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The Ukrainian port city of Odessa was subjected to an extensive Russian attack on Thursday evening.
A 35-year-old woman was killed and another ten people were injured, including a nine-year-old boy, Ukrainian authorities said.
Apartment buildings, a church, cars and an educational facility were damaged, as well as an important heating pipe. 40,000 people are without heat supply, the city’s mayor announces.
THREE NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS
Donald Trump’s defense attorneys in the porn star Stormy Daniels case — Todd Blanche, tv and Emil Bove, th — will get top Justice Department jobs if the president-elect gets his way. Photo: Justin Lane/AP/TT
Two of Donald Trump’s defense lawyers, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, will get top jobs in the US Department of Justice if the president-elect gets his way.
Blanche has been nominated for Assistant Attorney General, alongside the controversial nomination of Congressman Matt Gaetz as Attorney General. Emil Bove will become Blanche’s closest employee.
They both defended Trump, among other things, in the case where he was convicted of illegally paying money to porn star Stormy Daniels. The intention was that she would keep quiet about a sexual relationship she and Trump had. Trump has denied that.
Trump and Stallone. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Florida during the annual gala for the America First Policy Institute.
He was introduced by actor Sylvester Stallone – and spent much of the speech thanking party leaders and other allies for the election victory.
Among other things, Trump paid tribute to his recently nominated minister Robert F. Kennedy, who was in the audience.
– People like you Bobby. Don’t get too popular, he said.
He also drew attention to Elon Musk, who has remained close to the future president since the election.
– I can’t get him out of here, Trump said.
Trump advisor and Tesla boss Elon Musk has had a meeting with Iran’s UN ambassador in New York. It happened at Musk’s request, The New York Times reports.
Two anonymous Iranian representatives told the newspaper that the hour-long meeting between Musk and Amir Saeid Iravani was about ways to reduce tensions between the United States and Iran. The meeting was positive and meant “good news”, according to the Iranian sources.
Donald Trump’s staff does not comment on whether a meeting took place, nor does Elon Musk.
Kim Jong-Un is said to be reviewing a test firing of a drone. The photo was published by the North Korean state news agency KCNA in August. Photo: KCNA via AP/TT
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un has ordered “mass production” of attack drones, according to state news agency KCNA.
Kim Jong-Un himself has overseen test firings of so-called patrol robots, designed to attack both land and sea targets by striking them.
“He underlined the need to develop a system for mass production and start full-scale mass production as soon as possible,” writes KCNA.
Yuriko turned 101 years old. Photo: Yohei Nishimura
Japanese Princess Yuriko has died at the age of 101, writes the Japanese public service company NHK.
The princess has been treated in a hospital in Tokyo since a heart attack in March.
She was married to Prince Takahito Mikasa who died in 2016 aged 100.
Iran plans to open a treatment clinic for women who defy the country’s strict veiling laws, writes The Guardian.
The clinic will offer “scientific and psychological treatment”, says the head of the Women’s and Family Authority.
The announcement has led to outraged protests from women and human rights groups in the country.
– The idea of setting up clinics to “cure” women without a veil is terrifying, says the Iranian journalist Sima Sabet, who was the victim of an assassination attempt last year.
The week before last, 30-year-old Ahoo Daryaei was arrested after walking around in her underwear on a university campus in Iran in protest. Demonstrations have been held in several parts of the world for her to be released.
In a post on social media, Donald Trump now confirms the information that Robert F Kennedy is his nomination for Secretary of Health.
The announcement comes after the president-elect made a series of nominations on Wednesday that sent shockwaves through Washington.
The most attention was given to Matt Gaetz, who is nominated for the new Minister of Justice.
Among other things, Kennedy has been criticized for spreading conspiracy theories about vaccines.
Traffic is one of the factors behind the thick smog in India’s New Delhi. Photo: Manish Swarup/AP/TT
All primary schools in India’s capital New Delhi are closed until further notice due to increasing smog in the giant city and its surrounding areas, home to over 30 million people.
Instead, the children will be taught online.
Farmers in other parts of India burning their fields ahead of next year’s sowing, as well as exhaust gases from factories and traffic are believed to be behind the deadly high levels of pollution. Cooler temperatures and slower winds keep the hazardous substances in the air for longer periods between October and January, and schools often need to be closed during the worst weeks of the annual smog crisis.
Photo: Alex Brandon/AP
Donald Trump is expected to nominate Robert F. Kennedy as his health secretary soon, CNN reports, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.
The announcement comes after the president-elect made a series of nominations on Wednesday that sent shockwaves through Washington.
The most attention was given to Matt Gaetz, who is nominated for the new Minister of Justice.
Among other things, Kennedy has been criticized for spreading conspiracy theories about vaccines.
A tram is stationary on the Hisingsbron in Gothenburg due to a vehicle fault, write GP.
– We have activated the Hisingsbron scenario, which means that public transport does not run at all, says Johan Morsten at Västtrafik’s emergency call, to the newspaper.
Buses can run, but there may be queues.
Photo: John Bazemore/AP
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy says that “everyone knows” that Matt Gaetz will not be approved by the Senate as the new Attorney General of the United States, he says in an interview with Bloomberg, according to Omni.
McCarthy and Gaetz have had a long feud. Gaetz was behind the palace coup that forced McCarthy out of the job as speaker last year.
Photo: Flightradar
An SAS plane from Arlanda to Miami has had to turn around after severe turbulence over Greenland.
– We have decided to return and fly back to home base. It is routine when an aircraft is exposed to such strong turbulence, says Alexandra Lindgren Kaoukji at SAS.
There are 254 passengers on the aircraft. It will land at Kastrup at 23.15 according to SAS.
– We need to investigate the plane at one of our own bases. That’s why we go back. It would not have been possible to do that in Miami, says Alexandra Lindgren Kaoukji.
The plane is currently near Iceland.
According to SAS, a team will meet the passengers at Kastrup. They are booked into a hotel in Copenhagen tonight.
– Then they can hopefully go to Miami tomorrow morning, says Alexandra Lindgren Kaoukji.
Read more here.
Close to 190 hand grenades found in the forest outside Jönköping are to be detonated on Friday. The area in the picture has nothing to do with the text. Archive image. Photo: Hasse Holmberg/TT
No less than 187 old hand grenades have been found in a forest area in Jönköping. On Friday they will be blown up.
And that “can sound a bit” warns Jönköping municipality.
Earlier this year, a private individual found a number of hand grenades in the area, which previously served as a military training ground.
During the week, the municipality has carefully investigated the area and a large number of old hand grenades have thus been found.
“We will finish the search on Thursday and therefore judge that we have found all grenades that could pose a potential risk. The grenades have been found within a fairly small area and we assess that this is where all the grenades have been concentrated,” says Fredrik Svärd, environmental engineer in the municipality of Jönköping, in a press release.
The explosions are expected to continue for large parts of the day.
A police car on call has collided with a van in Umeå.
The accident occurred at an intersection.
No one has been injured. The driver of the van was taken to the hospital for a check-up but did not require further treatment.
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