De Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens waarschuwt voor het gebruik van zogeheten camerabrillen. Met de brillen kunnen gebruikers vrijwel ongemerkt filmopnames maken, waar ook nietsvermoedende voorbijgangers op kunnen staat. Dat is in strijd met privacywetgeving, stelt de toezichthouder.

Uit de discriminatiemeldingen blijkt dat de meeste incidenten plaatsvonden op weg van en naar de Prideviering, op straat of in het openbaar vervoer.

Duitsland en Nederland vonden de voorgestelde begroting voor de EU al veel te hoog. Een voorstel voor nieuwe EU-belastingen leidt tot irritaties bij de netto-betalers. „Natuurlijk ergeren we ons aan het feit dat nieuwe eigen inkomstenbronnen worden gepresenteerd als een wondermiddel.”

REYKJAVIK (ANP/AFP) - De directeur van het laatste actieve walvisjachtbedrijf van IJsland daagt de regering voor de rechter als die een verbod op de walvisjacht invoert. De IJslandse regering wil in februari 2027 een wetsvoorstel indienen waarmee de walvisjacht in het land mogelijk wordt verboden.

"We zullen de regering voor de rechter dagen, dus ik denk niet dat ze het zullen aandurven. Het gaat de overheid veel geld kosten en deze ministers maken zich daar niet druk om, omdat ze het niet zelf hoeven te betalen. Ze sturen de rekening gewoon naar de belastingbetaler", stelt de 83-jarige Kristján Loftsson, directeur van walvisvaartbedrijf Hvalur.

Het IJslandse ministerie van Industrie overweegt een verbod omdat de walvisjacht nog nauwelijks winst oplevert. Daarnaast speelt dierenwelzijn een rol. IJsland is, naast Noorwegen en Japan, een van de drie landen ter wereld waar nog op walvissen wordt gejaagd. Dierenrechtenorganisaties uiten daar felle kritiek op.

DEN HAAG (ANP) - Justitieminister David van Weel vindt het zorgelijk dat rechts-extremisme "sluipenderwijs" wordt genormaliseerd. "Rechts-extremisten verspreiden hun ideeën onder meer via online platforms, de politiek en demonstraties. Hier moeten we alert op zijn", schrijft hij op X in reactie op een alarmerend rapport van veiligheidsdiensten NCTV en AIVD hierover.

Op de vraag wat de minister doet om deze trend te keren, verwijst zijn woordvoerder naar de Nationale Extremismestrategie. Hierin staat bijvoorbeeld dat extremistische onlineplatformen worden aangepakt, mensen via een website worden geïnformeerd over desinformatie, de overheid het gesprek aangaat met de internetsector en dat een adviesorganisatie professionals helpt met het voorkomen van radicalisering.

LAUSANNE (ANP) - De Europese atletiekbond heeft het prijzengeld voor de eerstkomende EK outdoor aanzienlijk verhoogd. Er is een recordbedrag van 3,5 miljoen euro beschikbaar voor de atleten op de titelstrijd in 2028 in de Poolse stad Chorzów. Dat is 3 miljoen meer dan op de voorgaande twee EK's.

De Europese bond introduceerde op de EK van 2024 in Rome voor het eerst prijzengeld. Er werden toen tien bonussen van 50.000 euro uitgereikt aan atleten met uitzonderlijke prestaties. Die prijzenpot van 500.000 euro bleef gehandhaafd op de afgelopen EK in Birmingham.

Op de EK in Chorzów ontvangen alle individuele gouden medaillewinnaars 30.000 euro. Voor de winnaars van het zilver ligt er 15.000 euro klaar en brons levert 10.000 euro op. De nummers vier tot en met acht krijgen ook een beloning.

Volgens voorzitter Dobromir Karamarinov van European Athletics geeft het recordbedrag aan prijzengeld "extra glans" aan de EK outdoor, die voor het eerst in Polen worden gehouden.

