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The US State Department has approved a new arms deal with Taiwan, TT reports.

The US is selling a brand new system for fighting combat vehicles, according to the Pentagon.

The sale lands at 180 million dollars (about 1.9 billion kroner).

The deal includes ammunition, vehicles, logistics support and several other support systems.

Police region Stockholm wants to fire a policeman who is suspected of drug offences, drugged driving and doping offences.

The policeman was stopped at a traffic control in mid-December. During the house search, 136 narcotic tablets were found in his apartment. In questioning, the policeman has told, among other things, that on several occasions he ordered drugs from the darknet site Flugsvamp 4.0 and paid with bitcoin.

Police region Stockholm writes that the policeman “showed a lack of judgment that seriously disturbed the employer’s trust in him” which should lead to a dismissal.

The police personnel responsibility committee must now decide whether this will be the case.

A Ukrainian robot is said to have crashed in Belarus, according to Reuters.

The information comes from the Russian state news agency Tass, which also states that Lukashenko should have been informed.

The alleged incident allegedly took place in the Ivanivsky area, in southwestern Belarus and near the border with Ukraine.

According to Tass, it is the S-300 robot, which was developed for use by Soviet forces, and which is currently used in the war by both Russia and Ukraine.

The article is updated.

Will there be any electricity support for northern Sweden?

The question was put to the Minister of Business and Energy Ebba Busch (KD) at today’s press conference on electricity prices.

– We do not rule anything out, but continuously look at how households and businesses are affected, what are effective measures and what else we can do.

The minister emphasizes that electricity prices in the south have been a reality for a long time.

– But now that we see that more households are affected, we do not rule out coming up with further measures. Some of the households in electricity areas three and four [södra halvan av Sverige] which receives support now in February, it was very difficult already last winter. But we are continuously looking at that question and will come back, says Busch.

Slippery roads and several accidents have occurred in Bergslagen during the day.

Among other things, two vehicles have collided head-on at the intersection of the E45 and national highway 62 in Torsby in Värmland. The extent of the damage is still unclear.

– There is a lot of mountain traffic in that area, says Sophia Jigland, press officer at the police region Bergslagen.

In Hedemora and outside Falun, two vehicles have driven off the road due to the slip. In both cases, all persons escaped unharmed.

To mitigate the effects of inflation and high electricity prices, companies must be allowed to defer tax payments.

This was announced by Minister of Business and Energy Ebba Busch (KD) and Minister of Finance Elisabeth Svantesson (M) at a press conference.

– The proposals will make it easier for many companies when they feel that liquidity is tough, says Svantesson.

Tax deferrals have been used as a support measure during the pandemic.

The government wants to increase the number of months that companies can defer taxes and fees from nine to twelve months. The companies must also be able to apply for a grace period for April-June 2022. The outer deadline is moved from 12 February to 12 September 2023.

The measure is expected to cost approximately 130 million for 2023 and will be presented as an amendment budget to the Riksdag.

The fighting in Ukraine is at a stalemate. Neither Russia nor Ukraine is making significant progress. This is what the Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov says BBC in an interview where he describes that the situation has stuck.

– We cannot defeat them in all directions. Neither can they. We very much look forward to new weapons support and the arrival of more advanced weapons, says Budanov.

Earlier in December, there were reports of several Russian military setbacks on the battlefield in Ukraine.

It has also been reported that Russia is planning a new ground offensive in early 2023, which could be another attempt to capture Kyiv. However, this information is dismissed by Kyrylo Budanov, who refers to the fact that a train full of Russian soldiers, which was recently transported to the Ukrainian border in Belarus, was sent back after a few hours.

– They made it open during the day so that everyone could see. At the moment, I see no signs of preparations for an invasion of Kyiv or the northern areas from Belarus, he says, to the BBC.

This year, the government of Venezuela is handing out action figures who fight against the “American empire” as Christmas presents to the country’s poorest children, reports the Norwegian Nettavisen.

The “Super Bigote” action figure resembles the country’s president Nicolas Maduro. In a cartoon on state television in the country, Super Bigote battles a Donald Trump-like character.

The Christmas presents are given out every year and usually come in the form of bicycles, barbie dolls and toy cars.

A workplace accident has occurred in Strängnäs.

The alarm was received by SOS in the morning and according to the police there must have been a gas explosion at the scene.

One person was injured in connection with the incident and taken to hospital by ambulance, according to the police.

There is no information on the state of damage.

The police are on the scene to find out what happened.

Petrol will be 45 öre more expensive and costs SEK 19.45 a litre, according to the recommended prices at manned stations, writes TT.

Diesel is raised by 10 öre and thus costs SEK 24.02 per litre.

During the morning, the police received an alarm about an injured person in a vehicle in a parking lot in Danderyd municipality.

The police established that it was a dead person and the scene was cordoned off.

Since crime cannot be ruled out, the police have opened a preliminary investigation into murder.

According to information to Aftonbladet, the person has been shot.

– I will not go into what makes us suspect crime, but we have started a preliminary investigation into murder, says Towe Hägg, press spokesperson at the police.