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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a press conference during a visit to Mongolia on Thursday. Photo: Munkhbayar Magvandorj/AP/TT
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claims there is evidence that the opposition won the disputed presidential election in Venezuela.
“Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia won the most votes,” he said in a statement.
Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro has declared himself victorious, but the opposition accuses the regime of rigging the result.
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US President Joe Biden. Archive image. Photo: Evan Vucci/AP/TT
US President Joe Biden spoke on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about military support to protect Israel.
“The President reaffirmed his commitment to Israel’s security against all threats from Iran, including its proxies and terrorist groups Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis,” the White House said in a statement.
Biden and Netanyahu discussed, among other things, air defense against ballistic robots and drones, as well as new defensive deployments of the US military, according to the statement.
Biden also underscored the importance of ongoing efforts to reduce tensions in the region. Vice President Kamala Harris also joined the conversation, according to the White House.
Hezbollah has fired dozens of rockets at Israel, writes AFP.
A 78-year-old man has been reported missing in Lund and the surrounding area.
The man is 180 cm tall, has short gray hair on his side legs and wears glasses, according to the police.
It is currently unknown how the man is dressed, but he may be carrying a rose-speckled backpack.
The police urge the public to call 112 and request the police’s regional command center if they think they see or have seen the man.
There is a stop in the train traffic between Uppsala and Knivsta, writes P4 Uppland.
The stop is caused by an accident.
There is no forecast for when traffic can be up and running again.
The text is updated.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is today tightening the travel advisory to Israel and Palestine due to the security situation.
For ten years now, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised against all travel to Gaza and since October 8, 2023 all non-essential travel to other parts of Palestine. Now the Foreign Ministry advises against all travel to all of Palestine.
Regarding Israel, the Foreign Ministry advises against all travel to the country.
“Take this decision seriously,” signs Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson X.
The advisories apply until further notice.
A car has overturned in a lake north of Överum in Västervik municipality
Emergency services, police and ambulance were called there.
– A car flipped into the water for an unknown reason. The car sank. Some private individuals stopped at the scene and one person dived down and retrieved the man who was in the car, says Jakob Dahlquist, operations manager at the rescue service.
He continues:
– It was fantastically well done.
The man in the car is taken to medical care by ambulance.
– He was awake and talkative when he left, I don’t know more than that.
According to the Swedish Transport Administration, route 35 is closed in connection with the accident.
There is no forecast for when it might reopen.
The Swedish Tax Agency has submitted an application to the district court to request Oscar Properties Holding to go bankrupt, Expressen reports.
The property company, which is behind several exclusive housing developments in Stockholm, has been close to bankruptcy for a long time and applied for reconstruction in May.
According to the bankruptcy filing that Expressen has seen, the company has just over two million kroner in tax debts that the Kronofogden has not managed to collect.
The company’s new CEO, Richard Bagge, is, according to the newspaper, hopeful that the matter will be resolved despite the bankruptcy filing.
– We are working on a reconstruction application, which I believe we submitted today. If it is granted, this debt must be handled within the framework of that. If the restructuring application is not granted, then of course there will be bankruptcy, he tells Expressen.
The company’s stock has traded for a pittance in recent years after losing over 99.9 percent of its value from its glory days in 2017.
Three passenger cars have collided on the E18 just outside Västerås.
Emergency services, police and ambulance are on site are on site.
– Everyone involved must be out of the cars, but I don’t know if anyone is injured, says Mats Bengtsson, commanding officer of the rescue service.
He says that there is a complete standstill in traffic in the direction of Västerås.
– Then there is a reduced speed in the direction of Köping, and it is a bit crowded because there is road work going on there as well, he says.
The text is updated.
The German airline Lufthansa is temporarily canceling all flights to and from Tel Aviv in Israel, several Israeli media reports. According to Lufthansa, the stop will apply until August 8.
“The reason for this is the current development in the region,” a Lufthansa spokesperson said, according to Reuters.
Lufthansa is also extending a previous flight stop to and from Beirut in Lebanon. The stop will now apply until August 12, writes Reuters.
A passenger car has collided with a motorcycle in the Ektorps roundabout in Satjsö-Duvnäs in Nacka.
The MC driver has been taken to hospital by ambulance.
The extent of the damage is still unclear.
Two ambulances are on the scene after a drowning alarm at Ursand in Vänersborg.
The incident must have taken place in a swimming pool.
– The boy has come out of the water, he has been taken to the hospital for a check-up, says Patrik Karlsson, press spokesman for the Norra Älvsborg Rescue Service.
The boy is awake and talkative.
Russia is now releasing the American Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich in a prisoner exchange, reports Bloomberg.
The former US Marine Paul Wheelan is also released according to the news agency.
Read more here.
During the morning, 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana was arrested, suspected of having murdered three young girls in the knife attack in Southport.
He is also suspected of ten cases of attempted murder.
He is expected to appear in court later in the day.
Read more here.
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1. Sunak = He’s rich as a troll, so if Larry got lobster, sirloin, that’s a good start 🙂 then Sunak kissed Larry 🙂 and Larry let him 🙂
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