The campaign group which forced the EU's highest court to strike down past US-EU data sharing deals has slammed the latest changes to European data protection laws designed to accommodate AI. Led by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems, None of Your Business (noyb) claims the proposal to alter the data protection legislation “in the context of AI” amounts to an abandonment of data protection principles. In September, the Commission said it would launch an “ambitious program” to strengthen the EU’s competitiveness and “radically lighten the regulatory load for people, businesses and administrations.” It proposed “immediate adjustments” to digital legislation to the boost competitiveness. Earlier, the EU had proposed changes in the legislation governing the processing of personal data, governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). “Where the processing of personal data is necessary for the interests of the controller in the context of the development and technical operation of an AI system … or an AI model, such processing may be pursued for legitimate interests,” a briefing note said. Noyb argues the amendments to Article 88c (original here) proposed by the European Commission (a leaked EU Council compromise draft renames it as article 88bis) would allow Big Tech to use all personal data collected over the past decades with virtually no restrictions, as long as this happens “in the context” of AI. Schrems said: “Under these proposals, the profits of AI companies would trump Europeans’ fundamental right to privacy. This is nothing but a digital expropriation of Europeans.” The campaign group said the changes could mean people who have never been customers of an AI company, whose data was entered into a system decades ago – for example in chats or on social media – may find their personal data is placed in the hands of an AI company. There is no need to ask users for consent: companies are automatically assumed to have an overriding “legitimate interest” if they train or use any AI product, the group said. Schrems added: “A likely majority of EU member states are now saying that the interests of Elon Musk, Marc Zuckerberg, Google or OpenAI, in making enormous profits, should take precedence over Europeans' fundamental right to data protection. This is nothing short of the ‘digital expropriation’ of Europeans. Everything we have ever entered into digital systems, or that AI corporations have otherwise obtained, becomes fair game for AI corporations to use.” The campaign group said the European Commission had abandoned its data protection priorities in the interests of the tech industry lobby. Meanwhile, the view of the European Parliament was mixed. However, the Court of Justice could examine whether the proposed changes can be reconciled with EU fundamental rights. “In the past, the European Court of Justice has struck down EU law in cases involving much less significant infringements of EU fundamental rights, such as data retention or the transfer of EU data to the United States,” it said in a statement. Noyb is famous for having successfully challenged and dismantled two major transatlantic data transfer pacts through the Court of Justice of the European Union: The Safe Harbor Agreement (in 2015, in the Schrems I case) and the EU-US Privacy Shield (2020, Schrems II). Schrems said the legal route might be the only option left to prevent the dilution of data protection law to satisfy the AI industry. “If the legislator has lost all sense of proportion and direction, then the people can only turn to the courts. Any extreme law that has a high risk of being overturned would at the same time only create more legal uncertainty – instead of promised simplification,” he said. ®

Jake and Logan Paul were invited to give a motivational speech. Just don’t let them get involved with military policy

We’re now approaching month seven of a war against Iran that Donald Trump repeatedly assured us would be over in a matter of weeks. Prices are rising, troop morale is plummeting, and there is little evidence things will improve.

The situation is so desperate that the decision makers at the Pentagon have decided to bring out the big guns. I’m not talking about nuclear weapons, although Trump recently threatened to “blow the entire nation [of Iran] up”. No, I’m talking about influencers Jake and Logan Paul, who are famous for doing idiotic stunts on YouTube and getting hit in the face during boxing matches. Last Thursday, Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense or whatever they’re calling it these days (the Department of War Crimes?) welcomed the Paul brothers to Washington DC “to meet with our warriors” and deliver a motivational speech. In response, former Republican congressman and air force officer Adam Kinzinger wrote, “We aren’t a serious country at the moment.” That about sums it up.

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Exclusive: Social platforms and police are failing women abused online, report finds, with many saying complaints are not taken seriously

When Jane* learned that intimate photos of her had been posted on a website without her consent, she expected the police would help her. Instead, she was warned that researching where her photos had been shared might put her at risk of breaking the law.

After she was handed a leaflet on internet safety and told to go to tech companies for help, but to expect little from them, the case was closed.

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‘I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it,’ the progressive US representative says

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive Democratic congresswoman, has refused to rule out a potential run against the party’s Senate leader Chuck Schumer amid mounting speculation around her political ambitions.

When asked by the New York Times whether she would challenge Schumer in 2028, when his current term is up, Ocasio-Cortez declined to exclude the possibility – even if Democrats win back the Senate majority.

