Na de vermissing van shorttracker Roes vraagt Marijn de Vries zich af: Hoe leer je atleten dat ze er ook mogen zijn als mens?

Wat defensielobbyisten en experts in Brussel zien: er is héél veel geld, maar het effectief uitgeven lukt amper. „Het schandaal is dat Europa zoveel uitgeeft en er zo weinig voor terugkrijgt.”

De Amerikaanse singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams heeft een sterrenstatus. Op haar derde album ‘Daughter from Hell’ maakt ze soms indruk, maar te vaak blijft ze hangen in de stijl van haar grote voorbeeld Taylor Swift.

De voormalige burgemeester van Manchester volgt maandag Keir Starmer op als nieuwe premier van het Verenigd Koninkrijk.

Gen Z kreeg onder uit de zak, begin juni in de opiniesectie van nrc.nl. De huidige jongvolwassenen, betoogde de auteur, zijn socialisten.

Altijd als Saskia Giorgini (41) in Nederland optreedt, haasten de marketeers zich te zeggen dat ze Italiaans-Néderlands is. Dat klopt ook wel, maar behalve een Nederlandse moeder en een Nederlands paspoort, is ze toch wel voor een erg groot deel Italiaans. Donderdag speelt ze in het Concertgebouw.

Terwijl het eerste officiële WK-nummer flopte, gingen fans zelf aan de slag met AI-nummers. Toch wist Shakira wederom ‘de koningin van het WK’ te worden. Een muzikale terugblik op het WK voor de ‘halftime-show’ deze zondag.

Microsoft has delayed the removal of the -Credential parameter from Exchange Online PowerShell until December 2026, giving administrators more time to update affected scripts and automation. The -Credential parameter is used when connecting to Exchange Online PowerShell. It allows an administrator to supply stored username and password credentials. These days, it is heavily discouraged, particularly when more secure authentication methods are available. Microsoft had designated the parameter for removal in July 2026 as part of its move away from password-based authentication. The trouble is tracking down automation scripts that use it, updating them, and validating the changes – assuming a fix is even possible. Once the parameter is gone from the Connect-ExchangeOnline and Connect-IppsSession cmdlets in the Exchange Online PowerShell module, any scripts still relying on it will break, potentially taking carefully built workflows down with them. However, Microsoft has opted to push back the retirement beginning December 2026 – a festive gift for administrators. The company stated: "If your organization uses the -Credential parameter in PowerShell scripts or automation workflows connecting to Exchange Online or Security & Compliance PowerShell, those scripts will break when you update to an Exchange Online PowerShell module version released beginning December 2026." As such, the retirement won't take effect until an update is performed. The server-side retirement of the underlying authentication flow is planned "for a later date." "When that occurs, the -Credential parameter will stop functioning even on older module versions." Microsoft said it delayed the retirement due to "customer feedback," although it came late in the day. That said, a few extra months will be welcomed by affected administrators dealing with the impact of the change. And the change is still coming. Microsoft added: "While our published timeline extends to the start of December 2026, we strongly recommend that all customers transition away from the -Credential parameter as soon as possible and not wait until the deadline." ®

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that Google may not be able to claim intermediary liability protection for YouTube content it reviews as part of a commercial partnership with a creator. The case stems from a €750,000 fine imposed on Google Ireland by Italy's communications regulator in 2022 over YouTube videos promoting online gambling. Before entering the revenue-sharing agreement, under which Google placed pre-roll ads on the creator's videos, the company reviewed the channel's content. The regulator argued that this examination undermined Google's claim that it acted as a neutral intermediary exempt from liability. Google appealed against the fine, and the case was referred to the CJEU. The court rejected Mountain View's reading of the liability exemption, leaving Italy's Council of State to decide the dispute. The exemption still applies where "the service provider has neither knowledge of nor control over the information which is transmitted or stored." However, in this instance, Google was aware of the content. The court held that the exemption "does not apply" to a platform operator that agreed commercial terms with a channel where the operator "carried out an examination of the content of that channel," including its main theme, its most-viewed or newest videos, or the associated metadata. In effect, the ruling limits Google's ability to rely on its "intermediary service provider" defense when it has reviewed a channel as part of a commercial partnership. In those circumstances, the platform may be unable to claim the liability exemption for the content at issue. This doesn't mean Google is liable for everything on YouTube, but the megacorp needs to be more careful with channels where it has commercial deals that come with a level of content review and specific knowledge that can forfeit intermediary status. A Google spokesperson said: "We are disappointed by the CJEU's decision, which we will need further clarity on. We ⁠will raise our arguments before the Council of State." ®

Visas will be shortened to 240 days, down from five years, and Chinese journalists will be limited to 90 days

The Trump administration has said it will drastically shorten visas for foreign journalists in the US to 240 days, down from five years, and cut those for Chinese journalists to only 90 days.

The rule announced by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will do away with the “duration of status” system, which allows foreign journalists to stay and work in the United States as long as they meet eligibility requirements.

