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Temporary morgues in New Zealand after Cyclone Gabrielle
In New Zealand, the death toll rises to eight after Cyclone Gabrielle hit the country’s North Island. Authorities in the country have set up two temporary morgues due to the deaths, report The Guardian.
It is done as a routine measure so that possible deaths can be handled correctly, according to the police. Among the dead are an infant and a firefighter.
– The facilities have been established as a precautionary measure to ensure that any deaths can be handled with care and respect, says a police spokesperson.
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US alert: Serious vulnerabilities in Apple products
Apple has released an important update to fix serious vulnerabilities in several products, reports the US cyber security agency Cisa.
“An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected device,” the authority writes on its website.
Cisa encourages users of Safari 16.3.1, iOS 16.3.1, iPadOS 16.3.1 and macOS 13.2.1 to check Apple’s list of security updates and patch vulnerabilities as soon as possible.
Apple has not provided any further details about the vulnerability.
Car overturned after police chase – two to hospital
A man and a woman in their 25s and 30s were taken to hospital by ambulance after they drove away from the police at around 01:30.
The car they were traveling in overturned near Salem’s church between Stockholm and Södertälje. According to police officer on duty Fredrik Nylén, the chase began when the driver refused to stop for the police:
– The pursuit was interrupted when we lost the car. A while later we saw it again and then it drove into the ditch.
The driver is now suspected of drunk driving. The extent of the injuries is unclear, but according to the police, both the man and the woman were awake and able to speak after the accident.
Shooting – one arrested
Two explosions in 24 minutes
Stockholm Blåljus Photo: The police on site in Södertälje.
Two explosions occurred in the residential area Ritorp in Södertälje during the night towards Friday.
Read more in Aftonbladet’s article.
The police found the missing man
A 64-year-old man was missing in Kopparberg after he went out for a walk around 6pm on Thursday.
At 02.18 on the night of Friday, the police announced that the man was found alive in a wooded area near his home and was taken to hospital for a check-up.
Text updated 04.01
The doctor: “Biden is fine”
US President Joe Biden has been declared fit for work after an annual health check.
“The president does not use tobacco products, does not drink alcohol, and he continues to exercise at least five days a week,” writes Biden’s doctor.
Joe Biden, 80, is the oldest president ever in the United States. He has not yet announced whether he will run for re-election next year.
(TT, Aftonbladet)
Fire at an inn in Kisa
Photo: Per Svensson Borrud / Pelles Photo
A fire started at a loading dock in Kisa on Thursday evening.
– It was next to the inn in Kisa, an old and historic wooden building, says Lennart Ågren, officer on duty at the rescue service in Östra Götaland.
– It burned heavily up against the facade, but a quick intervention could prevent it from spreading into the property.
No one was injured in connection with the fire.
The police have cordoned off the area.
– We have classified it as arson. We put that classification in order to be able to investigate the incident, says Erik Creutz, duty officer at RLC.
Suspected attempted murder in Helsingborg
The police were alerted to a suspected attempted murder in central Helsingborg at around 10pm on Thursday.
– Someone thinks they see a person being stabbed, says Rickard Lundqvist, press spokesperson at police region South.
When the police arrived at the scene, they found neither the perpetrator nor the victim.
– Then there was information from the emergency room that a person had sought care for stabbing or slashing injuries. We work after it is the same event.
The injured man is in his 20s. The police are collecting witness information and looking for one or more perpetrators.
– We secure what we call traces, we take clothes and the like. Then we will interrogate the man who is injured.
Details: Man shot
A man has been shot in Bredäng, reports The Express.
The shooting is said to have occurred just before 10 p.m.
The police write on their website that an injured man was found at the scene.
There is no information on the state of the damage.
“The suspected crime scene is cordoned off and the police have many patrols in place in the area to search for suspected perpetrators in the immediate area”.
A person who was nearby tells Aftonbladet:
– I heard something that sounded like automatic weapons. When I went down to the gate I saw three police cars.
The text is updated.
“Miracle girl” rescued from the racial masses in Turkey
Aleyna Ölmez, 17, has been dubbed the ‘miracle girl’ after surviving 248 hours in the stampede after the earthquakes in Turkey, reports CNN.
She was rescued and taken to hospital on Thursday.
Ölmez’s doctor told Turkish television channel TRT Haber that she is fine under the circumstances.
The fact that she has not been able to move may have saved her, according to the doctor. This has meant that she has not wasted unnecessary energy.
Bruce Willis has dementia
Actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with dementia, ex-wife Demi Moore says on Instagram.
“Since the spring of 2022 when we announced that Bruce had been diagnosed with aphasia, the condition has developed and now we have a more specific diagnosis. Frontotemporal Dementia,” she writes and continues:
“Unfortunately, the difficulties with communication are only a symptom of the disease. Although this is painful, it is a relief to finally have received a diagnosis”.
Read more here.
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Is a bit unclear – is Turkey the only obstacle for Sweden to join NATO? Even if the rest would approve the application? Please explain as if I were five ??
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Hello, Is it true that Media markt is selling its stores to a Norwegian chain and leaving Sweden! ?
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Hello! The media market in Sweden will change its name to Power. 29 stores with around 1,300 employees in the country are taken over by the Norwegian group. You can read more about it here.
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Do you know anything about when you can take dose 5 of the covid vaccine.
Am 55 years old and do not belong to a risk group!
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Hello! For people between 50 and 79 years of age, as well as younger people in the risk group, 1 top-up dose per year is recommended. For the group aged 50–64, nine months must have passed since the last dose, according to the Public Health Agency.
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