-leider Laurens Dassen roept premier Rob Jetten en CDA-leider Henri Bontenbal op zich niet te laten chanteren door de VVD. Zaterdag spreken leiders van de coalitie op landgoed De Zwaluwenberg over de politieke crisis. Maar volgens Dassen gaat het niet om een gesprek, zolang dat begint vanuit de "chantage-eisen" van de VVD.

Nadat D66 en CDA een deal hadden gesloten met oppositiepartijen PRO en Volt om het belastingplan voor 1 miljard euro te verbouwen in het voordeel van werkenden, was de VVD boos en eiste een "fundamentele reset". Vrijdag sprak Yeşilgöz over het minderheidskabinet als een "mislukt experiment". Zij wil een "inhoudelijke correctie" en vindt ook dat overwogen moet worden om een extra rechtse partij in het kabinet op te nemen.

Dassen vindt het eisen van een fundamentele reset "nogal wat uit de mond van een partij die politieke chantage tot trademark verheven heeft". Volgens de Volt-leider heeft de houding van de VVD een fundamentele reset nodig, zo zei hij tijdens zijn partijcongres in Utrecht.

"Zolang de VVD niet bereid is om compromissen te sluiten, is er maar één conclusie mogelijk: met deze VVD valt niet samen te werken", aldus Dassen.

ROME (ANP/RTR) - De Italiaanse autoriteit voor privacy- en databescherming heeft een boete oplegd van 805 miljoen euro aan Meta Platforms, het moederbedrijf van Facebook, WhatsApp en Instagram. Dat werd zaterdag gemeld.

Het Amerikaanse techconcern zou zonder toestemming te vragen of gebruikers te informeren toegang hebben gehad tot foto's en video's van Android-gebruikers.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang misled several of the company's leaders, including general counsel Tim Teter and chief marketing officer Alison Wagonfeld, about the nature of his relationship with Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang, with whom he had an affair, according to two people familiar with the matter and internal correspondence reviewed by Reuters. [...] During the autumn of 2025 and in October 2026, in response to press queries that drew some Nvidia leaders' attention to his relationship with Megaspeed and Alice Huang, Huang at both times described their interactions as appropriate, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Reuters only reviewed messages from the exchanges in October, not the ones from 2025. In two separate messages in October, Huang told Nvidia leaders, including Teter and Wagonfeld, that the interactions reflected standard business dealings with customers. In other messages, Huang affirmed the routine nature of his interactions with Megaspeed.

Nvidia's Huang also discussed taking legal action against the New York Times after it published an article in October of last year that drew attention to his meetings in public with Alice Huang, the people said. That article had prompted Jensen Huang to communicate with some Nvidia leaders in 2025 about their interactions, which he did not describe as an affair, the people said. Ultimately, neither Nvidia nor Huang filed a lawsuit against the paper. A spokesperson for the New York Times said the paper received no legal demand. It is unclear when his relationship with Alice Huang became intimate. Photos posted online and verified by Reuters show them together in the US, China and elsewhere, dating as far back as December 2023.

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Enzoji temple, Sanmon gate
円蔵寺・山門

This temple gate is located partway up the stairs. A large pair of straw sandals was on display.

階段の途中にある山門です。大きなわらじが飾られていました。

Yanaizu-machi, Fukushima pref, Japan

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Een kwestie waar al generatieslang over wordt getwist: Theo van Gogh of Ischa Meijer? Beetje gek alleen om zoveel aandacht te besteden aan plek twee. Er staat namelijk een meesterinterviewer onbetwist op één: Sven Kockelmann. Dat Van Gogh en Meijer niet in zijn enorme schaduw mogen staan (kan ook niet, ze zijn dood) bleek gisteravond toen de nieuwbakken kingmaker van DENK, Stephan van Baarle, voor het eerst in zijn leven een bar betrad. Dat hij niet weet hoe een interview werkt, laat staan hoe een meesterinterview werkt, is vrij sneu. Maar daar weet Sven Kockelmann wel raad mee, die gebruikt geen smerige trucjes zoals amateurinterviewers. Nee, Sven Kockelmann gooit zijn gewicht in de strijd en stelt de vraag gewoon nog een keer. En dan nóg een keer. En dan nog een paar keer. Maar daarna nog veel vaker nog een keer. Want nog een keer: Sven Kockelmann is een meesterinterviewer.

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Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 14-11-2026 13:15 CET

In één oogopslag:
• 7.7°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 3.1°C / Max 7.8°C

