“The resistance thought she might be useful. They were operating a system of girls who would become friendly with Nazi targets.”

Martin Sixsmith details the story of how Anna-Maria van der Vaart sheltered Allied pilots, gave refuge to persecuted Jews and participated in audacious acts of sabotage during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

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King Charles met David Beckham last week, but not Prince Harry

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Doctors treating Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico now say they will not be able to move him to the country’s capital in the coming days. But they say he is in a serious but stable condition. Mr Fico is being treated in a small town hospital close to where he was shot on Wednesday. The man charged with attempting to murder Mr Fico has been in court on Saturday, with prosecutors arguing he must remain in custody pending his trial.

Also in the programme: there’s been a fifth night of unrest in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia sparked by changes to voting rights; and how Cuba’s sugar industry is emblematic of the country’s economic woes.

(Picture: A convoy of police cars carrying a man accused of the attempted murder of the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, arrives at court on 18 May, 2024. Credit: JAKUB GAVLAK/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)