The day was dominated by two stories: an intensifying heatwave and the EU's deportation talks with the Taliban. From early morning, NOS reported growing financial distress among households, but by mid-morning attention shifted to the cabinet's nitrogen plans, with NRC and Trouw noting farmer anxiety. Heineken's new CEO nomination was covered by FD and NRC. By afternoon, code orange heat warnings appeared across RD and RTL, with NS reducing trains and cities opening cooling centers. Evening headlines focused on record overnight temperatures. Simultaneously, NRC broke the story that EU countries, including the Netherlands, had invited Taliban representatives to Brussels to discuss returning rejected Afghan asylum seekers—a move framed as pragmatic but controversial.