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Building a new nuclear power plant

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Iran has started building a new nuclear power plant, according to the country’s atomic energy authority, writes TT.

It is being built in the province of Khuzestan in southwestern Iran and should be completed in eight years.

The announcement comes less than two weeks after Iran stated that it has now enriched uranium up to 60 percent.

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  • Believe in lower inflation going forward

    Believe in better times. Photo: Christine Olsson/TT

    Deputy Governor of the Riksbank Anna Breman believes that the worst of inflation may be behind us.

    – I think we are back to around two percent around the turn of the year to 2024, says Deputy Governor of the Riksbank Anna Breman in SVT’s Economic Agency.

    But she says that it can change quickly in a troubled environment and it can have an impact on the Swedish economy.

    – It is a very worried world, anything can happen next year.

  • Thousands of passports left with the police: “Can be destroyed”

    After the summer passport chaos, the police have new worries.

    172,000 passports have not been retrieved, and now the police have had enough, reports SVT.

    – Now we have to start getting tougher. After four months, we will destroy them, says police group leader Örjan Hvass to SVT.

    The fact that the passports, which have already been paid for and cost SEK 400 each, have not been collected is something that puzzles the police.

    – I think it feels crazy, says Örjan Hvass.

  • Ten thousand police surround criminal gangs

    The government of El Salvador is trying to stop the criminal gangs’ control over the suburb of Soyapango in the capital San Salvador and ordered ten thousand police officers to surround the area on Saturday night, writes TT.

    “As of now, Soyapango is completely circumscribed,” President Nayib Bukele wrote on social media.

    El Salvador has been fighting the gangs intensively for nine months and so far 58,000 people have been arrested, but has been criticized for, among other things, brutality and summary arrests.

    In this Plus article you can read more about the violent gangs in El Salvador and Honduras.

  • Monster wave kills woman on cruise

    One woman died and four were injured when a monster wave hit a cruise ship last week, reports say CNN.

    The passengers on the ship Viking Polaris were on a cruise to Antarctica when it blew up into a severe storm off Argentina.

    The storm caused a so-called monster wave that broke several of the ship’s windows. The broken glass hit an American woman who died. Four people have received injuries that are not life-threatening.

    “It is with great sadness that we confirm that a woman has died as a result of the incident,” writes Viking Cruises.

  • Man stabbed in stairwell

    A man has been stabbed in a stairwell in Bandhagen in southern Stockholm.

    The man was taken by ambulance to hospital and is said to have been able to speak, according to the police.

    There is no information on whether anyone has been arrested. A preliminary investigation into serious assault has been launched.

  • Former intelligence chief arrested – suspected of cover-up murder

    The former head of South Korea’s security service, Suh Hoon, has been arrested on suspicion of helping to cover up the murder of a high-ranking official in the South Korean fishing industry.

    The murder must have taken place on the border with North Korea, writes TT.

    He is accused of destroying intelligence reports about the officer’s murder.

  • President remains in office despite ‘serious violations’

    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth

    South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa does not intend to resign even though he may face impeachment.

    The background is a theft of money hidden in a sofa in a house belonging to the president. The money must have been a payment for buffaloes that he sold, writes TT.

    A parliamentary committee investigating the case has concluded that Ramaphosa was guilty of “serious violations” of the constitution and the country’s corruption laws.

    The ruling ANC party, to which Ramaphosa belongs, has held a crisis meeting about the allegations.

    – President Ramaphosa is not resigning because of a flawed report, announced spokesperson Vincent Magwenya, according to TT.

  • Man stabbed on tram

    A man has been stabbed on a tram in Biskopsgården in Gothenburg, reports Gothenburg Post.

    The suspects fled the scene while the victim was taken to hospital, according to the newspaper.

    The man who was stabbed is known to the police from before, but it is not known if the incident has connections to the gang environment.

    – It’s probably not completely clear yet, says duty officer Johan Ljung to GP.

    The man is said to have been seriously injured, but not life-threatening, according to the police.

  • Putin to travel to Donbass

    Vladimir Putin. Photo: AP TT NEWS AGENCY

    Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to visit Donbass in Ukraine.

    – It will certainly happen eventually because it is part of the Russian Federation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to the Russian state news agency TASS.

    Donbass is one of the regions that Putin himself has annexed and declared Russian.

  • Fire in older abandoned house: “Will burn down”

    During Friday afternoon, a fire started in an older two-story house in Torslanda on Hisingen in Gothenburg. When the emergency services arrived, the house was engulfed in flames.

    At 7:30 p.m., the emergency services announce that the fire is under control.

    – It’s an abandoned house so they will let it burn down. But we will be on site throughout the night for post-extinguishing and monitoring, says Betina Svensson, alarm and line operator at the rescue service.

    Adjacent road 155 has been closed during the rescue work due to rain of sparks.

    It is unclear if anyone was injured in connection with the fire.

  • Fire rages in Mönsterås

    A fire has raged in a caravan and a garage building in Mönsterås, Småland. The fire started in the caravan.

    – It’s completely overheated. The caravan and the garage are beyond rescue, announced Tobias Josefsson, officer on duty at the rescue service.

    – Forces on site prioritize saving adjacent properties in the form of a larger industrial premises and a larger warehouse, says Tobias Josefsson.

    At a quarter past six, the firefighters had the fire under control.

    – We are in the process of extinguishing the last one, but leaving a unit for observation, says Tim Lundqvist, emergency operator at the rescue service.

    No one is said to have been injured in the fire.

    The fire is the third in the area in four days, write The barometer.

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