Regenwater dat bij de spoedeisende hulp naar binnen stroomt en ambulances blokkeert. Nieuwe data laten zien: hoosbuien worden ‘groot probleem’

Door klimaatverandering krijgt Nederland steeds zwaardere buien te verduren. NRC onderzocht hoe hoog het water kan komen te staan in de omgeving van de eerste hulp, ziekenhuizen, zorginstellingen, kazernes en scholen. „Nederland is onvoldoende voorbereid.”


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“Als Barcelona volle bak gaat, dan is Feyenoord kansloos.” Robert Maaskant windt er in FC Rijnmond geen doekjes om voorafgaand aan de Champions League-kraker in Camp Nou. Samen met Mikos Gouka en Dennis Kranenburg blikt hij vooruit op de loodzware avond die Feyenoord in Barcelona wacht.

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“Als Barcelona volle bak gaat, dan is Feyenoord kansloos.” Robert Maaskant windt er in FC Rijnmond geen doekjes om voorafgaand aan de Champions League-kraker in Camp Nou. Samen met Mikos Gouka en Dennis Kranenburg blikt hij vooruit op de loodzware avond die Feyenoord in Barcelona wacht.

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German chancellor vows to stay in office despite AfD triumph in state election

Friedrich Merz said his conservative CDU was shaken ‘to its very foundations’ after far-right victory in Saxony-Anhalt

A “shocked” and chastened Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay in office despite the far right’s triumph in a state election that has brought anti-immigrant, pro-Kremlin politicians within striking distance of power.

The German chancellor, appearing ashen-faced in front of reporters in Berlin, said on Monday that the landslide victory by the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in Saxony-Anhalt had shaken his conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) “to its very foundations”.

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The Guardian view on the far right’s real weapon: it is the politics of powerlessness | Editorial

From Dover to Saxony-Anhalt, extremists thrive when voters believe established parties can no longer deliver security, prosperity or meaningful change

What links the thuggish masked agitation in southern England this weekend and the far-right Alternative für Deutschland’s (AfD) best-ever result in a German state – where it more than doubled the 21% vote it received five years ago? Several hundred men in balaclavas blocking an A road are not the same as a party winning a landslide election. But both events draw on the idea that the political system has lost control. The extremists in Dover and Portsmouth dramatise this claim; the electoral result in Germany threatens to institutionalise it.

The prospect of Germany’s first far-right-led state government since the second world war carries real consequences. In Saxony-Anhalt it could see power handed to a party hostile to migrants, Islam, LGBTQ+ rights and climate policy. Alarmingly, it has senior figures linked to former neo-Nazi groups. About 170,000 foreign nationals live among 2 million people in Saxony-Anhalt – and roughly a fifth of the state’s doctors were born abroad. The grim paradox is that an AfD government could oversee the very state intelligence service that has classified the party as “rightwing extremist”.

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The Guardian view on skin cancer: fear the heat of the sun | Editorial

With melanoma cases rising, the UK must learn from public health campaigns elsewhere

New climate risks bring with them new health risks. An exceptionally warm and dry summer in Europe meant that outdoor workers, and those who choose to spend leisure time in the sun, were confronted more directly than usual by the need to protect their skin from ultraviolet (UV) radiation, as well as avoid dehydration and overheating. In the UK, the annual total of new melanoma cases was reported to have risen above 20,000 for the first time earlier this year (the two most common forms of skin cancer, basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma, are less dangerous).

As with other cancers, the increase in cases reflects an ageing and a growing population. A third of those diagnosed with cancer in the UK are over 75. But with the NHS struggling to cope with the number of those seeking treatment, and melanoma the fifth most common cancer – after prostate, breast, lung and bowel (and excluding other skin cancers) – there are growing calls for behaviour change aligned to stronger public health measures. In May, a group of MPs proposed a ban on advertising sunbeds, which – along with sunburn and tanning – are linked with a raised risk of skin cancer. Last year, a group of experts advocated banning their commercial use altogether, as in Australia and Brazil.

