Journalists arrested in Turkey after demonstration

Trump: Putin has said he wants to meet

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he wants to meet US President-elect Donald Trump “as soon as possible” – according to Trump.

– So, we have to wait for that. But we must end the war. The war is terrible, terrible, Trump said during a speech at an event for Republican and conservative voters in Phoenix, Arizona, reports CNBC.

Trump, who returns to the White House in January, said during the election campaign that he could end the war in Ukraine “within 24 hours.”

The president-elect has also recently said that it is possible that Ukraine will receive less support from the United States when he takes office as president. He has also criticized the current government for giving the green light for Ukraine to attack inside Russia with American Atacms robots.

Man badly beaten near shopping centre

On Sunday evening, a man in his 40s was found beaten outside near the Mobilia shopping center in Malmö.

The man had to be taken by ambulance to hospital and the condition of his injuries is unclear.

The police quickly launched a search operation and were able to arrest a suspected perpetrator in a nearby residence.

The man, who is in his 50s, is suspected of aggravated assault.

– It is not clear whether the crime scene is the residence in which the man was arrested or outside, says police spokesperson Filip Annas South Sweden.

Car on tram tracks

A car stops tram traffic in Gothenburg because it is standing on the track, writes GP.

It stands at Långedrag and affects lines 11 and 9.

– The car is in the road and they are now trying to remove it. We are deploying replacement buses and I have no forecast for how long this will last, says Sandra Rahm, at Västtrafik’s emergency hotline, to the newspaper.

Car skidded off the road in southern Stockholm

Just before 7 p.m., a car drove off the road and ended up in the ditch in Högdalen south of Stockholm.

The emergency services say that it is difficult to slip on the spot.

The injury status of the driver and any passengers is currently unclear.

US Navy: Two of our pilots were shot down

Two pilots from the US Navy were shot down in the Red Sea on Sunday, according to the US military, writes the AP news agency.

The incident was “friendly fire”, i.e. that one accidentally fired on one’s own forces.

The US has been present in Yemen to target Yemen’s Houthi rebels, and the AP writes that this is the most serious incident in over a year.

Both pilots survived, and one of them has minor injuries.

Putin meets Slovakia’s Fico in Moscow

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in Moscow where he met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, according to Russian media. Television images show the two leaders meeting in the Kremlin.

Fico is one of the few European leaders who still has a friendly attitude towards Putin, after the war of aggression in Ukraine.

The Slovak government is often described as pro-Russian and populist, and the country’s president Peter Pellegrini has stated in December that Ukraine must count on losing parts of its territory in order for peace to be achieved.

Overturned in the slippery conditions – two children in the car

A car has overturned on a county road outside Tidaholm.

The accident happened shortly before 4 p.m.

– It has overturned due to the slip, says Sanna Lagerqvist, officer on duty at the police.

Later in the evening, the police stated that those involved did not receive any serious injuries.

A child, two teenagers and an adult were in the car.

Person hit by car

A person has been hit by a car in Västervik.

SOS alarm states for P4 Kalmar that a person has been taken to hospital by ambulance. The extent of the injury is currently unclear.

Swedish priest suspended – appeals to the Pope

A Swedish priest in the Catholic Church was suspended from his job in November, reports say SVT News West.

The background is that in 2021 the priest was reassigned and forbidden to work with children and young people, because he allegedly had a relationship with a man who was a teenager when the relationship began.

Now he has been suspended by so-called “canonical suspension” by Cardinal Anders Arborelius.

– The guidelines given have not been respected and this has caused the cup to overflow, says Björn Håkonsson, child protection representative in the Catholic Church, to SVT.

The priest sees it as if he was fired without warning – and has now sued the Catholic Church in the Stockholm District Court.

He has also appealed the cardinal’s decision to the Dicastery for Clergy in Rome, which reports directly to the Pope, according to SVT.

Thousands demonstrate after deadly roof collapse

Thousands of people have again gathered to demonstrate in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, to demand that leaders take responsibility for the collapse of the roof of a train station in November.

15 people lost their lives in connection with the incident.

For more than seven weeks, nationwide demonstrations have been held following the collapse, which took place in the northern city of Novi Sad. Many protesters have accused authorities of insufficient oversight and corruption.

Sunday’s protest, organized by university students, began with 15 minutes of silence, one minute for each victim.

After the incident, Goran Vesic, Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, resigned. The protesters also want to see Prime Minister Milos Vucevic and Novi Sad Mayor Milan Duric resign and that those directly responsible for the collapse be prosecuted.

Total stop on E45

Three vehicles have collided on the E45 in Trollhättan.

The accident happened shortly before 5 p.m.

– There seem to be three cars involved, but the extent of the damage is unclear. But those involved must be awake and talkative, says Sanna Lagerqvist, officer on duty at the police.

Four people were later taken to hospital with unclear injuries, write Ttela.

The road has been closed but is now open again.

Trump gives top diplomatic job to his TV producer

President-to-be Donald Trump has appointed British television producer Mark Burnett, creator of “The Apprentice” and “The Voice”, as the United States’ special envoy to Great Britain, writes The Guardian.

Thirteen-time Emmy winner Burnett has no previous experience in diplomacy, but he did produce Trump’s own TV show “The Apprentice”.

“With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique combination of diplomatic acuity and international notoriety to this important role,” Trump wrote on his microblog Truth Social.

E18 closed after accident

Two passenger cars have collided on the E18 at the height of Ölme between Kristinehamn and Karlstad, write P4 Värmland.

Seven people are involved in the accident, according to SOS Alarm.

On the Swedish Transport Administration’s website it says that the emergency services are on site.

The forecast is set for 16:45, but they write that the forecast is preliminary.

Ten dead after plane crash in Brazil

A small plane with ten people on board has crashed in the tourist town of Gramado in southern Brazil, reports say Reuters

“Unfortunately, the first reports indicate that no one on board has survived,” writes local governor Edurado Leite on X.

The plane crashed in an area with several shops.

According to authorities in Rio Grande do Sul, the plane first hit a chimney, then the second floor of a residence, before crashing into a furniture store.

15 people on the ground have been taken to hospital, most of them for inhaling smoke from the fire that started when the plane crashed.