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A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced an American soldier to three years and nine months in prison, Russian state media reported.

The American was detained in the city of Vladivostok and put on trial for theft and threats, state-controlled Tass writes.

He was arrested on Russian territory in May. He is said to have been stationed in South Korea and is said to have traveled into Russia on his own initiative, something American media previously reported on.

The White House has previously confirmed knowledge of the arrest.

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There has been an electrical fault at Stockholm central station, according to the Swedish Transport Administration.

The emergency services were called to the central station at 03.30 due to a fire in an electrical cabinet.

– There was an electrical cabinet that was burning outside in the track area. We put out the fire and left just after five o’clock, says Magnus Bengtsson, commanding officer at the rescue service.

The electrical fault causes a stop to all train traffic to and from Stockholm Central. There is no forecast yet for when the problem might be resolved.

On SL’s website, there are no disruptions to either the subway or commuter trains linked to the fire.

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A fire broke out at a military ammunition depot in the Chadian capital N’Djamena late on Tuesday.

Heavy explosions at the depot, which is close to the city’s airport, were heard from afar and left the sky red and black, according to AFP journalists.

There are both injured and dead as a result of the fire, according to a statement from President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, which does not go into how many were affected.

Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah, who is also the government’s spokesman, announced on Facebook that there were “large explosions” at the site and at the same time called on the population to remain calm.

“The largest ammunition warehouse in N’Djamena has caught fire,” a high-ranking military official told AFP.

In May, junta leader Mahamat Idriss Déby won the presidential election already in the first round. The country is located in northern Central Africa and borders Libya, Niger and Sudan, among others. The election was meant to be a step towards civilian rule. But it was preceded by repressive measures to silence the opposition.

Russia carried out drone attacks against Lviv in western Ukraine on the night of Wednesday, the city’s mayor Andriy Sadovy said on Telegram.

A man in his 70s has been taken to hospital after being injured by a drone that crashed in a suburb north of the city, according to Sadovyj. A residential building was damaged in the attack.

Flight alerts in large parts of Ukraine have been issued in several rounds during the night and residents of several regions have been urged to seek shelter.

A journalist critical of the regime from Kazakhstan was shot and seriously injured in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Tuesday, Ukrainian authorities said.

Opposition blogger Ajdos Sadykov, a known critic of Kazakh President Kasym-Zjomart Tokayev, was attacked near his home, his wife announced on social media.

Ajdos Sadykov, who had been wanted in his home country since last year, was granted asylum in Ukraine in 2014.

Ukrainian authorities say they are trying to identify the perpetrator, who according to preliminary information ran up to the car the couple was in and fired a gun.

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American youth can breathe a sigh of relief. AI will not take their jobs.

At least not in the drive-in booth at McDonalds.

In July, the hamburger giant will finish its project with AI-generated drive-in, reports Sky News.

Since 2021, customers in the US have been able to drive by and order their fast food from an AI voice.

On social media, people have shared videos of their strange orders. One person got their ice cream topped with bacon, another got chicken nuggets for the equivalent of over 2,000 kroner.

Now the big company has decided to fire its AI robot. In a statement, McDonald’s says that the technology will certainly be part of the company’s future, but that it needs to develop more first.

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.