15-year-old boy arrested after murder

USA to attack in Yemen’s capital

The US has attacked targets belonging to the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen’s capital Sanaa. This is confirmed by the US military command for the Middle East, Centcom, in a post on X.

The airstrikes were aimed, among other things, at robot warehouses and a command center.

The attack comes after a robot fired from Yemen on Saturday struck the Tel Aviv area in central Israel. Several people are said to have been injured in the attack, for which the Huthi movement has claimed responsibility.

New government in Iceland – women in the majority

The leader of the Icelandic Social Democrats, Kristrún Frostadóttir, presented her government on Saturday.

The board consists, in addition to the social democratic party, of the liberal Vidreisn (roughly Renewal) and the populist Folkpartiet.

The government aims to bring down interest rates and inflation, and wants to hold a referendum on possible citizenship in the EU.

Frostadóttir, 36, will be the country’s youngest prime minister, according to Icelandic public service company Rúv.

She is also the world’s youngest current prime minister according to Rúv.

It is the first time Iceland has a government where there are more women than men and where all party leaders are women. It is also the first time the country has both a female president – ​​Halla Tómasdóttir– and a female prime minister.

Rescue operation – two people in the water

At 21.42 the rescue service was alerted to the Kajpromenaden in Helsingborg.

– The caller says that two people are missing, according to the Skåne Nordväst Rescue Service.

Divers, lifeguards, ambulance and police are also on the scene.

– An ambulance has been loaded and is driving to hospital, so one person has been driven in, says André Nilsson on SOS Alarm at around 10.30pm.

He also says that work continues at the site.

Right-wing extremists demonstrate outside the memorial ceremony in Magdeburg

A memorial ceremony is taking place in Magdeburg’s cathedral due to the attack at the Christmas market on Friday evening.

But outside, the extreme right is holding a demonstration, reports the German Spiegel.

Several hundred participate and express messages that, among other things, deal with return migration.

A well-known neo-Nazi is also present and talks about deporting “guilty politicians”.

Many dead in ferry disaster in Congo

Some 40 people have been confirmed dead and over 100 are still missing after an overloaded ferry capsized in Congo-Kinshasa, according to local authorities.

The accident happened late on Friday evening, on the Busira river in the country’s northwestern parts.

The ferry was part of a convoy with other vessels. Many of the passengers are said to have been trade workers on their way to their homes to celebrate Christmas, according to Joseph Kangolingoli, mayor of the town of Ingende, which is near the crash site.

About twenty people have been rescued.

Explosion in central Stockholm

The police received an alarm about explosions at Östermalm in Stockholm.

– Something has exploded outside, but we don’t know what. We are working at the scene to find out what hit and to document the extent of the damage, says Susanna Rinaldo, spokesperson for the police.

– There are no reports of personal injuries. We have blocked off an area.

The emergency services are also on site.

– We are there to assist the police. That’s the only thing I can say, otherwise I refer to the police, says Kim Hellberg at the rescue service.

Several ambulances are at the scene, writes TT.

SMHI warns of skid belts

SMHI has issued a yellow warning about sudden ice slippage.

The area extends from parts of Värmland, from the border with Norway and up along the coast of Gävleborg.

The warning applies from today at 18:00 until 02:00 on the night of Sunday.

– There is an extensive rainfall area coming from the west. It can cause slipping. There is also a risk of freezing rain, says Emma Härenstam, meteorologist at SMHI.

Bengt Ohlsson, press manager at the Swedish Transport Administration, urges caution.

– You have to be careful if you go out and drive. Be sure to find out the local weather where you will be driving, and that you find out about this beforehand, he says.

Swedish police on threats to Christmas markets: “Already increased”

Norway’s police have increased security in “relevant and threatened areas” after the attack on a flea market in Magdeburg, Germany, yesterday.

But Swedish police do not take any extra measures now, reports TV4 News.

– We always start planning several weeks in advance to have more presence around Christmas, says Per Engström, section manager at the police’s national operational department, Noa, to TV4.

– There are no ties to Sweden around the person and we have already gained ground through the way we are acting now, he says.

Wolf shot in Skåne

A wolf has been shot in the Söderåsen district in Svalöv municipality. The animal was killed on Friday and there is no suspicion of crime, writes the county administration in Skåne.

The authority’s wildlife officer has been on site and examined the wolf, the shooting site and the GPS positions of the dogs during the hunt.

The assessment is that the wolf pursued the dogs and that the hunters acted in accordance with the Hunting Ordinance’s right to protect hunting dogs and domestic animals, also from protected predators.

The shot wolf is a female and will be sent to the Norwegian Veterinary Institute for analysis.

Norwegian police increase security after the attack in Germany

After a car drove into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in Germany yesterday, Norwegian police have increased security.

– We have decided on extra measures with increased patrolling and presence in view of events taking place all over the country. It will be up to the local police districts to assess which events, department director Bjørn Eirik Vandvik in the Norwegian Police Directorate (POD) tells VG.

He says they are following the situation closely and that this is just to be extra vigilant.

Many dead in bus accident in Brazil

A passenger bus and a truck have collided on a highway in the state of Minas Gerais in eastern Brazil.

More than 30 of the bus’ 45 passengers have died and several people have been taken to hospital with injuries.

According to authorities, the bus suffered a puncture on one of its tires, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle and collide with the truck.

Minas Gerais Governor Romeu Zema writes on X that the government of the state is being called in to help after the accident and give the victims’ families the best possible support in dealing with the tragedy, “especially since it happens just before Christmas”.

Police shot man with stun gun

The police had to shoot a suspected drunken man with a stun gun on highway 40 near Borås, writes P4 Seven-way.

The man had driven erratically and refused to stop for the police.

Several patrols had to join the chase and finally they stopped the man.

The man then resisted and the police used the stun gun.

There are no reports of injuries and the man is suspected of drunk driving.

The police: Nine-year-old died in the attack

The man arrested after driving into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg yesterday will be charged with five murders and 205 attempted murders.

That’s what German police say at a press conference.

A nine-year-old child and four adults died in the act.

According to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, 40 people are still so seriously injured that “we just need to be very worried”.

The 50-year-old doctor Taleb Abdul Jawad is singled out as the suspect after the attack. Read more here.

Hamas: Ceasefire is closer than ever

An agreement on a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages is close, writes Hamas and their two allied militias, terrorist-classified Islamic Jihad and the Palestine Liberation Front (PFLP), according to the AFP news agency.

This is provided that Israel does not continue to impose new conditions.

The statement comes after diplomatic talks in Cairo on Friday. Ahead of those talks, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz stated on Monday that the parties had not been so close to each other since they agreed on a temporary ceasefire in November last year.