Fire in apartment – multi-family house is occupied

Police take away a protester in connection with a protest critical of the regime in March 2021. File photo. Photo: AP/TT

Belarus announced on Friday that a number of political prisoners have been pardoned.

According to President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s office, 30 people sentenced to prison terms for participating in anti-regime protests are being released.

The presidential office’s website states that Lukashenko “signed a decree releasing” a number of prisoners, “some of them with serious illnesses, some who have reached retirement age.”

According to the human rights organization Viasna, which is critical of the regime, 1,378 political prisoners are in prisons in Belarus.

Lukashenko’s regime, backed by Moscow and Russian intelligence, cracked down hard on all opposition after the controversial 2020 presidential election.

A motorcycle and a motorhome have collided outside Herrljunga.

The alarm came in at 5 p.m.

– We don’t know how the accident happened yet, says Lotta Molander at the rescue service.

A man in his 30s was taken to hospital by ambulance.

Police on site will draw up a report of negligence in traffic.

At 6 p.m., a traffic accident occurred on the E4 at the height of Brahehus, writes P4 Jönköping.

It is supposed to be about a single accident with a passenger car which is said to have driven into the center guardrail and knocked down about ten poles.

The overtaking lane in the northbound direction is closed.

On the Swedish Transport Agency’s website, it says that traffic can be affected until 20:15, a time that may change.

No one is said to have been injured in the accident, according to the radio.

A passenger car must have overturned on the E6 at the height of Ljungskile, writes Bohusläningen.

There is a stop in both southbound lanes, according to the newspaper.

One person must remain in the car.

Ambulance and emergency services are called.

There is a large traffic impact on the site.

The text is updated.

After two days of negotiations on a ceasefire in Gaza, the talks have ended to be taken up again after the weekend, AP writes.

In a joint statement on Friday, the United States, Egypt and Qatar said the talks were constructive and conducted in a positive atmosphere, according to the news agency.

The goal is to resume negotiations next week in Cairo to reach an agreement on a ceasefire.

Hamas says no to the new terms that are on the table, according to sources to AFP.

A car has driven into a stone wall and left the scene in Ubbhult outside Kungsbacka, the police announce.

The driver must have smelled of alcohol in connection with the collision. He allegedly tried to start his car but was unsuccessful, and thus left the scene on foot.

The police are searching for the man in the area with a police helicopter and a dog.

All trains on the southern main line are affected by signal errors, write South Sweden.

Several departures are canceled to thin out traffic.

The problem is expected to last until 7 p.m.

A man in his 20s was found badly injured in central Norrköping on Monday evening and later died in hospital.

Now two men have been arrested, one suspected of murder and the other suspected of aggravated weapons offences.

– Now the investigative work continues with us holding more interviews and conducting technical investigations, says prosecutor Michelle Stein in a press release.

Charges must be filed by September 13 at the latest.

On Tuesday, a man in his 40s was shot to death in Linköping.

Earlier today, the prosecutor demanded that a man be remanded in custody on suspicion of the murder.

But now Corren reports that he is being detained on reasonable suspicion of aiding and abetting murder.

The two other people who were arrested in the case have been released.

– The two people who have now been released are still suspects, but the suspicions have not been strengthened to the extent that there are reasons to request their detention, says prosecutor Emma Högström in a press release.

All suspects are aged 20 to 25.

At least 80 people are said to have been killed in an attack on a village in southeastern Sudan on Thursday. Archive image. Photo: Hussein Malla/AP/TT

Paramilitary forces have killed at least 80 people in a village in southeastern Sudan, hospital sources and witnesses said. Attempts to bring about a ceasefire in the country’s civil war have so far proved fruitless.

The attack took place on Thursday in Jalgini village in Sennar state.

– Three military vehicles attacked Jalgini. The residents resisted, which led to the attackers retreating, to later return with several vehicles, a local resident, whose son was injured in the attack, told AFP.

– They opened fire, set fire to houses and killed many people, says the man, who does not want to give his name.

The war in Sudan is described as the world’s biggest humanitarian disaster and has forced ten million people to flee.

Streets in downtown Montreal are under water and residents are forced to wade in the area around the Jacques Cartier Bridge.

This after a massive water leak that flooded parts of the city.

The electricity has been shut off in the area around the water leak and tens of thousands of people are affected, local media write.

Several metro lines have been canceled and residents are advised not to drink tap water.

“Our teams have mobilized. Avoid the area throughout the day. The Red Cross will take care of those affected,” writes Mayor Valarie Plante on X.

Anders Tegnell sees no major risk of mpox spreading in Sweden. Photo: CAROLINA BYRMO / AFTONBLADET

During Thursday, the government announced that there is a confirmed case of the new mpox variant clade 1 in Sweden.

But the former state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell currently sees no major risk of the spread of infection in the country in an interview with DN.

– But that requires that the affected countries in Africa get the resources they need. It is very important. For now there is a reasonable chance to get things sorted and stopped before it gets any worse. We already know that there can be a potential in outbreaks like this, he tells the newspaper.

In addition, it is difficult to assess how dangerous the new variant is as there is not enough data, according to Tegnell, who has extensive experience in infection control work in Africa.

– What we know is that very many children have been infected and even died from this variant. But if something happened, either with the routes of spread or with the contagiousness, we don’t know yet, he tells DN.

There has been a traffic accident on the E4 at the height of Örnsköldsvik, writes P4 Västernorrland.

According to initial information, three cars should be involved and it should be a side collision.

Emergency services and an ambulance are called to the scene.

On the Swedish Transport Administration’s website, it is stated that there is limited access to the site.

The text is updated.

A 45-year-old man has been arrested after a riot broke out in the premises belonging to the authority Statens servicecenter in Angered.

The alarm came in at 3:45 p.m.

The man is suspected of having become violent on the premises.

Then he allegedly spat and bit a guard on the hand.

On the spot, the police were able to arrest the man. He is suspected of violence and threats against an official.