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Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran and ‘drive them into Hell’ if there isn’t a deal, while also underscoring US policy on Cuba, Mexico, Greenland and AI

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Trump is arriving at the UN HQ right now.

After very brief doorstep comments – almost exclusively mocking CNN - he answers a reporter’s very loud question by saying his message to Putin is: “settle the war.”

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Tribal leaders and organizers return to reservation 10 years after demonstrations against Dakota Access pipeline

Ten years after major demonstrations against the Dakota Access pipeline, tribal leaders and Native American organizers returned to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation this week to honor the movement and its lasting impacts.

In the rural reservation area of Fort Yates, a four-day encampment that centered on the phrase “mní wičóni” – “water is life” – brought together about 150 tribal members and allies for meals, drum circles, sacred ceremonies and memorials.

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Putin ally helped cover cost of renting private island in the Bahamas for wedding of Trump Jr and Bettina Anderson

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A Republican senator has accused Donald Trump Jr of corruption and demanded a Senate investigation into revelations that a Russian oligarch bankrolled part of his recent wedding in the Bahamas.

John Curtis, of Utah, wrote to the leaders of the US Senate judiciary committee on Tuesday, urging them to subpoena Trump Jr over his business dealings, his relationships with foreign individuals, gifts he has received – and any occasions where his connection to his father, Donald Trump, “was invoked or understood to provide value”.

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While Thomas Tuchel continues to gaslight his employers at the FA into believing he was in no way responsible for England’s comically shambolic semi-final exit at the hands of Argentina, not every head coach who underperformed at the Geopolitics World Cup is still in their job. A total of 17 different managers who took teams to North America have since left their roles, with safety-first’s Steve Clarke, failing-up’s Roberto Martínez and tyranny’s Marcelo Bielsa among them. In Europe, teams such as Portugal (Jorge Jesus), Croatia (Slaven Bilic), Scotland (Sébastien Pocognoli), Czechia (Santi Denia) and Belgium (Mark van Bommel) will go into the Nations League under new management, but it is towards the bigger dogs of the football pack where Football Daily wishes to turn today’s beady gaze.

Prize o’ the day to Barry Glendenning, surely, for mentioning Johnny Crumplin (football genius) in Monday’s Football Daily. As an Ipswich fan marooned in Sussex, I spent much of my teenage years at the Goldstone which, despite being a dump (I stood on the crumbling South Stand), held a certain magic for me. It still does, actually. Haven’t been to the Amex yet – hopeless nostalgia is undoubtedly a factor. The team weren’t much better than the ground for most of that time, but the 1987-88 promotion season was memorable. Garry Nelson was a bit special, Doug Rougvie had played under Fergie at Aberdeen and Gerry Armstrong had legendary status after *that* goal, but the rest of the team probably (and unfairly ) fall into the journeyman category. I loved them all. Keith Dublin dribbling his way into and then out of trouble, sleeves-up Kevin Bremner who grafted and worked the Albion into the promotion places, Deano (one of the Wilkins brothers) classy and, of course, Barry Lloyd, who never brought a sub on until the last four or five minutes, frustrating us beyond belief. And into this pantheon came teenage Johnny C who, to start with, was utterly hapless, hence the nickname football genius. Somehow, despite this, we took to him from the off and it was lovely to see how he grew into becoming an Albion legend in what were fallow years. Blimey, not sure where that all came from – you can probably tell I’m stuck out in the middle of the Fens on a slow-moving train. But thank you for bringing it all back to me!” – Jonathan Foulkes.

I know the powers that be have listened to Football Daily’s ‘Stop Football’ pleas and given us very little to do for the next three weeks but, as we are just five games in to the Premier League season, can everyone stop going on about the race for the Golden Boot and which team are going to bloody champions” – Nigel Sanders.

Judging by the photo of him sitting behind their ‘Life’s Good’ logo in yesterday’s Quote of the Day, LG could do a lot worse than appoint José Mourinho as a brand ambassador for their campaign. As football watchers have long known, he exudes the spirit of that exclamation from every single pore” – Andrew Parker.

So, Jonathan Wilson has a new book, about football in Eastern Europe, Behind the Curtain, while his take on Zidane as the new France manager will reveal the ‘wizard behind the curtain’. Brilliant effort from the subeditor and marketing team working in harmony” – Paul Vickers.

