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The city of Maiduguri is flooded after a dam burst. Photo: Joshua Olatunji/AP/TT
After a dam collapsed near the city of Maiduguri in eastern Nigeria, at least 30 people have died and 400,000 have been forced to flee their homes.
– The situation is terrifying. The flood covers about 40 percent of the city’s surface, said Zubaida Umar at the equivalent of Nigeria’s Civil Protection and Emergency Management Agency.
The authority now fears that the number of people who have to leave their homes could rise to one million. There are 1.9 million inhabitants living in the city.
THREE NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS
After the suspicions of drunk driving: Justin Timberlake has agreed to plead guilty to parts of the charge, writes VG with reference to AP.
According to the information, the star will be fined between 300 and 500 dollars.
The Hollywood star was arrested in June and charged with driving while intoxicated.
Read more here.
A 61-year-old Danish man has died after falling 30 meters from a hiking trail at the foot of Mont Blanc.
This is reported by the Danish news agency Ritzau.
The accident happened early on Wednesday afternoon. Just a day earlier, four hikers were found dead near the summit of Mont Blanc, at an altitude of 4,700 meters.
Philippe Reines has an unusual job during American election times.
He plays Donald Trump so that presidential candidate Kamala Harris can sharpen her debating skills.
After yesterday’s debate, however, he was able to step out of the role of ex-president for a while.
At X, Reines posted a selfie in her Trump costume and makeup.
“To do: facial, haircut, spiritual cleansing,” he writes.
Reines was a longtime close associate of Hillary Clinton. He also played Trump when she ran for president in 2016.
A truck has caught fire on the E6 at the height of Falkenberg Södra shortly after 6 pm on Wednesday, reports P4 Halland.
The road has had to be closed as a result of the incident, there is currently no forecast for when it can be reopened.
Last week, four people got vertigo syndrome at the Northvolt battery factory in Skellefteå.
It happened when a container was opened on a loading dock and dust with unknown contents swirled up.
Northvolt has reported the incident to the Swedish Work Environment Authority, reports the Sirén news agency.
In the container were bags of the material NMC, which contains lithium, manganese, cobalt oxide and nickel. But according to the informant, the people were probably affected by fumes from a cleaning agent.
The people affected did not use protective masks, which they were instructed to do.
Photo: Reader image
Something has exploded in a stairwell in Vällingby in western Stockholm.
The police received the alarm shortly before 5 p.m.
– There are no personal injuries, only material damage, says Daniel Wikdahl at the Stockholm Police.
Residents in the stairwell have been evacuated.
It is unclear how extensive the material damage is. The police are on the scene, searching the area and the stairwell.
A motorist and a person on an electric scooter collided today in Borås.
Ambulance and police were sent to the scene.
– The extent of the damage is unclear, says Fredrik Svedemyr, press spokesperson for the police in the west region.
On county road 614 between Harplinge and Kvibille in Halland, a motorbike driver drove off the road.
The MC driver, a man in his 60s, has died as a result of the accident.
This is what the police write on their website.
The man’s relatives have been informed of the death.
– The motorcycle has been impounded for a technical examination and we will investigate the circumstances surrounding this accident further, says Fredrik Svedemyr, press spokesperson for the police in the western region.
A forest fire is currently raging near the tourist resort of Platanias on Crete.
The emergency services must be on the scene and have the fire under control.
The travel company Tui has guests at a hotel nearby.
– We are informed about the situation. Right now it seems to be under control, but we will have to wait and see, says Dian Martinez Valencia, communications manager at Tui.
He says that there are a limited number of guests who live nearby.
– Should it become relevant, we can of course move the guests, says Dian Martinez Valencia.
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The police have a large operation on Södermalm in central Stockholm.
– Someone has shot at an apartment door, we don’t really know when it happened, whether it was during the day or earlier, says police spokesperson Daniel Wikdahl.
There should not have been any people in the apartment. The incident is being investigated as aggravated weapons offense and aggravated unlawful threat.
The police have an operation both indoors and outdoors. According to the police, there is no danger to the public.
Russian forces have launched heavy counterattacks in the Kursk area, states the newspaper Meduza citing Russian military bloggers.
The Ukrainian army successfully entered Russian territory on August 6 and has, among other things, taken over the administration of the Russian city of Sudzha.
The Ukrainian army has not yet commented on the data.
It has exploded in a Mölndal switchgear, reports P4 Gothenburg.
The emergency services are on their way to the scene.
One person has been injured and is being treated by paramedics, according to the channel.
– We have an extensive resource package on the way. Police and ambulance are also on their way, says Bosse Florell, alarm and line operator, to TT.
Inflation in the US drops to 2.5 percent in August, according to recent figures from the US Department of Labor.
It was in line with the average forecast according to Bloomberg’s compilation and can be compared with 2.9 percent in July.
Underlying inflation landed as expected at 3.2 percent, which was unchanged compared to the previous month.
The Stockholm Stock Exchange fell somewhat after the announcement. The US ten-year interest rate rises slightly and the dollar strengthens.
Photo: Lotte Fernvall
The recent debate on anti-Semitism continued in the Riksdag debate on Wednesday.
The Christian Democrats’ party leader Ebba Busch demanded of Magdalena Andersson: Make sure that the Left Party clears the party of anti-Semitic expressions.
– It would never have been accepted if it had been the same problem in the Sweden Democrats, says Ebba Busch to Aftonbladet’s reporter.
She also gives the media a boot.
– I find it interesting that there has been less media reporting, this is my view, as it concerns the left when it concerns anti-Semitism. Here I think that Magdalena Andersson and the media have a responsibility to take, says Ebba Busch.
When asked about what responsibility, she answers:
– Be clear that a government document with which she goes to the election cannot have representatives who express themselves as anti-Semitic. That the Left Party can no longer be included in Magdalena Andersson’s background. That’s how tough she should be.
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