Podcast: The Eternal Sunshine of the Forever Chemicals Edition

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In a hilarious and intricate farce set in The Hague, Geert Wilders plays a man who wakes up every morning unable to remember if he still supports his own asylum bill. Another victim of Wilders’ amnesia, singer Douwe Bob, has to flee the country when Dilan Yesilgöz forms a strike partnership with a pro-Israeli football hooligan. PFAS “forever chemicals” are set to join nitrogen compounds and CO2 on the list of pollutants that the Netherlands firmly resolves to do nothing about. And in sport, the men’s cricket and women’s football teams have busy weeks ahead, while the Wimbledon dream is already over for the Dutch hopefuls.

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News

Douwe Bob leaves the Netherlands after receiving death threats

Man arrested for threatening singer who walked out of Jewish event

MPs back controversial asylum bills despite doubts about “illegality”

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Sport

Max O’Dowd creates history as cricketers gear up for T20 qualifying

Leeuwinnen have mountain to climb to repeat 2017 Euros success

• Schedule of European T20 qualifying matches in Voorburg (KCNB)
• Matches are being streamed live on the ICC’s website

Griekspoor crashes out of Wimbledon with “scandalous” defeat

Van de Zandschulp and De Jong knocked out in second round of Wimbledon (AD)

Femke Bol to tie the knot with Belgian pole vaulter Ben Broeders (Flair)