Dutch Lorena Wiebes overwhelmingly sprinted to her first world title in the scratch at the World Track Cycling Championships, after also previously becoming European road champion and winning three stages in the Simac Ladies Tour.
President Zelensky has presented his "victory plan" in the Ukrainian parliament, consisting of five points that include NATO membership and arms support from allies in order to end the war with Russia. This is creating divided reactions within NATO and causing tension with Russia.
The Netherlands is negotiating with Uganda to receive rejected asylum seekers from Europe and Uganda itself. Other European countries, such as Germany, are also working on similar plans. Minister Klever is optimistic, but stresses that the ultimate goal is to reduce migration and return rejected asylum seekers to their countries of origin.
Confusion reigns as Minister Faber claims to have completed the legal justification for stricter asylum measures, but coalition party leaders, including Faber's own party, say they have not seen it. Talks are ongoing, but not about the 'supporting reasoning' for implementing emergency powers.
Russians gain ground in offensive against Ukraine and execute Ukrainian POWs as Ukraine seeks to present its new victory plan.
ASML's stock plummets after the unexpected release of gloomy quarterly results, causing a loss of 50 billion euros in market value. The company attributes the early publication to a 'technical error'.