Biden visits Finland • Court rules in Amanda Todd case

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NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 06:42

Good morning! US President Joe Biden visits Finland and the court in Amsterdam rules in the Amanda Todd case.

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What can you expect today?

US President Joe Biden visits Finland a day after the NATO summit in Lithuania. He attends a summit in Helsinki with the leaders of the five Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. extortion and harassment of Canadian girl Amanda Todd. The Public Prosecution Service wants C. to serve another 4.5 years in prison in the Netherlands for the extortion of the 15-year-old girl. They are prominently displayed on a hill above Los Angeles: the white letters of the gigantic Hollywood Sign. Today they celebrate their 100th birthday. The letters are especially loved by tourists because they represent the iconic American film industry. The tennis players play the semi-finals at Wimbledon. The Ukrainian Elina Svitolina will compete against Marketa Vondrousava from the Czech Republic. In the other semi-final, Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus will play Ons Jabeur from Tunisia.

What did you miss?

D66 leader Sigrid Kaag will not be the party leader in the next elections and will leave politics. “My work takes a toll on my family,” she says in an interview in Trouw. Kaag will continue to serve as outgoing Minister of Finance.

Her departure is not unexpected. In May of this year, Kaag’s daughters called on their mother to do something else, outside of Dutch politics, in the TV program College Tour. Kaag is heavily protected due to threats. Last year there was a man with a burning torch in front of her private address.

Kaag emphasizes that her departure from politics is her own decision and that she could just stay on if it was up to the party board. “They fully supported me if I wanted to continue and have only encouraged it.” She does not yet know what Kaag will do now.

Other news from the night

And then this:

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a new image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The images have been published on the occasion of an anniversary: exactly one year ago the first images of the instrument came out.

The published photo and previously released special photos from the James Webb Space Telescope: