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French President Emmanuel Macron. Archive image. Photo: Aurelien Morissard/AP/TT
There is continued stalemate in French politics after the country’s polarized parliamentary elections.
The man behind the new election, President Emmanuel Macron, is now calling for negotiations across bloc borders.
“No one won,” writes Macron in an open letter published in several French newspapers, where he calls for “a sincere” dialogue to build a “pluralist” majority in parliament.
THREE NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS
George Clooney. Archive image. Photo: Richard Shotwell/AP/TT
More and more votes are being raised for Joe Biden to drop out of the fall US presidential election. Last in line: George Clooney.
“I believe in him, but the only battle he can’t win is the one against time,” writes the actor in The New York Times.
After President Joe Biden’s heavily criticized debate performance against Donald Trump at the end of June, many supporters have begun to doubt his ability to win the fall election against Donald Trump.
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Stockholm’s central station has been evacuated after a bomb alarm, according to information to Aftonbladet.
A police operation is underway after a suspicious object was found.
– The only thing I know is that we are carrying out investigative work at the scene and that some part is cordoned off, says Nadya Norton at the police.
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At 4:30 p.m., the police received several calls about a truck driving on the wrong side of the roadway on national highway 55 outside Uppsala.
The truck is said to have rammed a car and come close to colliding with several other vehicles.
When the police arrived at the scene, a pursuit and attempt to stop the truck began.
But the driver did not stop until the trailer for the truck overturned on Österleden at the height of Gränbystaden.
The police are currently investigating the incident as a crime.
The driver has been taken to hospital. There is no information on the state of the damage.
Police, ambulance and emergency services are alerted to the Viggbyholm traffic area on the E18 in Täby due to a motorcyclist driving off the road, the police announce.
The driver is taken to hospital by ambulance. There is no information on the state of the damage.
Traffic is moving again.
A passenger boat has run aground in Mariefred. 155 people are on board.
– It is aground right outside the quay and the rescue service is leading the effort, says Jörgen Hansson at the Maritime and Air Rescue Centre.
The boat will now be evacuated.
– The first step is to pick off the passengers, then you can see what to do, says Jörgen Hansson.
No one should be injured, according to the emergency services.
Nancy Pelosi. Photo: Ashwini Bhatia/AP
Joe Biden should reconsider his decision to stay in the presidential race, says former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi according to New York Times.
– It is up to the president to decide whether he should run. We encourage him to make that decision because time is running out, she says.
During the last three hours, 19,000 flashes of lightning have been registered in Sweden, according to SMHI.
Areas from southwestern Scania up to southern Värmland are affected.
– It is preliminary data and as the flashes are different in strength, we will see what the data shows later, says Linus Karlsson from SMHI.
As it looks now, the thunderstorm will last until the evening – and more areas are expected to be affected.
– This area of rain and showers is spreading across the country. Even the thundershowers look like they will last during the afternoon and evening, says Linus Karlsson.
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Last week, 58 children were waiting to be placed in Sis homes.
Now the number has been reduced to 31, the State Board of Institutions (Sis) announces.
One reason must be increased cooperation with, among other things, metropolitan municipalities, according to Anna Sandahl, Acting Director General at SiS.
At the same time, much work remains.
– We have taken a series of measures to ensure more places where the safety and security of those placed and our employees is the focus. But more needs to be done, says Anna Sandahl.
The police in the South region have stopped 8,480 crimes linked to international criminal networks. This is what the police write in a press release.
In order to combat cross-border crime – such as theft, fraud and the like – the police have started a project targeting foreign criminals.
This year they have issued 212 travel bans which they believe have stopped thousands of crimes.
– Detectives, external service employees, investigators and others contribute directly to the crime-fighting work by using the border police’s tools, says Tomas Sawicki at the Border Police Unit in the South.
Early on Wednesday, twelve children died on their way to school in a bus crash in Johannesburg, South Africa. The minibus they were traveling in overturned and caught fire after being hit by another vehicle, the country’s government says.
The driver who was driving the children also died in the fatal accident and seven children were rushed to hospital for treatment. The children’s ages have not been released.
Israeli airstrikes killed 20 Palestinians in central Gaza early Wednesday morning, according to medical services in the Hamas-controlled strip.
Among the dead are six children and three women, according to the local health authority. Some of the victims are said to have been in the “safe zones”, where Israel’s military urged Palestinians to seek shelter during the offensive in Gaza.
Twelve of the victims are said to have died in attacks on three houses in Nuiserat, which since 1948 have served as a refugee camp for displaced Palestinians. A reporter from the AP news agency counted the bodies at a local hospital.
The Bernadotte burial vault in Riddarholm Church is to be restored for SEK 17 million. The Swedish Property Agency (SFV) has decided on that, reports the Siren news agency.
The burial vault, where several kings and queens are buried, has been heavily damaged by moisture and the royal coffins have suffered very badly, according to SFV.
“The situation has been both technically alarming and gravely unworthy,” writes SFV.
Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M) is now commenting on last night’s shootings in Bagarmossen and Åkersberga.
– What has happened is terrible, and I think above all about the crime victims and their relatives. The events also confirm the serious situation our society is in, he says in a comment to Aftonbladet.
He also says that it is “crucial that we neither allow ourselves to be blunted nor give up”.
– We must continue to do everything we can to crack down on the brutal violence of the gangs, strangle the criminal economy and break the recruitment of children and young people into the gangs.
Read more here.
Four men are now sentenced to prison for having planned a murder in Kalmar in the summer of 2022.
Among those convicted is a 26-year-old man who is singled out as a gang leader with connections to Foxtrot. According to the prosecutor, the man must have controlled his group from Spain.
The 26-year-old is sentenced to 11 years and 8 months in prison for having planned and coordinated an assassination mission in Kalmar.
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What happened to the British teenager who went missing in Greece?
Johan Larsson
Hello! Wondering if you might be thinking about Jay Slater who is missing on Tenriffa? Search efforts ended last week but he has yet to be found.
You haven’t written anything about the “murder” in Tollarp last Friday night?
Anonymous
We have certainly done that, we were also on site in Tollarp yesterday. You can read about it here, here and here.
Is there no positive, fun or sunny news?
Prostgatan
Of course there is!
Here you can read about Vanessa Kamga who broke a new Swedish record.
Here you can read about Jonna Jumisko who, after living a double life, is now “100% Jonna”.
Here you can come along to the Summer Meet in Västerås and see what the motorfest has to offer.
Which electoral system is the most fair, our Swedish, the English, the USA or the French. Got curious in these times.
Bengt Gustavsson
Good question Bengt! And it’s probably not something I can answer, but a big difference between Sweden and the USA is that election day here is always a holiday, which at least makes it possible for more people to vote without having to take time off (if you don’t vote early then).
Why do you only answer ridiculous questions about pacifiers and sports, while respectfully dissing heavy topics that may be a bit sensitive and difficult to answer? 😡
Lars
Hey Lars!
I wouldn’t say we do, and when it came to the issue of pacifiers, it was a recall. So quite important information for parents.
Then it is not always the case that we can let all questions go through, e.g. those that contain serious violations or name publications that we ourselves have not made.
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