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1,114 households in Vårby gård south of Stockholm are without power during the morning.

It is customers of Vattenfall who have been affected by power cuts.

Troubleshooting in progress.

– But the weather is a factor when the technicians have to get out, so it affects and it can take some time before they can get out. But as soon as you get out, you try to connect customers again, says Carina Netterlind, press secretary at Vattenfall.

Four cars are involved in a traffic accident on the E18 between Örebro and Arboga.

The alarm about the accident came to SOS Alarm at 07.29.

– It’s a complete standstill, says Anders Dahlman, press spokesperson at the Bergslagen police region.

The extent of the damage is unclear.

According to the Swedish Transport Administration, there is a risk of difficult road conditions on the route, which is wet in places and has patches of mud.

The snowy weather continues to affect parts of Sweden on Wednesday morning. In Stockholm, an orange warning for heavy snowfall is issued in the eastern parts of the county until 12 o’clock.

The warning applies from Nynäshamn up to Norrtälje.

Several bus routes have been cancelled, including in Nacka and Värmdö and in Norrtälje. A total of 68 bus routes are canceled on Wednesday.

Green line subway traffic is also affected by delays.

– It is a difficult situation for bus traffic in Stockholm now with snow removal problems. Several bus lines are withdrawn, otherwise it is about delays of up to ten minutes, says Andreas Strömberg, press manager at SL and continues:

– We urge everyone to keep an eye on our traffic information channels, it can change quickly. If you can work from home, you should.

SL is currently having technical problems with the Travel Planner.

Rescue services and an ambulance have been called to the port of Kullavik outside Gothenburg after reports of drowning, reports the GP.

According to the rescue service, a person has been found in the water.

– It is a private person who helped a person out of the water, says Peter Zettersten, at the rescue service, to the newspaper.

An ambulance is also on site.

There is no information on the person’s injury status.

On Wednesday, the National Center for Terrorism Threat Assessment, NCT, presents its new full-year assessment. Sweden has gone from legitimate to a priority target for terrorist attacks, according to the report, TT writes.

Terrorist threats against Sweden increased after the Koran burning outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm – the threat level is estimated to remain at an elevated level in 2023.

– We saw that the Koran burning outside the Turkish embassy aroused strong emotions and reactions, says Ahn-Za Hagström, to TT and continues:

– Sweden was mentioned more clearly than before, which we judged could affect not least the inspiration-driven threat.

The main building at Åsarna Ski Center in Berg municipality is on fire, reports say P4 Jamtland. The fire service was alerted to the fire at 3am.

Road E45 is closed in both directions due to the rescue work. The Europavägen may remain closed until 07:00, according to the forecast.

The cause of the fire is unclear.

No people are said to have been injured.

The US is dropping the requirement for a negative covid test for travelers from China, probably as early as this week.

The restriction was introduced in January this year, also by Sweden and several other countries.

The US now believes it has evidence that the number of infected, treated and dead is decreasing in China.

(TT, Aftonbladet)

Russian troops will have an “open road” to more cities in eastern Ukraine if Bachmut falls. President Zelensky delivers that warning in an interview with CNN.

– This is tactical for us, he says.

The battle for Bachmut has been going on since the summer. Military experts have questioned the strategic importance of the city, stating that it is symbolism rather than tactics that drives the Russian forces, particularly the private army Wagner.

But Zelenskyy thus defends that Ukraine is resisting:

– We realize that after Bachmut they can go to Kramatorsk, to Sloviansk, to other cities in the Donetsk region. They get an open street.

Two employees at the Swedish embassy in Nairobi are being investigated, report SVT News.

According to SVT, it is about two separate cases. In one case, it concerns a Sida employee who is suspected of having leaked sensitive information and who has been called home to Stockholm.

The Danish Development Agency has launched an internal investigation and describes what happened as an “irregularity”.

In the second case, it concerns a local employee at the embassy who is suspected of embezzling large sums. That person must have terminated their employment on their own initiative before the investigation began.

Both men deny the allegations. (TT)

Several countries have regained the right to vote in the UN General Assembly since they partially paid off their debts. This was announced by the chairman Csaba Korösi on Tuesday.

The countries that got the right to vote back were Lebanon, Gabon and South Sudan.

In October, the General Assembly adopted a resolution allowing São Tomé and Príncipe, the Comoros and Somalia to vote until September despite excessive debts to the UN. The reason is the unrest that surrounds the three countries.

Thus, only Venezuela currently has its right to vote suspended. (TT)

German investigators have been able to identify six people who are suspected of being behind the explosions of the Nord Stream last autumn. This is stated by the newspaper Die Zeit and several other German media.

According to the information, five men and one woman can be linked to a boat that was rented by a Polish company, owned by two Ukrainians. From the boat, which set out from Rostock, Germany, the explosive charges must have been placed at the gas pipes about three weeks before the explosions.

Read more in Aftonbladet’s article.