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Thu, 22 Oct 2026

Thursday 22 October: Ukraine talks restart and PHP flaw

Russia agrees to resume Ukraine talks, the UN says 1.5 degrees is out of reach, a PHP flaw takes sites offline, and Dutch health premiums jump 9.3 percent.

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World news

Russia agrees to resume Ukraine peace talks

Al Jazeera | NOS

US orders staff out of Saudi Arabia over Houthi attacks

Al Jazeera | NOS | Democracy Now

UN: overshooting 1.5 degrees can no longer be avoided

NOS | UNEP | UNRIC

World politics

France calls in troops ahead of Saturday protests

France 24 | RTÉ | CNBC

Hungary detains former central bank chief Matolcsy

Euronews | ABC News | NOS

World economy

Meta fined 25 billion dollars as AI spending soars

Al Jazeera | NOS | Fortune

Tesla beats forecasts but profit falls

CNBC | Electrek

Dutch news

Suspect held in killing of Amsterdam woman Hajar

NOS | NL Times

Colombia seizes 7,600 kilos of cocaine bound for the Netherlands

NOS | NL Times

Regional transport strike called off as talks resume

NOS | NL Times

Dutch politics

68 MPs used AI to write their speeches

NOS | NL Times | DutchNews

Minister refuses inquiry into Spanish youth home

DutchNews | NOS

Cameras in Amsterdam's Floradorp after bonfire unrest

NOS | AT5

Dutch economy

DSW raises health premium by 9.3 percent

NOS | NL Times

Heineken ordered to pay 111 million euro to Greek rival

NOS | NL Times

More people working past state pension age

NOS | NL Times | DutchNews

AI news

Anthropic opens research preview of Claude Duet

Unite.AI | TestingCatalog | Claude on X

Google DeepMind engineer quits over military contracts

The Intercept | AI Weekly

Microsoft researchers solve 31-year-old maths problem with AI help

Microsoft Research | Unite.AI

Tech

PHP flaws take websites offline worldwide

Al Jazeera | NOS | NL Times

EU opens investigation into Booking.com over fake ads and phishing

NOS | NL Times

Also

Feyenoord lose at Real Betis in the Champions League

NL Times | beIN Sports | DutchNews

Nature: the Orionid meteor shower peaks

Space.com | EarthSky

On this day: the first parachute jump, 1797

Wikipedia | Simple Wikipedia

Weather in Groningen: showers, up to 13 degrees

Weeronline | KNMI

On the agenda today

First Russian diesel tanker due to leave for the US

NOS | NOS

AZ and NEC play in the Europa League

UEFA