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The Riksdag has voted yes to a proposal that lowers the tax on snus by 20 percent. However, the tax on cigarettes, cigarillos, smoking tobacco and other tobacco will be increased by nine percent.

The changes to the law will come into force on 1 November 2024.

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SD leader Jimmie Åkesson is now speaking out for the first time since the EU election.

An election in which the Sweden Democrats backed down for the first time and became the fourth largest party.

– It was not a fun vigil, of course. I think everyone expected us to increase, he says in SVT’s Aktuellt.

At the same time, Åkesson says that it “doesn’t change that much” in that they keep their three mandates.

– My interpretation of this result is that we did not succeed in mobilizing to the same extent as we did before.

The party will now make a post-election analysis. One reason that has been pointed out for the weak election result is Kalla fakta’s disclosure of SD’s anonymous accounts.

– We judged that we were exposed to an attack, says Åkesson about the disclosure, which he calls an “influence operation before the election”.

A cargo ship hit in an attack by Yemen’s Huthi rebels in the Red Sea on June 12 is believed to have sunk.

This is stated by the British maritime watchdog UKMTO according to Reuters.

According to their report, debris and oil were visible at the location where the vessel was last reported.

The ship, which is Greek-owned, is said to have had 80,000 tons of coal on board.

A food delivery man was assaulted and robbed tonight on Götgatan in central Stockholm.

– There are four men who assaulted a food delivery man, took the delivery man’s bag with food and then ran from there, says Daniel Wikdahl, press spokesperson at the Stockholm Police.

Budet, a man in his 20s, was not seriously injured.

The police are investigating the incident as a robbery.

There is a fire in a seven-storey building in Norsborg, south of Stockholm.

– There is at least one apartment on fire, either on the fourth or fifth floor or both, says Daniel Lundin, officer on duty at the rescue service.

It is unclear if there are any injured people.

Smoke divers have entered the house.

– What is going on right now is lifesaving, we search apartments and stairwells and try to locate if there are people.

Five units from the rescue service are on site and more are on their way.

A teenage girl has been taken to hospital after a suspected serious crime in Malmö, according to information from TV4 News.

The crime must have been committed in a basement, according to information to the channel.

– We are there and working, I will not say anything more than that, says police spokesperson Patric Fors.

A place has been cordoned off by the police.

An apartment building in Handen, south of Stockholm, has been hit by an unknown number of shots.

– The window and door or the gate have been hit, says Daniel Wikdahl, press spokesperson at the Stockholm police.

When the police arrived at the scene, no injured person was found, but no suspect either. Now the perpetrator is being hunted with a helicopter and several patrols.

– We are searching and have cordoned off the crime scene and are collecting witness information.

There are currently no suspects. The police are starting a preliminary investigation into serious weapons offences.

The Liberals in Norrtälje break their cooperation with the ruling coalition after Kalla Fakta’s revelation about SD’s troll factory.

It reports TV4.

This will be the first completed local collaboration since the reveal.

There is a fire in the old station house in Sparreholm in the municipality of Flen.

– They have no active business there, but inside there are cars and everything possible, says Daniel Lundin, officer on duty at the rescue service.

They have 12 units working on site. The fire is strong and there is a lot of smoke.

– It looks like the building will burn down.

The house is right next to the railway. But at the moment the fire does not affect train traffic.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will become the new NATO chief to replace Jens Stoltenberg in October, sources with knowledge of Dutch NOS.

According to the sources, the other main candidate, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, withdraws and Rutte remains as the only main candidate.

There have also been reports that Hungary has dropped its opposition to Rutte, which brings him one step closer to the post as a decision on a new secretary general must be unanimous.

At least four people have been killed and around 120 injured in an earthquake in northeastern Iran.

The 4.9-magnitude quake shook the city of Kashmar after lunch on Tuesday afternoon.

According to the local governor, the main damage is due to the city’s dilapidated buildings and infrastructure.

There are major delays in commuter train traffic in Stockholm, reports P4 Stockholm.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has today summoned the Russian ambassador to mark against the violation of Swedish airspace.

It was last Friday that a Russian plane violated Swedish airspace, and two Jas planes were forced up to repel it.

“At the meeting, it was emphasized that the Russian actions are unacceptable and unprofessional,” writes Daniel Urso, press secretary to Foreign Minister Tobias Billström, to Aftonbladet.