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Bernie Ecclestone questioned after shotgun found on his private jet in Portugal

  • Former F1 chief says firearm was for clay-pigeon shooting

  • Police quiz 95-year-old over lack of documents for gun

Bernie Ecclestone was detained in Portugal on Monday after customs authorities found him in possession of an undocumented shotgun. The Guardian has independently confirmed the incident with multiple authorities involved in the matter.

The detention of the 95‑year‑old took place at Tires Aerodrome in Cascais, shortly after the former Formula One chief’s private jet landed. After a routine inspection of the aircraft and its passengers, authorities reportedly discovered a shotgun in Ecclestone’s possession. He was stopped for questioning by Portuguese officials and said the gun was for use in clay pigeon shooting.

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A Reform UK without Nigel Farage used to be unthinkable. Not any more | Gaby Hinsliff

The scandals are building, his touch perhaps not quite what it was. And, most of all, his party rivals are beginning to sense an opportunity

Nigel Farage didn’t know. He wasn’t told.

Sure, he was right there at the table when the undercover reporter he believed to be a rich American’s son spelled out very clearly how he hoped to channel his father’s money to Reform, in ways that certainly don’t sound too lawful.

Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist

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Katie MacLean (Bluesky, 9/7/26): "'Jane Austen's Global Fan Cultures' has just gone live! The issue boasts articles on Chinese translation and reception ["Emma in China"], literary tourism ["Location and Likeness," "The 'Austen Effect'" and "Co-Authoring Austen," the last re: Lost in Austen], fanfiction ["Miss Bingley's Orange Gown"], and digital humanities ... ["The Wide World of Jane Austen," re: the point-and-click Jane Austen's Desk] ... I contributed my own article ... on 'Queer Adaptation and Fan Culture.'" More: an intro on Austen being read abroad in her lifetime; an epilogue on the Odyssey, etc.; use of colors in Austen; and "Austen Remapped," on Uzma Jalaluddin's Ayesha at Last and Sonali Dev's Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors. Incidentally, Trung Le Nguyen is live-skeeting Austen's Emma. More previouslies: The Other Bennet Sister and Austenland.

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Lawrence Barretto selects his winners and losers from an eventful 2026 Italian Grand Prix in Monza.

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Vijf jaar na de lockdowns: welk land kwam het beste door corona? Niet Zweden en zeker ook Nederland niet

In het voorjaar van 2020 zat je in Amsterdam binnen en in Stockholm op een terras, terwijl Londen nog aarzelde. Vijf jaar en drie Nederlandse onderzoeksrapporten later kun je narekenen wie daar het beste van afkwam – niet in aantallen doden, want dan wint elk klein land automatisch, maar per hoofd van de bevolking. Het is niet Zweden, hoe hard de aanhangers van de Zweedse aanpak ook rekenen. Het is al helemaal niet Nederland, dat op papier meeviel en in werkelijkheid bij de zwaarst getroffen landen van West-Europa hoorde. Het land dat wél won, deed dat niet helemaal op eigen kracht.

De eerlijkste meetlat

Neem de meetlat die wél iets zegt: oversterfte, gecorrigeerd voor leeftijd en geslacht. Over de periode januari 2020 tot juli 2022 lag die in dertien West-Europese landen tussen 0,5 en 1,0 extra dode per duizend inwoners in Noorwegen, Denemarken, Ierland en Zweden, tegen ongeveer 2,7 in Italië. Nederland en het Verenigd Koninkrijk zitten in de achterhoede: alleen België en Italië deden het slechter.

Zoom je in op de Scandinavische landen, dan komt Denemarken over 2020–2022 uit op 86 extra doden per honderdduizend inwoners – de laagste van de vier. Noorwegen kwam op 121, Zweden op 117, Finland op 190. De onzekerheidsmarges zijn groot, maar de rangorde is consistent.

Wie in 2020 juichte of gruwde over Zweden, keek naar een tussenstand.

