Safety / Incidents

A 55-year-old man from Rijen has been sentenced to five years in prison for the serious sexual abuse of young children in front of a camera. The man allegedly paid money for watching live abuse of children from poor countries, which was perpetrated at his request. A special investigative team of the police received a report from the United States in March this year that a Dutch user was using multiple accounts on online platforms searched for livestreams of child abuse.

Minister Mirjam Sterk (CDA) of Youth does not want to conduct an independent investigation into the placement of youth care young people in a Dutch family home in Spain. She will let the House of Representatives know. Even after new reports today, she remains with that point of view. Experts believe that research is needed after Nieuwsuur investigated the abuses in the shelter.

For twenty years, extreme treatment methods in Spain Dutch organisations sent young people with behavioural problems to a Dutch 'family home' in Spain. There they had to deal with extreme treatment methods. Experts speak of "structural abuse and child torture". Major youth care providers, municipalities and youth protection organizations knew about the approach in the house, which in a period of twenty years dozens of received millions of euros in Dutch care money.

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For years, Dutch organisations sent young people with behavioural problems to a Dutch 'family home' in Spain. There they had to deal with extreme treatment methods. Experts speak of "structural abuse and child torture". Major youth care providers, municipalities and youth protection organisations knew about the approach in the house, which received tens of millions of euros in Dutch care money over a period of twenty years.

Unrest broke out again late this afternoon in the Floradorp neighborhood of Amsterdam. Local residents set small fires and set off fireworks near Sneeuwbalstraat. Police have arrested two people.

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In all the austerity measures in The Hague, an important Frisian road project has not been lost: the approach to the Heak and the Werpsterhoeke junction near Leeuwarden. However, that approach may take some time.

Prime Minister Jetten becomes a father Prime Minister Rob Jetten will have a child with his fiancée Nicolás Keenan through a surrogate mother. "Someone very special is on the way. See you in 2027, little one," they wrote. The couple thanked their egg donor, "our surrogate mother Lisa and their families" in the message.

A Qbuzz bus caught fire and burned out completely on the N371 in Hoogersmilde. All passengers and the driver managed to evacuate safely without any injuries. The cause of the fire remains unknown.