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After five intense nights of violence, fires and looting in France, the night of Monday was considerably calmer.

Despite that, the country’s Ministry of the Interior announced that 78 arrests had been made in the country until 01:30 on Monday morning, according to Le Monde.

The French newspaper reports that on Tuesday, President Emmanuel Macron will gather mayors from 220 affected municipalities for a meeting on last week’s violent riots.

Rising import prices, poor harvests in southern Europe – and a record weak krona. Then a number of goods will be more expensive in Sweden, writes Today’s industry.

One of these commodities is olive oil – whose prices have skyrocketed in southern Europe. The purchase price of the raw material is normally three euros per litre. This year, the price is roughly 130 percent higher – around seven euros.

– The price is a record high. Harvests have been halved in Spain, which is the largest producer in the world. At the same time, consumption is increasing globally. Italy buys up half of Greece’s olive oil production. For consumers, olive oil will be more expensive in the fall, says Loizos Papadopoulos, CEO and co-owner of family-owned Fontana Food, to Dagens industri.

At least three people have died and twelve have been injured in connection with an Israeli attack on the city of Jenin in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, writes BBC.

According to the BBC, there are several air strikes.

The Israeli military states that it carried out an operation against terrorism in the area – which it calls a “terrorist base”.

The British Orkney Islands were between the 9th century and 1472 under Danish and Norwegian rule.

Now the question of a reunion with a Nordic country has been raised on the island group just north of Scotland.

Sensing a lack of financial support from mainland Britain – the regional board has tabled a motion to review “alternative governance”.

Among the options that will be reviewed during the week is a possibility for a “Nordic connection” with Denmark, Norway or Iceland, writes BBC.

– We are looking at how we can get the very best position for future generations and for our place in the world, says regional political leader James Stockan.

He talks about a “deep cultural relationship” with the Nordic countries.

– We have been part of the Nordic kingdom much longer than we have been part of Great Britain. In the Orkney Islands, people come up to me in the street and ask when are we going to pay back the dowry, when are we going back to Norway.

According to Stockan, both the British and Scottish governments have “failed terribly” in their support for the island group.

– This is exactly the right moment to explore what is possible.

A motorist allegedly drove into a bar in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA. Initial reports claim that 34 people were injured and that 14 of these had to be taken to hospital.

Three people are said to be seriously injured but not life-threatening.

Police tell Boston 25 News that it is an accident after several motorists collided and one of them lost control of the vehicle.

The accident happened at lunchtime, local time.

At around 19.30 on Sunday evening, a 10-year-old boy disappeared in connection with a visit to a shop on Drottninghög in Helsingborg.

The police launched a search operation for the boy, who has a neuropsychiatric diagnosis.

At 23.08 the police announced that the boy had been found safe by a police patrol.

The attack took place outside a nightclub. Photo: Frederik Ringnes / NTB

The man who was arrested after a machete attack in Oslo last Saturday night has confessed to the crime during questioning, according to TT. The man is suspected of aggravated assault.

It was during Saturday evening that Norwegian police were alerted about a man who allegedly attacked several people outside a nightclub, including security guards.

Four people were injured, one of them seriously.

Since 17:15 there is a stop in the traffic between Malmö and Copenhagen.

The cause is said to be a fire alarm at Copenhagen Airport.

Travelers are currently being referred to replacement buses, as no trains can run.

At 5:43 p.m., the police received an alarm about a motorboat on fire in Sandhamn.

– According to the information we have received, there is no person on board, says police spokesperson Jari Kalliorinne.

The police are on their way to the scene.

Two cars have collided and overturned on the E4 at Strömsnäsbruk north of Markaryd.

A total of eight people are said to have traveled in the two cars.

Three adults and two children are taken to hospital by ambulance.

Police and emergency services are on site. Traffic in the direction of Helsingborg flows slowly.

The operation is expected to last at least until 18:40 according to the Swedish Transport Agency.

Sometime between night and morning, several shots were fired at homes in Osby, the police report.

The incidents must have come to the attention of the police some time after they occurred.

No one is injured, but two men have been arrested, suspected of attempted murder and aggravated weapons offences, the police write on their website.

The two suspects, who are aged 35 and 45, are now under arrest.

Iraqi Salwan Momika burned a Koran outside the mosque in Stockholm on Wednesday. Photo: Peter Wixstrom

Following the announcement that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation has called on its 57 member countries to act against desecrations of the Koran, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now speaking out.

In another email SvD writes the Foreign Ministry’s press service that they “strongly condemn” the “Islamophobic acts” that occurred at demonstrations in Sweden.

“We strongly condemn these actions, which in no way reflect the views of the Swedish government,” writes the Foreign Ministry’s press service.

The Foreign Ministry also writes: “Expressions of racism, xenophobia and related intolerance have no place in Sweden or in Europe”, according to SvD.

Read more about the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s requirements here.

Emergency services, police and ambulances at the scene of the accident. Photo: Christian Svensson

Two cars have collided at an intersection on road 182 outside Herrljunga. The alarm came in at 2:26 p.m. on Sunday.

The driver of one car has been taken to hospital by ambulance helicopter.

Four people were traveling in the other car. The driver appears to have broken his arm, the others have managed without serious injuries, the police write on their website.

There is a duty to stop at the intersection and the police have started a preliminary investigation into gross negligence in traffic.

Both cars must be recovered from the scene and examined by police technicians.

The road is completely closed during the rescue work.

There is heavy fighting at the previously destroyed Antonivsky bridge in Kherson, southern Ukraine. This is stated by Natalia Humeniuk, spokesperson for the Ukrainian army, for the Kyiv Independent.

According to her, the emphasis is on counterfire across the front line, which follows the Dnipro River which runs through the area.

Reports claim that Russian forces yesterday failed to dislodge the approximately 70 Ukrainian soldiers besieging positions on the eastern side of the bridge.