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At least six rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel, the Israeli military says.

The rockets were fired overnight Thursday, after Israeli soldiers carried out a crackdown on the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, which led to an exchange of fire in which at least 11 Palestinians were killed. According to AFP, 80 people were injured in the raid.

The air traffic alert went off in the southern parts of the country as a result of the rockets. The Israeli military states that five out of six rockets were shot down. The last rocket landed in a field, and there are no reports of injuries. (TT)

Three people are dead after three connected shootings in a residential area in Pine Hills, Florida on Wednesday.

In the morning, a woman in her 20s was shot dead in her home. In the afternoon, two journalists from a local TV station were shot when they were in the area to cover the murder. The journalists were in their car when they were shot. One of them died from his injuries.

A short time later, a nine-year-old girl was shot dead in her home further down the street. Her mother was also hit by bullets and is being treated for serious injuries.

Keith Melvin Moses, 19, has been arrested and is a suspect in all three shootings, reports local television station WFTV9.

A person has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a house fire in Rimbo in Norrtälje on Wednesday evening, the police write on their website.

Two people had to be taken to hospital in connection with the fire, after being taken out of the house by smoke divers, reports Norrtelje Newspaper. It is unclear how badly injured they are.

The alarm came in at 9:15 p.m. and by 11 p.m. the fire was out. The place has been cordoned off and will be examined by police forensics. (TT)

The US Department of Defense has released a selfie taken by the pilot of a U-2 surveillance plane flying above the Chinese spy balloon before it was shot down on February 4.

The image is the sharpest yet and shows both the balloon and its cargo.

Stockholm’s regional police chief Mats Löfving, 61, is dead, the police say.

– It is with great sadness and consternation that I received the news that Deputy National Police Chief and Regional Police Chief Mats Löfving has passed away. It is extremely tragic, says national police chief Anders Thornberg.

The police were alerted at 19:00 about an injured person inside. The police were later able to establish that Löfving died in his home in Norrköping.

Next of kin have been notified.

– My thoughts go out to Mats Löfving, his relatives and work colleagues. We will do everything we can to support them in this difficult time, says Anders Thornberg.

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In March, the NATO talks between Sweden, Finland and Turkey will resume.

This is stated by Ulf Kristersson in SVT’s Aktuellt.

The talks are to begin “somewhat into March”.

– We are doing exactly what we have agreed to do with Finland and Turkey. The new terror legislation that comes into force in early summer is perhaps the last big thing in the memorandum, he says.

Five people have been injured in a serious traffic accident between two cars outside Lycksele.

The injured have been taken to Lycksele hospital. There is difficult weather in the area, which means that the ambulance helicopter cannot take off. The ambulance flight and the Swedish Maritime Administration’s rescue helicopter are on site in Lycksele to help with patient transport, according to Region Västerbotten.

One person is seriously injured and has been taken to Norrland University Hospital in Umeå. Other victims are being treated at the emergency room in Lycksele and are being prepared for possible transport to Umeå, according to the region.

Lycksele hospital has gone into reinforcement mode and gathered the local healthcare management.

There is a fire in Garpenberg’s mine in Hedemora.

According to the alarm, the fire must have started in a transformer just before 8 pm on Wednesday evening.

– The emergency services are there and working and there should be heavy smoke development. According to the alarm, there were initially people in the mine when the fire broke out, says Ola Nilsson, team leader at SOS Alarm who is responsible for Rescue Region Bergslagen.

The police and ambulance have also been called to the mine.

Later in the evening, the police state that the fire should be out and that around 30 people were in the mine when the fire broke out. Everyone is to be evacuated and no one is reported to have been injured.

A man in Skattegården in Gothenburg called the police after being beaten by 15-20 people, the police write on their website.

According to the man, he allegedly received kicks and punches. Baseball bats must also have been used.

No one has been arrested.

There is no information on the state of the damage.

The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, expects more increases in the key interest rate in the US.

It emerges from the Fed’s latest meeting minutes, reports CNBC. Inflation is coming down, but not at the rate required. Today, inflation is at 6.4 percent and the goal is to bring it down to 2 percent.

“Participants noted that inflation data received over the past three months showed a welcome reduction in the rate of monthly price increases but stressed that significantly more evidence of progress across a wider range of prices would be required to be confident that inflation is on a sustained downward path” , it says in the protocol.

The ramp on the Stena Jutlandica broke just before departure on Wednesday afternoon.

It has led to major traffic problems, reports say Gothenburg Post.

– It is really chaotic on Oscarsleden, says Dennis Weiler at Trafik Göteborg.

When the ferry was to depart from Gothenburg to Fredrikshamn, they could not get up the ramp that cars and trucks drive on.

There is a stop in the right lane on Oscarsleden.

– In addition to the entire caravan in the right lane that wants to turn off, there is someone who has also stopped in the left lane. There are major traffic problems, says Dennis Weiler.