Finnish Member of Parliament beaten on the way to kindergarten

British court employee arrested after messy Christmas party

A 24-year-old woman was arrested this week after a wet Christmas party with Buckingham Palace staff, British media reports.

According to The Sun the woman works as a maid. She and around 50 colleagues partied at a bar in London on Tuesday night, after Christmas drinks were served at the castle.

The police were called to the bar after an alarm that a customer had destroyed several glasses and tried to attack one of the bar staff.

– I have never seen anyone go so crazy during a night out. She was on another level, says a witness to The Sun.

The woman was arrested and had to spend the night in custody.

Buckingham Palace wrote in a statement that they are aware of the incident and will investigate it.

Moldova in emergency situation before Russian gas stop

Moldova’s parliament has approved a 60-day state of emergency.

The decision is taken ahead of an expected cut in Russian gas to the power plant that supplies the majority of the country’s electricity.

The former Soviet republic cut off gas supplies from Russia after Moscow’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 – but remains dependent on a gas-fired power plant in the Kremlin-loyal breakaway region of Transnistria.

The electricity supply from there is now under threat since Ukraine announced that the country will not renew the contract to transport Russian gas to Europe, which expires at the turn of the year.

Fire in garage in Sundbyberg

There is currently a fire in a garage in Sundbyberg outside Stockholm.

The rescue service is on site with personnel from four stations.

– We are there with twelve units. Extinguishing work is underway, says Roger Sterndal, line operator at RC Mitt.

They are said to have found several sources of fire in the garage and are currently inside with smoke detectors.

– There are residential buildings above this garage and there is a lot of smoke.

Some people at the scene are said to have inhaled smoke.

No decision has yet been made regarding the evacuation of the homes on the site.

The police are also on site and are assisting the emergency services with cordons.

Trump wants to end daylight saving time

Donald Trump wants the US to stop changing the clock to daylight saving time.

He wrote that today on social media, AP reports.

Setting the clock forward in the spring and back in the fall has long been questioned in various groups in the United States.

Daylight saving time was introduced for the first time in the country in 1942.

However, not in all states. In Arizona and Hawaii you don’t change the clock.

But now Donald Trump wants to end daylight saving time. And he gets the support of several.

“Changing the clocks twice a year is outmoded and pointless,” Florida Sen. Rick Scott said the last time the Senate voted on it.

Suspected shooting – man injured

A man has been injured in connection with a suspected shooting in Frölunda in Gothenburg.

The incident occurred outdoors in a residential area.

– There are no life-threatening injuries and he has not been taken to hospital, says Jens Andersson, police spokesperson.

The police have a greater effort at the scene. A man has been arrested nearby on suspicion of attempted murder.

Person found dead – one arrested

A person was found dead in a residence in Eskilstuna on Friday.

The police were alerted at 5:40 p.m.

– It is unclear how this person died, which is why we have opened a preliminary investigation into murder, says Martina Gradian, police spokesperson.

A person who was in the home has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

At this time, the police do not want to go into the gender or age of the dead person and the suspect, but say that both are adults.

– We see this as an isolated incident. Technicians will examine the scene, and the police will try to clarify what happened by questioning those involved and people who live nearby.

Police stopped car – child behind the wheel

The police made an unusual discovery when they checked a car on road 622 in Smedjebacken on Friday afternoon, reports P4 The valleys.

Everyone in the car was under 15 – even the boy who was driving.

The police contacted the young people’s parents, who were allowed to come and pick them up.

The underage driver is now suspected of traffic offences.

Tons of medical supplies are to be flown to Syria

50 tons of medical supplies are to be flown to Syria via Turkey, the EU Commission announces.

The products, which are in one of the EU’s warehouses in Dubai, are to be flown to Turkish Adana, near the Syrian border, and distributed in the country in the coming days.

A further 46 tons of aid material will be driven from a warehouse in Denmark to Adana and then distributed by the UN’s Unicef ​​and the World Health Organization.

According to the UN, one million people – mainly women and children – have been forced to flee since the rebel offensive, which led to the overthrow of dictator Bashar al-Assad, began.

Trendy Stanley mug recalled

The company Stanley is recalling 2.6 million of its thermos mugs because the lid can fall off and cause injuries from hot drinks.

The recall covers Stanley’s stainless steel Switchback and Trigger Action travel mugs. The lids can shrink when exposed to heat or torque and thus fall off.

The products were mainly sold in the USA but also via Amazon between June 2016 and December this year.

According to the US authority Consumer Product Safety Commission, Stanley has received 91 reports worldwide of lids coming off, 38 of these reports are about burns.

Nancy Pelosi taken to hospital

Nancy Pelosi, former speaker of the US House of Representatives, has been taken to hospital after an accident in Luxembourg.

Pelosi, 84, is currently receiving “excellent care” from doctors and continues to work, her spokesperson wrote in a statement.

Accident on the E6 near Strömstad

Five cars are involved in a traffic accident on the E6 in Strömstad.

This is reported by P4 West.

Emergency services and several ambulances are called to the scene.

Nine people would be injured, according to P4 West.

– The alarm came in at 14.54. Then it involved a collision between two cars, says Jens Andersson at the police in the west region.

Later, three more cars are said to have collided.

The radio’s information later turned out to be incorrect. According to the police, only two people have been allowed to seek treatment. One for neck pain and one for shock.

The road is currently completely closed in the northbound direction.

The police are currently on the scene and are assisting the emergency services.

Man arrested – tried to kill with his car

On Tuesday, a man was hit at a bus stop in Pettersberg in Västerås. The witnesses stated that a car driver deliberately targeted the man and then departed from the scene.

The incident is being investigated as a suspected attempted murder.

Now a man has been arrested – suspected of having tried to kill the other man with his car, reports P4 Västmanland.

Green light for new skyscraper in London

Authorities have given planning permission for the skyscraper “1 Undershaft” in London’s financial district City of London, reports the Financial Times.

It is about a 74-storey office building at 309.6 metres, which will be one of Western Europe’s two tallest buildings alongside “The Shard” in London, which was inaugurated in 2012.

“1 Undershaft” is to be built next to the existing skyscraper in the financial district called “The Gherkin”, which with its 41 floors and 180 meters high opened its doors in 2003.

Complete stop after a collision between two trucks and two cars

Two cars and two trucks with a total of five people collided on national highway 30 outside Sävsjö on Friday.

The police write on their website that “It is icy at the scene and a strong warning to all other road users.”

All those involved got out of the vehicles on their own and no one is expected to be seriously injured, however, there is a total standstill in traffic on national highway 30.

Both trucks are blocking the lanes and the police are on site to direct traffic.