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The Knicks’ hedonistic NBA finals run has been a relief from the exhaustion of US politics

Immersed in the daily churn of Washington DC, I found an unexpected source of hope in the Knicks’ improbable season

When it comes to the length of my relationship with the New York Knicks, I’m more Taylor Swift than Timothée Chalamet.

But it was inevitable. For months, Knicks fever was slowly drawing me in. A close friend said the team was singularly healing her from a breakup. Another from depression. I had inadvertently been subjected to playoff games through friends, or the daily turmoil of them, through colleagues.

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‘It reminds me of the love I felt for my faithful companion’: Tony Hertz’s best phone picture

Shadows glimpsed on a wall at sunset inspired this evocative portrait of the photographer and his dog, Lolly

Lolly – a chow-chow-cocker spaniel mix – was Tony Hertz’s dog for 15 years. “She had long black hair with a little white on her mouth, ears, eyebrows and feet, and a partially marbled tongue. She was quite cute,” Hertz says.

Hertz and Lolly were living in Pismo Beach, California, when he took this shot. At the time he was working on a photography series and book based around shadows, and he had taken her along on one of his regular sunset walks. Over a career spanning three decades, Hertz has photographed queens, popes and a president, but this was an attempt at something more personal. The photo was taken on a grassy area next to a Walmart. As Hertz sat down on a bench for a breather, he noticed in their shadows that Lolly was looking directly at him. “I positioned my phone so it couldn’t be seen in the shadow, composed the shot and then looked toward Lolly so that our profiles would be turned to each other,” he says. Hertz often wears his brimmed hats when seeking out new elements for his series, “to make them consistent with a little noir look”.

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Pipers and dreams: World Cup fever grips Scotland again after 28 years

The country is ready to blow away decades of dashed hopes and celebrate, with marching bands and all-night parties

Scotland is leaning into one its most treasured traditions: embracing the hope and anxiety of a football World Cup, with a healthy dose of self-deprecating style.

There are brash new tartans, an Edinburgh bar offering free Irn-Bru-infused “fiery ginger” beers for patrons with red hair, a collaboration between Scottish whisky firms and a Brazilian distiller, and all-night parties in nightclubs repurposed as fanzones.

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Palestinian American woman held without charge by Israeli military

Soldiers arrested university student Sama Safi, 20, along with members of Palestinian women’s national soccer team

A 20-year-old Palestinian American woman has been held in Israeli military detention for nearly two weeks after Israeli soldiers stormed her family home in a pre-dawn raid on 2 June.

Sama Safi, a psychology student at Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, has not been charged with any crimes. A spokesperson for the Israeli military said she and three other women detained around the same time were arrested “after promoting hostile terrorist activity and additional terrorist-related activities”.

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Scotland v Ireland: Women’s T20 World Cup – live

T20 World Cup from 10.30am BST at Old Trafford
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3rd over: Scotland 21-0 (Carter 12, Fraser 6) Now it’s medium pace from both ends as Ava Canning replaces Maguire. Carter keeps swinging, chopping over the covers, pulling over midwicket, keeping every fielder interested but picking up two twos. With a pair of singles and a wide, the scoreboard is ticking over nicely.

2nd over: Scotland 13-0 (Carter 7, Fraser 4) It’s seam from the other end, from Arlene Kelly, though Hunter stays up to the stumps. Fraser picks up two with a tuck and a single with a pull. Kelly keeps Carter quiet and beats the bat outside off, but then Carter slogs to leg and again comes close to being caught in the deep.

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David Beckham joins Hollywood Walk of Fame as World Cup comes to LA

  • Beckham enjoys ‘surreal’ occasion with Tom Cruise

  • Celebrities cheer on USA at their opening match

David Beckham has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on a day when soccer and showbiz intermingled at the 2026 World Cup.

Beckham called the ceremony “surreal” as his wife, Victoria, and his friend Tom Cruise praised him at the ceremony. Cruise lauded Beckham’s journey, saying it was “a Hollywood story” of hard work, determination and global influence on sport and culture.

