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Investigation into Bolsonaro’s diamonds
today at 01:07 Johan Edgar
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has arrived at police headquarters in the capital Brasilia after three months in the United States.
He is being investigated for receiving jewels worth several millions from Saudi Arabia and then trying to hide them.
The president, who stayed away after the election loss last year, has not answered what he intended to do with the diamonds. (TT)
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The call: Ban private flights on Bromma
The red-green government in the city of Stockholm wants private aircraft to be banned at Bromma airport, reports P4 Stockholm.
But it is the government that must make the decision, by changing the ownership directive to Swedavia, which operates the airport.
– The emissions are 40 times more per person compared to a regular air traveller, we think that is unreasonable, says Åsa Lindhagen (Mp), Stockholm’s environmental and climate citizens’ council, to the radio.
Ukraine ready to negotiate on Crimea
Ukraine now opens to negotiate on Crimea. This is reported by the Financial Times.
One must be ready to negotiate the future of the peninsula with Russia if the Ukrainian army succeeds in reaching all the way forward in its offensive.
That’s what a top Ukrainian adviser says to the Financial Times.
Suspected murder in Hagfors – three arrested
A preliminary investigation regarding murder has been started after a person was found dead just in a community north of Hagfors in Värmland.
The dead person was found this morning.
The alarm came to the police at 09.40. The person was found outdoors in a residential area.
A preliminary investigation regarding murder or manslaughter was opened.
During the day, four people were arrested by the police. Three of them are now under arrest and the fourth has been released.
The police write on their website that several locations are currently cordoned off.
A technical investigation is underway and is expected to continue during the evening.
Two cars and moose in accident on E18
A car collided with a moose on the E18 outside Töcksfors in Värmland on Wednesday evening.
Then another car drove into the other.
Six people are involved in the accident, but their injuries are unclear.
There is a complete standstill in traffic on the E18 in the direction of Norway. The road will be closed for a couple of hours, the police wrote at 9:30 p.m.
Cobra caused an emergency landing
A South African pilot had to make an emergency landing after a long cobra appeared next to him in the cockpit.
Rudolph Erasmus flew four passengers in a private plane. At 11,000 feet, he suddenly felt something move beside him, at his hip.
At first he thought his water bottle was leaking.
But when he looked down, he saw a cobra disappear under the chair.
The discovery led to his decision to land immediately.
– Everyone on the plane kept calm, luckily, he tells the local news site Lowvelder.
No one was bitten by the snake.
Injured man found in stairwell
Shortly before 8 p.m., the police received an alert about an injured man in a stairwell to an apartment building in Svedala.
The man was taken to hospital by ambulance. The police suspect that he has been the victim of a crime.
The incident is being investigated as aggravated assault and aggravated unlawful threats. One person has been arrested.
Man shot – big effort
A major effort is underway in Skärholmen. Photo: Aftonbladet
A man has been shot near the subway in Skärholmen in southern Stockholm.
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Man arrested for rape
Early on Wednesday evening, the police received an alert that a woman had been raped indoors in Södertälje municipality.
A suspected perpetrator was arrested at the scene.
The woman was taken away to be examined and then interviewed.
The police do not want to give any more details about the incident, but say that they have been able to secure some items at the scene.
They will also do a technical survey.
Dipped own chopsticks in everyone’s ginger – caught
Two men in Japan used their own chopsticks to eat ginger from an all-you-can-eat bowl at a sushi joint in Osaka.
A breach of common sense and etiquette, most people would agree. But now the men have been arrested for “sabotage against business operations” write The Guardian.
The men had posted videos of their meal on social media and described the whole thing as a joke. But in Japan, the problem of dirty behavior in restaurants is taken very seriously – and has started to be take action against “sushi terrorism”.
For example, a 21-year-old has been charged for licking a bottle of soy sauce that was on a conveyor belt.
In another video, a person is seen licking the spoon of a jar of green tea powder that was used by several diners.
Not a fun day at the Stockholm Stock Exchange
The Stockholm stock exchange fell today and many shares lost heavily.
SEB fell 7.0 percent and Evolution went down 1.8 percent.
Another loser was the property company SBB, which closed at 8.2 percent down.
The cloud service company Sinch lost 8.9 percent.
But several shares went against the tide, TT reports.
Astra Zeneca rose 3.2 percent. The hygiene company Essity and the telecom company Tele2 lifted 2.2 and 1.5 percent, respectively.
Among leading European stock exchanges, it was not as bad as in Stockholm.
The FTSE100 index in London rose 0.4 percent.
The CAC40 index in Paris and the DAX index in Frankfurt fell by 0.4 and 0.5 percent, respectively.
Fire in Russian defense building
There is a fire in a building belonging to the Russian Ministry of Defense in Moscow, reports the Russian news agency Tass.
Videos on social media show black smoke reportedly rising from the defense building.
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Long since diligent “column” icon Matilda Andersson 💛 was created here. Has she quit Aftonbladet?
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Matilda is left! She works as a live editor at Aftonbladet tv for a while, so she manages the broadcasts.
But I will shout that she is long awaited!
Have you been told what kind of white powder was in the envelopes that many authorities received earlier and if you suspect anyone?
It is interesting to know if it was “sharp mode” or just scare tactics.
Gurr
It was harmless.
According to the County Administrative Board in Sörmland, it was baking powder.
It appears that the restart of reactor 4 (which began at the end of March) has stalled, but it is not completely stopped.
Here you can see current production.
Why isn’t Donald Trump in custody…?
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The crimes he is suspected of are probably not serious enough for that (too low a penalty value).
Never ends the misery with Ringhals 4 saw that they had to stop the ongoing start again
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Yes, there has been a lot of trouble with Ringhals lately.
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