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Iranian TV station closed in London
Independent London-based Iran International TV has been advised by British police to close its operations in the country. This is due to “significant escalation of state-backed threats from Iran”, reports TT.
– I can’t believe it has gone this far. A foreign state has caused such a significant threat to the British public on British soil that we have to move, says the broadcaster’s director Mahmood Enayat.
Behind the closure decision late on Friday is last weekend’s arrest of a 30-year-old Austrian-Iranian man near the studio in Chiswick, west London.
He is accused of having collected information which, according to the police, is likely to be useful to a person who will commit or prepare terrorism.
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They came to the emergency room with stab wounds
Staff at the emergency room in Helsingborg contacted the police on Saturday night after a man came in with stab wounds.
The man, who is 35 years old, is said to have been attacked by an unknown perpetrator who injures him with some kind of affection.
The police are classifying the case as attempted murder.
The death toll rises – 11 dead after Cyclone Gabrielle
11 people have been confirmed dead a week after Cyclone Gabrielle made landfall in New Zealand, reports say The Guardian. Two bodies have been found in the Hawke’s Bay area of New Zealand, which is one of the worst affected.
More than 5,600 people are listed as unreachable, according to the police.
Person dead after house fire in Floda
One person has died as a result of his injuries after a house fire in Floda east of Gothenburg on Saturday evening, reports Göteborgs-Posten.
The alarm about the house fire came at 7 p.m.
– The rescue service went in with smoke divers and in connection with that a person was found, says Fredrik Flyberg, officer on duty at the police, to the newspaper.
The person was taken to hospital. Later in the night, the police announced that the person had died as a result of his injuries.
– We have started a preliminary investigation into arson and cordoned off the scene for a technical investigation, says Fredrik Flyberg. (TT)
The health minister wants to replace Sturgeon
Humza Yousaf, minister responsible for health affairs in Scotland, wants to replace Nicola Sturgeon as Scottish first minister.
– I do this because the top job requires someone with experience. Nicola Sturgeon has entrusted me with some of the government’s most difficult jobs. As Minister of Transport, as Minister of Justice and now entrusted with leading the healthcare recovery after a global pandemic, he says in a post on Twitter.
Sturgeon announced her resignation on Wednesday. (TT)
Task: 15 dead in Israeli attack on Damascus
An Israeli drone attack on Damascus at 0:30 local time Sunday night killed at least 15 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.
According to Reuters, several buildings in the capital have been destroyed.
A spokesperson for the Israeli military did not want to comment on the information for the news agency.
Blinken’s warning to China: Must never happen again
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. Photo: Petr David Josek/AP
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday in Munich, where a major security conference is taking place.
The meeting was held after the United States shot down a Chinese hot air balloon on February 4.
During the meeting, Blinken warned that such an incident “must never happen again”, according to the AFP news agency.
In an interview with NBC News, Blinken says Wang Yi did not apologize for the incident.
The Chinese balloon has caused a political uproar and caused, among other things, Blinken to cancel a planned visit to China.
The US claims the balloon was used for spying – while China says it was an isolated weather balloon that went off course.
African cheetahs have landed in India
Another African cheetah. Photo: Lenny Ignelzi/AP
Twelve cheetahs from South Africa have been flown to India, in an attempt to re-introduce the species in the country, writes BBC.
The Asiatic cheetah became extinct in the country in the 1940s, following massive poaching and lack of habitat.
Three years ago, India’s Supreme Court ruled another species of cheetah could be introduced into “carefully selected environments” in the country.
On Saturday, the Indian Air Force announced that the Predators had landed after a ten-hour flight from Johannesburg. They were then flown by helicopter to the famous Kuno National Park.
There they will now be allowed to live in freedom, together with eight cheetahs who were flown in from Namibia last year.
However, some worry that relocating animals is always fraught with risk – and releasing the cheetahs into a park could put them at risk.
The Netherlands expels Russian diplomats
Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra. Photo: Vadim Ghirda/AP
The Netherlands has expelled several Russian diplomats, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces, according to TT.
The Dutch government accuses Moscow of trying to smuggle spies into the country.
“Despite several attempts by the Dutch to find a solution, Russia continues to try to bring intelligence personnel under diplomatic cover into the Netherlands,” said Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra in a statement.
“We cannot and we will not allow this,” he continues.
The Russian diplomats now have two weeks to leave the country.
Jimmy Carter, 98, receives palliative care
Ex-President Jimmy Carter Photo: John Amis/AP
Ex-president Jimmy Carter, 98, is currently being cared for at his home, receiving palliative care.
This is reported by the news agency AP with reference to The Carter Center.
The ex-president announces that he would rather be at home and receive care at the end of his life than be admitted to a care facility.
Democrat Jimmy Carter became the 39th President of the United States when he won the election over Gerald Ford in 1976.
He served one term and was then defeated by Ronald Reagan in 1980.
Young man injured with a knife – great effort
Several police patrols and an ambulance were called to Hässelby beach in western Stockholm at 20.12.
A witness had met a bloody man who had come running outside.
– It is a man in his 20s who is injured with a knife or something else sharp, says police spokesperson Daniel Wikdahl.
The injured man was followed by a masked person, who disappeared in another direction, the police say.
The man had to be taken to hospital by ambulance. The police are investigating the incident as aggravated assault, but no one has yet been arrested.
“Finds in the area cause the police to set up a cordon, but the exact crime scene and what took place there are currently unclear,” the police write on their website.
Warning: Avalanche danger
Photo: Mats Lennartsson/TT
Are you planning a Sunday trip to the mountains?
Then it may be time to think again – or at least stay up to date on the avalanche situation.
In southern Jämtlandfjällen, southern Laplandfjällen and western Vindelfjällen, the avalanche risk is assessed as “significant”, a third on the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s five-point scale, writes TT.
The areas are also warned of drifting snowdrifts, which means that snow blows in and accumulates on the leeward side of slopes.
At the same time, SMHI has issued a yellow warning for wind in combination with snowfall on Kalfjäll, which is valid until Sunday at 4 p.m.
“Unaccustomed visitors are advised not to go out on the mountain,” writes SMHI.
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Hello! I wonder how Sweden’s government views the matter if Finland joins NATO itself, without Sweden. Personally, I think that Finland should join as soon as possible regardless of how Sweden is doing, mainly because Finland is much worse on the map than we are.
Jorgen
We have been looking for Prime Minister Kristersson and Foreign Minister Billström all evening to get an answer to that.
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How many have died in Turkey and Syria respectively regarding the earthquake.
Rolf Strom
The latest data estimates roughly 5,800 dead in Syria and over 40,000 in Turkey.
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I see on SKN’s website that a nuclear power plant appears to be flooded, what has happened?
Alf Persson
Hello! Forsmark’s reactor 2 is running at half speed after a minor steam leak that they are fixing.
There should be no danger and it should start up again tonight, according to Vattenfall.
What happens if Finland joins NATO and Sweden is not approved. Is it then free for Putin to take Gotland from Kallingrad to begin with?
Worried
Hello! Even if Finland is approved, but not Sweden, we have security guarantees from several countries because we are an applicant country.
So no, it is not “freedom”. Other countries will, most likely, react.
Is it wrong to write what brand it was on the electric scooter that started to burn?
Stefan Nilsson
Hi Stefan! In this case, the police have not disclosed the brand of the electric scooter.
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