Loud bang alarm at hospital

Terraced house fire in Linköping

There is a fire in a residence in a row of terraced houses in Linköping, according to the rescue service in Östra Götaland.

The alarm came in at half past two on the night of Christmas Day and the emergency services are on site and fighting the fire, including with smoke divers.

It is unclear if anyone is injured.

Iran condemns Israel for acquiescence

Israel was guilty of a “heinous crime” when it killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh earlier this year, writes Iran’s UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani in a letter to UN chief António Guterres.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz admitted on Monday that Israel was behind the attack in Tehran.

“This shameless admission marks the first time that the Israeli regime has openly acknowledged its responsibility for this heinous crime,” writes the Iranian diplomat.

Journalists killed at press conference

At least two journalists were shot dead and several wounded when gang criminals attacked a press conference for the reopening of a hospital in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, a spokesperson for a local media collective told AFP.

The hospital had been closed since the same criminal gang attacked the facility in February.

Haiti, one of the world’s poorest countries, has been thrown into chaos since criminals took over large parts of the country.

Masked men arrested

A large police operation was underway in Åsa in Kungsbacka at around 9 p.m. The police had then been alerted about two masked men who were acting suspiciously.

The men, who were in their 20s, were later arrested. One of the men had a weapon-like object and ammunition but after the police went through the men’s car they began to suspect that the weapons were not real, reports the GP.

– My opinion is that we interrupted something, but I don’t know what, says duty officer Morten Gunneng to GP.

A preliminary investigation into serious weapons crime has been launched.

Eight Palestinians killed in Israeli raid

At least eight Palestinians, including two women, have been killed in an ongoing Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, the health ministry in Ramallah said on Tuesday evening.

Seven were killed in the Tulkarem refugee camp and another person in the nearby Nur Shams refugee camp.

The two women – aged 53 and 30 – were killed in Tulkarem. Among the victims is also an 18-year-old man who was shot in the chest and abdomen.

Israel’s military, which regularly carries out raids in the West Bank, states in a press release that it has “eliminated a terrorist” in connection with an operation that began in Tulkarem on Tuesday night.

It is not clear which of the victims was the target of the operation.

The violence in the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967, has intensified since the Gaza war broke out on October 7 last year.

Since then, Israel’s military and settlers have killed at least 811 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

During the same period, at least 25 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks.

Problems for Länsförsäkringar

Länsförsäkringar Bank has been down since around 9:30 p.m.

Customers cannot enter the bank.

Several have also reported the problems to the Downdetector service.

Police car had to be towed after collision

A man in his 30s is suspected of driving under the influence of drugs and carelessness in traffic after driving at high speed into a stationary police car in Malmö.

The man did not see the police car even though it had its blue lights on.

The police patrol had stopped another car for a vehicle check when the accident occurred, but neither the officers nor the other driver were injured in the collision.

– The policemen did well, he who was in the hitting car has been taken to hospital, says Peter Martin, officer on duty at the police.

All three vehicles had to be towed from the scene.

– There was no criminal suspicion for the controlled driver, but it was a different Christmas Eve, says Peter Martin.

Avalanche warning in the mountains

The risk of avalanches is significant in the western Vindelfjällen and southern Lapland mountains, warns the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s site Avalanche Forecasts.

It means dangerous conditions and a three on the five-point scale.

In Vindelfjällen there is, among others, Hemavan’s ski resort, which is described as northern Sweden’s largest.

In the western Vindelfjällen, storm surges and mild weather create dangerous conditions on the mountain, both in the form of avalanche danger and weather warnings, according to the site.

People are urged to stay away from both steep terrain and from terrain just below the slopes. If the slope is steep enough, avalanches can start even in small clearings in forest terrain, the text reminds.

Syria intends to demand 3,300 billion kroner from Iran

According to the Lebanese newspaper al Modon, Syria’s new regime is making a huge financial demand on Iran as compensation for the country’s “criminal and arbitrary” destruction during the civil war.

The newspaper writes that Syria will sue Iran for approximately SEK 3,300 billion at an international court, but does not provide any more details about the claim.

IN the article it also states that Syria has no plans to resume diplomatic relations with Iran in the near future.

Swish still down – after eight hours

There are continued problems using Swish during Christmas Eve. The beta app has not yet communicated any forecast for when the problem may be fixed.

Swish’s press representatives have informed TT several times during the day that they are working to resolve the whole thing as soon as possible.

The outage began at 11 a.m., but eight and a half hours later they were still not resolved, according to the service’s website.

Swish’s problems affect both private customers and the trade.

It is still unclear whether the authorities will open an investigation into the problems.

Five arrested on suspicion of terrorist crimes in Italy

Raids in several Italian cities on Christmas Eve led to the arrest of five people suspected of colluding with al-Qaeda and IS, write ilTempo.

Among those arrested are several women.

Paramedics forced to lie about chemical weapons attack

Dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime forced medics to give false testimonies after the deadly chlorine gas attack in Douma in 2018, two doctors and a nurse told the AFP news agency.

All three were working at a field hospital in Douma, near Damascus, in April 2018 when a nearby building was attacked with chlorine gas, killing over 40 civilians.

Their real testimonies had been impossible to provide before the change of power in Syria in early December. But now that the dictator has fallen, more and more Syrians dare to speak out.

Bill Clinton has left the hospital

Former US President Bill Clinton, 78, was on Tuesday allowed to leave the hospital in Washington, where he was admitted on Monday with a high fever.

“He was discharged earlier today after being treated for the flu. He and his family are deeply grateful for the excellent care he received from the hospital, and are touched by the kind messages he has received,” writes his spokesperson at X.

Person found in the water

A person has been found in the water in Nybro. Police and emergency services are on site.

– There is a man picked up from a lake in Nybro. CPR has been performed, he is loaded into an ambulance that takes him to hospital in Kalmar, says Peter Martin, officer on duty at the police.

At the moment there is no suspicion of crime. There is also no information on the man’s injury status.

– If they drive prio 1 towards a hospital, someone has decided that there is hope. With us, the case is a rescue effort, there is no sign of a violent crime, says Peter Martin.