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There is a fire in a villa in Uddevalla.

The alarm came in at 04:00 and when the emergency services arrived, the fire was fully developed on the upper floor of the villa.

Six units are on site and the residents are said to have made it out of the building.

A fire broke out in a villa in Degerfors during the night of Wednesday, it writes NWT.

Just before four o’clock the outside fire was extinguished and smoke divers could get down into the basement.

According to the emergency services, everyone in the villa must have got out and there is no risk of spreading.

A military officer is charged with rape, writes TT.

The man and the woman shared a room after a Christmas party and there the man assaulted the woman in a way that can be equated with rape, according to the prosecutor.

In the police report, the woman describes that she was drunk, that she only wanted to sleep and not have intercourse with the man. Even so, he forced himself on her.

The prosecution is based on web history in the man’s mobile phone, witness interviews and messages that the man sent to the woman in which he expresses regret for his behavior.

The man denies the accusations.

Honduran President Xiomara Castro has instructed the country’s foreign minister to open up official relations with China, Reuters writes.

That would mean that the country would have to cut off its official relations with Taiwan. It is a requirement from China.

In a tweet, Castro explained the decision as “a sign of my determination to pursue the government’s plan and expand the borders.”

Taiwan’s foreign ministry commented to Reuters that “they are in the process of understanding the situation”, but would not provide further details.

Should Honduras break official ties, only 13 countries remain with diplomatic ties to Taiwan.

During a speech in California on Tuesday, Joe Biden urged the US Congress to begin work on banning “assault weapons”, an American term for a certain type of semi-automatic weapon, TT writes.

– Ban them. That’s enough now. Do something, and do something big, he said.

He has also signed a presidential order to increase the number of background checks on gun buyers.

In June of last year, Joe Biden signed a new gun law that, among other things, entails tougher background checks. The law, a compromise, was the largest regulation of gun ownership in the United States at the federal level in nearly 30 years.

Thai authorities are searching for a cylinder-shaped container that went missing on Friday in Prachinburi province, east of Bangkok.

The cylinder is radioactive and if it were to be opened, it could lead to serious injuries.

– Then you are exposed to a very high risk of cancer and serious burns. So please don’t break it, Permsuk Sutchaphiwat of the country’s nuclear safety office told TT.

Authorities are asking the public for help in the search, stressing that the container is safe as long as it is not opened.

Over 100 people have been arrested in Belarus in the past week, NTB reports with reference to human rights activists in the country.

Pavel Sapelka of the human rights group Viasna tells AP that the Belarusian security forces have cracked down on people suspected of involvement in the recent attack on an airbase where a radar reconnaissance plane was blown up.

Among those arrested are opposition activists, journalists, members of sports shooting clubs and people who build drones.

It was in connection with a call to a party that the paramedics were threatened by a police officer. Now the policeman is being sentenced for illegal threats, Smålandsposten reports.

The police was not on duty, he was drunk at the time and afraid that his friend, who was unconscious as a result of intoxication, would suffer serious injuries or die, Växjö district court has concluded.

The punishment will be a suspended sentence and 40 day fines, as well as that he will have to bear his own legal costs.

John Jakes was a best-selling author of historical novels.

Among other things, he wrote “The Bastard”, which later became a series known as The Kent Family Chronicles. He also wrote the book “North and South”, which later became a trilogy that took place before, during and after the American Civil War.

Both books were made into films and mini-series during the 1970s and 1980s, in which the actor Patrick Swayze, among others, appeared.

John Jakes died Saturday in a nursing home in Florida. He was 90 years old.

Two people have been taken to hospital in Hedemora on Tuesday, after two suspected acts of violence. The police had a large operation in the city on Tuesday.

The first case is classified as a suspected attempted murder. The police were alerted at lunchtime and cordoned off an area in Myntparken and want tips from any witnesses.

– We cannot talk exactly about what has happened, but it is a person who has been taken to hospital. It is a serious violent crime, says Rasmus Eriksson at the police in the Bergslagen region, at 01:00 on Wednesday.

In the second case, according to the police, a person was abused by a member of society during Tuesday. It is unclear if the events are related.

– We don’t know that, we have to investigate that, right now they are only within the same locality, so to speak, but we don’t know much more than that at the moment, says Eriksson.

(TT)

An object has been found at Nord Stream 2 reports Berlingske.

Russian Gazprom says it looks like an antenna, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“Specialists believe it could be an antenna to receive a signal to detonate an explosive charge that could have, I’m not sure, but it’s possible, planted under the pipeline,” Vladimir Putin said.

Danish authorities are informed.