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 3.1°C, Max 7.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1015.4 hPa ↘️ -2.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↑ 176°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 14:00: 7.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1018.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: ↑ 193°
• 15:00: 7.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1017.3 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.6 km/u (2.4 m/s), richting: ↑ 184°
• 16:00: 7.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1016.7 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.0 km/u (2.5 m/s), richting: ↑ 171°
• 17:00: 7.0°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1016.1 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.8 km/u (1.9 m/s), richting: ↖ 143°
• 18:00: 6.7°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, 🧭 1015.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.6 km/u (2.4 m/s), richting: ↖ 119°
• 19:00: 5.9°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, 🧭 1015.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ↖ 115°
• 20:00: 5.4°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1014.8 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ← 110°
• 21:00: 5.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1014.0 hPa ↘️ -0.8 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ← 108°
• 22:00: 4.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1013.3 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ← 112°
• 23:00: 4.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1012.3 hPa ↘️ -1.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↖ 117°
• 00:00: 3.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1011.2 hPa ↘️ -1.1 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↖ 126°
• 01:00: 3.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1010.4 hPa ↘️ -0.8 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: ↖ 135°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• zondag 15 november: Min 2.8°C, Max 10.1°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 2.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 28%, 🧭 1003.0 hPa ↘️ -12.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 22.3 km/u (6.2 m/s), richting: ↑ 188°
• maandag 16 november: Min 4.9°C, Max 10.0°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 6.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 53%, 🧭 1002.2 hPa ↘️ -0.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 22.3 km/u (6.2 m/s), richting: → 267°
• dinsdag 17 november: Min 5.0°C, Max 13.3°C (Matige buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 14.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 67%, 🧭 985.1 hPa ↘️ -17.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 27.6 km/u (7.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 214°
• woensdag 18 november: Min 9.2°C, Max 10.8°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 14.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 74%, 🧭 983.4 hPa ↘️ -1.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 24.9 km/u (6.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 236°
• donderdag 19 november: Min 4.3°C, Max 11.2°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 53%, 🧭 988.6 hPa ↗️ +5.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.3 km/u (5.1 m/s), richting: → 263°
• vrijdag 20 november: Min 3.7°C, Max 10.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 26%, 🧭 1011.2 hPa ↗️ +22.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: → 272°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 13:15): 7.7°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 4.4°C (-3.3°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↑ 194°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 22.7 km/h (6.3 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 68%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1018.0 hPa ↘️ -1.3 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 1.5
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 07:59 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 16:52

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 49 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 13.4 μg/m³
• PM10: 18.1 μg/m³

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ozipital has added a photo to the pool:

Another of my favourite gorges along the Gibb River Road. Small and secluded and lovely before the throngs arrive to swim. Yes it's always great to get to these places early if you can! The Gibb might seem remote but there are people everywhere!

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‘We have further to go,’ says Huw Pill after increase to 4% last month as Bank seeks to tackle rising inflation

The Bank of England will probably need to raise interest rates next month and again in early 2027 to combat rising inflation, its chief economist has said.

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Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood reminded me of my dad’s decency and mischief. I laughed as I cried, and realised there’s no right way to go through the grieving process

I expected to break. But I felt nothing. I did not cry, nor struggle to sleep. I seldom thought of him. I felt only guilt about how little I felt. Ours was a complex relationship. As a teen, I often resented my dad, occasionally despised him. I expected the world and found disappointment. But, as I grew older, I understood that he had struggles of his own. I learned to appreciate his decency and humour, his ability to make everyone laugh with only a few words. I loved my dad, from the first time he held me to the last time I held him.

But still, as weeks turned into months, I struggled to grieve. Then, when my partner and I rearranged our bookshelves, I found the first edition of Under Milk Wood that my parents gave us on our wedding day. I turned the cover and saw the note: “And all the bells of the tills of the town shall ring for our wedding.” It was my mum’s writing, but my dad’s idea. The man loved literature and poetry and considered Dylan Thomas, along with his dad and the Welsh rugby full-back JPR Williams, one of the best man to ever occupy our world.

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The first ever Eurovision Asia song contest takes place in Thailand on Saturday, and it won’t disappoint those hoping for some bizarre acts

The first ever Eurovision Asia is being held in Thailand on Saturday. The event is a more compact affair than the European version has become, and with only 11 countries competing, it isn’t a straightforward cultural import.

None of the entrants have gone near wacky Eurovision vibes such as having a singing turkey or banana-eating wolves. Restrictive attitudes to homosexuality in some of the countries where the show will be broadcast have also tempered the overt campness and LGBTQ+ representation with which Eurovision has come to be associated – there will certainly not be an equivalent of Olly Alexander getting sweaty in a grubby gym changing room.

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Experts warn of risks of platforms hosting bets tied to US public health – including vaccine mandates and drug trials

The sign was pasted on a construction fence next to an elementary school in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. “Vaccines,” it proclaimed in bold capital letters against a blue star-spangled background – appearing, at first glance, to be like any other public health message on the importance of getting vaccinated.

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From diva-like behaviour to freebie requests that never result in a review, ‘entitled’ content creators are a growing blight on small-business owners. Now entrepreneurs are calling them out

Nicole Flanagin remembers exactly the moment an influencer came after her business. It was the early hours of a March morning and the cat cafe owner in Lenoir, North Carolina, got a message. “At 1.37,” she says, “a friend sent me the link to this girl’s TikTok.”

The 41-year-old was already having a bad 24 hours. A mother of four, Flanigan also works at a pet rescue shelter and had spent the previous day unsuccessfully fighting for a dog not to be put down. She got home exhausted and promptly conked out in bed. Then she woke up to the message.

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Van Gogh and Cézanne paintings among magnificent collection stained by allegations of abduction and killing

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peaceful-jp-scenery posted a photo:

Enzoji temple
円蔵寺

By the bridge at the foot of the mountain, he is Fukutaro, the father of the Akabeko (red cow) family.

麓の橋の所、赤べこ親子の父、福太郎です。

Yanaizu-machi, Fukushima pref, Japan

peaceful-jp-scenery posted a photo:

Enzoji temple, Sanmon gate
円蔵寺・山門

This temple gate is located partway up the stairs. A large pair of straw sandals was on display.

階段の途中にある山門です。大きなわらじが飾られていました。

Yanaizu-machi, Fukushima pref, Japan

Thomas Hawk posted a photo:

De opvolger van Stefan de Walle is acteur Gijs Naber, zo bleek zaterdagmiddag uit het verslag van de intocht door Het Sinterklaasjournaal. Het was de ontknoping van een merkwaardige mediahype.

In dit liveblog houden we je op de hoogte van het belangrijkste en meest opvallende 112-nieuws van zaterdag 14 november.