Latest news – Rising death toll in Turkey

A strong earthquake occurred at 02:17, Swedish time, in Turkey. It was measured at 7.8 on the Richter scale, according to the US seismological agency USGS. Other sources reported similar magnitudes, as low as 7.4.

The quake had its epicenter outside the city of Gaziantep, near the border with Syria.

The governor of nearby Adiyaman tells the Turkish newspaper Sabah that large buildings have collapsed.

According to testimonies on social media, the earthquake was also felt in Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon and Israel.

Read more in Aftonbladet’s article.

A major power outage has occurred in western Stockholm. Since 01:54, 9,426 subscribers are without power in the Bromma area, Ellevio states in its outage map.

There is still no forecast as to when power may return.

Greater Stockholm local traffic (SL) must pay eight million kroner in fines for how the company’s controllers used body cameras, writes DN.

According to the Swedish Data Protection Agency, the cameras were used in a way that violated the data protection regulation – they recorded for too long and the cameras have been used to identify thieves more easily.

The decision can be appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court. Since 2021, SL has changed the way it works with the cameras.

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The Center for Human Rights in Iran dismisses Iran’s amnesty for “tens of thousands of prisoners” as a hoax.

Several hundred people were killed by Iranian security forces in the protests that erupted across the country last year, after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of Iran’s morality police in Tehran.

According to the human rights organization, it is unlikely that a large number of prisoners would be released.

– The pardons appear to be more propaganda than concern a large number of political prisoners, says head Hadi Ghaemi.

– At best, a few protesters are released.

Energy Minister Ebba Busch’s hope for a rapid climate transition for large companies is questioned by SD’s climate policy spokesperson Martin Kinnunen.

In SVT’s Agenda, he ponders whether it can’t hit ordinary citizens.

Agenda’s presenter Camilla Kvartoft picked up on the split and directed her question to the steel giant SSAB’s CEO.

– When you hear the politicians’ government documents, they don’t seem to fully agree, she says before Busch interrupts.

– Then I think you are misinterpreting. It is not me who decides who gets money. That’s not how it works, she says.

A dog in Linköping that got its paw stuck in the sink had the emergency services called out on Sunday evening.

– For some reason, the dog stepped in the sink, and managed to get a claw and a tread pad down into the small holes in the strainer, and did not come free, says Pedher Helmer, officer on duty at the rescue service.

The rushing firefighters unscrewed the drain and removed the strainer – so the dog, with the strainer still on its paw, could be lifted away.

The piano stomp ended happily and the dog did not have to go to the vet.

– They took washing-up liquid and also removed the strainer. Everything was peace and joy, says Helmer.

The dog was estimated to be stuck for about 30 minutes.

– There is no danger, it was probably most stressed by the course of events.

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SSAB’s CEO Martin Lindqvist explains in Agenda how the permit processes for electricity production go faster in Finland than in Sweden.

Something Energy Minister Ebba Busch (KD) is not at all happy with.

– I take the Finnish example as a challenge. We need to speed up the permit processes. I will not buy that Finland is faster than us. We have to increase the pace in Sweden, she says in the program.

– We have a lot to learn from other countries, not least Finland. We need to speed this up and bring about a shift. We can’t hold on and choose which powers to use. All good forces are needed going forward.

A knife-cut man has been found in Björkekärr in Gothenburg, reports Gothenburg Post.

He has been taken to hospital, but is not expected to have life-threatening injuries.

No one has been arrested. The police suspect that it is a lone perpetrator.

– We have a patrol on site right now, says duty officer Sanna Lindqvist to GP.

Ukraine replaces its defense minister Oleksiy Reznikov, reports Reuters and AFP.

According to Ukrainian Pravda, Reznikov will become the new Minister of Strategic Industry. AFP reports that Kyrylo Budanov, the current head of Ukraine’s military intelligence service, will become the new defense minister.

Oleksiy Reznikov has previously been criticized when he had subordinates accused of corruption.

Recently, several officials within the Ministry of Defense have been fired in connection with the corruption scandal.

Two yellow weather warnings have been issued over northern Sweden on Monday.

During the afternoon there is a risk of sudden ice slippage in Västerbotten and Norrbotten due to freezing rain.

Something that can lead to both traffic accidents and delays in bus and air traffic.

Norra Laplandfjället also looks set to be hit by very strong winds and snow flurries during Monday afternoon.

– There has been some snow and it is windy in the mountains. That means the potential for some avalanches, says SMHI’s meteorologist Lars Knutsson to TT.

Financier Christer Gardell called the Swedish krona “a small shit currency” in an interview with TT this Christmas.

After that, the euro issue became more heated than in a long time and in the media you could read arguments for and arguments against.

– The crown makes the Swedes poor, said, among others, the euro advocate Gunnar Hökmark, chairman of the think tank Frivärld and former M politician, to Aftonbladet.

– This is similar to the NATO issue. When reality catches up with Sweden, when we realize how alone we are, I think we will introduce the euro for stability and security, continued Hökmark.

But that is not relevant – right now.

In an interview with Dagens industri says Sweden’s Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson:

– It is not on the table to prepare for the euro, no.