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Weer Engeland. """Man van 30""" steekt 17-jarig meisje op klaarlichte dag in haar NEK

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U hoeft zo niet te leven maar u doet het toch omdat universiteiten, media en politici u haten btw einde inhoudelijk commentaar. Over het bovenstaande voorval te Burnley schrijft de BBC: "Een 17-jarig meisje wordt in het ziekenhuis behandeld nadat ze in haar nek is gestoken. Gewapende agenten van de politie van Lancashire werden naar de plaats delict in Brierfield, nabij Nelson, gestuurd en arresteerden een 30-jarige man op verdenking van poging tot moord. De politie meldde dat ze om 15:06 uur BST naar Wood Street was geroepen na meldingen dat een meisje in de achterkant van haar nek was gestoken." Het slachtoffer zou buiten levensgevaar verkeren. Nou, op naar de volgende! Was er ondertussen maar een troostende, nieuwe GeenStijl Premium Podcast het verband tussen afkomst en compatibiliteit met Westerse samenlevingen. (Doen we vanaf nu dus om de week hè!)

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Doden door crash met Indiaas militair transportvliegtuig

NEW DELHI (ANP/AFP) - In het noordoosten van India is een militair transportvliegtuig neergestort. De Indiase krijgsmacht meldt dat vijf militairen om het leven zijn gekomen.

Het ongeluk met de Antonov An-32 vond plaats tijdens de landing op een luchtmachtbasis in Jorhat. Indiase media hebben beelden gedeeld van zwarte rookpluimen die opstegen en van wrakstukken. De toedracht van het ongeluk is nog niet bekend. Daar wordt volgens de krijgsmacht onderzoek naar gedaan.

In 2019 stortte een vliegtuig van hetzelfde type neer nadat het vanaf de basis in Jorhat was opgestegen. Er vielen toen dertien doden.


Williams' dubbelpartner Mboko meldt zich af voor Wimbledon

LONDEN (ANP/AFP) - Tennisster Victoria Mboko heeft zich wegens een knieblessure afgemeld voor Wimbledon. De 19-jarige Canadese maakte bekend dat ze de rest van het grasseizoen mist, maar hoopt dat ze haar samenwerking met Serena Williams in het dubbelspel kan hervatten op de US Open.

Mboko was de dubbelpartner van Williams bij haar rentree op de tennisbaan deze week op het grastoernooi van Queen's. Ze liep in haar enkelpartij tegen de Tsjechische Karolína Plíšková een blessure op, waardoor het koppel zich moest terugtrekken voor de rest van het dubbelspel in Londen.

"Ik heb zo veel van je geleerd en het spijt me enorm dat ons toernooi zo vroegtijdig tot een einde kwam, maar ik hoop dat we snel weer samen kunnen spelen en kunnen afmaken wat we waren begonnen", schrijft Mboko over haar samenwerking met de 23-voudig grandslamwinnares.

Williams speelt komende week ook in het dubbelspel op het grastoernooi van Berlijn. Daar zou ze nu een koppel vormen met Karolína Muchová uit Tsjechië.


6 Netflix-titels die je dit grijze weekend niet mag missen

Regenachtig weekend, geen WK-wedstrijd vóór 22:00 zondag en een bank die roept. Goed nieuws: Netflix dropte deze maand een rij titels die nú al hoog in de Top 10 staan, plus de langverwachte terugkeer van Anna van der Heides Nederlandse komedie Haantjes.

1. 'Haantjes' seizoen 2 — de Nederlandse hit die je niet meer wegklikt

Anna van der Heide bracht Haantjes in 2025 al in de top van de Nederlandse Netflix-komedies; seizoen 2 met zes nieuwe afleveringen staat sinds 13 mei op het platform en wordt deze maand opnieuw uitgelicht (Binge, FilmVandaag). Lokale productie, hoge IMDb-score, en precies het soort serie dat Discover graag opdrijft bij Nederlandse gebruikers.

