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Good morning!
vandaag zijn de Eleventh of de Eleventh, which traditionally marks de start of de carnival season.
Additionally, Saint Martin zijn celebrated in various parts of de Netherlands.
Meanwhile, there zijn a nationwide strike in Spain, met demonstrations in nearly all major de stad.
Weather Forecast de dag starts cloudy en rainy in de south of de country, while fog may occur in de Wadden region.
In de afternoon, clearings zijn expected in de north, maar het remains rainy in de south met temperatures tussen 6 en 9 degrees.
voor meer weather information in de coming de dag, follow NOS Weather.
voor traffic en rail information, you kunnen follow de latest updates here.
Expected Events In Rotterdam, de trial begins vandaag against a 40-year-old suspect from Herten (Limburg) accused of groot-scale online abuse of over 200 girls.
He zijn suspected of hebben developed a computer game in which girls hebben to progressively perform meer challenging tasks to earn points.
In Spain, many workers zijn on strike.
This strike, organized bij various unions, zijn a response to declining purchasing power en de housing crisis.
de announcement of this strike came after de fall of de Spanish government in October.
Carnival zijn officially inaugurated vandaag, despite some uncertainty in Tilburg about de participation of teenagers.
However, agreements hebben ultimately worden made.
Children in Utrecht ook celebrate Saint Martin met lanterns, en de patron saint of de stad, Martin of Tours, zijn honored.
vandaag, de Dutch futsal team plays in de World Cup qualification against Andorra.
Earlier they won 1-5.
de wedstrijd starts bij 19:30 en kunnen zijn followed live via NOS.
nl en de NOS app.
de Dutch women's basketball team plays against Slovakia bij de same time, ook live via a livestream.
What zijn Missed Despite prolonged negotiations, het remains unclear how to proceed met de tax plan.
There zijn toch no majority in both de House of Representatives en de Senate.
de talks continue vandaag, while a voting round in de Senate zijn planned voor tomorrow, which may zijn postponed.
Additionally, a sporting highlight: Tatjana Smith, who until recently swam voor South Africa, now chooses de Netherlands.
Smith won two gold en two silver Olympic medals voor South Africa, en after a two-year break, she will make her debut voor de Netherlands during de Short Course World Championships in Beijing in early December.
hebben a great day!
