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US President Joe Biden condemns Russia’s bloody attack on Ukrainian Poltava where more than 50 people lost their lives and calls it “deplorable”.
He says in a statement that the United States will continue to assist Kiev militarily, which includes “the provision of air defense systems and the capabilities needed for them to be able to defend their country.
Tuesday’s attack, in which two Iskander robots crashed into a military school building and a nearby healthcare facility, is one of the deadliest single incidents since Russia launched the war in Ukraine in February 2022.
Poltava has several hundred thousand inhabitants and is about ten miles from the border with Russia, further inland than the more war-affected big city of Kharkiv.
THREE NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS
A woman in Heby outside Uppsala discovered via her surveillance camera that an unknown man was walking around wearing her underwear at home in the villa, Upsala Nya Tidning writes.
The woman alerted the police in the morning and stated that she had given a handyman access to the house. When the police got there, the man was gone.
The police sought out the craftsman and were able to ascertain that it was the same man as on the surveillance video. The man is now suspected of molestation.
– During my years in the police, I have not heard of anything like this. It is an unpleasant event for the villa owner. You should be able to feel safe in your home, says Magnus Jansson Klarin, press spokesperson at the police.
Residents of Arizona in the USA are used to heat, they live in a state characterized by a desert climate. But cities like Phoenix, Tucson and Flagstaff have now seen a new record broken – a hundred days in a row where the thermometer read at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit – just shy of 38 degrees Celsius.
The previous record was 76 days in a row, in 1993, with those degrees, according to the Arizona Republic.
The average temperature in Phoenix during June, July and August was 98.9 degrees Fahrenheit (37.2 degrees Celsius).
Christmas is coming early to Venezuela this year – already in a few weeks, the country’s President Nicolas Maduro announces.
– As a tribute to you and to show you my gratitude, I will move Christmas forward to October 1, Maduro said in a television broadcast on Monday.
The move comes in the turmoil that followed the election in July, where both Maduro and the opposition declared themselves winners. Maduro’s victory claim has been questioned by several Latin American countries, the US and the EU.
The US Department of Justice announces criminal charges against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other leaders of the terrorist-designated group, with links to the October 7 attack on Israel.
The formal indictment, which was filed in federal court in New York in February, includes counts of providing material support for deadly acts of terrorism.
– The charges released today are just part of our efforts to target all of Hamas’ activities, says the country’s Attorney General Merrick Garland in a video statement.
– These measures will not be our last.
At least 51 people have died after Tuesday’s attack on a military school and a hospital in Poltava. It is one of the deadliest Russian attacks since the full-scale war in Ukraine began in February 2022.
A young soldier, who New York Times interviewed on site, says he was in a training room when the first robot struck.
“I was blown under the stairwell by the shock wave,” says Markiyan, 25.
As he tried to get to his feet and take cover, the second blast struck. People didn’t have time to get to the shelters, he says.
“It was too short a time between the flight alarm and the first bang”.
Semiconductor giant Nvidia is being subpoenaed for information by the US Department of Justice, following concerns that the company violated competition laws, Bloomberg reports, citing sources.
The ministry has sent out legally binding requests to a number of companies, forcing them to provide information about their operations.
Among other things, concerns are expressed that Nvidia has deliberately made it difficult to switch to other chip suppliers, and that the company is penalizing buyers who do not exclusively use Nvidia products when it comes to AI operations. The Ministry of Justice’s demands are said to be a step towards a possible legal process against the company.
Nvidia’s stock has fallen about 9.5 percent on Tuesday, and continued to fall in after-hours trading.
It is unclear which other companies are affected by the Ministry of Justice’s investigation.
A bus is suspected of having run over a cyclist on Stora Varvsgatan in Malmö, the police write.
The cyclist was taken to hospital for a check-up by ambulance after suffering minor injuries and pain in the shoulder.
A traffic offense report where the bus driver is suspected of not having observed the right of way has been drawn up, the police write.
Wall Street started the trading week with a real dive.
The IT sector lost heavily. Semiconductor giant Nvidia posted its worst trading day since April, ending at minus 9.5 percent.
The major indexes were blood red at the close.
The broad S&P 500 index lost 2.1 percent. The Dow Jones closed at minus 1.51 percent and the Nasdaq composite index at minus 3.26.
Even on the Stockholm Stock Exchange it was sad and down. The broad OMXS index retreated 1.3 percent.
The leading stock exchanges in Europe had the same boring development as in Stockholm, and retreated during the trading day.
At least 129 people have died after many tried to escape from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reports Der Spiegel.
24 prisoners were reportedly shot dead by prison guards, while dozens of others were suffocated or trampled to death, Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani wrote on X.
Stockholm City wants to stop Snusbolaget from selling snus, parent company Haypp writes in a press release.
The background to the proposal is that the Stockholm City Social Administration and Haypp Group make different interpretations of how customers should be age verified when delivering tobacco products in Sweden.
“We have taken note of and are now analyzing an unexpected proposal from the Licensing Unit. Together with legal advisors, we are working to find a solution to comply with the Licensing Unit’s views.” Writes the company in the press release.
At least 81 people have been killed and several are missing after an attack in Nigeria by suspected jihadists from the terrorist group Boko Haram, local officials said.
The attack took place in the state of Yobe, which is located in the northeastern parts of the country.
Around 150 suspected Boko Haram terrorists carried out the attack on Sunday, according to Abdulkarim Dungus, spokesperson for the state police.
– They killed many people and burned many shops and houses. We have not had time to determine the actual number of dead in the attack.
Boko Haram is an armed extremist movement formed in northeastern Nigeria.
The Tidö parties agree on reduced alcohol tax on beer from smaller breweries, according to information from SR Ecot.
It covers producers who produce a maximum of three million liters of beer per year.
The proposal is to be implemented on the first of July 2025, according to Ekot.
A Kurdish migrant who tried to cross the English Channel on a beach in northern France. The picture was taken on an earlier occasion. Photo: Bernat Armangue/AP/TT
At least 12 people have died in the English Channel, French media reports.
It is a boat with up to 70 migrants on board that capsized on its way to the UK.
There has been various information circulating about the death toll, which is feared to rise as several are said to be critically injured. The authorities previously stated that a number of people suffered cardiac arrest.
Around 70 people are believed to have been on the boat when it ended up in distress for unknown reasons, reports the newspaper La Voix du Nord. The accident happened in French waters.
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin calls on the EU and Great Britain to conclude a migration agreement after the incident.
The EU should try to “re-establish a traditional migration relationship with our British friends and neighbours”, he says according to AFP.
At 18.12, an alarm came in about a dangerous spill in Mälarhöjden’s ice rink, in southern Stockholm.
– It is ammonia that has leaked out. We have evacuated the people who are there. There is no information that anyone is injured, says the rescue service’s press spokesperson.
The emergency services are on site with three stations and two lines.
– Chemical divers are on their way to the ice rink, says the rescue service’s spokesperson.
The police are on site to assist the emergency services.
Update 20.13:
The emergency services state that they have sealed the leak and have left the scene.
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