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In her dining room, a woman is sitting in front of a large Cubist portrait of herself. She insists on being called by her first name only. Hedda is being questioned by two investigators. There has been a shooting the night before, and they want her to go over the events that led to the incident. What follows is the detailed account of Hedda Gabler/Tesman’s night spent plotting the downfall of her rivals at any cost. Hedda is the fourth feature film by filmmaker Nia DaCosta, known for the 2021 Jordan Peele-produced horror film Candyman and, most recently, The Marvels…
Don’t expect a new Dutch government in time for the festive season, caretaker Prime Minister Dick Schoof said Friday. “I think I’ll still be prime minister by Christmas,” Schoof noted on his way into a Cabinet meeting. He said it will be “quite complicated” to form a new coalition, and that he’d be “surprised” if it were done before decorations go up. Centrist liberal Rob Jetten’s D66 party was announced as the winner of Wednesday’s election by the Dutch national press agency ANP on Friday, but now the hard work of forming a government begins. Both D66 and Geert Wilders’…
A Turkish court sentenced the owner of a ski resort hotel and 10 others to life in prison on Friday after convicting them of severe negligence in connection with a deadly fire that swept through the property, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. The blaze broke out at the 12-storey Grand Karta Hotel at the Kartalkaya ski resort in the province of Bolu on 21 January during the winter school break, killing 78 people and injuring 133 others. A total of 34 children taking family holidays were among the victims. The court convicted hotel owner Halit Ergül, along with his wife,…
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The centrist liberal D66 party has won the Dutch election, according to the national press agency ANP. Rob Jetten’s D66 and Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) emerged as the equal largest in Wednesday’s election with 26 parliament seats each, but with almost all votes counted, ANP said Friday that D66 could not be caught for first place. It’s a narrow victory, with the party just 15,155 votes ahead of the PVV, with 99.7 percent counted. The result means Jetten is in pole position to piece together a coalition government — a right typically reserved for the largest party…
Europe’s industry is back: innovative and financially strong! European inventions and patents secure global market leadership in many areas. Clear EU rules ensure fair competition. And loans from the European Investment Bank enable young companies to enter the global market. When it comes to hydrogen technology, European companies are playing in the top league worldwide. Companies from the EU are pioneers when it comes to producing synthetic fuels from renewable energies. In electrolysers made in Europe, wind and solar power are used to split water into its components: oxygen and hydrogen. Hydrogen is used to produce “green steel” – or…
Published on 31/10/2025 – 13:35 GMT+1 •Updated 13:38 The centrist liberal D66 has officially beaten the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) and become the biggest winner of this week’s nail-biting snap parliamentary election race. With nearly all votes counted, Dutch press agency ANP announced that Geert Wilders’ PVV no longer has a chance at overtaking the D66 led by Rob Jetten. The remaining votes come from just one municipality, Venray, where a fire that broke out in the town hall delayed ballot counting. Also remaining are the mail-in ballots from voters living abroad, which will be announced by Monday. The…
Price growth in the eurozone continued to ease in October, reinforcing the European Central Bank’s view that inflation is steadily moving back towards target, though stubborn services costs and global uncertainties continue to keep policymakers on alert. According to a flash estimate from Eurostat, annual inflation in the euro area cooled to 2.1% in October, down from 2.2% in September, and now just a hair above the ECB’s 2% medium-term target. The figure matched expectations and adds to a string of data suggesting the post-pandemic cost-of-living crisis is being brought under control. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.2%, slightly…
By Sarah Miansoni with AP Published on 31/10/2025 – 13:03 GMT+1 A new step has been taken in the tumultuous relationship between artificial intelligence and the music industry. Universal Music Group and AI song generation platform Udio have reached a settlement in a copyright infringement lawsuit and have agreed to collaborate on new music creation, the two companies said in a joint statement. Universal and Udio say they have reached “a compensatory legal settlement” as well as new licence deals for recorded music and publishing that “will provide further revenue opportunities for UMG artists and songwriters.” Financial terms of the settlement haven’t been…
But for former Deputy Prime Minister Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, the case “doesn’t look good from any angle — either domestically or when it comes to international partners.” The timing, she said, is unhelpful for Ukraine, as it coincides with Kyiv’s ongoing appeal for more European energy assistance ahead of what’s likely to be the war’s most perilous winter. With Russia mounting missile and drone strikes on a far larger scale than before, Ukraine’s energy challenge is likely to be even more formidable. And unlike previous winters, Russia’s attacks have been targeting Ukraine’s drilling, storage and distribution facilities for natural gas in…