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NOS Nieuws•vrijdag, 06:45
Good morning! In Qatar, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is buried and Dutch Olympians are going for gold again today.
First the weather: it is sunny and in the course of the morning some cumulus clouds will form inland. With a weak to moderate northeasterly wind it will be 24 to 26 degrees. The coming days will be slightly changeable and slightly less warm.
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What can you expect today?
- In Qatar, the liquidated Hamas leader Haniyeh is being buried. Yesterday, a funeral ceremony for him was held in Iran. During that procession, there were calls for revenge against Israel, although Israel has not yet claimed responsibility. Read all about the latest developments in the Middle East in our live blog.
- In the former concentration camp Auschwitz, attention is paid to the European Holocaust Remembrance Day for Sinti and Roma. Today it is exactly 80 years ago that a group of Roma and Sinti was murdered for the last time during the Second World War. German Bundestag President Bärbel Bas gives a speech.
- The athletics tournament starts at the Olympic Games and Sifan Hassan will be in action for the first time. The athlete will run the series on the 5000 meters. There are also Dutch chances for medals in rowing, judo, tennis, BMX and wind foiling. In our overview you can see when the Dutch will be in action.
- The national butterfly count starts today. Until Sunday you can count butterflies in your garden or on your balcony for fifteen minutes and report those numbers to the Butterfly Foundation.
This is what happened last night:
The three Americans who were released yesterday after a prisoner exchange with Russia have arrived in the US. Just before midnight local time, the plane that brought the three from Ankara, Turkey, to Andrews Air Force Base near the US capital Washington landed.
One by one, retired Marine Paul Whelan and journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva descended the steps of the plane, where they were greeted by President Biden and Vice President Harris. As a veteran, Whelan saluted the commander and then embraced him warmly.
Shortly before that, German Chancellor Scholz welcomed some of the prisoners released yesterday by Russia. As far as is known, thirteen people arrived in Cologne: eight Russian political prisoners and five German citizens.
In the prisoner exchange with the West, Russia released sixteen prisoners in exchange for ten Russians.
Other news from the night
And then this:
Good news for non-smokers. Fewer and fewer terraces in Utrecht are still allowed to light up a cigarette. The municipality of Utrecht hopes that eventually every terrace in the city will be smoke-free.
Utrecht wants more smoke-free terraces: ‘We kindly request people to smoke elsewhere’