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Biden blows off covid emergency
President Joe Biden has signed a law ending the national emergency imposed in the United States as a result of the pandemic. It may affect the infected border issue in the country.
Read more in TT’s article.
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Suspected sexual offense – area cordoned off
A suspected sexual crime has occurred outdoors in Malmö, the police write on their website.
An area has been cordoned off and a technical investigation is underway with a special search dog.
The police are otherwise tight-lipped about the incident and will not provide any further information during the evening and night.
Two dead in collision between truck and car
Two people died in the crash. Photo: Mattias Landström
A truck and a car collided head-on on national highway 30 outside Vaggeryd on Monday evening. Both drivers died in the accident, which the police described as a “senselessly violent collision”.
Read more in Aftonbladet’s article.
Netanyahu reverses the defense minister
Gets the job back. Photo: Maya Alleruzzo/AP
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant will now get his job back, SVT reports with reference to a press conference that took place today.
It was in late March that Netanyahu fired the minister after he criticized the Israeli government for trying to change the mandate of the Supreme Court. Something that created massive protests all over the country.
– Gallant will remain in his post and continue to defend Israeli citizens, Netanyahu said at the press conference, according to SVT.
The Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has previously demanded that Netanyahu take back the decision on the dismissal of the minister.
US Government: Stop Ban on Abortion Pills
A women’s group demonstrates outside the federal courthouse in Amarillo, Texas in mid-March. Photo: David Erickson/AP
The US Department of Justice has asked an appeals court to halt a federal decision in Texas to ban a widely used abortion pill, NTB reports.
– The district court’s extraordinary judgment, which is unprecedented, must be postponed pending an appeal, says the department in a statement.
On Friday, a Texas judge struck down the ban on the drug Mifepristone, which is commonly used to perform a medical abortion.
Boy under 15 robbed
A boy under the age of 15 has been robbed by three masked criminals outside at Fågelbacken in Malmö.
The alarm came in at 19.50 and the police were called to the scene.
According to the police, the perpetrators must have forced the boy’s mobile phone.
The boy is said to have managed without physical injuries, according to the police.
No one has been arrested.
Car chase after suspected theft – security guard hit
A security guard alerted the police after a suspected theft in progress at a shop in Storheden, Luleå.
In connection with the police being called to the scene, two suspected perpetrators deviate and run over the security guard.
– The guard was taken to hospital, I have no information on the state of the injury, but it was not life-threatening, says Andreas Schäufele, RLC officer at the police.
The police took up the hunt for the suspected perpetrators and managed to catch them after they themselves stopped the car and ran from the scene at Bergnäset, a little over a mile outside Luleå.
– They are in their 40s and known to the police from before, they have both been convicted before, says Andreas Schäufele.
The men are now suspected of serious violence against an official, abuse of means of transportation and the driver is also suspected of serious drunken driving.
The alarm came in at 8:27 p.m.
Actor Michael Lerner is dead
Michael Lerner was 81 years old. Photo: Vince Bucci/AP
Oscar-nominated actor Michael Lerner has died, reports say The Hollywood Reporterciting an Instagram post by Lerner’s nephew Sam Lerner.
“It’s hard to put into words how amazing my uncle Michael was and what an influence he had on me,” writes Sam Lerner in the Instagram post.
Michael Lerner appeared in a large number of films such as “Godzilla” from 1998 and “Elf” from 2003.
Michael Lerner was 81 years old.
The cause of death is still unknown.
Suspected dangerous object – townhouse area evacuated
A suspected dangerous object has been found in a townhouse area in Norrköping.
The police were called to the scene at 5:50 p.m. and began an operation.
– We have set up cordons and evacuated two smaller single-family houses, says the police officer on duty, Torbjörn Lindqvist.
At 7 p.m., the police announced that they had examined the object and were able to determine that the danger was over.
The suspicious object was a sonar.
Shortly afterwards, the police dismantled the operation at the scene. Residents who were initially evacuated have been able to return to their homes.
Taiwan warns: China’s exercises could trigger war
Chinese military photos from the exercise near the border with Taiwan. Photo: CCTV/AP
After the Chinese military drills near Taiwan’s land border, the country is now warning that the action could accidentally trigger an “uncontrollable war” that could draw in countries from around the world, reports Fox News.
Taiwan’s foreign minister, Joseph Wu, calls the last two 24-hour military exercises – where Chinese warships and warplanes during the Easter weekend practiced coordinated attacks against important targets on the island – “very serious”.
– Any mistake could trigger an uncontrollable war between Taiwan and China. And if other countries try to intervene, it could be the beginning of a war on a large scale, said Joseph Wu, according to the news site.
Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners of war
Ukraine and Russia have exchanged around a hundred prisoners each.
The prisoner exchange is confirmed by Andrij Jermak, chief of staff at the Ukrainian presidential office, reports TT.
“These are soldiers, sailors, border guards and members of the National Guard,” writes Jermak on Telegram.
It was reportedly after difficult and protracted negotiations that Ukraine regained about 100 soldiers, among them soldiers who fought in Mariupol before Russian forces besieged the city, according to Jermak.
Russia also confirms that around 100 prisoners of war have been handed over, according to TT.
“106 Russian soldiers have been handed over after negotiations from territories under Kiev’s control,” the Russian Defense Ministry announced.
Police are firebombed in Londonderry
Here the demonstrators attack the police. Photo: Peter Morrison/AP
Violence has broken out in Londonderry in Northern Ireland in connection with a large demonstration.
Protesters have thrown firebombs and set fire to police cars, reports say BBC.
The parade was led by a large number of people in paramilitary uniforms, writes the BBC.
Chief Constable Simon Byrne fears the fires could be an attempt to lure officers into ‘gun or bomb ambush’
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