The day was dominated by two parallel escalations: the breakdown of talks between unions and the cabinet at the Catshuis, and a new cycle of US-Iran military strikes. Early morning headlines focused on US attacks on Bandar Abbas and Iranian retaliation in Kuwait, with NOS and de Volkskrant leading coverage. By midday, attention shifted to the Catshuis meeting, where unions rejected the government's offer and announced continued strikes over social security cuts, a story carried across RTL, Het Parool, and AD.nl. The afternoon saw the Hague city hall evacuated over a bomb threat, with a suspect arrested. International tensions persisted with China's action against a Dutch frigate in the South China Sea and Israel's expansion in Gaza. The editorial agenda reflected a split between domestic labor conflict and foreign military crises.