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Historic snowfall has led to traffic chaos and canceled flights in Moscow.
In parts of the Russian capital, the snow piles are around 30 centimeters high, according to the weather institute Fobos.
The last time Moscow suffered similar snowfall in December was in 1989 and 1993.
– It’s a snow Armageddon. In Moscow, it is so stormy that you can neither walk nor drive, reports the state-controlled TV channel Channel 1 according to AFP.
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Military called in to replace strikers
1,200 troops called in to fill gaps as UK ambulance drivers and border staff go on strike, reports BBC.
The union is critical and says that the military does not have the right training to take on the duties of paramedics.
But Health Minister Steve Barclay replies that maintaining patient safety is priority one.
Many strikes are going on in the UK now. The most noticed group has been the nurses, who demand salary increases of at least 17 percent.
In a high-profile interview in BBC Today, Emergency Services Minister Oliver Dowden called on unions to be “fair and reasonable” by calling off the strikes and giving people “a break this Christmas”.
Putin visits Belarus – “wondering why”
Vladimir Putin travels to Belarus on Monday to meet with President Aleksandr Lukashenko.
According to Bloomberg is Putin’s first visit to the country in over three years.
All meetings between the leaders since 2019 have been held in Russia.
“The pattern is broken. I wonder why,” writes the BBC’s Russia editor Steve Rosenberg Twitter.
According to Lukashenko’s website, the leaders will talk about, among other things, security and the economy.
Belarus has always supported Russia in the war against Ukraine, but has not sent any soldiers of its own.
Actor Anders Nyström dead
Photo: Jan Collsiöö / TT /
The actor Anders Nyström is dead, TT reports.
Anders Nystörm had his big breakthrough as a child, when he was in “The Children from Frostmofjället” in 1945.
He was in several films as a child, but later made the leap to the theater stage. Among other things, he worked at the Riksteatern, Uppsala City Theater and Stockholm City Theatre.
After that he came back to film, and television. Among other things, he appeared in “The Archipelago Doctor” and “Svenska hjärtan”.
Anders Nyström was 89 years old.
Woman has fallen from apartment
A woman in her 20s has been found on the ground outside an apartment in southern Stockholm.
The woman has been transported by ambulance to hospital, the police report.
– She must have fallen several floors. In my eyes, the woman’s condition looks surprisingly good. She was awake and talking when she was taken to hospital, says Mats Eriksson, the police’s press officer.
A man in his 20s who was in the residence has been arrested. Another person who was in the apartment has been taken in for questioning.
– All three people lived in the apartment.
According to information to Aftonbladet, the woman may have been pushed out of a window from the fourth floor.
Police are on site at the hospital to speak with the woman when possible.
A preliminary investigation has been opened into attempted murder. A technical survey of the residence will be carried out.
Traffic accident on bridge – one to hospital by helicopter
A person in his 20s has been taken to hospital by ambulance helicopter after a traffic accident on the Farstabron in Värmdö municipality outside Stockholm, writes TT.
It is currently unclear how seriously injured the person is.
The accident happened at 11:30 and caused major traffic disruptions.
– Two vehicles were involved in the accident, of which one driver is suspected of negligence in traffic and causing bodily harm, says Mats Eriksson, press spokesperson at the police.
The ANC will elect a new leader
South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC, will elect a new party leader, writes TT.
The election is between current President Cyril Ramaphosa and former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
According to TT, the election is expected to be more even than first thought.
– We see Ramaphosa go from having a comfortable lead to having Mkhize nipping at his heels. It is floating right now, says an independent political analyst according to TT.
Explosion in road tunnel north of Kabul – 19 dead
At least 19 people have died since a fuel tank exploded in a tunnel north of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, AP writes.
A further 32 people are injured and the death toll may rise. According to Said Himatullah Shamim, spokesperson for the province of Parwan, survivors are stuck under the racial masses, TT writes.
