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Fire department has hands full with wildfires, already 166 reports this year

43 wildfires reported in the first week of April and the Netherlands has the second risk level due to the high probability of wildfires. Gelderland emergency services are conducting flights to monitor incipient fires and are warning people to report wisely and immediately if they see an incipient fire.

April 5, 2025, 7:57 p.m.

Aid workers killed by Israel were identifiable, images show

Video confirms: Israeli army shot at identifiable aid workers in Gaza.

April 5, 2025, 7:57 p.m.

Americans 'fully committed' to NATO despite import tariffs on Europe

Trump's import tariffs are hurting the international economy and at the NATO summit, the US is demanding that member countries increase military spending to 5% of their GDP, but the NATO chief refuses to comment on the potential impact on economic cooperation.

April 4, 2025, 7:57 p.m.

Public broadcaster to be scrapped in four years, broadcaster NTR to disappear

NTR, a broadcaster without members, is unlikely to be included in any of the 11 broadcasting houses, and the membership criterion for broadcasters will be abandoned to create more pluralism and social roots in the new broadcasting system.

April 4, 2025, 7:57 p.m.

Cabinet on levies: no muscle, but diplomatic talks with Trump

Cabinet seeks better deal through negotiations with US to limit damage after Trump administration's import tariffs, but warns of 'reaction to reaction' with major countermeasures.

April 4, 2025, 7:57 p.m.

Gaza violence escalates: fiercer airstrikes, advancing army, hundreds killed

Israel moves deeper into Gaza and announces the creation of a security zone, which has led to a dramatic rise in the death toll and large-scale refugee flows. Meanwhile, Israel continues to claim that attacks on schools are justified, while there is little hope of investigating the deaths of aid workers.