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On Thursday evening, Elon Musk showed off Tesla’s new innovations “Tesla’s Cybercab” and “Robovan” at the “We Robot” event.
Almost an hour later, Musk rolled onto the stage in what he himself called a “self-driving” vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals.
The self-driving taxi is one of 21 vehicles the company has on site at the Warner Bros studio in California where the event was held.
Musk said Tesla’s self-driving “Cybercab” taxi will be on sale for under $30,000. Musk says he hopes the vehicles will be able to be in production before 2027.
During the event, Musk also revealed plans to produce a larger self-driving vehicle, the “Robovan,” which he says will be able to drive up to 20 people at once.
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There is a fire in a wooden villa in central Karlshamn.
The alarm was received by the emergency services just before 05:00, which is on site with several units.
– It is an extensive fire and a difficult operation, says the management operator of the rescue service.
In the building there is, among other things, a shop. The police and ambulance have also rushed to the address.
– There is no information that there have been people in the building. No one is said to have been injured.
According to the emergency services, there is no risk of spread at the moment.
Israel has killed a top leader of the terrorist-branded Islamic Jihad, the Israeli military (IDF) said on Telegram.
According to the IDF, it is Mohammad Abdullah, leader of the group’s network in the established refugee camp Nur Shams in the occupied West Bank. He is said to have been “eliminated” during an air raid against Tulakrem on Thursday, and another “terrorist” is said to have been killed on the occasion.
Islamic Jihad is allied with Hamas and fights against Israeli forces in the West Bank and Gaza respectively.
Since the night there has been a fire in a premises in Strömstad. Strong smoke development has caused a VMA to be issued.
– It is some kind of unused premises that is on fire. There is still a lot of smoke and it is over the city, which is why the VMA remains, says management operator Joakim Hallin.
Barack Obama on stage in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo: Matt Freed/AP/TT
During the night of Friday, Barack Obama began his campaign for Kamala Harris in earnest.
The ex-president mentioned that he has received reports that some black men are considering not voting in the upcoming presidential election.
– Are you considering abstaining or voting for someone who has acted disparagingly towards you, because you perceive it as a sign of strength, that this is what a real man does? Pushing women down? It is unacceptable, Obama said from the stage in Pittsburgh in the important wave champion state of Pennsylvania.
This was followed by more direct attacks on Trump, where Obama targeted the Republican presidential candidate’s sale of items, for example a “God bless the USA” Bible for the equivalent of roughly 600 kroner.
– He wants you to buy “Word of God: The Donald Trump Version”. He managed to get his name in there between Matthew and Luke. One would not even be able to invent something like that.
A restaurant was fired upon in Edsberg in Sollentuna shortly after midnight on the night of Friday, according to the police.
No one has been injured. A preliminary investigation regarding serious weapons crime has been initiated by the police.
– We have been on site with forensics, we have heard witnesses and taken inventory of surveillance cameras, says Niklas Berglund, officer on duty at the police.
Two men are being treated in hospital after a shooting in Aalborg late on Thursday evening. Archive image. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
Two young men are being treated in hospital after being shot in the Danish Aalborg late on Thursday evening.
“It is probably about a settlement in the criminal environment, which the North Jutland police are now intensively investigating,” the police say in a press release.
None of those shot are reported to be in a life-threatening condition.
A man in Småland is charged with stalking and molesting a female colleague with whom he had a relationship. He allegedly put a GPS on her car and tried to get into her home via a window, reports SVT Nyheter Småland.
According to the prosecution, she has received many text messages, calls and handwritten letters from the man. He also allegedly hid behind trees and bushes and spied on her.
The man makes certain concessions but denies any crime.
A heavy fire rages in a warehouse in Strömstad, resulting in heavy smoke.
A VMA, Important Public Notice, has been issued to people in the area asking them to go indoors and close doors, windows and ventilation.
– There is a lot of smoke and it is right outside the city, says alarm and control operator Joakim Hallin to Strömstads Tidning.
According to the emergency services, the premises must have been empty when the fire broke out. The alarm came in shortly before 1 a.m. Friday night.
At least one person is dead and twelve others trapped when an elevator in a mine for tourists in Colorado breaks down, states NBC News.
A number of tourists that the emergency services managed to evacuate have complained of neck and back pain.
The police state that the mine has not collapsed and that the people who are trapped have blankets and water awaiting rescue.
Donald Trump’s youngest daughter Tiffany Trump, 30, is pregnant with her first child.
The ex-president revealed it at an event in Detroit, writes People.
– She is an exceptional young woman. And she’s going to have a child. So that’s nice, Trump said.
The daughter is married to Michael Boulos, 27, since November 2022.
Donald Trump, 78, already has ten grandchildren.
According to medical sources to Al Jazeera, 63 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes during the day.
Northvolt will pay the tax to the Swedish Tax Agency, which should be received by Monday at the latest, the company now tells the Financial Times.
Altogether, it is about a sum of 287 million.
“To the question of whether we will pay our taxes when they are due on October 14, the answer is the same as for other companies and it is a simple ‘yes’,” writes Northvolt in a comment to the Financial Times.
The IDF, Israel’s military, says its soldiers have been operating in the area of Naqoura in southern Lebanon, near a base for UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping group in Lebanon, writes Al Jazeera.
They say they instructed UN personnel in the area to remain in the protective spaces and then opened fire on the forces.
During the day, the shelling has been condemned in several places, including by the EU’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell, who writes on X that “this unacceptable act, which cannot be justified” and repeats the union’s support for Unifil.
Anna Olskog, president of the Swedish Teachers’ Union. Archive image. Photo: Jakob Åkersten Brodén/TT
The Swedish Teachers’ Union will provide legal help and support to anyone who violates a possible new law on information obligations.
A so-called “indication law” would mean that teachers need to indicate, for example, undocumented students.
The government is investigating a duty for municipalities and authorities to sound the alarm if you come into contact with people who are staying illegally in Sweden. The aim is to combat a growing shadow society. The bill has been met with criticism from several quarters. Among other things from the Liberals, one of the government parties, who want to see exceptions to the duty of information for, among other things, schools.
– We urge the government to back off, says Anna Olskog.
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