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Twitter feud between Musk and the BBC
Twitter CEO Elon Musk and the BBC have found themselves at each other’s throats.
It’s all about Twitter labeling the British public service company as “government-funded media”.
The BBC writes in a statement to CNN that they are discussing with Twitter to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.
“The BBC is, and always has been, independent. We are funded by the British public through the license fee,” they write.
Twitter has previously used the label “state-affiliated” media about news sources such as Russia Today and China’s Xinhua – both of which are tightly controlled by the state.
This week, the US public service company NPR was branded with the same label. It sent the company into a frenzy, whereupon Twitter changed the label to “government-funded”.
They have not answered how Twitter defines that term.
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Two migrants dead in the Mediterranean – 20 missing
At least two people have died and around 20 are missing after yet another accident in the Mediterranean with a migrant boat, writes TT.
The boat was on its way from Tunisia to Italy.
22 people managed to be rescued, the German volunteer group ResQship told the AFP news agency. They were taken to the town of Lampedusa in Italy.
The survivors are men, women and children from Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Mali.
The dead were two men.
A total of around 40 migrants were on the boat when it sank during the night between Saturday and Sunday. They had been in the water for two hours before the rescue boat arrived.
Big step towards cancer vaccine thanks to the pandemic
Groundbreaking progress has been made in vaccine research for diseases such as cancer, tumors and autoimmune diseases thanks to knowledge gained during the pandemic.
This is stated by several pharmaceutical companies for The Guardian.
According to several pharmaceutical companies, several new vaccines could be in place within just ten years. This is reported by TT.
Some researchers have stated that upwards of 15 years of research was earned in just 12–18 months during the intense pandemic years.
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer says it has gained many important experiences and has been able to streamline its vaccine research after the pandemic.
In a statement it is written:
“The lessons learned from the covid-19 vaccine development have given us broader information about our overall approach to mRNA research and development, and how Pfizer conducts research and development more broadly. We gained a decade of scientific knowledge in just one year”.
Eight are missing after the house collapse in Marseille
A fire has complicated the rescue work. Photo: AP
A four-story building in the southern French city of Marseille collapsed early this morning after a suspected explosion.
A fire broke out after the landslide, which has complicated the search for people. As of Sunday afternoon, more than 100 firefighters were still battling the flames.
Eight people are missing and are feared to be trapped under the rubble, reports say The Guardian.
– Not all those who should have been in the house…have been looked after. Families are worried, says France’s housing minister to Franceinfo.
Five people in neighboring buildings were injured in the landslide. A further 33 were taken care of by paramedics.
Person was pinned under quad bike
A person crashed his four-wheeler this evening and had the vehicle roll over him, local media reports.
The accident occurred in the forest outside Torestorp in Marks municipality shortly before 7 p.m.
– The person is awake and able to speak and has himself called 112. We have managed to get to the scene and managed to remove the four-wheeler, says Pontus Studahl, officer on duty at Södra Älvsborg’s rescue services association, to Borås Newspaper.
According to Mark-Posten the emergency services had to use a six-wheeler to get the person out.
At 8 p.m., the person had been taken to hospital with unknown injuries.
Shooting in Örebro – police hunt for perpetrators
A shooting occurred in the Oxhagen district in Örebro on Sunday afternoon, reports Nerikes Allehanda.
The police classify the incident as aggravated weapons offense and attempted murder.
– At 17.55 we receive a call from Oxhagen, where witnesses see one or more perpetrators firing shots at a group of people at the scene. When we got there, both the suspected perpetrators and the plaintiff had left, says Olle Lund, officer on duty at the police, to TT.
No injured person is said to have been found.
The police have cordoned off the crime scene, and have searched for suspected perpetrators in the area with the help of both dog patrol and drones, TT reports.
Snowmobiles have collided with trees
A rescue operation was launched in Härjedalsfjällen this afternoon, after a snowmobile ran into a tree.
The snowmobile driver was injured and had to be taken by ambulance helicopter to Östersund Hospital.
There is no information on how serious the injuries are.
Last Nuremberg prosecutor dead
Benjamin “Ben” Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg Trials, has died.
He was one of those who put the Nazis on trial for genocide and war crimes after the end of World War II. In 1947, he helped prosecute 22 Nazi commanders for the murders of over a million people – all were convicted, several to death.
Ferencz also, as one of the first outsiders, personally witnessed the horrors of the concentration camps, writes TT.
He also co-founded the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Ben Ferencz fell asleep at his home in Boynton Beach, Florida last Friday. He lived to be 103 years old.
Man who was shot by police has been arrested
The man who was shot by the police in connection with an intervention in Karlskrona during the night of Friday has been detained, writes TT.
The man, who is in his 30s, had broken into a home. According to SVT, the man was armed with an ax and chainsaw.
The police described the situation as threatening.
The man is now in custody on suspicion of attempted murder and damage.
Teachers asked students to write their obituaries
A Florida teacher has been fired after assigning students to write their own obituaries, reports say NBC News.
The task was given before an exercise in how to act during a school shooting.
The 63-year-old psychology teacher does not think he did anything wrong. He says he wanted the teenage students to reflect on their own lives during the exercise.
– It wasn’t to scare them or make them feel like they were going to die, but just to help them understand what’s important in life, he says to the TV channel.
– If we can’t really talk to them, what will happen to the world?
At the end of March, 74 people had been killed or injured in school shootings in the United States since the turn of the year, writes TT and refers to the American public service company NPR.
Man killed in scooter accident
A 55-year-old man has died after a snowmobile accident in Tärnaby in Storuman municipality on Saturday, writes TT.
The man was taken to hospital by ambulance helicopter, but on Sunday, Region Västerbotten reported that the man died of his injuries.
– It was a side collision, where the snowmobile had driven into the side of the passenger car, stated Hans Lindmark, RLC officer at the police in Umeå to VK.
The incident is being investigated as negligence in traffic.
Collision in Gothenburg led to stop in tunnel
Two cars have collided in Gothenburg.
The accident led to the closure of the Tingstad Tunnel just after three o’clock on Sunday.
– There is a stop in the direction of Hisingen, says Thomas Fuxborg at the police in the west region.
It is unclear when the tunnel can open up to traffic again.
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There is a police helicopter circling in Haninge. What happened?
CHRISTOPHER FRISK
According to the police, it was a burglar in Haninge who was caught red-handed by the residents and then fled from there.
Why are housing prices in Västerås cheaper than in Enköping? – Västerås, which is a significantly larger city, has training courses etc
Karin
Do not know. But a small guess here from the editors is that Enköping is closer to Stockholm. More attractive commuting distance, etc.
Has the ferry docked yet?
EVA
Hello Eva!
The Gotland ferry went into port at 2 p.m.
Will there be any text by Jan Guillou today?
Ride
Ride Arthur Strömberg
Hi Ake! Yay, now it’s out! Here you can read!
Saw on tiktok that there is a fire in Hamburg in some warehouse building or chemical plant. I don’t see any info about it
Patrick
Hi Patrick! Exactly, there is a fire in a warehouse in Rothenburgsort, and a warning to the public has been issued. You can read about the event here.
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