Today’s presidential election in Turkey looks set to be a shocker.
In one of the government’s moves to win over the crucial voters, one and the same interview with incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was broadcast. In 24 TV channels. At the same time, reports Turkishminute.
The measure faces harsh criticism from the opposition.
“Shall I make another promise? As long as we rule this country, you will never again see all channels broadcasting the same content,” tweeted Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, who is challenging Erdogan for the presidency.
Kiliçdaroglu leads the main opposition CHP party and the National Alliance, which brings together several opposition parties.
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A shooting occurred in central Karlstad during the night to Sunday, according to the police.
The alarm came in at 01:24. The witnesses allegedly saw a man who shot with some kind of weapon and then disappeared from the scene.
No one has been reported injured following the incident.
– We have started a preliminary investigation into serious weapons offences, says Mats Thörn, officer on duty at the police.
No one had been arrested by half past four. (TT)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Germany, his first visit to the country since Russia launched its large-scale invasion last February.
“Already in Berlin”, he writes on Twitter.
Zelensky’s schedule for the visit to Germany has not been officially confirmed but according to local media he is expected to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday morning. Later in the day, a trip to the city of Aachen is believed to await.
Zelensky spent Saturday in Italy and Vatican City where he met both Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as well as Pope Francis during a private audience. (TT)
At least 33 civilians were killed in an attack in western Burkina Faso, says the governor of the Boucle du Mouhoun region.
Burkina Faso is one of the world’s poorest countries and has been ravaged since 2015 by an insurgency led by militant extremists with links to the terrorist groups IS and al-Qaeda.
The country is ruled by a military junta after a coup just over a year ago, but the junta has so far failed to push back the militant jihadists. (TT)
The highest temperature in 40 years has been measured in Singapore. The thermometer climbed up to 37 degrees on Saturday.
“The current hot and dry conditions are expected to continue tomorrow,” the authorities write on Facebook. Next week, however, the temperature is expected to drop.
May is normally one of the hottest months of the year in Singapore and a heat wave is currently sweeping parts of South and Southeast Asia. In Vietnam, over 44 degrees were measured last week. (TT)
Russian rockets hit the Ukrainian city of Ternopil on Saturday night – just minutes before the group Tvorchi, who hail from the city, were due to take to the Eurovision stage.
It reports BBC. Two civilians are said to have been injured in the attack.
After their performance, the duo wrote about the event on Instagram:
“Ternopil is our hometown, which was bombed by Russia while we were singing on the Eurovision stage about our hearts of steel, indomitability and will”
“We write this for all Ukrainian cities that are bombed every day”
Later during the Eurovision broadcast, the Ukrainian delegation could be seen holding up a placard with the words “Ternopil” on it.
A man in his 40s has been stabbed in Bromma in western Stockholm.
According to information to Aftonbladet, the man is seriously injured.
The police were alerted shortly before 11pm on Saturday evening. A man in his 60s has been arrested after the incident.
– We have started a preliminary investigation into attempted murder. Now we are taking investigative measures to secure the preliminary investigation, says Susanne Yhde, officer on duty at the police.
President Zelensky met the Pope on Saturday. Photo: Vatican News/AP
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is currently visiting the Pope in Vatican City.
It is the first time since Russia attacked that Zelenskyy meets the Pope, reports Reuters.
They spoke for 40 minutes and the Ukrainian president brought gifts for the head of the Catholic Church.
Among other things, the Pope received a bulletproof vest worn by a Ukrainian soldier.
Earlier on Saturday, Zelensky met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. She promised to continue helping Ukraine in the war against Russia.
A woman was injured this evening by an unknown perpetrator in an apartment in Hammarbyhöjden in southern Stockholm.
According to the police, the woman is injured in the upper body.
The perpetrator disappeared from the scene, whereupon the woman left the apartment and made contact with some people on a patio.
The woman was taken to hospital by ambulance.
The police have cordoned off the apartment in order to carry out a technical investigation. They also knock on doors in the area.
The incident is being investigated as aggravated assault.
Yesterday, two men were taken to hospital after being beaten in an industrial area in Asarum in Karlshamn.
Both had been wounded with an attachment.
Now the police announce that one of them, a man in his 30s, has died.
The second man, aged 35, is still being treated in hospital with serious injuries.
A man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
Next of kin have been notified.
Over a quarter of a ton of eel has been seized and 27 people have been arrested in an international operation, French authorities announce according to Reuters.
The investigation went by the name “Lake” and began two years ago.
The police have discovered that four tons of eel have been smuggled between Europe and Asia since 2021 – something that brought in the equivalent of over SEK 13 million.
In some Asian countries, eels are very popular. Åling of around ten centimeters can cost over SEK 56,000 per kilo, according to a statement.
The arrests took place in France, Spain, Poland and Belgium. The police have also seized over two million kroner in cash.
The European eel is classified as “critically endangered”.
View of Gaza this evening. Rockets are shot down by Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defense system. Photo: Fatima Shbair/AP
Israel and Palestinian groups have agreed to a ceasefire with the help of Egyptian mediators.
This is what two Palestinian officials told the Reuters news agency.
The ceasefire is to begin at 10:00 p.m. local time on Saturday.
Even an Israeli source states for Haaretz that the parties are approaching a ceasefire settlement.
At the same time, there are reports of firing from both sides on Saturday evening.
A 25-year-old man has died in a motorbike accident in Kristdala in Oskarshamn municipality.
The accident happened at 2 pm on Saturday, when the motorcycle driver drove off the road.
Ambulance, emergency services and police rushed to the scene, but the man’s life could not be saved.
Next of kin have been notified.
One person has been taken to hospital by ambulance after an apartment fire at Teleborg in southern Växjö.
The alarm came in at 18.52 and the fire was extinguished half an hour later. According to the emergency services, a fire had started on the stove in an apartment.
It is unclear how injured the person who was taken to hospital is.
Photo: Robin Lorentz-Allard
The emergency services have been alerted to Kungsholmen in Stockholm with after it was alerted about the development of smoke in an apartment.
– We have received calls that smoke was seen from a balcony. We have just arrived, says the officer on duty at the rescue service.
The police have also been on the scene and announced after 19 that the fire should be out.
No one has been injured.
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What happened at Furuvik feels incredibly horrible. But what do they think will happen to the animals at Furuvik if they don’t get any visitors. Will you follow the situation at Furuvik during the summer?
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I wonder how many bolts are in Öland’s bridge? Grateful for answers
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You finally want an answer to that mystery! After some googling it seems to be estimated at 20,000, could that be correct?
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Yes, it is electronics gathered in a pile that is now burning.
Is “El” still a fairly accepted abbreviation for “electronics”?
There are big fires every day, has it been like this before???
75 years
It seems to burn about as much this year as it has in recent years.
The number of forest/land fires peaked in the dry and hot summer of 2018, in subsequent years they have been somewhat fewer.
Here is a link to MSB’s fire statistics if you want to see for yourself.
Regarding – Heavy fire – VMA issued!
The fire started at 3pm, why did it take so long for the public to be alerted?
Photo taken at 15.21 from Bredskär, an island off Skelleftehamn.
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Presumably, the VMA was only issued when the smoke became so strong and spread that it was deemed to pose a danger.
We can ask the Emergency Services if we talk to them again.
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