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LONDEN (ANP) - Andy Burnham zal maandag, wanneer hij de nieuwe Britse premier wordt, plannen aankondigen voor nieuwe olie- en gasboringen in de Noordzee. Dat meldt de BBC zaterdag.
In het verkiezingsprogramma van Labour uit 2024 beloofde de partij geen nieuwe vergunningen te verstrekken, maar bestaande vergunningen te respecteren. De nieuwe partijleider heeft gezegd zich aan dat programma te zullen houden.
Centraal in het debat staan twee olie- en gasvelden in Schotland: Rosebank en Jackdaw. De toezichthouders keurden de projecten in 2022 en 2023 goed onder de toenmalige conservatieve regering, maar die goedkeuringen werden in 2025 na een juridische procedure teruggedraaid.
De aankondiging maakt deel uit van een reeks maatregelen die Burnham zal presenteren. Daaronder vallen plannen om water- en energiebedrijven onder publiek beheer te brengen en een nieuw programma voor de bouw van sociale huurwoningen.
De iPhone wordt steeds duurder. Dus bescherming steeds belangrijker.Dit zijn op dit moment de beste hoesjes voor de iPhone 17.
Dit zijn de beste iPhone-hoesjes van dit moment voor wie bewust níet voor een Apple-case kiest.
Wie een nieuwe iPhone koopt, betaalt al genoeg voor het toestel zelf. Een hoesje van Apple is netjes afgewerkt, maar vaak duur en niet altijd de beste keuze qua bescherming. Onafhankelijke merken bieden meer varianten, betere valbescherming en extra functies zoals kaarthouders of een ingebouwde standaard.
Waar let je op bij een goed hoesje?
Een goede case beschermt tegen vallen én dagelijks gebruik in tas, jaszak of fietstas. Belangrijke punten zijn verstevigde hoeken, een opstaande rand rond het scherm en rond de cameramodule, en materiaal dat schokken opvangt. Daarnaast moet de hoes prettig in de hand liggen: niet te glad, niet te dik, en met knoppen die soepel blijven bedienen.
Rugged cases: maximale bescherming voor drukke dagen
Voor wie zijn iPhone overal mee naartoe neemt – op de fiets door de stad, op reis, naar sport – zijn zogenoemde “rugged” cases ideaal. Die zijn zwaarder uitgevoerd, met extra dikke hoeken en dempende lagen in de rand. Vaak claimen fabrikanten dat ze valtests tot twee of drie meter doorstaan, wat bij alledaagse ongelukjes ruim voldoende is. Het ontwerp is minder minimalistisch dan dat van Apple, maar gericht op overleven van echte klappers.
Transparante hoesjes: bescherming zonder het design te verstoppen
Transparante cases zijn populair bij gebruikers die het originele design en de kleur van hun iPhone willen blijven zien. De betere modellen hebben een anti-vergelingscoating, zodat het materiaal niet snel geel wordt. Let vooral op opstaande randen rond scherm en camera, zodat glas en lenzen niet direct het tafelblad raken.
Wallet-cases: hoesje en portemonnee in één.
Een wallet-case combineert bescherming met praktische opbergruimte. Binnenin zitten vakjes voor pasjes en soms een vak voor briefgeld. De voorklep beschermt het scherm wanneer je de iPhone in tas of jas stopt. Nadeel is dat het pakketje dikker wordt, maar voor wie graag zo min mogelijk losse items bij zich heeft, is dit een logische keuze.
Sport- en griphoezen: veilig in de hand en op de fiets
Bij intensief gebruik – tijdens hardlopen, fietsen of werk in een drukke omgeving – is grip minstens zo belangrijk als pure valbescherming. Sportcases hebben een extra stroef oppervlak, zodat de iPhone minder snel uit je hand glijdt. Sommige modellen zijn compatibel met houders op het stuur of in de auto, waardoor je toestel stevig vastklikt maar toch beschermd blijft.
