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It only took one day before the government’s tax cut on fuel was eaten up by new price increases, writes TT.

On Monday, the supermarkets will raise the petrol price by 30 öre to 19.65 kroner a litre, while diesel will be raised by 60 öre to 24.21 kroner.

At the turn of the year, the combined tax effect, reduced fuel tax in combination with index adjustments, meant that the petrol price was reduced by 14 öre, while diesel became 41 öre cheaper.

The Christmas weekend floods in the Philippines have so far caused 51 confirmed deaths, according to the country’s emergency authority, writes TT.

19 people are still missing.

The northern parts of the island of Mindanao were worst affected by the floods, which followed widespread rains during the Christmas holiday. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated as thousands of homes were damaged.

From January 2, all cats must start being registered with the Swedish Agency for Agriculture. But on Monday morning, the authority reports disturbances in the e-service.

“The e-service is currently overloaded and it may therefore be difficult to register your cat,” writes the Swedish Agency for Agriculture on its website.

– We initially expect a high pressure on our e-service, but at the same time fully understand that not everyone will register their cats immediately. We see it as a long-term effort to get all cats into the register, says Anders Elfström, head of department at the Swedish Agricultural Agency, in a press release.

The new law on mandatory marking and registration of cats should make it easier to find stray cats.

It can also raise the status of the cat as a pet.

In October, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency announced that a serious data breach had been discovered. All the authority’s IT systems were shut down as large amounts of data had been copied to a foreign server.

Several intrusions have occurred since then, among other things Norrköping municipality and the Öland municipalities have been struck out.

The latest attacks appear in part to be different, reports say Today’s news.

Criminals have previously sent demands for ransom, but experts are concerned as it has not happened now, the newspaper writes.

– Many different attacks are being carried out now, presumably from different actor groups. It could be a coincidence that they happen to hit Swedish targets at the same time, but it is hard not to think that they could be coordinated, says Leif Nixon, IT security expert at Sectra Communications, to Dagens Nyheter.

Four people have been arrested in connection with last night’s blast against a gate in Grimsta, the police write on their website.

It was around 3.15 that the alarm went off about a strong explosion in a gate to an apartment building.

During the night and morning, the police have a large operation in the area. Bomb technicians and forensics technicians are at the crime scene and police have also checked entrances to western Stockholm.

Read more about the event here.

South Korea and the US discuss joint planning and exercises with US nuclear weapons.

This is reported by TT, which refers to a statement from South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol.

The reason is the increasing threats from nuclear neighbor North Korea.

The president says in an interview in the Chosun Ilbo newspaper that the US nuclear umbrella and nuclear deterrence are no longer enough to reassure South Koreans.

“The nuclear weapons belong to the United States, but the planning, information sharing and exercises and training must be done jointly between South Korea and the United States,” he says.

Israel has fired robots at the Syrian capital Damascus during Monday.

Reuters reports which refers to a statement from the Syrian army.

According to the statement, a number of robots hit the airport early in the morning and it is temporarily closed.

Two soldiers were killed after robots struck in the southern part of Damascus.

The voters’ support for the new government has decreased since the parliamentary election and according to a survey, almost half of the voters think that the government is doing a bad job.

Now Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is commenting on the headwind in public opinion.

– You should have some ice in your stomach, it’s been ten weeks. This is a marathon and you have to be systematic and persistent, he says in P1 Morgon.

The government has received harsh criticism for having broken several election promises. Among other things, the electricity subsidy will come in February – not in November as promised. The price of petrol and diesel has also been reduced significantly less than what was said.

But according to the prime minister, no promises have been broken.

– We do exactly everything we said we would do, says Ulf Kristersson.

Two passenger cars collided head-on on the Bergsnäs bridge in Luleå on Monday morning, reports say SVT News Norrbotten.

Another third car ran into the vehicle in front. There is a total standstill in traffic, announces SOS alarm.

Three people were involved in the accident. One person has been taken to hospital, but there is no information on the condition of the injuries.

SMHI warns of ice and traffic disruptions during the morning and afternoon in eastern and inner Svealand.

It is rain or freezing rain that can cause the problems.

There is a risk of delays in bus, train and air traffic and canceled departures, they write on their website.

Two helicopters have collided over a beach in the state of Queensland in Australia, reports ABC News.

According to the police, four people have died and several have been injured in the accident.

The other helicopter managed to land safely.

The accident occurred on the Gold Coast, one of the country’s most popular tourist regions.