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Regulator suspends permit due to ‘unacceptable risk’ antibiotic poses to other species in move welcomed by environmental campaigners

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Chair of joint chiefs of staff and others in classified meeting said Iran is trying to get US to spend its munitions

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Weer voor Rotterdam 🌕 - 05-03-2026 01:15 CET

In één oogopslag:
• 9.6°C · Helder 🌕 | Min 7.8°C / Max 17.0°C

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 7.8°C, Max 17.0°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, 🧭 1019.4 hPa ↘️ -3.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↖ 131°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 02:00: 9.2°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1022.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.0 km/u (2.5 m/s), richting: ← 108°
• 03:00: 8.9°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1022.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ↖ 122°
• 04:00: 8.8°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1021.5 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.6 km/u (2.4 m/s), richting: ↖ 127°
• 05:00: 8.2°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1021.0 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.6 km/u (2.4 m/s), richting: ↖ 118°
• 06:00: 7.8°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1020.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.8 km/u (3.0 m/s), richting: ↖ 121°
• 07:00: 8.1°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1020.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ↖ 126°
• 08:00: 8.4°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1020.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ↖ 128°
• 09:00: 9.6°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1020.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↖ 129°
• 10:00: 11.2°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1020.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↖ 143°
• 11:00: 12.6°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1020.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↖ 147°
• 12:00: 14.1°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1019.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.8 km/u (3.0 m/s), richting: ↖ 151°
• 13:00: 15.4°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1019.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ↖ 143°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• vrijdag 06 maart: Min 9.2°C, Max 18.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1021.2 hPa ↗️ +1.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↑ 174°
• zaterdag 07 maart: Min 7.1°C, Max 16.4°C (Mist) 🌫️, 🧭 1024.4 hPa ↗️ +3.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.8 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 37°
• zondag 08 maart: Min 6.3°C, Max 16.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1020.9 hPa ↘️ -3.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.1 km/u (2.5 m/s), richting: ← 109°
• maandag 09 maart: Min 7.6°C, Max 16.8°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1017.9 hPa ↘️ -3.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.5 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ↑ 194°
• dinsdag 10 maart: Min 6.7°C, Max 15.2°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 12%, 🧭 1018.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.9 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 210°
• woensdag 11 maart: Min 7.1°C, Max 13.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1017.1 hPa ↘️ -1.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.3 km/u (5.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 224°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 9.6°C (Helder)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 7.1°C (-2.5°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ← 109°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 16.2 km/h (4.5 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 86%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1022.5 hPa ↘️ -1.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 07:18 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 18:28

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 83 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 44.8 μg/m³
• PM10: 51.8 μg/m³

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Je hoort wel eens verhalen dat mannen geen idee hebben van de mental load die moeders dragen om de dagelijkse gang binnen het gezin lopend te houden. Het onzichtbare werk.

AZ kent een moeizaam jaar en staat zesde in de eredivisie. Nu woensdagavond ten koste van Telstar (2-1) voor het tweede jaar op rij de bekerfinale is bereikt, kan een verloren seizoen nog voorkomen worden.

Attack infrastructure attributed to 'several Iran-nexus threat actors'

Multiple Iranian hacking crews have been targeting internet-connected surveillance cameras across Israel and other Middle Eastern countries since the war started on February 28, according to Check Point security researchers. …

Dustin Destree shares a report from Phys.org: Although plastic particles in the air are increasingly coming into focus, knowledge about their distribution and effects is still limited. Chemical analyses from Leipzig now provide details from Germany for the first time: Around 4% of the particulate matter consists of plastic. Around two-thirds of this comes from tire abrasion. Extrapolated, this means that people in a city like Leipzig inhale approximately 2.1 micrograms of plastic per day through the air, which increases the risk of death from cardiovascular disease by 9% and from lung cancer by 13%. These findings underscore the need to take global action against plastic pollution and to examine air quality and health at the regional level, write researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) and Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in the journal Communications Earth & Environment. "With around two-thirds of microplastics coming from tire abrasion, this shows that action is needed and that the fine dust problem cannot be solved by switching to electric mobility alone. To protect health, it would be important to also take tire abrasion into account when regulating air quality and to set limits for microplastics in the air," demands Prof. Hartmut Herrmann from TROPOS, who led the study.

The study has been published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.

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Sony is reportedly abandoning its recent push to bring major PlayStation games to PC and will instead keep most single-player titles exclusive to the PlayStation 5. According to Bloomberg, the shift back toward console exclusivity may be driven by weaker PC sales and concerns about diluting the PlayStation brand. From the report: Online games such as Marathon and Marvel Tokon will still be released across multiple platforms, but single-player titles such as last year's samurai hit Ghost of Yotei and the upcoming action game Saros will remain exclusive to PlayStation 5, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren't authorized to talk publicly about the company's strategy.

The people cautioned that things could change in the future due to the unpredictable nature of the video-game industry and that Sony's plans are constantly shifting. But in recent weeks PlayStation scrapped plans to bring Ghost of Yotei and other internally developed games to PC. Two games made by external developers but published by PlayStation, Death Stranding 2 and the upcoming Kena: Scars of Kosmora, are still planned for release on PC this year.

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WASHINGTON (ANP) - Een resolutie die de macht van president Donald Trump om aanvallen uit te voeren in Iran zou hebben ingeperkt, is gestrand in de Senaat. Zoals verwacht stemde een meerderheid tegen het voorstel, dat was ingediend door Democraat Tim Kaine en Republikein Rand Paul.

De initiatiefnemers wilden met de resolutie afdwingen dat president Trump parlementaire toestemming moet vragen om verdere aanvallen uit te voeren. Tegenstanders stellen dat het optreden van Trump wettig is en binnen zijn bevoegdheden als opperbevelhebber valt.

Paul was de enige Republikein die voor het aannemen van de resolutie stemde. De Democratische senator John Fetterman stemde tegen.

PORT CHARLOTTE (ANP) - De Nederlandse honkballers hebben twee dagen voor de start van de World Baseball Classic (WBC) het laatste oefenduel met Tampa Bay Rays gewonnen. Het Koninkrijksteam was in Port Charlotte, in Florida, met 11-8 te sterk voor het team uit de Amerikaanse Major League.

Bondscoach Andruw Jones werd deze week geconfronteerd met een positieve dopingtest van international Jurickson Profar, die inmiddels voor een jaar is geschorst. Jones riep woensdag Jakey Josepha op als vervanger voor Profar.

Oranje begint vrijdag aan de WBC, het officieuze WK, met een wedstrijd tegen Venezuela. De ploeg speelt in de groepsfase ook nog tegen Nicaragua, de Dominicaanse Republiek en Israël.