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Donald Trump has largely steered clear of the Geopolitics World Cup: he is yet to attend a game and appear on screen with his good pal “Jonny” Infantino. Oh, though there was that time Trump rang Fifa to lobby for a review into Folarin Balogun’s red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the reversal of the USA USA USA forward’s last-16 suspension crushing the integrity of the competition. An impactful cameo off the bench, you could argue.

Re: naming the 2030 World Cup (Football Daily letters passim). May I suggest ‘The Carbon Footprint WC’ or simply ‘El Carbonaro’” – Krishna Moorthy.

Brian Saffer’s suggestions for letting everyone join in the next World Cup and splitting into three divisions surely must lead to it being called the Swiss Model World Cup – SMWC” – George Paterson.

You could always stop trying to be too clever by half and just refer to it as ‘the World Cup’” – Alan Burgess.

Oh, you thought the STOP FOOTBALL campaign might last two days but, no, Major League Soccerball is back, baby! Four matches were played last night as the league announced, via its back-to-action campaign: ‘Thanks, World; We’ll Take It From Here’” – JJ Zucal.

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• Jamie George promises ‘the strongest of reactions’

• England players were racially abused by fans last year

England’s rugby players are threatening to walk off the pitch in protest against Argentina on Saturday if there is any repeat of the racial abuse aimed at black squad members on their last visit a year ago. Further incidents will not be tolerated and, according to England’s captain, Jamie George, will prompt “the strongest of reactions”.

George was also present in San Juan last July when his replacement prop forward Asher Opoku-Fordjour and Chandler Cunningham-South were the target of racist slurs from a group of home supporters during the warm-up and the first half of the second Test. World Rugby later confirmed England had made a complaint, but, despite an investigation, the individual perpetrators could not be identified.

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The Lord of the Rings author’s debt to Norse mythology is simply irrelevant when it comes to the appearance of hobbits and elves on screen today

Casting has come a long way since the early 1980s when it was somehow still acceptable to sign up Max von Sydow to play Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon in 1980, or hire Peter Ustinov as the lead in Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen in 1981 (despite protests at the time). These days, film-makers will have to defend an all-white cast in a medieval fantasy flick, which appears to be what has happened this week to The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’s Andy Serkis.

Asked by the BBC why every major casting for the new film has been a white actor, Serkis appeared to lay the blame on his literary source material. “Tolkien himself was influenced a lot by Norse mythology, there’s a lot of that feeling,” he said. “The Shire feels very, very much like a very, a very white, you know … They’re not very concerned about what goes on beyond the borders of the Shire, but they know they don’t want people coming in.

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Spain’s streak started after a defeat in 2024 but Argentina are no slouches – they are on an unbeaten run of 14 matches

Spain look unstoppable. Their 2-0 victory against France meant they have not lost a game in normal or extra time for 37 matches, which Opta revealed has equalled the best such stretch by a European team. However, Spain did lose the final of the 2025 Nations League to Portugal on penalties.

Their “unbeaten run” matches the efforts of Italy between October 2018 and September 2021, a streak which included Roberto Mancini’s side winning Euro 2020. Unlike Spain, Italy were truly unbeaten.

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Voordat een bejaarde vrouw (81) uit Sliedrecht het doorheeft, is ze al bestolen van haar sieraden. Niet door inbraak of een babbeltruc, maar de juwelen worden op klaarlichte dag op straat van haar hand gegrist. “Zeer brutaal en geraffineerd”, aldus de rechtbank, die dader E.A. (31) één jaar celstraf oplegt.

Een masseur van een massagesalon in Rotterdam is begin dit jaar ontslagen nadat hij meerdere vrouwen op intieme lichaamsdelen heeft aangeraakt. Hij stapte naar de rechter, maar die heeft bepaald dat de man terecht is ontslagen. Ook wordt hij verantwoordelijk gehouden voor de reputatie- en omzetschade aan de salon.

Moderne problemen vragen om moderne oplossingen. Het adres aan de Bos en Lommerweg in Amsterdam west werd afgelopen tijd getroffen door o.a. een beschieting en explosie. De politie vermoedt dat ene 'Achie de Somaliër' het beoogde doelwit was. maar wat blijkt? DIE WOONT HIER NIET. Dus ducttapet Politie Amsterdam het maar gewoon op de voordeur:

"Achie de Somaliër wont NIET op dirt adres. Er is sprake van een vergissing met betrekking tot het adres. De bewoners hebben geen enkelere elatie met of betrokkenheid bij Achie."

AT5 schrijft: "Er vielen nog geen gewonden bij de aanslagen, hoewel een bewoner bij de beschieting thuis was. Wie Achie de Somaliër is, anders dan het beoogde doelwit, kon de woordvoerder nog niet zeggen." Wij weten ook niet wie Achie is, maar we durven wel aan dat hij uit Somalië komt.

“Russia has never interfered in the domestic affairs of other countries,” top spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.