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South Korea’s warning – risk of downing American satellite
South Korean authorities have issued a warning on Monday due to a US satellite plunging towards the Korean peninsula.
This is reported by the Yonhap news agency.
The satellite was launched in 1984 and has now completed its mission.
According to the Ministry of Science, large parts of the satellite are expected to burn up before it reaches Earth.
During Monday, parts of it are expected to strike in or around South Korea.
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Teenage boy raped in hotel
A man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of rape in Köping at around 10pm on Sunday evening.
The victim is a boy in his early teens, the police say.
– The suspected rape took place in a hotel. It was the boy who raised the alarm. He has been examined in hospital, says Torsten Hemlin, commander at the police’s regional command center.
E 18 closed after flooding
E18 is then closed at 02.39 between Köping and Örebro at the Jäder junction. Traffic is being diverted using signs and the reason for the closure is a flood.
The forecast is that the road can only reopen at 11 a.m. on Monday, says Swedish Radio.
SMHI has several current weather warnings throughout the country, including too high water levels when the snow melts.
Bolsonaro broke the silence
Former President Jair Bolsonaro, who lost last year’s presidential election, lay low as his supporters stormed and vandalized Brazil’s Congress.
Only after more than six hours – at 01:17, Swedish time – did he break the silence in a series of tweets.
“Peaceful demonstrations, within the framework of the law, are part of democracy. However, the desecrations and invasions of public buildings that took place today, as well as those carried out by the left in 2013 and 2017, escape that rule,” he wrote.
Read more in Aftonbladet’s article.
Boy murdered – one arrested
A child under the age of 15 was found dead in a home in Luleå on Sunday evening, the police state on their website.
A preliminary investigation into murder has been launched and a person has been arrested as a reasonable suspect for the crime.
According to information to Aftonbladet, the victim is a boy under the age of 10 and the arrested person is a man.
Read more in Aftonbladet’s article.
Shooting at apartment
An apartment in Kalmar was exposed to gunfire on Sunday evening. The police were alerted at 22:39 and state on their website that no one was injured.
The crime scene is now cordoned off and the police are on the scene.
Resident at home found dead man outside door
A resident of a special accommodation in Härjedalen found a dead man outside his apartment. The dead man was also a resident and an alarm is said to have been triggered shortly before the incident, but without staff checking the alarm.
The municipality has now reported the incident to the Inspectorate for Care and Care, IVO, reports SVT Jamtland.
At the time, only substitutes should have worked at the accommodation and several should have lacked nursing training.
Chaos outside Brazil’s National Congress
Protesters at the National Congress. Photo: Eraldo Peres
Supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro have broken through barricades and made their way to the National Congress in the country’s capital Brasilia, it reports CNN. Films show how the police try to stop them with pepper spray and the demonstrators throw stones at the police.
Pictures show protesters outside the building and according to Senator Veneziano Vital do Rêgo, president of the Senate, they should have also entered the building.
Read more here.
Truck and car in collision – man dead
The accident occurred on county road 990. Photo: Pontus Stenberg
A man in his 50s has died in a traffic accident in Strängnäs.
The accident occurred at 1 pm on Sunday when a car and a truck collided at a curve on county road 990 at the height of Björkhem.
A total of three people were injured. The man in his 50s was traveling in the car and was taken to hospital but died of his injuries.
A man and a woman in their 40s were traveling in the truck and were taken to hospital for a check-up.
The police have launched a preliminary investigation into causing the death of another and will investigate the accident. No one is suspected of the crime. The car and truck have been impounded and will be examined by forensics.
Relatives have been notified.
Jogger hit by car – taken to hospital
On Sunday evening, the Police and Emergency Services were called to a road in Mark municipality after a car ran over a man who had been out jogging.
– The man has been taken by ambulance to hospital due to a clear fracture in the leg and head injury, says Pernilla Henry at the Police.
According to the rescue service, the man, who is 45 years old, should have been on the road without reflexes.
– The person was awake and talking when the person was taken to hospital, says Per Fägersten, at Södra Älvsborg’s rescue association.
The police will draw up a traffic accident report without a crime.
The Danish government stands firm – wants to scrap the public holiday
Just before Christmas, the Danish government announced the decision that they do not want the holiday “Prayer Day” to no longer be a red day.
The proposal has been met with massive criticism, not only by the opposition but also by bishops and the union.
But now Foreign Minister Løkke Rasmussen announces that the abolition of the holiday is fixed – and that it would bring in revenue of around three billion Danish kroner a year.
The Great Day of Prayer was introduced in the late 17th century in Denmark and falls on the fourth Friday after Easter.
The minks are back in Denmark
In November 2020, every single mink in Denmark was killed.
But since January 1 this year, it is once again allowed to breed minks in Denmark, and now the first animals are on their way to the country.
It writes Danish TV2.
But only 13 Danish mink breeders have taken advantage of the opportunity to bring the minks back.
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Isn’t it the case that if it had been Russia that was behind the Nordstream attack, it would have been trumpeted out!?
But maybe it’s not Russia and then you have to SILENCE it!
That’s how the media works!!
Ugh
Hey Uff! At the moment there is nothing new to report about who is behind the sabotage. On Christmas Eve, we published an article on the hunt for perpetrators, citing European intelligence sources who are unsure of the Russian trail. You can read the article here.
But the fact that we would, as you claim, “shut down” something is therefore not true.
Hey! Do you have any new info on how Jeremy Renner is doing?
Monica
Hey! According to a spokesperson, Jeremy is said to be on the mend.
– Jeremy continues to make progress and is now awake. He talks and is in good spirits. He will continue to be cared for in the intensive care unit as the situation is critical but stable, says the spokesperson.
Here is our latest article about it.
Hello, I have a question. Do you know who is behind the attacks on Nord Stream yet?
JOHN
Hey! There is nothing that has been confirmed yet, so at the moment it is not known who is behind it.
How is Finland’s application to NATO going? Have they received the go-ahead from all countries?
Ann
Hey! Hungary or Turkey have not yet ratified either Sweden’s or Finland’s applications to NATO.
What happened to the 10-year-old who fell down a pipe in Vietnam? Have looked here on the evening paper but haven’t seen anything about how things have gone for the boy
The stomach
Hey! According to foreign media, the boy has been confirmed dead. Including BBC wrote about it earlier this week.
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