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Ecuador is to release 100,000 sterile Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the Galapagos Islands to reduce the prevalence of the mosquitoes that spread zika, dengue and yellow fever.

The measure should give residents better health and reduce the transmission of diseases to tourists. In addition, the use of chemical pesticides can decrease, the responsible authority states.

The project has been going on for six years and included laboratory breeding of mosquitoes and sterilization by radiation. (TT)

An explosion has occurred at an apartment building on Rosengård in Malmö, writes Sydsvenskan.

The alarm came in shortly after midnight.

– We have not sent an ambulance at the moment, but only the emergency services and the police. The ambulance is initially waiting, says Sören Gustavsson, team leader at SOS Alarm, to the newspaper.

The facade of the house is said to have been damaged.

During Thursday’s snow chaos in Gothenburg, the Hisingsbron got stuck in the folded position.

According to the police, there was “chaos” at the site when people were to climb between the bridge flaps – a gap of around 1.5 metres.

About a hundred people chose to climb over the bridge, the police said Echo.

And they may have committed crimes.

– You could probably find applicable criminal classifications. Among other things, you may not enter track areas. But it depends a little on how the signage looks, says police spokesperson Hans-Jörgen Ostler to Ekot.

The police in Karlsruhe, Germany, have arrested a man after a hostage drama at a pharmacy.

“At 9:10 p.m., a special police unit entered the pharmacy. A suspected perpetrator was arrested. The building is currently being searched. According to preliminary information, no one has been injured,” the police write on Twitter.

It is unclear how many people were taken hostage. Earlier in the evening, the police chose not to release the information for tactical reasons, but said that it involved several people, writes TT.

Eggs from Dava foods may contain salmonella and are being recalled.

This applies to the products Familjens val 24-pack with a best-before date of March 13 and Breakfast Eggs 12-pack with a best-before date of March 12, the company announced in a press release.

An internal investigation at the egg distributor shows that there may be “a small risk” that the eggs contain salmonella.

The packages are sold in Ica stores around Sweden.

“There is most likely no danger with these eggs, but we still want to be on the safe side,” writes the company. (TT)

A new campaign is to reduce the use of the fully legal intoxicant nitrous oxide, writes TT and refers to a press release from the government.

Now the Medical Products Agency, the Public Health Agency and the county administrations are tasked with informing about the risks of the gas.

It will also be investigated whether an age limit on nitrous oxide should be introduced.

The use of nitrous oxide has increased, mainly among young people. According to the government, there has been a significant increase in calls to the Poisons Information Center about nitrous oxide, both from private individuals and from healthcare.

Here you can read more about what the Poisons Information Center writes about nitrous oxide as an intoxicant.

US authorities have closed the troubled Silicon Valley Bank and taken control of its assets.

The announcement comes after the troubled bank was yesterday forced to sell a large part of its securities holdings at a loss.

Something that created enormous anxiety and caused the world’s stock markets to crash. Several major banks are among the biggest losers both in Sweden and Europe.

– It is a clear indication that the tough times are really here, said economist Frida Bratt to Aftonbladet earlier today.

Silicon Valley Bank primarily targets technology and growth companies.

The Swedish Transport Administration warns that there are many moose that wander and move across the roads.

This applies in Dalarna County and mainly in the municipalities of Malung/Sälen, Vansbro, Mora and Älvdalen.

“Be aware of vulnerable game warning signs”.

The prosecutor has mitigated the suspicions against a 22-year-old man who is in custody after what was considered to be a double murder in Ulricehamn in Western Gotland.

It was in September last year that several men allegedly entered the 22-year-old’s apartment via the balcony. He is said to have killed two of them with a knife, which he has admitted.

The man is now instead suspected of two counts of murder.

That’s what TT writes.

– After getting the entire investigation in place, I believe that it is to be judged as murder, a less serious crime than murder, says Chamber Prosecutor Martin Svensson to P4 Sjuhärad.

Here you can read more.

The police have a large operation in Karlsruhe in Germany due to an ongoing hostage drama, reports German Bild.

There should be no danger to the public.

The newspaper writes that for security reasons the police do not want to go into how many people are inside the pharmacy and that they have contact with the hostage taker.

The alarm came in at 4.30pm on Friday.

A large area has been cordoned off and police special forces are on their way to the scene.

Several people are being treated for serious injuries after the mass shooting in Hamburg yesterday.

A 35-year-old man shot and killed six people and an unborn child in the Jehovah’s Witnesses meeting place before taking his own life.

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was previously mayor of Hamburg, says today that he “can’t find any words”.

– We fear that more will die from their severe injuries, he said when he commented on the act, according to Reuters.