“The heat is back in all of Kyiv”
Fourth Advent in central Kyiv. Aircraft alarms regularly sound over the city. Photo: Felipe Dana/AP/TT
After the latest Russian robot attacks, nearly six million Ukrainians have been without power.
In the capital, Kyiv, many have been without heat.
But now the heat is back – for everyone. That’s what Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klitschko says on Telegram.
“All sources of heat supply work normally,” he writes.
Even many of those who have been without power have had it restored.
President Zelensky announced in his daily speech that it will take time, however, before everyone has the electricity back.
According to Zelenskyy, 14 regions, in addition to the capital, suffered power and water cuts as a result of the widespread attacks on infrastructure during Friday.
Several police officers dead after attack
A bomb is said to have exploded near a police vehicle in northern Iraq, two police sources report, according to TT.
The explosion was immediately followed by shelling from small arms, according to one of the police officers who chooses to remain anonymous.
The attack reportedly took place in the area of al-Tarfawi in the al-Riyadh district of Kirkuk.
At least ten police officers are believed to have been killed.
The terrorist group IS has claimed responsibility for the attack.
New methane measurements at the Nord Stream leaks
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg are to make a new measurement at the site of the Nord Stream leaks in the southern Baltic Sea, writes TT. This time they will find out where the methane has gone since the leak and the consequences of the release into the sea will be investigated.
Methane levels in the water around the leaks were measured to be 1,000 times higher than normal during the first survey done using underwater robots.
The samples from that expedition are still being analyzed, but according to the researchers, more measurements are needed to be able to draw conclusions about the impact the large gas release has on the water and biological life in the sea.
The new expedition with the research vessel Skagerak will begin on January 8 and will last for one week.
Woman found dead outdoors – two arrested
A woman in her 40s has been found dead outdoors in a community outside Sundsvall on Saturday evening.
The police are investigating the incident as murder or manslaughter as there are unclear circumstances surrounding the woman’s death.
Two people, a woman and a man, have been arrested as suspects in the case.
The man is reasonably suspected, which is the lower level of suspicion. The woman is suspected on probable grounds, i.e. the higher level of suspicion. They must be aged 50 to 55.
The police do not want to say anything about whether or what relationship the three have had to each other.
– A technical investigation has been carried out at the scene and interrogations are to be held with any witnesses and the suspects, says Maria Linné, press spokesperson for the police region North.
The woman’s next of kin have been notified.
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Is it really a case if the police suspect attempted murder? Why suspect the woman instead of putting the weight and weight on what the police suspect: that a man pushed her to her death.
Redo do right… again…. ?
Angry!
See answer to the question below.
One person has been arrested and there are reports that the woman fell because she was pushed. It’s in the notice.
Fake news again? The woman was thrown from the balcony, she didn’t fall.. Distorting, keeping silent or lying as a journalist seems to be a code of honor at AB.. Ugh..
Eric T.
We still don’t know exactly what happened.
There are reports that she may have been pushed, and the police have arrested one person. It’s in the notice.
Whether it is so or not is not something we can confirm, the police investigation will have to show that.
All this misery. How are you coping?
The sandwich
You have to try to take advantage of the small flashes of light that appear at regular intervals! A tip to keep hope up is to read the articles from “Swedish heroes”, which you can find here!
Can also tell you about the “Svenska hältar gala” which will be broadcast tonight, which you can see here on Aftonbladet and TV4 at 8pm!
We keep the positivity up together!
Why do you have a pinned post from October 3rd?
Pinned post
The Coast Guard: The gas release is increasing
October 3 at 12:29 p.m
Emil Forsberg
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Hello,
It should not be pinned down by us at the editorial office. The post you click on is automatically pinned to the top of Aftonbladet Direkt. So maybe you accidentally clicked into it somehow? 🙂
Stockholm journalists don’t know the difference between Helsingborg and Helsinki?
ole
Ouch! Brainstorming… Changed now!
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