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BERLIJN (ANP/DPA) - Die Linke heeft de verkiezingen voor het parlement van de Duitse deelstaat Berlijn gewonnen. De partij van lijsttrekker Elif Eralp kreeg 25,7 procent van de stemmen, meldt de kiescommissie. Het is de beste uitslag ooit voor de uiterst linkse partij in de Duitse hoofdstad.

De CDU van bondskanselier Friedrich Merz, die de vorige verkiezingen nog won, eindigde als tweede met 18,8 procent. De radicaalrechtse AfD kreeg 16,3 procent, gevolgd door de Groenen (14,3 procent) en de SPD (12,1 procent). Voor de sociaaldemocraten is het de slechtste uitslag ooit bij verkiezingen voor het Berlijnse parlement.

Een coalitie van Die Linke, de Groenen en de SPD behoort tot de mogelijkheden. Die Linke beslist vrijdag op een partijcongres of ze verkennende gesprekken wil beginnen.

WASHINGTON (ANP/RTR) - De Amerikaanse regering bereidt sancties voor tegen het Internationaal Strafhof (ICC) als geheel. De maatregelen zijn al uitgewerkt en worden naar verwachting binnenkort aangekondigd, zeggen twee ingewijden tegen persbureau Reuters. Het precieze moment is nog onduidelijk.

De regering van president Donald Trump heeft al sancties opgelegd aan verschillende rechters en aanklagers van het hof in Den Haag. Washington wil dat het ICC de arrestatiebevelen tegen Israëlische leiders intrekt en verzet zich tegen een eerder onderzoek naar Amerikaanse militairen in Afghanistan.

Sancties tegen het hele hof kunnen het werk ernstig belemmeren. Amerikaanse burgers en bedrijven mogen dan zonder speciale vergunning geen geld, goederen of diensten meer leveren aan het ICC. Dat kan onder meer gevolgen hebben voor betalingen aan personeel, IT-diensten en het inhuren van onderzoekers.

Het Amerikaanse ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken heeft nog niet gereageerd.

Each year international designers gather in New Zealand for World of WearableArt – a festival in Wellington where art, design, fashion and theatre collide. It culminates in a competition where designers show off their creations, from gowns resembling birds, fish and telephones to surreal garments inspired by cultural heritage and the natural world.

New Zealand artist Kayla Christensen took out 2026 top prize – the Supreme Wow award – for Sacred Nightfall, an intricately stitched tapestry that summons a night goddess from the native forests of Aotearoa

• In black and white: the 2026 Mono photography awards – in pictures

Exclusive: Government warned ‘skills revolution’ at risk amid slow start to project with target of 30,000 starts by end of parliament

Labour has been warned its “skills revolution” to tackle youth unemployment risks failure, after its flagship apprenticeship scheme enrolled only 160 young people in its first eight months.

The shortfall, highlighted in a report by the Fabian Society, leaves the government well off track of achieving its ambition of 30,000 “foundation apprenticeship” starts by the end of this parliament.

School leaders’ union says new system is worse than one it replaced and has left members feeling overwhelmed

Headteachers in England want Ofsted to stop grading their schools, saying its new inspection regime is harming their mental health and creating greater stress than the system it was designed to replace.

The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said it has given the education secretary, Lucy Powell, “countless examples” of the damaging effects on its members since the new inspection framework was introduced a year ago.

Unions, thinktanks and others say overhaul could provide investment Britain needs

Unions, thinktanks, environmental groups and charities have come together to call on ministers to boost the financial firepower of the national wealth fund to empower it to invest more in Britain and rebalance the country’s economy.

Lower energy bills, the revitalisation of the UK’s industrial heartlands and the provision of more high-quality jobs could all be unlocked by scaling up the NWF, according to a statement from organisations including the TUC, Greenpeace, WWF and the New Economics Foundation.

Turbocharging the retrofitting of homes and buildings.

Giving the public a bigger stake in critical infrastructure through taking part-ownership stakes in key projects.

Launching a targeted investment programme to bring new green industries to communities hit hardest by deindustrialisation.

Supporting a network of regional banks to funnel money into the small businesses that hold up local economies.

While global billionaires and multinational companies have been lured to its shores, many islanders feel left behind and priced out, with food bank use increasing

On a late Friday afternoon on the Channel Island of Jersey, tourists and locals are flocking to St Helier’s waterfront where the town’s sprawling beach has emerged at low tide.

In one direction, they face the calm waters of St Aubin’s Bay, ringed by a seaside promenade and punctuated with a tidal island hosting the 16th century Elizabeth Castle.

Toor’s electrifying pictures have made him a global star – and he’s even painted Zohran Mamdani. As the artist hits London’s prestigious Courtauld Gallery, he talks about Manet, mullahs and the mayor

In Salman Toor’s paintings, queer south Asian men hang out in bars, twerk at trippy gatherings and lose themselves in phone screens. Sometimes they huddle in the back of taxis or pillow-fight on beds. In one portrait, a brown man stares apprehensively while facing customs officials. For the 43-year-old Pakistani American artist, it’s crucial that these figures take centre stage, after years of being demonised and erased.

“It excites me that the cuteness and sexiness of brown protagonists can become familiar,” says Toor when we meet at his sun-drenched Brooklyn studio, a few weeks before his first solo show in Europe. “Their stories are not a gay side story in a family saga. It’s the main story. And everyone else is in the background.”

Modern lifestyles seem to be exacerbating the problem of bromhidrosis – an underresearched condition that is widely misunderstood and devastating for sufferers

If Hayat goes out to eat, she’ll choose a table far away from other diners, ideally by a door or open window. She likewise tries to avoid people at the cinema or on planes, even if it means paying extra – whatever it takes to avoid being too close to others.

She chalks it up to a persistent past insecurity. “I still have that paranoia … It’s just in my head, because of everything I went through.”

While world leaders prepare for annual UN gathering, shifts in the global order continue in the face of a disruptive American president

In the event of a midterms election battering, it is possible that a deflated Donald Trump, constrained by a Democrat-controlled Congress, will gradually have to face up to the indignity of irrelevance.

While continuing to sign off Truth Social posts with his usual, “Thank you for your attention to this matter”, no one will actually be paying much attention. His meandering press conferences will no longer be carried live by TV networks. The Republican party will move on to the question of his successor. Trump could announce he had changed the name of the Champs-Élysées to Sunset Boulevard and even Google Maps will stifle a yawn. He would become that most pitied of political animals, the lame duck.

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