De toptien
Hier is een top 10 iPhone‑17‑hoesjes. Achter de omshcijving de link waar je het hoesje kunt bestellen
- Torras Ostand Q3 VegSkin – allround beste bescherming met MagSafe en uitklapbare ring/standaard, premium uitstraling zonder echt leer.Te bestellen via onder meer Idealo (naar Amazon/Kaufland):https://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/Liste/122922996/torras-ostand-q3-vegskin.html[ idealo]
- OtterBox Defender Series Pro – maximale valbescherming en outdoor-inzet, robuust tweedelig ontwerp met dikke randen en stevige grip.Direct bij OtterBox Europa:https://www.otterbox.eu/nl/products/iphone-17-pro-defender-series-pro-xt-case[ otterbox]Of prijsvergelijking via Idealo:https://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/207760317_-defender-series-pro-magsafe-iphone-17-pro-max-otterbox.html[ idealo]
- ESR Classic Hybrid Magnetic Case Camera Control – beste prijs-kwaliteit, transparant design, MagSafe en camerabescherming.Nederlandse reseller Appelhoes (17 Pro):https://www.appelhoes.nl/esr-classic-hybrid-magsafe-iphone-17-pro-hoesje-met-screenprotector[ appelhoes]
- Beats by Dre iPhone 17 Pro Case – lifestyle-case met merkuitstraling, MagSafe en gemakkelijke camerabediening.Deze specifieke case staat vaak bij grote retailers in de Beats‑accessoirecategorie; een overzicht van iPhone‑cases vind je bijvoorbeeld via grote platformen als Amazon en de Apple Store‑accessoiresectie ([ idealo]
- Spigen Ultra Hybrid Crystal Clear – klassiek transparant hoesje, opstaande randen rond scherm en camera.Spigen Rugged/Hybrid‑reeks voor iPhone 17 bij een Nederlandse webwinkel:https://www.phonelife.nl/telefoon-accessoires/apple/iphone-17/iphone-17-hoesjes/case-rugged-armor-magsafe-iphone-17-zwart[ phonelife]
- Apple Functiegewebe Case met MagSafe – referentiecase voor krasbestendigheid, zeer robuuste oppervlakte.Te bestellen via de Apple Store (accessoires > iPhone 17‑hoesjes) of erkende Apple‑resellers; exacte URL verschilt per land, maar de case staat standaard in de officiële online store.[ otterbox]
- Apple Clear Case met MagSafe – transparante originele hoes met solide pasvorm en relatief langzaam vergeelende afwerking.Eveneens direct via de Apple Store onder iPhone 17‑accessoires (Clear Case met MagSafe voor iPhone 17 Pro).[ otterbox]
- ESR transparante MagSafe‑hoes (variant zonder camera‑ring) – slank transparant design met MagSafe.Overzicht van alle ESR MagSafe‑cases voor iPhone 17:https://www.esrtech.com/collections/iphone-cases[ esrtech]
- Spigen robuuste variant (bijv. Rugged Armor MagSafe iPhone 17) – meer valbescherming dan de Ultra Hybrid, gericht op dagelijks “stoot- en valincidenten”.Direct bij een Nederlandse shop:https://www.phonelife.nl/telefoon-accessoires/apple/iphone-17/iphone-17-hoesjes/case-rugged-armor-magsafe-iphone-17-zwart[ phonelife]
- Universele MagSafe‑rugged case (bijv. Nomad Rugged Case of imoshion Rugged Air MagSafe voor iPhone 17) – voor maximale zekerheid bij vallen.Nomad Rugged Case iPhone 17 Pro Max bij Amac:https://www.amac.nl/nomad-rugged-case-iphone-17-pro-max-black[ amac]Of imoshion Rugged Air MagSafe Case bij Smartphonehoesjes:https://www.smartphonehoesjes.nl/rugged-air-magsafe-case-apple-iphone-17-transparant.html[ smartphonehoesjes]
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Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that loosed arrows, made sacrifices, prepared for battle, and took the hit.
First, a bunch of ancient princesses were buried with weapons. Did they know how to use them? You bet! Then: a deadly Inca ritual, animal war games, and the mystery of the dinosaur-killer.
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Disney princesses…OF DEATH
Egyptian princesses who lived nearly 4,000 years ago were skilled archers and likely handled other deadly weapons, including maces and daggers, according to a new study that revisits their mummified bones and upends expectations about gender in the ancient world.
For more than a century, archaeologists have puzzled over the remains of ancient royals entombed in the Amenemhat II pyramid complex located in Egypt’s Dahshur necropolis.
Four of these mummified bodies have been identified as the daughters of the pharaoh Amenemhat II, known as Princess Ita, Princess Khenmet, Princess Itaweret, and Princess Sathathormeryt.