2. 'The Witness' — true crime die wereldwijd #2 stond

De driedelige miniserie over de moord op Rachel Nickell in 1992 in Londen schoot meteen naar de tweede plek van Netflix' wereldwijde Engelstalige top met 13,2 miljoen views. Kort genoeg om in één avond uit te kijken, schokkend genoeg om er maandag over door te praten op de redactie.

3. 'Office Romance' — Jennifer Lopez die niemand zag aankomen

De romcom met J.Lo als ijskoude baas en Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso) als de nieuwe advocaat staat sinds 5 juni op #1 (Binge, Netflix Tudum). Voorspelbaar, comfortabel, perfect voor zondagavond.

4. 'The Murder of Rachel Nickell' — de echte zaak achter The Witness

Wie The Witness uitkijkt en méér wil weten: de bijbehorende documentaire staat sinds 4 juni in de top 5 van Netflix' wereldwijde Engelstalige films. Combineer fictie en feit in één avond.

5. 'Maa Behen' — Bollywood-misdaadkomedie als verrassing

Suresh Triveni's nieuwe komedie staat sinds 4 juni op Netflix en is een van de weinige niet-Engelstalige films die deze week wereldwijd doorbreekt. Voor wie eens iets anders wil dan de zoveelste Amerikaanse thriller.

6. Alvast noteren: 'I Will Find You' van Harlan Coben — vanaf 18 juni

De Netflix-Coben-machine draait door: een vader die levenslang zit voor de moord op zijn zoon ontvangt bewijs dat het kind nog leeft, en moet ontsnappen om de waarheid te achterhalen. Reserveer je woensdagavond.


EK handbal voor vrouwen in 2030 in België en Frankrijk

PARIJS (ANP/Belga) - België en Frankrijk organiseren in 2030 het Europees kampioenschap handbal voor vrouwen. De Franse handbalfederatie FFHandball meldde dat zaterdag.

"De Frans-Belgische kandidatuur heeft de Europese instanties weten te overtuigen door de ambitie van het gezamenlijke project van beide bonden", aldus de Franse handbalbond in een persbericht. "De gaststeden in beide landen worden later bekendgemaakt."

"De toewijzing van het EK vrouwenhandbal in 2030 aan Frankrijk en België is een historisch moment voor het Belgische handbal", reageert Jean-François Hannosset, voorzitter van de Belgische handbalbond (KBHB). België organiseerde het EK handbal nog niet eerder.

Het eerstvolgende EK handbal wordt in december dit jaar gehouden met wedstrijden in Polen, Roemenië, Slowakije, Tsjechië en Turkije.


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Anthropic 'Suspends' All Mythos and Fable Access After US Order Limiting Foreign Access

"Anthropic said on Friday it will 'abruptly disable' its most advanced AI models for all users,"
reports Reuters, "after the U.S. government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns. The company received the export control directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals, without being given specific details of its national security concern, Anthropic said in a statement."


Anthropic's blog post writes that the directive applies to foreign nationals "whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance."
"Access to all other Anthropic models will not be affected."

We received the directive from the government today at 5:21pm (ET)... Our understanding is that the government believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or "jailbreaking" Fable 5... We have not even received a disclosure of a concerning non-universal potential jailbreak that led to a harmful result. The potential jailbreaks that have been disclosed to us are either entirely benign responses or are minor findings that provide no Mythos-specific uplift.

To date, the government has only given us verbal evidence of a potential narrow, non-universal jailbreak, which essentially consists of asking the model to read a specific codebase and fix any software flaws. Our understanding is that one potential jailbreak was shared with the government. We have reviewed a report that we believe is the basis of the government's directive and validated that the level of capability displayed there is widely available from other models (including OpenAI's GPT-5.5), and is used every day by the defenders who keep systems safe... We are complying with the government's legal directive and are removing access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users. However, we disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people. If this standard was applied across the industry, we believe it would essentially halt all new model deployments for all frontier model providers.

