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Residents of Islamabad cool down as the heat rises. Photo: Anjum Naveed/AP/TT
A heat wave has swept across Pakistan with temperatures exceeding 50 degrees in some places.
The regional government of Punjab was forced on Saturday to decide to close schools and introduce summer vacation a week earlier than scheduled because of the heat.
The summer vacation will last until mid-August, according to Noor ul Huda, spokesperson for the regional school authority.
The decision affects around 26 million school children.
Sind province in southeastern Pakistan has also seen temperatures rise, with 51 degrees recorded on Saturday in Mohenjo-Daro, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Institute. The extreme heat wave is believed to last the rest of the month.
THREE NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS
There is a heavy fire in a villa in Nässjö.
– Five people are affected by this and one has been taken to hospital, says Johanna Månsson, press spokesperson at the rescue service.
The fire is extensive and according to the rescue service, it is not yet controlled. At the moment, it is not seen that there is any risk of spreading to nearby buildings.
Three people in their 20s with air weapons have fired at several paddlers at Ätran in Svenljunga.
The police were called to the scene and checked the people. The patrols have also found an air rifle and a carbon dioxide gun.
All three are suspected of attempted serious assault.
However, none of the paddlers were hit.
A fight between several people has broken out outside the Swedish fair in Gothenburg.
According to the police, it is about 10 to 15 people.
There are no reports of personal injuries.
Police on site in Oslo. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB
Close to 1,000 people gathered in Oslo to celebrate Eritrea’s national day.
When a hundred protesters critical of the regime arrived, fights and stone throwing broke out, according to Norwegian police VG.
Among other things, the Oslo police have had to use tear gas to disperse the protesters.
The demonstrators are chanting “stop the party” and “stop the dictator”, according to VG.
– I have heard some slogans, they have also thrown quite a few stones at the police, says witness Anders to VG.
The police have cordoned off several places where gas-powered minibuses are parked in Kalmar County.
“The decision has been made with regard to the events where gas-powered minibuses exploded, most recently in Nybro last Thursday,” the police write on their website.
The rescue service in Kalmar has decided on the measures.
A heavy fire broke out after the attack on the department store. Photo: Andrii Marienko / AP
A building department store in Ukrainian Kharkiv has been bombed, says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
200 people are believed to have been in the premises.
– We know for sure that two people are dead, says Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov in a statement on Telegram.
The economic crisis with enormous poverty is hitting the people of Syria hard, and trade – like that of a shopkeeper in Aleppo – is completely at a standstill. Archive image. Photo: Baderkhan Ahmad/AP/TT
More than a quarter of Syria’s population lives in extreme poverty, the World Bank notes in a report. 13 years of civil war have completely shattered Syria’s economy, and some 5.7 million residents have fallen into near total poverty.
The review shows that 90 percent of the population lives in the somewhat milder classification of poverty.
The World Bank notes that “extreme poverty was non-existent before the conflict” and the civil war that broke out in 2011.
Extreme poverty is defined, among other things, by a person having less than around 30 kroner a day to move around with.
Just before 2 pm on Saturday, an alarm comes in that there is a fire in a garage in the Eriksberg area of Gothenburg.
– It appears to be a passenger car burning on street level inside a parking garage, says Fredrik Svedemyr at the police press service.
Police and emergency services rush to the scene to put out the fire.
There are currently no reports of personal injuries.
Two people have started arguing on a plane arriving at Arlanda, the police say.
A 35-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman have been taken into custody by the police with reference to the Act on handling an intoxicated person.
Palestinians who fled Rafah arrive in the central parts of the Gaza strip. Image from May 7. Photo: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP/TT
Several Israeli media outlets state that Israel and mediators from the United States and Qatar have agreed to continue talks with terrorist-labeled Hamas on a cease-fire in Gaza.
At the same time, an Israeli source tells the AFP news agency that the country’s government is willing to enter into negotiations.
Sources for the Israeli media company Walla state that Egypt and Qatar will mediate in the talks, which are held within the framework negotiated in Paris in recent days.
A tourist has been kicked and robbed of his watch in Stockholm’s Old Town.
– The plaintiff has stated that it is an expensive watch, says police spokesperson Daniel Wikdahl.
The police are now looking for the perpetrator in the alleys.
– We have a description that we are working with, but so far we have not found the perpetrator, says Daniel Wikdahl.
The rescue service has been alerted to Hosbroberget between Arbrå and Nianfors north of Bollnäs where a fire has started in a clearing.
Extinguishing work is currently underway.
– It is not such an extensive fire. We can do it with only ground personnel, says Jimmy Andersson Taylor, emergency manager at the rescue service in Hälsingland.
It is still unclear what was behind the fire.
At 2:20 p.m., the police were alerted about a man who had a weapon-like object in the Stensö area in Kalmar.
– We now have several patrols out looking for this man, says police spokesperson Evelina Olsson.
He was dressed in dark clothing, masked and is said to have traveled on a women’s bicycle.
– We want to get more witness information and if anyone sees him, they are welcome to contact 112, says Evelina Olsson.
On Saturday at 2 p.m., an alarm is received that there is a fire in a villa in Hasselfors in Laxå municipality.
According to the rescue service, there is a heavy fire at the scene and police patrol and ambulance are ordered there to assist the rescue service in their work.
– It is a fully developed fire. Right now, there is a forecast that the extinguishing work will last for three hours, says the police spokesperson in the Bergslagen region at 3 p.m.
According to Mattias Henriksson, officer on duty at the Bergslagen police region, a man has made it out unharmed, but a woman is still feared to be inside the villa.
– According to the information I have, there are two residences at the address. One must have got out, is unharmed and has been checked by paramedics on site, but one person is feared to be still inside the villa.
There is currently no criminal suspicion in the case.
Relatives are informed of the situation.
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