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A man in his 20s is charged with murdering his father earlier this year.

The man is suspected of having killed his father in an apartment in central Borås on February 19.

According to the indictment, the man killed his father with a knife and a blow to the head with a baton.

The man acknowledges the course of events but denies any crime.

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In six weeks, Sweden hopes to have become a member of NATO. That’s according to Foreign Minister Tobias Billström, who says there is reason to be hopeful.

– It is absolutely realistic to believe this. Although it may seem like a short period of time, it is the case that there is still strong political pressure. It usually has a beneficial effect when it drops these questions, says Tobias Billström in TV4’s Nyhetsmorgon.

US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken has been in Luleå to participate in a major international meeting with delegations from the US and the EU meeting.

In connection with that, Blinken urged Turkey to ratify Sweden’s NATO application immediately.

– We look forward to this process being completed in the coming weeks and expect it to be, he said.

A 15-year-old boy is charged with attempted murder after a shooting outside a grocery store in Kalmar on December 18.

A teenager was seriously injured in the shooting.

A 16-year-old and a 17-year-old are charged with inciting attempted murder, reports P4 Kalmar.

The three suspects are from the Stockholm area.

Two people, a 19-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, are charged with aiding and abetting attempted murder and two more with aggravated protection of a criminal.

More school meals are used in the municipalities as a result of the tough financial situation, reports SR Ekot.

The channel refers to a report from the Swedish National Agency for Education.

The municipalities expect that the costs of school meals will increase and put pressure on the schools’ already strained budgets.

– People are worried because the children don’t have food at home, but also because the economy is not really working out, says Damir Foco, kitchen manager at Bredängsskolan in Stockholm to SR Ekot.

Police, rescue services and ambulance are on site on national highway 62 in Värmland due to a traffic accident.

A motorist has driven into a road construction site and then driven off the road at a high speed.

– It is a man in his 50s who has driven into a road construction site and then driven into the ditch, says Sophia Jiglind, press spokesperson in the Bergslagen police region.

The man has been taken to hospital with unclear injuries, but has been awake and able to speak.

The police are investigating the accident as negligence in traffic and drunk driving.

In 2022, the number of people who were sentenced to prison but were allowed to serve their sentences in custody increased.

It shows new statistics from BråCrime-preventing counsel.

2,680 people were registered in custody last year. Of those, 345 served their prison sentences – an increase of 110 percent compared to 2021.

The sentenced prison term has also increased.

Mats Löfving was found dead in his home in Norrköping on February 22.

In a interview with Expressen the regional police chief’s son says about his death.

– If it hadn’t been for the press conference, where it was recommended that he be fired, my father would be alive today, he says.

He is particularly critical of the fact that investigator Runar Viksten urged the national police chief to fire him. But also that national police chief Anders Thornberg held his own press conference instead of calling Löfving.

He says that he misses his father very much.

– For me, it is still completely incomprehensible and super tough. This is partly about my father, but also about a person who was happy, cheerful and had a zest for life in December but everything is blown away and he chooses to take a different path in February. I have two young children who ask where their grandfather is. They miss him. I have a huge amount that I would have liked to experience with dad that I never got to experience.

A man has been found dead at Hisingen in Gothenburg. The alarm came in on Wednesday morning.

According to the police, it was a passerby who had found the person.

– It is outdoors and the person who finds the deceased person calls the police and the circumstances mean that there is reason to suspect that a crime is behind it, says Jens Andersson, press spokesperson for the police in the West region.

The place has been cordoned off and the police have started a preliminary investigation into suspected murder.

– We will try to secure traces at the scene and then it is a lot about gathering information, knocking on doors and seeing if anyone has seen or heard anything during the evening and morning hours, says Jens Andersson.

A man was arrested in the vicinity during the night and later arrested on suspicion of a serious crime.

Track works stop train traffic in several parts of the country during the summer.

There are around ten jobs.

During week 24, work is carried out on the Södra main line and the coast-to-coast line, causing major closures, according to the Swedish Transport Administration.

This affects several routes and stations, including between Stockholm-Malmö, Norrköping-Linköping and Älmhult-Hässleholm.

From mid-June to mid-August, the west coast line is closed, which affects traffic between Gothenburg and Mölndal.

Replacement traffic in the form of buses and rescheduled train routes will be introduced.

The Swedish krona continues to weaken and is now down to historically low levels against the euro and the dollar, reports Echo.

Today, one euro costs just over 11 kroner and 60 öre on the foreign exchange market. At the same time, Handelsbanken’s currency strategist believes that the krona has been pushed down undeservedly recently.

– We think the krona is undervalued and that also applies in the short term, so we see a slightly stronger krona ahead. We believe towards the turn of the year that it can come down to 11.20, says Lars Henriksson, Handelsbanken’s currency strategist to Ekot.

Al Pacino is going to be a dad again, reports TMZ.

The 82-year-old actor and his 29-year-old girlfriend Noor Alfallah are expecting a child.

Alfallah is eight months pregnant.

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Sida is to send SEK 19 million in humanitarian aid to Myanmar and Bangladesh after cyclone Mocha, which caused great devastation in mid-May.

That’s what the aid authority writes in a press release.

According to Sida, the cyclone is one of the worst ever to hit the region.

Six million people have suffered from the damage it caused.

The Russian city of Belgorod has been subjected to new attacks. during the night, reports Kyiv Independent.

The newspaper refers to the governor who writes that one person has been injured.

Residential buildings are said to have been damaged by the shelling and cars set on fire.

Over a week ago, the city was subjected to a several-hour attack by Russian volunteers who are on Ukraine’s side in the war.

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Swedes’ support for NATO has increased enormously, according to a survey from SvD/Sifo.

67 percent think that Swedish membership is a good idea.

This is an increase of 20 percentage points compared to last year.

Men are more positive than women, but support for NATO is increasing in all groups. Even among the elderly, support is stronger.