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NOS News•today, 08:00
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Good morning! Pride Amsterdam kicks off with the Pride Walk from Dam Square. And in the penultimate stage of the Tour de France, the riders have to conquer three first category climbs.
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First the weather: there are good sunny periods and it remains dry everywhere. The afternoon temperature varies from 23 degrees at the sea to 27 degrees in the south. The chance of a shower increases in the coming days, but it will remain on the warm side.
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What can you expect today?
- Pride Amsterdam begins. Until August 7, there will be hundreds of activities in the capital dedicated to the visibility and emancipation of the LGBTI+ community. The first is the Pride Walk at 11 a.m. on Dam Square, a protest march against discrimination and exclusion.
- In Utrecht there is a “public-friendly action” from farmers. At Utrecht Central they hand out red handkerchiefs as a symbol of their concerns about nitrogen policy.
- After two years there is another Summer Carnival in Rotterdam. The floats are missing because there is no more room to store the floats, which is why the costumes are even more important. And there is another first: in addition to a Queen, there is also a King this year.
- Met Marianne Vos still in the yellow leader’s jersey the peloton rides the penultimate stage of the Tour de France. In the 127-kilometer mountain stage through the Vosges, the riders have to conquer three first category climbs. The stage is from 3.20 pm Can be seen live on NOS.nl, in the NOS app and on NPO 1.
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What did you miss?
The bill passed the House with the heels over the ditch. The chance that this will also happen in the Senate, which now has to consider it, is minimal. The Democrats would have to convince at least ten Republicans in the Senate to get the bill passed there.
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Semi-automatic weapons are easily available in the US, which is why they are often used in attacks on schools, for example.
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Other news from the night:
- Zelensky wants US to label Russia as ‘state sponsor of terrorism’: The Ukrainian president requested this in a video message, following the reports of the rocket attack on a POW camp in occupied territory in the Donetsk region. The designation, meaning America is imposing sanctions, has now been given by the State Department to Syria, Iran, North Korea and Cuba.
- Hitler’s watch auctioned for more than a million dollars: The clock, which is said to have once belonged to Hitler, has a swastika and the initials AH engraved on it. The buyer of the Huber timepiece has not been disclosed. Prior to the auction, the Jewish community criticized the Maryland auction house.
- Life sentence for Canadian who made execution videos for terrorist group ISIS: Mohammed Khalifa deed de voice-over in execution videos and other propaganda films. The Canadian was convicted in the US. The Public Prosecution Service had demanded 20 years, the judge wanted to send the signal with the life sentence to “not become a means of recruitment”.
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And then this:
New plans have been presented in the US to protect whales. The endangered northern right whales in particular regularly die from whale nets and collisions with ships. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) Administration is therefore proposing to significantly expand the speed limits for ships.
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In some areas on the east coast, a maximum sailing speed of 19 kilometers per hour already applies for some of the ships. The NOAA wants the rules to apply to more ships and also expand the area. The proposal is expected to lead to tightening of the rules in the near future.
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