Zweden liep de achterstand in

Dat Zweden bijna gelijk eindigt met Noorwegen is het pijnlijkste cijfer hier. In 2020 was het verschil dramatisch: 75 extra doden per honderdduizend Zweden tegen 6 in Noorwegen. Maar in 2022 draaide het beeld om. Noorwegen, Denemarken en Finland kregen alsnog hun oversterfte, Zweden nauwelijks.

De Zweedse ramp van 2020 was bovendien niet alleen beleid. Het land ging de pandemie in na twee opvallend milde griepseizoenen, waardoor er een ongewoon grote groep kwetsbare ouderen leefde die er anders niet meer geweest zou zijn. Wat overbleef aan beleidsfalen zat in de verpleeghuizen: ouderen beschermen ging in Zweden merkbaar slechter dan in Denemarken.

Nederland: laag geteld, veel gestorven

Het gemelde aantal Nederlandse coronadoden viel jarenlang mee, en dat kwam vooral doordat er in het voorjaar van 2020 nauwelijks getest werd. Uit de doodsoorzakenstatistiek blijkt dat er tussen 2020 en oktober 2022 47.076 mensen aan COVID-19 overleden – veel meer dan de dagelijkse meldingen suggereerden. De oversterfte bleef ook in 2022 hoger dan de gemelde coronasterfte.

En hoeveel geluk zat erin?

Behoorlijk veel. In Denemarken en Noorwegen kwam het virus begin 2020 nauwelijks binnen: er zijn maar weinig introducties vastgesteld. In Italië, Spanje, Frankrijk en het Verenigd Koninkrijk gebeurde precies het omgekeerde, met tientallen besmettingshaarden voordat iemand iets sloot. Denemarken kon op 13 maart 2020 dicht toen er nog bijna niets rondging; het Verenigd Koninkrijk deed dat op 24 maart, met een halve maand ongeremde verspreiding achter de rug.

Wie vroeg dichtgaat, hoeft minder hard te sluiten – en dat is deels een kwestie van wanneer het vliegtuig landde.

Daar komt de andere helft: dat vroege sluiten was wél een keuze. Een lockdown een week eerder had in Engeland alleen al ongeveer 23.000 doden in de eerste golf voorkomen. Geluk verklaart waarom sommige landen tijd hadden. Beleid verklaart wat ze ermee deden.

De Feiten

• Laagste oversterfte 2020–2022 in Scandinavië: Denemarken, 86 per 100.000 inwoners.

• Zweden 2020: 75 per 100.000; Noorwegen 6 per 100.000.

• Nederland en het Verenigd Koninkrijk: bij de zwaarst getroffen West-Europese landen.

• Coronasterfte Nederland 2020 t/m oktober 2022: 47.076 personen.

• Lockdown Denemarken: 13 maart 2020. Verenigd Koninkrijk: 24 maart 2020.

Meer weten?

  • Drie jaar corona in cijfers – CBS
  • Oversterfte door het nieuwe coronavirus – RIVM
  • Hoe de westerse wereld te laat reageerde op covid – Universiteit Leiden

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Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 07-09-2026 19:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 22.2°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 18.8°C / Max 26.2°C | Kans op neerslag 3%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 18.8°C, Max 26.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1015.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 23.0 km/u (6.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 225°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

20:00: 21.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1015.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 23.0 km/u (6.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 237°
21:00: 21.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1015.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 20.5 km/u (5.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 242°
22:00: 21.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1015.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 22.0 km/u (6.1 m/s), richting: ↗ 240°
23:00: 20.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1014.9 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 19.8 km/u (5.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 228°
00:00: 20.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1014.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 19.4 km/u (5.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 221°
01:00: 19.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1014.1 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 20.5 km/u (5.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 222°
02:00: 19.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1013.5 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 20.2 km/u (5.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 227°
03:00: 19.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1013.0 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.3 km/u (4.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 222°
04:00: 19.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1012.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 18.7 km/u (5.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 236°
05:00: 19.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1012.3 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 19.8 km/u (5.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 236°
06:00: 19.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 5%, 🧭 1011.6 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.6 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 228°
07:00: 18.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 13%, 🧭 1011.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 215°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

