"The centrist D66 party is back in lead by the tiniest of margins of just over 15,000 votes ahead of Geert Wilders's far-right PVV party as the vote count continues in the Dutch parliamentary election (14:14, 16:50). The party's 38-year-old charismatic leader Rob Jetten seen as the favourite to be the next prime minister, the youngest and first out gay in the Dutch history (15:41)."
"which prompted neighbouring Poland to put its jets on high alert and close two airports as a precaution (10:31). A German court on Thursday sentenced a German-Russian national to six years in prison for spying for Moscow and plotting arson attacks on sensitive infrastructure to undermine Berlin's backing for Ukraine (14:46). French police have arrested five more people, including a prime suspect, over this month's daring Louvre museum robbery, the city's prosecutor said (10:57)."
Centrist D66 leads by just over 15,000 votes ahead of Geert Wilders's far-right PVV as Dutch vote counting continues. Rob Jetten, 38, is positioned as the favourite to become prime minister and would be the youngest and first openly gay prime minister in Dutch history. The formal process to explore coalitions was delayed, with a scout appointment meeting moved to Tuesday, and coalition formation could take months or extend into next year. Separately, Russia launched a large drone and missile strike on Ukraine, prompting Polish precautions, a German espionage conviction, and arrests linked to a Louvre robbery in France.
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