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Man stabs taxi driver
During the night, a taxi driver was stabbed by a male customer in Gothenburg.
The man allegedly stabbed the driver in a shoulder and a finger. The driver then collides and the suspect leaves the car and the scene.
When the police arrived at the scene, they took up a report about the incident and the driver was taken to hospital.
The incident is being investigated as attempted murder.
The suspect has not been found.
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Electricity money can be delayed until March
At the end of February, the first of the 4.3 million households in southern and central Sweden will receive the promised electricity subsidy.
But for some people, it may take until March before the support arrives, writes TT.
The reason is that it involves millions of households and large sums in total, which means that not everyone can get money at the same time.
At the end of January, the idea is that Försäkringskassan will go out with more information to households about when and how the payments are to be made.
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China’s population is declining
China’s population shrank last year for the first time in decades.
This is stated by the country’s regime, according to several international media.
Figures from China’s National Bureau of Statistics put the population size at 1.412 billion, down 850,000 people from 2021.
Childbirth in China has been steadily declining over the past ten years. One of the reasons for the population decline is considered to be that the middle class is getting bigger.
– Once you have well-educated people in cities, they will choose not to have many children, says Kent Deng, professor of economic history at the London School of Economics. to NBC.
Kremlin mocks British tanks
Britain to send more weapons to Ukraine – including 14 Challenger tanks and artillery pieces.
However, a British general warns in an internal letter that the absence of tanks will temporarily weaken Britain’s army, says Sky News.
Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke on Monday and about the delivery, saying it will not affect the war.
– These tanks will burn just like the others, he said according to Reuters.
Boris Johnson is writing a book about his time as prime minister
Boris Johnson. Photo: Liam McBurney
During his time as Prime Minister of Great Britain, Boris Johnson’s numerous scandals made headlines.
Now he will write his memoirs focusing on the years as prime minister, the book publisher HarperCollins announced The Guardian.
At the moment, no title or release date is clear. But according to publishing manager Arabella Pike, it will be “memoirs unlike any previous prime minister’s”.
Thousands protested against Iran in France
The Eiffel Tower was lit up with the words “Woman. Life. Freedom”. Photo: Michel Euler/AP/TT
Up to 12,000 people marched on Monday to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, in support of the protests in Iran.
At the same time, the Eiffel Tower in Paris was lit up with the words “Woman. Life. Freedom.” and “Stop the executions in Iran”, to show that the protest movement is still strong even outside the borders of the Islamic state, writes TT.
Somalia has captured an important port city
Somali government forces have recaptured an important port city from the terrorist movement al-Shabaab, TT reports.
The city of Haradhere, on Somalia’s east coast, has been under al-Shabaab’s control for more than a decade.
It was described as “a historic victory” by Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre.
According to Al Jazeera the terrorist movement has responded to the military’s advances with, among other things, attacks in the capital Mogadishu.
Trump’s mockery of Biden after the latest discoveries
Donald Trump. Photo: Evan Vucci
Former US President Donald Trump is now mocking Joe Biden, after several classified documents were found at home in the current president’s garage.
“This is one of apparently many places where classified documents are kept (in a large pile on the damp floor),” he writes on his platform Truth social, reports New York Post.
The move comes as Trump himself is being investigated after top-secret documents were found at his Mar-a-lago home in September.
Suspected attempted murder in Borås
A man in his 20s was found seriously injured in a stairwell in Borås. According to the police, there was a lot of blood at the scene.
– It’s a knife wound. A person who has been stabbed in the leg, says Hans-Jörgen Ostler, press spokesperson at police region West.
The man was awake and talkative. He also had stab wounds to his arm and was taken to hospital. A police operation is currently underway in the area.
– We are collecting witness information at the moment. There will certainly be cordons at the site.
According to information to Aftonbladet, the man was already known to the police.
The police are investigating the case as attempted murder, alternatively murder.
A man came to hospital with a knife in his leg
A man in his 30s took himself to the hospital in Borås with a knife in his thigh on Monday evening, according to information given to the police.
– It is likely that he was stabbed. It was callers who said he had a knife in his leg, says Hans-Jörgen Ostler, press spokesperson for police region West.
When the police arrived at the scene at 7 p.m., no knife could be found. However, the man had stab wounds to his leg.
The man is known to the police from before and it is suspected that the man was subjected to a serious assault.
There are no suspects at this time.
Menacing man shot by police in Borås
Police have shot a man in the leg in Borås, the police write on their website.
The man, who is in his 30s, behaved threateningly towards paramedics and pulled out a knife, forcing the staff to retreat.
When the police arrived at the scene, the knife threats continued and a policeman then shot the man in the leg.
The man is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of the policemen and attempted serious assault on the ambulance staff.
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What does it mean that “Warner Bros. Discovery, which has the 2024 Olympics, has acquired the pay TV rights from 2026-2032.” at the same time that SVT has taken over the rights for the Olympics. Will both broadcast the Olympics?
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Why not lower the tax on fruit and vegetables instead? Does it always have to be raises?
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Hey! Can’t see you reported anything about 40,000 Iranians demonstrating in France today? Isn’t that important enough? Would you rather report on people who have been abused on a bus ??♀️
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Is sugar-free soda also included in the Swedish Food Agency’s tax increase?
Andreas
Hey! In the radio feature, only drinks with sugar in them are mentioned.
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