The day was dominated by an extreme heatwave, with code orange warnings and the warmest June 24 ever recorded. Editors tracked rising temperatures from morning, when Rijkswaterstaat activated its heat protocol nationwide, through afternoon reports of road surfaces hitting 50°C and wildfire risks. By evening, overnight temperatures above 20°C were forecast. In parallel, De Telegraaf broke the story that the cabinet plans an emergency law to scrap the critical deposition value (KDW), a key nitrogen policy. This development, emerging in the afternoon, shifted political attention amid the heat. Other stories included Germany canceling a Damen frigate contract, the arrest of six for election fraud in Gorinchem, and the premature replacement of the government's PH-GOV aircraft.