De AIVD en de MIVD hebben in de coronaperiode regelmatig mensen onderzocht en afgeluisterd die mogelijk een gevaar vormden. Zo dreigde een medewerker van Defensie met geweld als vergaande coronamaatregelen zouden worden doorgevoerd. Alles gebeurde binnen de wet, zegt de toezichthouder.
Stuart Vevers wants the luxury brand to keep championing upcycled materials and reduce landfill waste
Stuart Vevers, the British designer of the American mass luxury brand Coach, is working to keep sustainability in the spotlight at New York fashion week. Not an easy task, when environmental concerns are slipping down the global agenda and fashion, perennially a mirror to the world we live in, has reverted to putting profits first.
“I’m an optimist, but it’s not a blind optimism. There’s a lot of tension in optimism, because the world is challenging and I am not ignoring that. My optimism comes from believing that the young people of today are going to make this world better,” he said before Wednesday’s show, held in the historic Cunard building in downtown New York.
Continue reading...Vincent Chan admitted a series of crimes against young girls in his care as well as women over nearly two decades
A paedophile former nursery worker has been jailed for 18 years at Wood Green crown court for the “wicked” sexual abuse of young children.
Vincent Chan abused young children in his care – engaging in physical sexual abuse, taking obscene photos of them and creating others using software – as well as taking obscene images of himself in a classroom. He also set up cameras to watch women changing or going to the toilet, and sexually assaulted a woman while she was asleep.
Continue reading...Actor pens emotional handwritten letter to remember late Dawson’s Creek co-star as show creator also shares his grief
Katie Holmes has shared a handwritten letter to her late Dawson’s Creek co-star James Van Der Beek.
The actor, who played Joey in the era-defining teen drama series, posted a tribute on Instagram addressed to Van Der Beek, who died this week at the age of 48.
Continue reading...Legislation is latest step in Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government’s crackdown on irregular migration
Italy’s prime minister says her government will deploy every tool at its disposal to “guarantee the security of our borders” after approving a bill authorising naval blockades to stop boats from arriving in Italy during periods of “exceptional pressure”.
The bill is the latest step in the crackdown on irregular immigration by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government, which has included tough measures against charity rescue ships, harsher jail terms for human smugglers and schemes aimed at swiftly repatriating people.
Continue reading...From Yoko Ono to Frida Kahlo, from Louise Bourgeois to Artemisia Gentileschi, women have long been capturing the unvarnished truth about their own bodies – and that’s why my novel Female, Nude weaves them into the plot
‘If you want to paint, put your clothes back on!” That was how Carolee Schneemann summarised the critical response to her 1975 performance piece Interior Scroll, which she had performed nude standing on a gallery table. After making a series of life model poses, she removed a scroll from her vagina and began to read her manifesto. In doing so, Schneemann asked an important question: “What does it mean for a female artist to be both the artist and the life model?” Or as she put it: “Both image and image-maker?”
The female nude, as depicted and objectified by the male artist, has dominated western art for centuries. Despite decades of feminist efforts, that interaction between the great male genius and his female model – sometimes muse – remains a subject of perennial fascination. To enter a gallery, or to open a university textbook, is to be confronted with a parade of idealised naked females by male artists from Rubens, Titian and Botticelli to Picasso and De Kooning.
Continue reading...Simon Stiell tells audience in Cop31 host nation Turkey that climate extremes are fuelling famine, displacement and war
National security strategies that fail to take account of the climate crisis are “dangerously narrow”, and will leave countries open to “a new world disorder” threatening famine and conflict, the UN’s climate chief has warned.
The warnings came as a draft of a key agenda for the Cop31 climate conference omitted to mention fossil fuels, and skewed instead to the interests of the Turkish hosts, such as waste management and tourism.
Continue reading...Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
Elon Musk’s longtime fixation on a white racial majority is intensifying. The richest man in the world posted about how the white race was under threat, made allusions to race science or promoted anti-immigrant conspiracy content on 26 out of 31 days in January, according to the Guardian’s analysis of his social media output. The posts, made on his platform X, reflect a renewed embrace of what extremism experts describe as white supremacist material.
“Whites are a rapidly dying minority,” Musk said on 22 January, a short time before taking the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, while reposting an Irish anti-immigrant influencer’s video about demographic change.
Continue reading...American clips gate but given welcome surprise
US teammates witness event at end of course
Olympic downhill champion Breezy Johnson didn’t add to her medal haul during the women’s super-G on Thursday, but she left Tofane with something precious anyway: an engagement ring.
Johnson, who won gold on Sunday in the downhill, crashed out of the super-G after she clipped a gate with one of her poles, sending her tumbling into the safety fence. However, there was some consolation: her boyfriend, Connor Watkins, proposed to her near the finish line. Surrounded by members of the US Ski Team, Johnson said “Yes!” and the two embraced.
Continue reading...MINNEAPOLIS (ANP/AFP) - De 'grenstsaar' van de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump heeft aangekondigd dat de operatie van immigratiedienst ICE in Minnesota snel ten einde komt. Tom Homan heeft voorgesteld de campagne af te ronden en volgens hem heeft Trump daarmee ingestemd.
De Amerikaanse regering stuurde in december ICE-agenten naar de staat om illegale migranten te arresteren. Volgens Homan worden de agenten de komende weken teruggetrokken.
UTRECHT (ANP) - Medewerkers in de jeugdzorg leggen maandag 2 maart in heel Nederland 24 uur het werk neer. Dat melden vakbonden FNV, CNV en FBZ. De werknemers verzamelen zich in Utrecht uit protest tegen de vastgelopen cao-onderhandelingen.
Volgens de bonden, die eerder een ultimatum aan Jeugdzorg Nederland stelden, volgde op dat ultimatum "radiostilte". Maaike van der Aar, bestuurder FNV Jeugdzorg, zegt in een persbericht: "Medewerkers voelen zich genegeerd en totaal niet serieus genomen."
Jeugdzorgpersoneel voert al sinds begin februari stiptheidsacties en houdt werknemersbijeenkomsten om een beter aanbod te krijgen. Bij stiptheidsacties doen werknemers niet meer dan van hen wordt gevraagd. De acties zijn al gehouden in Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Overijssel, Zuid-Holland en Utrecht. Maandag 16 februari vinden er acties plaats in Groningen en Friesland. De acties lopen nog tot en met 19 februari.
In de jeugdzorg werken zo'n 38.000 medewerkers.
ARNHEM (ANP) - Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe mag nog steeds geen wolven doden die in het park leven. De provincie Gelderland gaf daar vorig jaar april geen toestemming voor en de parkdirectie ging in beroep bij de rechter. Die oordeelt nu dat de Hoge Veluwe onder de huidige regels sowieso geen afschotvergunning kan krijgen en wijst het bezwaar daarom af. De Hoge Veluwe zegt wolven met name te willen kunnen afschieten om de kudde moeflons in het gebied te beschermen.
Volgens de rechter heeft het park juridisch geen belang meer bij het beroep, omdat de Europees beschermde status van de wolf is afgezwakt. Daardoor geldt er voorlopig geen vergunningplicht meer voor het afschieten van wolven en kan het park niet alsnog een ontheffing krijgen. Provincies kunnen nu alleen ingrijpen om een wolf te doden als die een gevaar vormt voor mensen of ander probleemgedrag vertoont. De regering is bezig de wetgeving aan te passen, maar het is nog niet duidelijk hoe lang dat gaat duren en hoe dat eruit komt te zien.
Elon Musk has framed the recent exodus of talent from his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, as a necessary growing pain, saying the company's evolution "required parting ways with some people."…
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