ICJ: Israel’s occupation is criminal

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  • ICJ: Israel’s occupation is criminal

    The international court ICJ, the UN court, pronounces on Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.

    Judge Nawaf Salam says, among other things, that Israel’s settlement policy and how Israel uses the natural resources in the areas are in conflict with international law.

    It is the first time that the ICJ has decided whether the 57-year occupation is legal or not.

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  • Man sentenced for child pornography – threatened to spread the material

    A man has been sentenced to six years in prison for several cases of, among other things, child pornography, reports Blekinge Läns Tidning. Archive image. Photo: Lise Åserud/NTB

    A man in his 20s is sentenced to prison for several cases of child pornography and rape against children, reports Blekinge Läns Tidning.

    Through Snapchat, the man has urged several minors to photograph and film themselves while they performed sexual acts.

    He has also promised money for the material and promised not to share it further. But no money has ever been paid out – instead the man has threatened to spread the material if the victims do not send more films, writes SVT Blekinge.

    In total, the man is sentenced to six years in prison at Blekinge district court for crimes against 15 different plaintiffs over 15 years.

  • Got handwritten plane ticket after IT mess

    Several airports around the world have been affected by cyber security company Crowdstrike’s IT mess.

    Many have had to resort to creative solutions, such as an airport in India where a passenger received a handwritten plane ticket.

  • Protesters storm prison – hundreds of prisoners freed

    Student protesters have stormed a prison in the Narsingdi district of Bangladesh.

    Hundreds of prisoners were freed before the protesters set fire to the building, reports AFP.

    The violent student protests broke out in early July. The students demand that the government change the employment rules for the public sector in the country – which are now based on a quota system.

    During the week, the clashes between protesters and riot police have escalated.

    At least 50 people have died and around 1,000 have been injured, according to the news agency.

  • Abuse with a crutch at the Gothia cup

    A fight broke out in Mölndal at a Gothia cup match at 1pm on Friday, writes GP.

    A person hit another person with a crutch.

    – In connection with a match, there was a fight and we have drawn up a report of serious assault, says police spokesperson Fredrik Svedemyr, says the police to GP.

    The police could not identify the perpetrator because the person ran from the scene.

    – The suspect ran from the scene and we don’t know if it was a player, one from the audience or someone else, says Fredrik Svedemyr.

  • Police action in Akalla

    The police are currently carrying out an operation in Sibeliusgången in Akalla in Stockholm, the police say.

    – We have police on site, confirms Robert Sennerdal, Stockholm police spokesperson.

    At the moment, there is no information about what the effort is about.

  • IT mess for Swedbank – fund accounts gone

    Swedbank has suffered from IT problems.

    Several customers cannot see their fund accounts or execute fund orders with the bank.

    – It is a limited problem. It is not relevant for all customers, says Hannes Mård, press spokesperson at Swedbank.

    There is no forecast for when the issue may be resolved.

    – We have operational disruptions at a third-party supplier. But the customers’ money and information are secured.

    Customers experiencing problems with their fund accounts are encouraged to try again.

    – Or try later, says Hannes Mård.

    Technical glitches at cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike have caused problems worldwide. Is this what happened to you?

    – We have a starting point in our own business. What we are saying is that we have an operational disruption linked to a third-party supplier, says Hannes Mård.

  • Two children rescued after alarm about drowning accident

    Two children have been rescued by lifeguards after an alarm about drowning on Tylösand.

    The accident occurred at 1:30 p.m.

    Agreed P4 Halland the children are physically well and have not had to be taken to hospital.

  • Riding mower caught fire – one person to hospital

    A motorized garden tool has caught fire in Finspång municipality.

    The police, emergency services and ambulance were alerted to the accident at around 2 p.m.

    – It is possibly a riding lawnmower that has started to catch fire. One person has been taken to hospital with burns, says Daniel Asp at the rescue service.

    Otherwise, the damage situation is unclear.

  • Russia sentences Gershkovich to 16 years in prison

    Evan Gershkovich. Photo: Dmitri Lovetsky/AP

    The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich has now been sentenced to 16 years in prison for espionage in Russia, reports Reuters.

    The prosecutors are said to have requested an 18-year sentence during the closing arguments.

  • Biden feels betrayed by demands to defect

    After internal demands that Joe Biden drop out of the fall presidential election, he feels hurt and betrayed, reports say NBC News and refer to sources.

    Top names in the Democratic Party, such as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, have publicly endorsed Biden.

    But behind closed doors, they have not issued any clear calls that the party’s members of Congress should stand behind the president. According to the TV channel, they were not given any guidance on how to act.

  • Many Democrats believe in Harris as president

    The majority of Democrats believe that Vice President Kamala Harris would be fine as president. Photo: Carlos Osorio/AP/TT

    The majority of Democrats believe that Vice President Kamala Harris would be fine as president. The same is not true among Americans at large, according to a new survey.

    About six in ten Democrats in the United States think the vice president would do a good job as president, according to a new survey from the AP news agency and the Norc polling institute. Only two out of ten think she would not.

    Since President Joe Biden’s debate failure against presidential candidate Donald Trump on June 27, many Democrats have stated that Kamala Harris should take over as the Democratic candidate in the election this fall. Harris, on the other hand, has remained loyal to Biden and continued to support him.

  • Shopping center in Västerås evacuated

    Erikslund’s shopping center has been evacuated after the fire alarm went off, reports VLT.

    At 1:15 p.m., the emergency services were on the scene.

    – We are inside the building now and see if we can find any fire, says Marie Nordahl, line operator at the rescue service in Mälardalen, to the newspaper.

    At the moment, no one is allowed to enter the parking garage.

  • Loud bang alarm in Helsingborg

    During the Friday afternoon, the police went out to an address in Helsingborg after an alarm about a loud bang.

    On site, they were able to ascertain that a window to an apartment building had been damaged.

    It is still unclear how it arose.

    Police patrols are on site to speak to any witnesses and get clarity on what happened.

  • The leader of Vietnam has died

    Vietnam’s General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong has died. Archive image. Photo: Luong Thai Linh/AP/TT

    Vietnam’s General Secretary of the Communist Party, the country’s supreme leader, 80-year-old Nguyen Phu Trong has died, according to state media.

    As recently as Thursday, it was announced that Trong would take a break from politics to focus on his health and medical care.

    Now it will be President To Lam who will lead the country instead.

    Trong has served as secretary-general since 2011, which human rights groups say has coincided with Vietnam’s move toward increasingly authoritarian rule.

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