French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister within 48 hours, he announced on Wednesday evening. According to outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, a majority of parliament is against new parliamentary elections. Lecornu unexpectedly announced on Wednesday that he would resign. He had just appointed a cabinet, but said he found too little […]
The police arrested approximately twenty people on Wednesday after the pro-Palestinian action by Extinction Rebellion (XR) at Amsterdam Central Station. Because demonstrators walked onto the tracks, all train traffic was temporarily halted. Most people were arrested because they were walking on the tracks. Some also insulted the police. It is not yet clear whether the
In the United States, a man has been arrested on suspicion of starting a large fire that devastated part of Los Angeles earlier this year. Police found AI-generated images of a burning city in the suspect’s possession. The 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht was arrested in the state of Florida, the US Department of Justice announced on
The police are investigating the abduction of a 49-year-old woman from Hoofddorp. She left from Mosselplaat in Hoofddorp around 8:30 AM on Wednesday to go to work in Beverwijk. She never arrived. The police are assuming it is an abduction. The woman left in a black BMW 530e with license plate G-241-ZP. “We still have
Burkina Faso has arrested eight aid workers from the Dutch aid organization INSO on Tuesday. They are suspected of espionage and treason. INSO denies the allegations. There are no Dutch citizens among the arrested aid workers. The employees of the International NGO Safety Organization (INSO) will be brought before the public prosecutor, the Burkinabe Minister
Approximately twenty pro-Palestinian demonstrators from Extinction Rebellion (XR) walked onto the tracks at Amsterdam Central Station on Wednesday evening. As a result, all train traffic was temporarily stopped. Police have now removed all demonstrators from the tracks. According to the police, around 7:30 PM, approximately twenty demonstrators walked onto the tracks. Agents intervened soon after.
The European Union’s new plan to have WhatsApp and Signal checked for online child abuse appears to be off the table. The Netherlands and Germany continue to oppose supervision, which means the plan is unlikely to pass. The EU has been looking for a way to prevent the spread of child abuse images on messaging
Four men were sentenced on Wednesday to prison terms of three months, one month of which is suspended, for throwing heavy fireworks at police officers. They did this during a protest in Doetinchem against the arrival of a temporary asylum seekers center (azc). The judge in Zutphen wanted to send a signal. “This type of
A 21-year-old man from Alphen aan den Rijn, Susped of Attempted Manslaughter for Throwing a Heavy pole after the match between Feyenoord and Fenerbahçe, Reported to the Police on Wednesday Morning. On Tuesday Evening, Investigation Requested (A Dutch TV Program) Showed Images of Three Suspects. At the Beginning of August, Three Male Fenerbahçe Supporters Threw
Drones have been observed more frequently recently above a weapons factory of Thales Belgium, according to the company’s director. Thales has the means to ‘jam’ or disrupt drones, but does not have permission to actually do so. The director of the Belgian division of Thales, Alain Quevrin, told the news site Politico how many drones