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Two U.S. missiles hit an elementary school in Iran, killing over 150 people including 123 children on the first day of the Iran War. But Gizmodo notes that a new Bloomberg investigation cites U.S. officials involved in an unreleased internal Pentagon review who blame "a cascade of preventable failures that included an overreliance on an AI tool built by Palantir."

According to the officials who spoke to Bloomberg, some personnel inside U.S. Central Command leaned too hard on the AI inside the Maven Smart System, an AI-powered data integration and targeting platform developed by Palantir to accelerate intelligence analysis and decision-making. The Defense Department has reportedly made the software tool a cornerstone of military operations over the past year... Officials said some users expected Maven to flag stale records or contradictions in the intelligence assembled for potential targets, though it is not clear why they thought the system would do that. The Minab [elementary school] site, which was cataloged as an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps facility due to outdated data, was fed into Maven with other candidates and came out as a recommended day-one target. Target-list work that once took hours was condensed into minutes.

A Palantir spokesperson told Bloomberg the company "is not responsible for the underlying data nor identifying intelligence deficiencies" and that there is no evidence its software was at fault. Two people familiar with Palantir's Pentagon contracts said the government keeps primary responsibility for the quality of the information that's fed into Maven. After the strike, Palantir added features that "re-review underlying intelligence to identify factors that would disqualify a target and flag inconsistencies and inaccuracies that human review may have missed," a person familiar with the work said. That new functionality is said to have already caught some anomalies...

More than 1,000 Iranian targets were hit in the first 24 hours, and according to Bloomberg's sources, that pace compressed the time available for additional confirmations. Staffing on civilian harm mitigation teams across the U.S. Department of Defense had also fallen by roughly 90% over recent years, shrinking to fewer than 20 people overall. The U.S. Central Command's group shrank from 10 people to one. No member of those teams reviewed the Minab site before the missiles were up in the air.

A separate inquiry by the United Nations' Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran this week reached the conclusion that there were reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed the war crime of launching an indiscriminate attack.

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In the latest episode of F1 Nation, James Hinchcliffe and Jolyon Palmer identify the issues facing Oscar Piastri ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

It’s all things avian at Bird Photographer of the Year, the world’s largest contest dedicated to images of feathered creatures planet-wide. This year, the program welcomed more than 24,000 entries from photographers around the globe, capturing diving penguins, urban denizens, mating rituals, dramatic flights, and more.

Highlighting birds of all kinds, the competition emphasizes the diverse appearances and behaviors of the animals and also raises awareness of the challenges they face due human-triggered habitat loss, poaching, pollution, and other factors. Categories include Best Portrait, Bird Behavior, Conservation, Urban Birds, and others, plus three youth categories for budding photographers aged 17 years and younger.

Top prize in this year’s edition went to Henley Spiers’ underwater image of a diving northern gannet captured off the Shetland Islands, about 110 miles north of mainland Scotland. These large seabirds, which nest on steep cliffs and rocks, are a common sight around the northern nation, which is home to around 40 percent of the world’s population. Unfortunately, some of the massive colonies suffered severe losses due to bird flu, an outbreak that may take 15 years to recover from.

Spiers captures the gannet from beneath the water’s surface as it aims for a meal. He says, “When fish are spotted, the gannets fly into the wind and stretch out their wings as brakes, precisely adjusting their position in relation to their quarry. Moments later, with wings tucked in tightly, the gannet shape-shifts into a pointed torpedo, diving into the water at speeds of up to 86km/h.” That’s more than 50 miles per hour.

See all of the winners on the Bird Photographer of the Year website, and follow updates on Instagram.

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Bij de toerit naar de A20 bij het Schieplein in Rotterdam-Noord is dinsdagmiddag een auto in botsing gekomen met een fietser. De fietser is gewond geraakt en naar het ziekenhuis gebracht.

Did This Duke Poison His Brother? A New DNA Analysis May Solve the Centuries-Old Medici Mystery. Researchers found evidence of malaria in Francesco I de' Medici's bones, leading them to argue "with scientific certainty" that it was disease, not arsenic, that led to his death in 1587.