These women were buried with weapons, including bows and maces, which are grave goods normally found in male burials; Princess Ita’s tomb also contained a stunning dagger. Another pair of royals, Princess Noub-Hotep and her father King Hor, are buried in the same complex with weapons in their graves, and were also part of the study.
The presence of weaponry in the graves has led to a debate over whether the items were selected for symbolic purposes, or if the women used them in life. To resolve this question, researchers conducted a thorough re-examination of the mummified remains using osteological analysis, X-ray imaging, and advanced spectroscopy.
The results revealed that all of these individuals showed signs of bodily strain associated with repeated use of bows and melee arms, suggesting that not only King Hor, but the five princesses, knew their way around a weapon.
Pronounced muscle attachments across the mummified upper limbs “indicates repetitive, high-intensity actions consistent with archery and weapon use,” said researchers led by Zeineb Hashesh of the University of Beni-Suef.
“This evidence directly informs long-standing debates about the function of weapons in female burials,” the team continued. “Rather than purely symbolic objects, these items appear to have been actively used, as reflected in skeletal adaptations such as asymmetry, muscle hypertrophy, and metacarpal modification. Princess Noub-Hotep provides a particularly clear example, where skeletal changes align with the presence of arrows in her burial.”
In other words, these women don’t appear to have been the damsels in distress depicted in traditional princess stories. The mummification of their bare arms hints that they did, in fact, bear arms.
In other news…
The last days of the sacrificial children
We’re not wrapped up with the mummy beat just yet. In another new study, scientists took a fresh look at the mummified bodies of three young victims of human sacrifice in the Inca empire, who were ritually killed as part of a ceremony called the Capacocha in the 15th century.
“Selected for their perceived purity and exceptional beauty, the individuals chosen for sacrifice were either taken from their home communities or offered by local authorities” and “undertook a long, final journey to sacred mountain summits, where they were ritually killed,” said researchers led by Verónica Silva Pinto of the University of València.
The results revealed that the Boy of Cerro El Plomo, a child of about 8-years-old discovered at an elevation of nearly 18,000 feet, was likely killed by blunt force trauma to the head, and not by hypothermia or strangulation as previously proposed. Using advanced imaging, researchers discovered a cranial lesion that may have been inflicted by “a blunt-lobed lithic star-shaped mace,” according to the study.
Meanwhile, the team found that two female victims found at Cerro Esmeralda, aged roughly 9 and 18, had an indeterminate cause of death, despite strangulation being put forward as the likely explanation.
In all three cases, the victims were brought from distant homelands and traveled for several months prior to their killings, according to isotopic analysis of the elements in their remains. The enormous effort invested in these pilgrimages, combined with the careful placement of the bodies in special costumes and poses after death, demonstrate the significance of the Capacocha in Inca statecraft and cosmology.
The art of war for animals
Humans have a rather catastrophic habit of getting into wars, but at least we aren’t alone in our military misery. A diverse array of species—from ants, to woodpeckers, to chimpanzees—also engage in violent intergroup conflicts that require careful preparation for success.
Scientists have now helpfully pulled together a comprehensive review of how animals ready themselves for battle in part “to provide insights into our own conflict ancestry,” according to their new study.
Many behaviors are eerily similar to our own: Chimpanzees surveil rivals from hilltops, patrol perimeters, and march in single file. It is also common for animals to invest a lot of time and energy into sizing up their opponent’s force, including by carefully monitoring scent marks.
Some animals “travel considerable distances to eavesdrop on the contests of other groups to gather social information that is used only days or weeks later, as seen in acorn woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus),” said study authors Josh Arbon and Andrew Radford of the University of Bristol.
But by far the most memorable prep work comes from the Nevada termite, which erects “faecal fortresses” as barriers to intrusion by larger colonies. For all the fancy weaponry we’ve devised as humans—from guns, to nukes, to drones—how did we overlook the ultimate obstacle: poop barricades?
The case of the killer carbonaceous chondrite
Deadly princesses, human sacrifice, widespread warfare. Let’s close with something lighter: The apocalyptic extinction of almost all life on Earth. It’s time to revisit the longstanding mystery of the dinosaur-killing space rock that smashed into our planet some 66 million years ago, causing the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction that wiped out about 75 percent of all animal and plant life at the time.
For decades, scientists have debated the nature of this epic deathbringer, which is known as the Chicxulub impactor. Now, a team has narrowed down the possible source to a class of asteroid called carbonaceous chondrites by studying nickel isotopes embedded around the impact crater in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
The identification of the impactor as a likely carbonaceous chondrite “is possible given nickel’s high abundance in primitive meteorites compared to the Earth’s crust and the distinct isotope compositions they record,” said researchers led by Georgy V. Makhatadze of Université Paris Cité.
