The broadcast of October 13: Will controversial Alzheimer’s drug be allowed? / Too many asylum seekers in emergency shelter Ter Apel / Paul Verhoeven is back / Are companies prepared for ransomware attacks?

Will controversial Alzheimer’s drug be allowed?

Will the new, controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aducanumab also be available to patients in Europe and the Netherlands? The European medicine authorities are looking at the drug this month. Dutch experts do not expect that the medicine will be reimbursed and prescribed here.

News hour journalists Siebe Sietsma on Powered Veen did research. Sietsma talks about the findings in the broadcast.

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Will controversial Alzheimer’s drug be allowed?

Too many asylum seekers in emergency shelter Ter Apel

There are structurally too many asylum seekers staying in emergency shelters at the application center in Ter Apel. In that emergency shelter there is room for 125 people, but that number is regularly exceeded. The municipality demands that the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) takes measures. Some city council members also say they “can no longer handle it locally” and make an appeal to national politics.

We speak Jaap Velema, mayor of Westerwolde, which Ter Apel falls under.

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Too many asylum seekers in emergency shelter Ter Apel

Paul Verhoeven is back

The most famous Dutch film director Paul Verhoeven is back in the cinema after five years. In Benedetta, based on a true story from the 17th century, a nun gets into a lesbian relationship in the monastery. The film is full of the sex and violence that we know from Verhoeven’s earlier work, but in this case also of strong criticism of the Catholic Church.

Nieuwsuur talks to Verhoeven about his new film and the controversy surrounding his work.

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Paul Verhoeven is back

Are companies prepared for ransomware attacks?

Last week, industrial group VDL was hit by a major hacking attack, which shut down the entire business operations of the billion-dollar company. It was also a hit last month, when broadcaster RTL was shut down. Often, the hackers demand a ransom payment before the systems are unlocked. Are companies as well prepared as they think?

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Are companies prepared for ransomware attacks?

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