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Pig slaughter is increasing – other meat is decreasing
today at 02.17 Johan Edgar
Last year, 2,672,400 pigs were slaughtered in Sweden, according to a report from the Swedish Agricultural Agency. It is the highest figure since 2011 and an increase of one percent from 2021. Translated into weight, this is over 250,000 tonnes of pigs.
For other animal species – beef, sheep, lamb and poultry – the trend is downward.
Milk production shrank, while egg production increased from low levels in 2021 due to bird flu. (TT)
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Freed prisoners can be taken to Spain
Spain has decided to offer citizenship to more than 200 prisoners who were released by Nicaragua on Thursday and brought to the United States, announced Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares.
Among those released are members of Nicaragua’s opposition and regime critics. Nicaragua’s parliament has voted to strip the freed people of their citizenship.
According to Albares, those released must now be contacted and the citizenship process promised to go quickly. (TT)
Four arrested after crackdown on tattoo artists
Four people were arrested this week when the Ecocrime Agency (EMB) raided tattooists in Norrbotten, the agency writes.
The police’s task force, the Tax Agency as well as EBM’s staff participated in what is described as extensive house searches at ten addresses in Luleå, Umeå and Linköping.
“We assess that the tattoo businesses that are the subject of our preliminary investigation have connections to serious organized crime,” says chamber prosecutor Mikael Bäckström at EBM. (TT)
Friday depression on Wall Street – worst week since December
There is still concern on the US stock market.
The broad index S&P closed at plus 0.2 percent in Friday trading – but it was still the biggest weekly loss since December, writes TT.
The Dow Jones industrial index rose 0.5 percent and the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index retreated 0.6 percent.
There is great concern on the stock market that the US central bank, the Fed, will continue with its inflation-fighting interest rate policy for longer than expected.
E45 shut down after accident
A car with three people in it has driven off the E45 at Bjälverud north of Sunne.
An effort with rescue services, healthcare and police is on site.
It is still unclear what the damage looks like.
The road is closed in both directions during the rescue work at the site.
Update: No one should be seriously injured. The road is reopened to traffic.
Car fire on Essingeleden
A car burns on Essingeleden in Stockholm.
– It is a fully developed fire in a passenger car. It is on the E4 between Stora Essingen and Gröndal in the southbound direction, says Ola Österling at the police in the Stockholm region.
Police and emergency services are on site.
There are no reports of any injuries.
There will be a very large traffic impact on the site. The police are currently directing traffic.
“Object” shot down over Alaska
An “object” is said to have been shot down by American fighter aircraft over Alaska. This allegedly happened after President Joe Biden ordered it, according to the White House.
It has not yet been stated in detail what the “object” will be about.
This is reported by the Reuters news agency.
According to the White House, the Pentagon will provide more details later today.
Recently, the US Air Force shot down a Chinese spy balloon.
According to Reuters, today’s downed “object” over Alaska must have been “much smaller” than the Chinese spy balloon and had the same size as a small passenger car.
Nor should it have had any maneuverability, as the spy balloon had.
Man dead after traffic accident
A 65-year-old man has died after a traffic accident in Torsby municipality. This is what the police write on their website.
According to the police, the man is said to have injured himself in connection with timber driving with a four-wheeler and for unclear reasons got stuck.
No crime is suspected. Relatives have been notified.
Hacker group from Sudan takes on hospital attacks
Several Swedish hospital websites were exposed to overload attacks today. Among other things, the websites of Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Academic Hospital and Region Sörmland were or are still down.
Now the hacker group Anonymous Sudan is said to be taking responsibility for the attack on the Swedish hospitals.
– They have previously threatened to carry out IT attacks against Swedish targets as a consequence of the Koran burnings, says Marcus Murray, IT security expert TrueSec, to TV4.
The care guide’s website 1177.se was also down during the afternoon, but just after 6 pm the website was working again.
Previously, Södersjukhuset’s website was also down.
Detonation in Helsingborg
The police were alerted this evening about a loud bang from the Dalhem area in Helsingborg. Police, emergency services and ambulance medical services were sent to the scene.
Extensive damage could be found on the facade and entrance to an apartment building on Annerovägen.
There are no reports of any injuries
The National Police Bomb Squad is on its way.
It cannot be ruled out that there are further dangerous objects at the site, the cordon has been extended.
Residents at the current address are asked to remain in their apartments until further notice and to follow directives from police personnel on site.
The police urge residents of the property in question and nearby properties not to stand in windows or on balconies facing the detonation site.
The incident is currently being investigated as public vandalism.
The place is cordoned off.
At around 8 p.m., the police updated that operators from the Police contact center are calling residents in nearby properties and urging them to move in. So not to leave the home for other purposes is said.
Three shot outside downtown restaurant
Several police patrols and ambulances are on the scene. Photo: Aftonbladet
A shooting has occurred near the center of Fittja, south of Stockholm.
According to initial information, two people had been found outside with gunshot wounds. The police later updated that three people had been shot.
– I have got the impression that they were close to each other when they were shot by several shots, says Ola Österling, press spokesperson for the police in the Stockholm region.
The police have a large effort on site.
– We have an operation where we search for the perpetrator or perpetrators. We have a helicopter on site immediately, says Ola Österling.
The text is updated here.
Several hospital websites down
On Södersjukhuset’s website, visitors are greeted by this. It is unclear what the problem is.
There are currently problems with accessing several Swedish hospital websites. Among other things, the websites of Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Academic Hospital and Region Sörmland are down.
It is unclear what is behind it.
The care guide’s website 1177.se was also down during the afternoon, but just after 6 pm the website was working again.
Previously, Södersjukhuset’s website was also down.
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Hi there are still protests in Iran
Tobias Ljungberg
It seems that the regime’s brutal actions have somewhat silenced the protests.
A well-known Iranian human rights lawyer had this to say CNN yesterday:
“The protests have quieted down somewhat, but that does not mean that the people are no longer angry…they still want a change of regime and a referendum”.
So far, almost 20,000 people have been arrested, and over a hundred have been sentenced to death. At the same time this week, Iranian news media stated that “tens of thousands” of prisoners will be pardoned.
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