“Our study highlights the extraterrestrial origin of the K-Pg mass extinction and the isotopes of nickel as a well-suited tool to characterise the nature of extraterrestrial material on Earth,” the team concluded. “Finally, it opens the door for further research into the connection between the impact and the mass extinction.”
Mummies, war, and doomsday. You’re welcome for the beach reads.
Thanks for reading! See you next week.
Cheerleading by the president, who made $1.2bn last year off uninsured currency, does not bode well for US economy
The scale of the graft is decidedly off the charts, but the revelation that Donald Trump raked in a personal fortune of $2.2bn during his first year in office should come as no surprise. The president didn’t even try to hide his venality. Not only did he refuse to sell businesses and put assets in a blind trust, as other presidents have done to limit opportunities for self-dealing; the quid pro quos with foreign governments and assorted magnates were exposed for all to see.
It is troubling that the president of the United States would so nonchalantly deploy his official powers to profit from dealings with money launderers and Middle Eastern princes. It is perhaps more so that the supposedly robust checks and balances upholding American governance proved powerless to stop him. (Here’s waiting for the supreme court to define Trump’s dealings as “official acts” in order to exonerate him.)
Continue reading...Since Trump deployed troops last August, Washingtonians have banded together to resist and support one another
Every night as dusk settles in Lincoln Park, the sound of spoons and ladles banging metal pots and pans fills the air for five minutes straight, followed by the chant “We’ll be back.”
This nightly ritual is known as a cacerolazo, a form of resistance that dates back to the 1830s, from France to Latin America. Residents all over Washington DC have been participating in it almost every night for nearly a year, starting when Donald Trump deployed thousands of national guard troops to the city.
Continue reading...Brash midfielder has admirers in Madrid, though his World Cup displays illustrate what he can offer Xabi Alonso’s Blues
Enzo Fernández was an unstoppable mix of style and spite during Argentina’s win over England. The midfielder’s first contribution during Wednesday’s semi-final in Atlanta was to plough into Elliot Anderson and clobber Manchester City’s new £116m signing round the head. He escaped without a booking, though, and made the most of some generous refereeing by showing the other side to his game when Argentina took control after going 1-0 down early in the second half.
Much has already been said about England’s attempt to hold on to their lead. A particular frustration for fans who watch the Premier League every week was that not enough was done to disrupt Fernández. The Chelsea midfielder is a wonderful player in possession but can struggle when opponents run past him. That weakness has caused structural issues for Chelsea and will be a factor if they decide to sell the Argentinian this summer. Against England, though, Fernández was given space to do as he pleased during the second half. He pulled the strings next to Alexis Mac Allister and proved his big-game mentality by scoring the equaliser with a bending shot from 25 yards in the 85th minute.
Continue reading...On a break from work, the oncologist was struck by the sight of construction workers balancing on scaffolding for a new high-rise
There is no window in Jibak Bhattacharya’s consultation suite, in Kolkata’s Apollo multispeciality hospital. The oncologist took this photo in 2024 while on a break. “I often crave sunlight between seeing patients, so I step out on to the landing, which has a huge square glass window where you can enjoy the outside view,” he says. “Previously, it was unobstructed nature, but they are developing a high-rise now.”
Bhattacharya noticed the pattern made by three workers on the scaffolding, and how you could draw a line straight through it, as in noughts and crosses.
Continue reading...Updates from Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt’s last match in charge
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Despite Australian rugby’s struggles, tonight’s match is a sell out, the sixth in a row for the Wallabies.
Referee: Paris-born Englishman Christophe Ridley.
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Barendrechter Paul van Wijnen (46) leeft al twaalf jaar met de ziekte van Parkinson. Ondanks zijn haperende motoriek probeert hij dit weekend de torenhoge Mont Blanc te beklimmen "Ik heb me goed voorbereid, maar ik vind het mega-spannend", zegt hij.
Barendrechter Paul van Wijnen (46) leeft al twaalf jaar met de ziekte van Parkinson. Ondanks zijn haperende motoriek probeert hij dit weekend de torenhoge Mont Blanc te beklimmen "Ik heb me goed voorbereid, maar ik vind het mega-spannend", zegt hij.