As we have stated publicly, we believe the government should have the ability to block unsafe deployments, as part of a statutory process that is transparent, fair, clear, and grounded in technical facts. This action does not adhere to those principles. We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible.

Reuters notes that Amazon's cloud unit AWS "said late on Friday that Anthropic has asked it to revoke access to the models for 'all users in all regions.'"

Dean Ball, a former White House official who contributed to the AI Action Plan the administration issued in the summer of 2025, said in a post on X that the order suggests all "non-Americans" would be restricted from using Anthropic's latest models, including those based in the U.S. "This means you should expect to have to prove your citizenship to use Anthropic models," Ball said.
Several key Anthropic personnel, including co-founder Chris Olah, AI researcher Andrej Karpathy and philosopher Amanda Askell, were born outside the United States.

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Het laatste nieuws van vandaag over Rotterdam, Feyenoord, het verkeer en het weer in de regio Rijnmond

Run op water na bericht over poepbacterie, politie komt eraan te pas

In Dordrecht en Zwijndrecht is een ware run ontstaan op bronwater. De schappen van de meeste supermarkten zijn helemaal leeg. Aanleiding is het nieuws dat er een verhoogde hoeveelheid van de E. coliebacterie in het kraanwater is aangetroffen.

Run op water na bericht over poepbacterie

In Dordrecht en Zwijndrecht is een ware run ontstaan op bronwater. De schappen van de meeste supermarkten zijn helemaal leeg. Aanleiding is het nieuws dat er een verhoogde hoeveelheid van de E. coliebacterie in het kraanwater is aangetroffen.

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NHS patients can't opt out of Palantir's data platform – but their hospital can

Patients in England cannot stop their data being processed by the Palantir-built NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), but individual NHS trusts can choose not to use it, health minister Preet Kaur Gill has told MPs. The minister, who was appointed last month to cover health innovation and safety, told fellow Labour MP Neil Duncan-Jordan that patients can only opt out of secondary uses of data such as planning and research. On the main opt-out mechanism, she said: "The National Data Opt-Out does not currently apply to products used in the NHS FDP. In most cases, this is because data is being used for the purpose of direct care." Last month, NHS England confirmed it had changed policy so some Palantir staff can access identifiable patient data through a new "admin" role. A briefing document seen by The Financial Times and confirmed by The Register warned that granting access could create a "risk of loss of public confidence" in NHS England's assurances about safeguarding patient data. Answering a separate question from Labour MP Rachael Maskell, Gill confirmed that NHS trusts running hospitals, mental health and other services can opt out. "Where NHS organizations would like to use alternative solutions, they retain the ability to procure locally, provided solutions meet applicable standards and support the delivery of national priorities," she said. According to NHS England statistics, 168 of 214 NHS trusts have signed up to use the FDP, with 123 live and 80 reporting benefits. All but one of England's 42 integrated care boards, Greater Manchester, have also joined. Palantir's role in the FDP, which followed similar pandemic-era work for NHS England, has become increasingly contentious. Last week, Parliament's Science, Innovation and Technology Committee said the NHS should end Palantir's involvement, and MPs have tabled 40 written questions about the supplier, which also works for intelligence agencies and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in the last month. Responding to a question from Labour MP Mark Sewards, Gill said the government will decide this year whether to extend Palantir's current FDP contract beyond its February 2027 expiry. She noted the program was among just 14 percent of major government projects to get a green rating from the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority, "indicating that the NHS FDP is on track." In a further answer to Neil Duncan-Jordan, Gill said the contract includes an exit management process covering intellectual property rights. "In addition, the contract includes controls to support transition and continuity of services in the event of termination, ensuring that operational delivery and patient services are protected," she said. "In principle, another supplier could provide equivalent functionality in the future," Gill added, signaling that even if Palantir's contract is not renewed, the government wants to retain the FDP. "It would take planning, time, and resources to run a compliant procurement and then move services and data across safely." ®

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