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Over 500 migrants who have been in distress in the Mediterranean have been rescued by the aid organizations Doctors Without Borders and SOS Humanity, TT reports.

The migrants were taken by ship to Italy, where the country’s government has said it will be restrictive in accepting migrants who cross the Mediterranean.

The country’s interior minister Matteo Piantedosi has previously spoken in favor of only the most vulnerable being accepted.

Despite tough times for many households, many Swedes seem prepared to spend money on charitable causes before Christmas.

It shows a ringing that TT has done.

– There is a fantastic willingness to donate despite the financial situation that many find themselves in, says Jessica Zimmerman, head of private collection at Unicef ​​Sweden.

– We have not seen any huge slowdown in the willingness to donate during years of economic unrest and crisis, says Malin Barnö, head of the marketing unit at the Swedish Red Cross.

The industry organization Giva Sweden follows the development month by month. In their report for November, no dip in giving is yet visible, writes TT.

However, there are concerns about how giving will develop in the coming years. Likewise for inflation, rising costs and a record-breaking need for aid.

A fire broke out in an interior design store in the Mall of Scandinavia on Sunday afternoon.

The emergency services, police and ambulance were called to the scene.

Witnesses at the scene state that they were asked to leave the shopping center located north of Stockholm.

– Once closed, but the rest of the mall has remained open, says Mall of Scandinavia’s information department.

At 5:30 p.m. SOS stated that the fire should be out.

SMHI has issued an orange warning for wind and snow in eastern Gotland. Other parts of the island may also be affected by severe weather.

The warning applies from Monday 12 December at 19.00 until Tuesday 13 December at 12.00.

Orange warning is the second highest on SMHI’s scale.

According to the forecast, snowfall of 5-10 centimeters is expected, but can locally be around 30-40 centimeters.

It will blow 7-12 meters per second.

“Out at sea and over mainly the northern and western coastal strips including the Fårö area, gusts of around 20-23 m/s are expected,” writes SMHI.

Canada is preparing a change to its law on assisted dying, reports Reuters.

When the latest version of the law was passed in 2021, mental illness was excluded. From March next year, people suffering from mental illness will be able to apply for assisted dying. Two doctors must then assess and decide whether the application should be rejected or approved.

The law was first passed in 2016 and since then 30,000 Canadians have died via assisted dying, of which 10,000 in 2021.

The change in the law has been debated and questioned as some psychiatrists believe that it is impossible to determine whether a mental illness is incurable, while others believe that the new law would mean that patients would avoid “unbearable suffering”.

A spokesperson for Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos states that the government is now working intensively on the issue to develop a clear framework, reports Reuters.

A man in his 20s is sentenced for surreptitiously filming an intercourse he had with a woman of the same age, reports SVT Sörmland.

The man then sent the film to the woman and wrote “are you not horny”. The woman did not know that the man had filmed. Now the man is sentenced for offensive photography and sexual harassment. He must pay SEK 5,000 in daily fines and SEK 20,000 in damages.

The police in Gothenburg are investigating a suspected attempted murder.

A man in his 20s showed up at the emergency room at Sahlgrenska hospital with a knife wound to his back.

“It is currently unclear how serious the injuries are and where this should have occurred. The police have gone to the hospital to try to clarify what happened,” the police write on their website.

The Reuters news agency states that two leading figures in the terrorist sect IS have been killed in eastern Syria.

They are said to have been killed in an American raid carried out by helicopter, reports VG.

The electricity system in Sweden is under pressure and on Monday a price shock awaits customers. A central reason is that Oskarshamn 3 and Ringhals 4 are closed. Ringhals 3 runs at half speed – but should go up to full power late on Sunday.

The loss of planned energy production causes the oil-powered Karlshamnsverket to go into high alert.

As of Monday morning, the plant must be able to start production at two hours’ notice if necessary to cover the need for electricity in the south.

Björn Magnusson, spokesperson for Uniper, which operates Karlshamnsverket, tells Aftonbladet that the oil power plant has been in frequent operation recently.

“Given the strained situation, there may be some drift ahead,” writes Björn Magnusson.

The police appoint a special investigator after revelations about the police leadership.

– The authority has implemented a number of measures in the cases that have been the subject of the media’s review, says national police chief Anders Thornberg.

Aftonbladet has reported, among other things that the then head of Noa, Mats Löfving, was thoroughly investigated after he hired Linda Staaf as Noa’s head of intelligence. This must have been done after they had a relationship, according to information.

According to Expressen should she have got the job despite her lack of experience.

Runar Viksten, who leads the investigation, is to conduct a “complete review of the Police Authority’s actions in relation to current rules and procedures”, the police write on their website.

He will start his work “as soon as possible”. By April 28 at the latest, he must report what has been arrived at.