Zichtbaar en aanspreekbaar zijn. Dat is het idee achter de Havendialoog: een nieuw initiatief van Havenbedrijf Rotterdam en Deltalinqs, de belangenvereniging van havenondernemers. “We willen écht van omwonenden horen wat ze van de haven vinden,” zegt de projectleider. Maar lukt dat ook?

De Emiraten leveren geld en wapens aan de Rapid Support Forces, die vorig jaar een massaslachting aanrichtten in de Soedanese stad Al Fashar en dat in El-Obeid nu weer dreigen te doen. In november sprak de EU ook al over Soedan, maar liet de rol van de Emiraten toen onbenoemd.

Tabaksgigant Philip Morris hielp burgers AI-teksten te maken voor de consultatie rond strengere EU-regelgeving. Longartsen dienden een klacht in bij de Reclame Code Commissie. De fabrikant: „Wij moeten klagers bedanken voor de aandacht voor burgerparticipatie.”

The European Commission has ended an investigation into possible anticompetitive practices after SAP agreed to abolish reinstatement fees and reduce back-maintenance fees. The move could reduce barriers for customers considering third-party support for products nearing the end of their vendor support terms, including thousands of large businesses that rely on SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) to run their business operations. SAP's mainstream support for ECC ends in December 2027, while customers can opt for extended maintenance until December 2030 by paying an additional two percentage points on their maintenance fees. The most recent figures from Gartner showed that in Q4 2024 only 39 percent of worldwide ECC customers – from a total of 35,000 – had bought or subscribed to licenses to start their transition to SAP S/4HANA, the replacement ERP product. In September last year, the European Commission launched a formal investigation into SAP's behavior in the aftermarket for maintenance and support services in Europe. It said it was responding to concerns that SAP restricted competition in this crucial aftermarket by making it harder for rivals to compete, leaving European customers with fewer choices and higher costs. In October, SAP published its response. “SAP’s commitments aim at improving the financial attractiveness for customers who wish to reinstate SAP maintenance and support services. Thus, future costs associated with reinstatement will not financially prevent customers from choosing to terminate SAP maintenance and support for a given period of time,” the document said. SAP has now agreed to abolish reinstatement fees and reduce back maintenance fees charged to customers who return to SAP's support after a period of absence, the Commission confirmed. It also agreed to clarify conditions that allow customers to choose different maintenance and support service providers and different levels of support from SAP. The agreement is relevant to customers considering third-party support to extend their use of ECC beyond vendor maintenance. For example, last year, European retailer Kingfisher — owner of well-known UK brands B&Q and Screwfix — told a Gartner conference it had chosen Rimini Street to support ECC 6.0 because it saw insufficient value in migrating to SAP S/4HANA. EC executive VP Teresa Ribera said in a statement, “SAP’s software is critical to businesses across Europe, and indeed globally. Today’s decision gives customers using SAP’s popular on-premises business management software more freedom to choose maintenance and support services without unfair restrictions that raised their costs and stifled competition. The legally binding commitments secured by the Commission set a benchmark for the industry more broadly and should serve as a warning against practices with similar effects in the cloud markets, where customers are increasingly moving.” SAP said in a statement that its maintenance practices were aligned with industry standards and that customers had a broad range of deployment, licensing, and support options across its on-premise and cloud products. “The commitments strengthen customer choice and predictability by making policies more transparent, introducing targeted flexibility for exceptional shelfware situations and reinforcing consistent execution through improved guidance, training and independent oversight," it said. “The decision relates solely to on-premise maintenance policies and does not concern SAP’s cloud offerings. However, the added clarity and flexibility support customers as they modernize toward an AI-enabled autonomous enterprise at their own pace. In closing this matter, SAP is able to move forward with a clear framework for customers, partners and investors.” The commitments offered by SAP will remain in force globally for ten years. ®

Microsoft's apparent ambition to make Outlook the worst email client for Mac shows no sign of fading after a recent update broke font selection in emails. The problem occurs when composing an email. Outlook uses the default font as the user types, but will ignore any request to select something different. Several threads have appeared on Microsoft's forums about the issue, and a moderator confirmed that something was amiss in a post on July 8. One workaround is to roll back to an earlier version of Outlook and turn off updating. Another is to copy and paste text from elsewhere. Alternatively, users can wait for a fix to arrive. An affected Register reader told us: "Not being able to share terminal output and snippets of code in a monospaced font is quite the limitation. The workaround, sad that it is, is to compose messages in Word and then paste them into Outlook." Savvy users have looked into the issue and noted that the problem appears to lie with the HTML behind the scenes and quotes being inserted where they shouldn't. The Register asked Microsoft to comment, and will update this piece should an explanation be forthcoming. In the meantime, there are reports in the forums that the issue is not present in the beta and preview versions of Outlook, suggesting a fix may be on the way. Our reader noted that the bug wasn't the end of the world (unlike, say, something that removed the original email text from replies), but the fact that it made it into production highlighted a greater malaise at Microsoft. "It's a fairly fundamental problem that should never have made it past the unit tests, let alone into the wild and for it to take four weeks with still no fix is astonishing." ®

Donald Trump's erratic performance at the Nato summit in Turkey left his allies guessing. One moment he criticised fellow leaders for their contribution to defence spending, the next he praised the alliance's unity.