dinsdag 08 september: Min 15.8°C, Max 19.3°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 10.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 50%, 🧭 1010.5 hPa ↘️ -4.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.2 km/u (5.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 226°
woensdag 09 september: Min 14.4°C, Max 18.7°C (Zware regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 11.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 49%, 🧭 1012.0 hPa ↗️ +1.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 22.0 km/u (6.1 m/s), richting: ↘ 297°
donderdag 10 september: Min 11.9°C, Max 19.1°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 5%, 🧭 1018.5 hPa ↗️ +6.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↑ 200°
vrijdag 11 september: Min 12.8°C, Max 18.1°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 35%, 🧭 1017.7 hPa ↘️ -0.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.5 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 218°
zaterdag 12 september: Min 11.4°C, Max 20.4°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 11%, 🧭 1023.5 hPa ↗️ +5.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 6.0 km/u (1.7 m/s), richting: → 258°
zondag 13 september: Min 14.1°C, Max 19.6°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.7 mm, Kans op neerslag 40%, 🧭 1018.8 hPa ↘️ -4.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.5 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 223°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 19:15): 22.2°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 20.7°C (-1.5°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 22.3 km/u (6.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 247°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 44.6 km/h (12.4 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 71%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1015.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 19.2 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.2
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 07:03 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 20:15

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 44 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 5.9 μg/m³
• PM10: 10.3 μg/m³

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'She Lost Her Sight. Her Billionaire Father Bet On a Daring New Treatment.'

"Billionaire Bill Ackman's life was upended this February when his 26-year-old daughter collapsed in her Brooklyn apartment, suffering a brain hemorrhage that would render her unable to move, speak or see," writes the Washingon Post. But then...

The hedge fund manager did what any good father would do — at least, any father with vast financial resources and what friends describe as a "Mr. Fix-It" tendency. He sprung into action, getting her topline care at New York City's Mt. Sinai Hospital and consulting a network of well-connected friends all over the world. He helped her access a novel cell therapy that has been gaining traction among longevity enthusiasts, who are seeking ways to prolong human life. And then — motivated by a newfound desire to accelerate scientific research — he vowed to spend more than $400 million to launch an institute dedicated to longevity and brain health... He posted this week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in May, gave his daughter Lucy's medical team a first-time emergency authorization to transplant mitochondria — the energy-producing part of human cells — from her leg muscle to her eyes, in the hopes that the tiny cell powerhouses would facilitate healing in her optic nerves and perhaps even restore her vision.
Ackman's story highlights the increasingly prominent role of the ultra-wealthy in making expensive medical bets on longevity treatments and other novel therapies, altering the direction of research as federal funding for science declines in the second Trump administration. But his saga is a deeply personal one, spurred by his daughter's medical crisis. The focus on longevity by Ackman, who made billions on Wall Street as a hedge fund manager, is aligned with similarly ambitious efforts from some of Silicon Valley's biggest names. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has backed Retro Biosciences, a start-up whose goal is to add 10 healthy years to the human lifespan through cellular reprogramming. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is reportedly a funder of Altos Labs, which focuses on cellular rejuvenation and resilience... Billionaire investor Peter Thiel, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison are also deeply invested in life-extension methods and attempts to rewrite the biology of aging...

The therapy given to Ackman's daughter Lucy, known as mitochondrial transplantation, is of great interest not only to people who have suffered injuries, but to longevity-focused scientists who believe that mitochondria may hold promise for reversing some of the effects of aging... In recent years, scientists have discovered that mitochondria have many other functions beyond converting food into energy. They serve as clearinghouses for damaged cells, opening up the possibility that they can help with cell regeneration and healing, said Daria Mochly-Rosen, professor of chemical and systems biology at the Stanford University School of Medicine and co-author of " The Life Machines: How Taking Care of Your Mitochondria Can Transform Your Health."

"I am one of those who believes that focusing on mitochondrial health is a way to address many human diseases, including aging itself," she said. "It's exciting."

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