News about trains, World Cup, weather, WhatsApp, and Defense (Tuesday, June 30)

No trains will run between Rotterdam and the south until Thursday evening. A fire damaged many cables between Rotterdam and Zwijndrecht, and NS (Dutch Railways) is deploying buses. ProRail mentions 100 cables, and the EU is reviewing regulations due to the strong position of NS.

The Netherlands plays against Morocco at 3:00 a.m. Tuesday night at the World Cup in Monterrey. Many cafes are allowed to stay open longer for the match. In Tilburg and Roosendaal, visitors sometimes support both countries.

After the severe weather last weekend, insurers are receiving many damage claims. Hail and lightning in particular caused damage to houses and cars. Achmea received about 5600 claims, mostly from Hilversum and Utrecht-Amsterdam.

WhatsApp will make it possible to contact others without sharing a phone number. Users will then be able to choose a username for their account. According to WhatsApp, this better protects privacy.

Defense wants more money for drones and other unmanned systems. Minister Yesilgöz says that in the future, more than half of the deployment will consist of these. More money will also go to innovation, digitization, and IT, and 100,000 personnel by 2030.