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Another earthquake has been measured in central Turkey during Saturday morning.

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the quake had a magnitude of 5.5, it writes SVT.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers.

“In the Black Sea, the fleet of warships has doubled compared to this morning – it is now eight ships,” writes Ukraine’s military commander in the South region in a Facebook post, reports The Guardian.

According to the post, it is about ships in active service and the Ukrainian military suspects that it could be a sign that a robot or drone attack is being prepared.

One of the ships is to be a frigate equipped with eight cruise robots of the Kalibr type. According to Ukrainian data, Russia launched four such robots from the Black Sea last Saturday, two of which were reportedly shot down.

Defense Minister Pål Jonson (M) was interviewed in Ekot’s Saturday interview where he discussed potential consequences if Finland joins NATO before Sweden.

– Prolonged Swedish exclusion at the same time as Finland becomes a NATO ally would partly complicate the Swedish-Finnish cooperation, says the Minister of Defence.

He continues:

– It would also have a negative impact on Nordic cooperation.

About 3,000 tickets for the Eurovision Song Contest are to be reserved for Ukrainian refugees, The Guardian reports.

This year, Great Britain will host the competition after Ukraine was unable to take on the task due to Russia’s ongoing invasion.

The British government has also set aside the equivalent of SEK 125 million to “help ensure that the event truly showcases Ukrainian culture”.

The pollen season has already started, writes the National Museum of Natural History on its website.

Low levels of alder and hazel pollen have been measured all the way up to Gävle.

– Birch pollen doesn’t start until April. But if you are allergic to birch, you can also react to alder, says Didrik Vanhoenacker, on-call biologist at the National Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, to TT.

Normally, the pollen season starts in March. However, the mild winter has led to it starting unusually early this year, reports P4 Blekinge.

– There is a risk of high levels in Skåne and Blekinge. But as spring comes, pollen from alder and hazel spreads further. But it depends on how the weather turns out, says Didrik Vanhoenacker.

A woman has been poisoned by the substance ricin in Gloppen in Norway.

The alarm came in on Saturday morning.

– We received a message at around 08.30 that a woman may have been exposed to the substance. It is a substance that can be developed via some special seeds or beans, which if produced in the right way is very toxic. The woman has been taken care of by healthcare staff and the apartment in question is cordoned off, says operations manager Tore Andre Brakstad, to VG.

The woman was reportedly conscious when she was taken to hospital.

The police do not believe that more people were involved in the incident.

Russia may have run out of kamikaze drones, writes the British intelligence service in its latest report.

Russia has so far used drones made in Iran, but since February 15 they have not been seen – suggesting that the stockpile may have run out.

However, the British predict that Russia will try to get new supplies.

At the end of March, trade unions and employers will have decided on the first wage agreements in industry that govern wage increases in the entire labor market. But the representatives of the parties now state for Echo that they find it difficult to agree.

– Fairly tough and extensive negotiations are underway at various unions. The situation is, like this a month before, worrisome, says Mattias Dahl, vice president of Swedish business.

LO’s agreement secretary Torbjörn Johansson also expresses concern about the negotiations.

– It is a very difficult situation. I want to state with the utmost certainty that it is the most difficult negotiation since the post-war period, says Johansson and points out that the members’ demands are high.

The union demands 4.4 percent wage increases in one-year contracts, while the employers’ counteroffer is 2 percent plus a one-off payment of SEK 3,000.

Two people have been taken to hospital by ambulance and ambulance helicopter after a collision between two cars on county road 274 in Vaxholm municipality.

There is no information about the injuries of the people other than that both were awake when they were taken away, the police write on their website.

The road is closed because the cars have to be recovered. According to the Swedish Transport Agency’s forecast, the road should open at 10.15am.

The Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan will be reopened today after the border was closed by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, TT reports.

On Monday, there were reports of a shooting between turf guards at Torkham. A Pakistani soldier was reportedly injured, which led to the two countries holding talks on reopening the border.

The border crossing has been closed since Sunday, which has led to people being stranded. Before the Taliban decided to close the border, they accused Pakistan of violating an agreement between the two countries to allow sick Afghans to freely enter Pakistan for medical care.

The police received an alarm on Saturday morning about a robbery in progress in a shop in Säter.

Two people allegedly entered the store and threatened the staff with a weapon-like object. Then the suspected perpetrators fled the scene by car.

– They have robbed some kind of grocery store. They have a lot of goods with them, but I can’t estimate the value, says Lars Hedelin at the police.

Several police units chased the suspected robbers and were soon after able to arrest them.