From Ankara, Guardian defence and security editor Dan Sabbagh explains how Nato emerged from the chaos

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented engraved revolvers – with bullets – to his guests in Ankara, causing security concerns

What does a world leader do with a gun and six bullets? That was the conundrum Nato leaders faced after the Turkish president offered them each a revolver after the Ankara summit.

Keir Starmer was the first to mention the highly unusual gift presented by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to his guests. On the flight back from Ankara, where Nato leaders had gathered for two days, the British prime minister said he and others had received a revolver engraved with their names.

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President ordered investigation after fictitious federal body allocated funding and office space, triggering renewed scrutiny of corruption

A fictitious federal entity that was allocated 1.3 billion naira (£705,248) in Nigeria’s 2026 budget has precipitated a political storm in Africa’s largest democracy in the run-up to January’s general election.

The fake agency came to light last October when Femi Gbajabiamila, the president’s chief of staff, wrote to the police alleging that his signature, along with official seals and reference numbers, had been forged by Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, who was claiming to have been appointed by the presidency to head the presidential foreign intervention promotion council (PFIPC).

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DEN HAAG (ANP) - Nederland kijkt welwillend naar de gezamenlijke militaire oefeningen die Frankrijk wil organiseren met de bondgenoten van Oekraïne. Het ministerie van Defensie heeft "een positieve grondhouding", laat het weten.

De leiders van de zogeheten coalitie van bereidwillige landen komen maandag weer bijeen en dan willen ze ook oefeningen plannen, zei de Franse president Emmanuel Macron op de NAVO-top in Ankara. Hoe die oefeningen eruit moeten zien, liet hij in het midden.

Ook Defensie kan nog niet ingaan op "de concrete invulling van deze oefeningen, bijvoorbeeld welke eenheden gaan deelnemen". Maar de positieve grondhouding die Nederland heeft jegens de coalitie, waarvan het van meet af aan deel uitmaakt, geldt ook hier.

Bestand ver weg

De coalitie van enkele tientallen voornamelijk Europese landen wil Oekraïne blijven beschermen tegen Rusland als het ooit tot een bestand komt. Maar dat lijkt nog ver weg, benadrukt het ministerie. "Veel hangt af van of Rusland bereid is tot serieuze onderhandelingen. Helaas zien we weinig bereidheid van het Poetin-regime. Maar als het moment daar is, willen wij klaarstaan."

Frankrijk voert het verbond van landen samen met het Verenigd Koninkrijk aan. Het herbergt ook het hoofdkwartier van de coalitie.

Premier Rob Jetten gaat maandag ook naar de bijeenkomst in Parijs.

SHANGHAI (ANP) - Opnieuw is de strijd opgelaaid tussen de Verenigde Staten en Iran. "Dat er nu weer gevechten zijn is ontzettend zorgelijk", aldus minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma (Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking, D66). Hij vreest meer honger en vluchtelingen.

Door de oorlog die in februari uitbrak, is de Straat van Hormuz grotendeels dicht. Daar gaat niet alleen 20 procent van de olie en gas van de wereld doorheen, ook voor kunstmest is het een heel belangrijke zeeroute, zegt de minister in Shanghai waar hij op handelsmissie was.

Het feit dat er al maanden geen kunstmest door de Straat van Hormuz komt, betekent dat delen van Afrika en Azië in de problemen komen in het zaaiseizoen. "Dat betekent iets voor de oogst van dit jaar en als het nog veel langer duurt iets voor de oogst van volgend jaar", aldus de minister.

Dat kan leiden tot honger en mensen die op de vlucht slaan. Grote hulporganisaties zien volgens hem in Afrika en Azië al mensen huis en haard verlaten. En zij trekken verder dan hun eigen regio. Hulporganisaties spreken volgens hem al over de "perfect storm".

BELGRADO (ANP) - De Nederlandse volleybalsters hebben opnieuw gewonnen in de Nations League, dit keer van Tsjechië. Woensdag was Nederland al in drie sets te sterk voor Frankrijk. Tegen Tsjechië was het opnieuw na drie sets gedaan: 25-21 25-21 25-18.

Door de overwinning blijft Nederland zicht houden op een plek in de top 8, die nodig is om de kwartfinales van het toernooi te bereiken. Na tien gespeelde wedstrijden staat de ploeg van bondscoach Felix Koslowski achtste met 18 punten, evenveel als Turkije (dat een wedstrijd tegoed heeft) en China. De komende tegenstanders van Oranje in Belgrado zijn Duitsland en gastland Servië.

Even Bashkortostan, Russia's leading producer of diesel and gasoline, is feeling the impact of this summer's fuel crisis.

Alan Hempseed has added a photo to the pool:

Alan Hempseed has added a photo to the pool:

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