Deaths on Sweden’s railways increased in 2023

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has started a review of two medicines that are used, among other things, against hair loss, the Swedish Medicines Agency states in a press release.

The reason is that suicidal thoughts and self-harming behavior are suspected to be possible side effects of the drugs.

Psychiatric side effects, such as depression, are already known risks for the drugs.

File photo of a Qantas flight taking off from Sydney Airport. Photo: Mark Baker/AP/TT

Passengers on a flight from Sydney to Tokyo last week got more entertainment than they bargained for.

Due to technical problems, passengers could not choose what they wanted to see on their screens. Instead, the cabin crew chose a film that was shown to everyone: the drama “Daddio” with explicit references to oral sex and masturbation.

The film also shows, among other things, an erect penis and bare female breasts.

“The film was clearly not suitable to be shown for the entire flight and we sincerely apologize to customers for this experience,” said a spokesperson for the airline Qantas.

An Afghan citizen living in Oklahoma has been arrested on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in the United States during election day on November 5.

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested Monday and arraigned today in federal court in Oklahoma City, writes NBC News.

The man is said to have admitted his plans in questioning immediately after the arrest. He then stated that the act would have taken place in a large crowd and that he intended to “die a martyr’s death”.

Tawhedi is said to have sworn allegiance to the terrorist group IS.

North Korea is believed to have sent troops to fight on the Russian side during the war in Ukraine.

South Korea’s Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun stated this on Tuesday, writes Politico.

There have already been reports in the Ukrainian media that North Korean soldiers were found dead on the battlefield.

A rescue worker checks a house hit by an Israeli strike on Tuesday in Damascus, Syria. Photo: Omar Sanadiki/AP/TT

At least seven people have been killed in an Israeli attack on a building in the Syrian capital Damascus, according to the country’s defense ministry.

Several of the dead are said to be children and women.

The attack occurred in the Mazzeh area, where there are several embassies and security buildings.

According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the attack targeted a building where several key members of the Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard had planned to meet.

Last week, the Observatory said an Israeli attack on Mazzeh killed four people, including the son-in-law of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on south Beirut last month.

X has been blocked in Brazil for several weeks. Archive image. Photo: Eraldo Peres/AP/TT

Brazil’s top court announced Tuesday that it is lifting the ban on X. The announcement comes after Elon Musk’s social media platform was blocked in its biggest Latin American market, with 22 million users, for more than a month due to a row over misinformation.

“I approve the immediate resumption of the social platform’s operations,” Judge Alexandre de Moraes said in his decision.

X has paid millions of dollars in fines for violating court orders related to the fight against disinformation.

The Swedish Transport Agency shall, according to Ecothave issued a permit for a flight between Stockholm and Baghdad.

The purpose of the flight is “deportation or expulsion”.

It has long been difficult to forcibly deport people to Iraq, Ekot reports.

This is because the country has not previously accepted people who do not return voluntarily.

A man has been injured by a sharp object at Rosengård in Malmö.

The alarm came in at 10 p.m.

The man is said to have been attacked by one or more people, who then left the scene.

The police are interviewing the victim, looking for witnesses, checking surveillance cameras in the area and looking for people or the people who attacked the man.

An ambulance is called to the scene.

The text is updated.

Police and emergency services have been alerted to a loud bang in Rosengård in Malmö.

– There must have been a loud bang, but we cannot establish that it was a detonation. There are no material damages, says Filip Annas, press spokesperson at the police.

He continues:

– We are on site and investigating.

A little later, the police write on their website that it is unclear what caused the explosion, but that there is no suspicion of a crime.

In connection with unloading at a company in Herrljunga municipality, a 55-year-old man was hit by a large object and seriously injured.

The man’s life could not be saved. Relatives have been notified of the death.

The police have drawn up a report of culpability in the death of another in connection with a workplace accident, they write on their website.

The site has been cordoned off for technical investigation. No one is suspected of a crime.

SMHI has issued a yellow warning for snowfall in the northeastern part of Norrbotten county.

From Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning can bring 10-15 cm of snow, locally 20 cm of sleet.

They warn that traffic may be slower due to hail, snow slush and poor visibility.

They also warn that there may be delays for buses, trains and flights.

The police are on the scene in Kungsängen outside Stockholm because of a suspected dangerous object, according to information to Aftonbladet.

The police confirm that they are on the scene but are otherwise tight-lipped about the incident.

– I can’t say much about it, but we are there and doing a check, says Robert Sennerdal, press spokesperson at the police.

He continues:

– No one should be injured.

According to information given to Aftonbladet, the National bomb shelter will also be on site.

– I cannot comment on that, says Sennerdal.

At 9 p.m., the police wrote on their website that they were there to “carry out investigative measures”.

The cordons that were on the site have now been lifted.

They have secured evidence and seized it.

Vladimir Putin greets Donald Trump in Paris 2018. File photo. Photo: Ludovic Marin/AP/TT

During the corona pandemic, Donald Trump allegedly sent a covid test to Vladimir Putin in Russia. That is what the legendary Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward writes in the as yet unpublished book “War”.

According to the Washington Post, which received access to Woodward’s script, Putin gratefully accepted the covid test as he was terrified of contracting covid-19. He is also said to have urged Trump not to tell anyone that he sent medical equipment to Russia.

Bob Woodward is best known for having, together with his colleague Carl Bernstein, done the journalistic work that led to the Watergate scandal and, by extension, the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

The book “War” will be published on 15 October.

Hashem Safieddine. Photo: AP

Israel says Hezbollah leader Hashem Safieddine has been killed.

This is reported by TT and refers to the Reuters news agency.

Safieddine, said to be a likely successor to Hassan Nasrallah, has been missing since an Israeli airstrike last week.

Now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Safieddine is dead.