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Suspected object was sharp explosive charge
The suspected dangerous object that the police were alerted about in Uddevalla was a sharp explosive charge, reports P4 Väst.
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17 dead in the bomb cyclone
The life-threatening winter storm creates Christmas chaos in the eastern United States.
So far, 17 people have died, reports say NBC News.
Hundreds of thousands of people are without power and close to 2,000 flights in the country have been canceled during Christmas Eve.
According to the National Weather Service NWS, temperatures down to minus 48 degrees have been measured. Here you can read more.
Frontal collision – car driving in the wrong direction
The police were alerted to highway 55 at Katrineholm before 6 p.m.
A head-on collision had occurred there.
No people were injured. According to the police, it was a car that was driving in the wrong direction.
Death toll rises after attack in Kherson
At least ten people died and 58 were injured after a Russian attack on the city of Kherson on Christmas Eve.
This is stated by Ukrainian authorities according to Reuters.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy himself has published pictures showing the devastation and dead bodies in the streets.
“The social networks will probably classify these photos as “sensitive content”. But it is not sensitive content – it is the real life of Ukraine and Ukrainians,” he writes.
Female aid workers are stopped in Afghanistan
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan orders all non-governmental organizations to no longer employ women, TT reports.
The new announcement applies to both organizations from Afghanistan and other countries.
Organizations that do not comply with the rule will have their business license revoked.
Tanker exploded – eight dead
A burnt out car at the scene of the accident. Photo: Hein Kaizer/Ap
A tanker has exploded in the city of Boksburg, east of Johannesburg in South Africa, writes TT.
At least eight have died and over 50 people are injured.
Houses and vehicles have also been damaged in the large explosion, which occurred under a bridge near a hospital.
Several patients had to be evacuated. At the same time, some of the injured were able to receive treatment at the hospital.
The tanker must have been loaded with liquefied petroleum gas.
Accident on E6
There has been a single accident on the E6 at the height of Hogdalsmotet.
This is reported by Bohusläningen.
– The car is on all four wheels and all the people are out of the car, says Björn Vanderkaay at the rescue service to the newspaper.
The accident must have occurred in the northbound direction towards Oslo, but traffic is heavily affected in both directions, according to the Swedish Transport Administration.
– We have stopped the traffic in the northbound direction, says Björn Vanderkaay.
The power went out – just before Donald Duck
Right now, over 4,000 households in Karlshamn municipality are without power.
Unfortunately, the power cut happened just before Donald Duck and his friends were to wish Merry Christmas on SVT.
– Babben had time to say: “Now we’re going to meet Kalle…” then the power went out, says an employee at BLT to the newspaper.
At 4:30 p.m., 4,303 of Eon’s customers were still without power.
Right now there is no forecast for when the electricity may be back. Specialist competence is in place.
“We understand that the interruption may cause problems for many during the Christmas celebration, but we are doing everything we can to speed up the troubleshooting.” they write on their website.
Stop in traffic on the E4 near Nyköping
A long queue of Christmas revelers is currently stuck in a queue at the E4. Photo: Pontus Stenberg
Police and emergency services were alerted to a traffic accident on the E4 outside Nyköping.
Two cars had collided.
The E4 was closed in the southbound direction and traffic had to be diverted.
A lane has just been opened.
No one was injured.
It is said to be very slippery at the site.
Major police operation – suspicious object near car
Large police force. Photo: Robert Betzehag / Rescue Photo
At lunchtime on Christmas Eve, the police were alerted to Tureborg in Uddevalla.
It concerns an object that the police suspect may be dangerous.
“A motorist noticed that a metal object fell out of the car’s wheel arch and onto the ground and ended up under his car,” the police write on their website.
The bomb disposal unit has been called to the scene, writes Bohusläningen.
The police tell the newspaper that an area of approximately 100 meters has been cordoned off at the site of the find.
– We have blocked off as much as we deem necessary so that there will be no danger to the public, says police spokesperson Hans-Jörgen Ostler to Aftonbladet.
Musk hits back at suicide prevention claims
During the day Reuters has reported that the suicide prevention feature disappeared from Twitter.
According to two sources to the news agency, the decision must have been made by Elon Musk himself.
Now Elon Musk hits back after the reporting and refers to the news as incorrect.
“False, it’s still there,” he writes in response to Reuters’ link to the article on social media.
Coal consumption is increasing sharply
German coal consumption is increasing, and is now the largest in six years, reports Echo.
Germany is restarting coal-fired power plants that had previously been effectively shut down, and coal imports are expected to increase next year.
The increased consumption is mainly due to the restricted supply of Russian gas and reduced imports of French nuclear electricity.
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I also had a power outage but a UPS saved Christmas Eve and Donald Duck! Completely pitch black in the house but the TV and internet continued to work!
Nicklas
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Are you working tomorrow?
Merry Christmas!
Harald
Here at the editorial office, there is someone who works every day, all year round! Merry Christmas, Harald! ?
Are price increases on food habits reasonable in relation to inflation or are the stores salting the prices to make more profit? Think, for example, butter prices!
Santa
Hey! The Norwegian Institute of Economic Research has investigated this, and concluded that prices did not rise unreasonably much. However, I don’t know how it is with butter, and of course there can be exceptions.
What is happening in Vetlanda – the case?
New tasks? Are both women still in custody?
Bert ove
Hey! Yes, they are still in custody.
In our last article about the case, we wrote that one of them wanted to change lawyers. Here you can take part in our entire reporting.
Finished with electricity support for Norrland?
Frozen
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The government has not yet given any clear information about it. In an interview with The Express however, says Oscar Sjöstedt, economic policy spokesperson for SD, that an electricity subsidy should also be given to Norrland.
– It must be done and we are working together with the government there, he tells the newspaper.
However, when that will happen is unclear.
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