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A security chief has died in an armed attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran’s capital Tehran, Al Jazeera reports.

“The attacker broke through the guard post and killed the security chief with a Kalashnikov rifle,” the country’s foreign ministry said, according to the newspaper.

Several people are said to have been injured in the attack.

The police say to the newspaper that they have arrested a suspect and that they are now trying to investigate the motive behind the attack.

The government wants to make the grading of national tests more equal – and counteract grade inflation and reduce teachers’ workload.

The Swedish National Agency for Education has therefore been tasked with preparing the introduction of central correction of the essay parts in digital national tests in Swedish, Swedish as a second language and English.

– Today there are big differences in how teachers assess the national tests, it shouldn’t be like that. Through central correction, the government wants grading to be more equal throughout the country, says Education Minister Lotta Edholm (L).

Seven people have been arrested after an operation in Sundsvall, the Public Prosecutor’s Office announces.

Several of the people are suspected of, among other things, preparation for murder, serious weapons offences, serious drug offences, and preparation for public dangerous devastation, as well as breach of the Act on Flammable and Explosive Goods, a serious crime.

– Me and the police in Sundsvall are relieved and very satisfied, through this successful operation we have been able to prevent several serious violent crimes from occurring. Among other things, a murder and a number of explosions, says Deputy Chief Prosecutor Karin Everitt.

The persons will be questioned during the day.

During the night, the police were alerted to loud explosions in the Öster city area in Jönköping.

At the scene, the police found damage to a property which indicates that a shooting must have taken place.

– It is a residential building that may have been shot at, says Monica Bergström, press spokesperson at the police.

There is no information that anyone has been injured.

– There is no information that the shooting can be connected to previous acts of violence. We have staff on site who are trying to form an idea of ​​what happened.

The incident is currently being investigated as aggravated weapons offense and aggravated unlawful threat.

The police have been alerted to an accident on Ekerö outside Stockholm, where a car driver has run over a pedestrian.

The pedestrian has been taken to hospital by ambulance, but there is no further information on the extent of the injuries at this time.

The car must be recovered from the scene. The police are on the scene to investigate the accident.

The city of Hong Kong in China will ban the cannabinoid CBD starting Wednesday, AP reports.

According to the Customs Authority, CBD will be classified as a “dangerous drug”. A term that has stirred strong feelings among CBD advocates in the city. This is because they believe that the cannabinoid can relieve a number of ailments, including anxiety, and that you don’t get high when using it.

The decision to criminalize the production, use and sale of CBD was already taken in 2022. And for several months, the population has been able to dispose of their CBD products in special boxes set up around the city.

Confectionery company Cloetta flags for more expensive sweets, TT reports.

This when, among other things, the sale of loose sweets increased organically by 21 percent. The company, which is behind successful candies such as Kexchoklad, Gott och blandat and Juleskum, also believes that the cost increases are driven by rising wage and energy costs.

“Given continued cost inflation, we have announced further price increases, which will gradually come into effect during the first quarter. We will continue to take the necessary measures to protect the business and at the same time counteract the impact that reduced consumer purchasing power can have on our volumes,” writes CEO Henri de Sauvage-Nolting in the financial statement to TT.

The possible price increases are expected even though Cloetta increased its turnover significantly during the fourth quarter. Net sales amounted to just over SEK 1.9 billion, an increase of 14.6 percent compared to the same period last year.

During the night of Friday, two people were arrested on suspicion of robbing a 35-year-old man in Gothenburg.

The two men allegedly showed a knife to the 35-year-old and demanded his mobile phone. The man, who alerted the police himself, is said to have also received a scratch on his neck.

Soon after, the police were able to arrest the two suspects.

The police have been called to a row of terraced houses in Gullspång municipality due to a fire that broke out.

The townhouse location consists of several smaller apartments.

– All apartments are vacated. I have no information that anyone will be injured, says Peter Adlersson, press spokesperson at the police.

The fire started in one of the apartments and then spread to more. Even the long wind has become filled with smoke.

– It is unclear what caused the fire to break out, says Ulf Seglet, officer on duty at the rescue service.

A 45-year-old man is suspected of assaulting a 40-year-old woman in Borås on Thursday evening.

The suspected assault took place in an apartment and the woman allegedly had several teeth knocked out, the police write on their website.

The man is now arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault.

Yesterday, the government decided to shut down the so-called suspension investigation, which was to investigate a canceled suspension deduction.

Now the Sweden Democrats are criticizing the decision and summoning Minister for the Elderly and Social Insurance Anna Tenje (M) to the “affected committee”.

– The government’s decision to shut down the investigation that was supposed to review the retirement allowance was unknown to us and is not something we have been involved in.

This is what Linda Lindberg, social policy spokesperson for SD, says in a press release and continues:

– Karen’s day is a big burden for many particularly vulnerable professional groups in, among other things, healthcare, not least in these times when many Swedes experience great economic uncertainty. We are very critical of the government choosing to make this decision.