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Thatcher’s Chancellor of the Exchequer dead
Nigel Lawson. Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Nigel Lawson has died, aged 91, reports The Telegraph.
Lawson was in office between 1983 and 1986 and was central to Margaret Thatcher’s economic policies of tax cuts and privatisation.
He is also the father of television chef Nigella Lawson and journalist Dominic Lawson.
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Flight attendants accuse minister of sexual abuse
Saad Hariri was Prime Minister of Lebanon between 2016 and 2020. Photo: Hassan Ammar/AP
Two flight attendants accuse former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri of sexual assault.
The assaults are said to have taken place on his private flight.
According to the report, the assaults must have occurred between 2006-2009.
It must involve several crimes, at least one rape and several cases of sexual harassment.
Pregnant llama on the loose
A pregnant llama is on the loose in Lysvik in Sunne municipality, reports P4 Värmland.
She has brown fur, a white neck and a black nose.
The llama disappeared on Sunday.
Governor: Drone attacks in Russia
Aleksandr Bogomaz, governor of Russian Bryansk claims that two drone attacks were carried out against targets in the Sevsky district.
An explosive charge is said to have detonated at a military building. Another is said to have exploded outside the Ministry of the Interior, he signs Telegram.
No one is reported to have been injured.
The governor accuses Ukrainian nationalists of being behind the blasts.
Top Russian general reportedly gets kick after failure
Rustam Muradov. Photo: Aram Nersesyan / Sputnik /TT
Russian General Rustam Muradov has been fired after the failed offensive in Vuhledar in eastern Ukraine, Defense Ministry sources told The Moscow Times.
The attacks on the strategically important coal mining town in January ended in heavy losses of soldiers and equipment. A dozen or so Russian tanks were also destroyed after being ordered to advance over a minefield.
– Muradov had the Russian military repeatedly attack in small mechanized formations through minefields, over open terrain and they achieved nothing in Vuhledar, says military analyst Michael Kofman to The Moscow Times.
Dead person in residence – being investigated as murder
A person has been found dead in a home in Oxie in Malmö after an alarm about a case of illness.
The police cannot rule out foul play and have opened a preliminary investigation into murder.
The home is cordoned off during the technical investigation.
Details: Lawyer attacked in home – fled with family
A lawyer and his family were attacked in their home in Norrbotten county on Saturday, according to TV4 News.
Two perpetrators are said to have forced their way into the home.
The lawyer and his family were allegedly threatened before they managed to escape from the scene.
– The preliminary investigation is currently underway and there is more than one plaintiff, says prosecutor Anna Bergström to TV4.
According to the TV channel, the incident is being investigated as a serious breach of domestic peace and a serious unlawful threat.
Major power outage – 22,000 affected
Östergötland and northern Kalmar county have been hit by a major power outage reports SVT News.
A total of 22,000 customers are affected.
There is no forecast for when the error may be fixed.
– It is due to an error in the overhead network that we do not own. Work is being done to solve the problem, but there is still no forecast for when the electricity may be back. We hope it will be resolved quickly, says Lena Berglund at Eon’s press service to SVT.
Suspected of murdering the wrong person – four in custody
Police and emergency services on site in Huvudsta. Photo: Aftonbladet
On January 20, a man was shot to death in Huvudsta in Solna.
A man in his 20s is now being held on probable cause on suspicion of murder, reports SVT.
Three people have already been detained in the case.
According to the prosecutor, it is a suspected misfire.
– It is a mapping of plaintiffs and circumstances in cases that makes us believe that, says Chamber prosecutor Maria Hävermark to SVT.
Trump on his way to New York – The White House warns of violence
The former president’s private plane is ready for takeoff at the airport in Palm Beach, Florida. Photo: Rebecca Blackwell/AP
Former President Donald Trump is on his way to New York today. He will, according to information to several news agencies, leave his house Mar-A-Lago in Florida this afternoon local time.
– I’m going, believe it or not, to the court, Trump writes on the social network Truth Social.
In New York, he will have the indictment read to him on Tuesday at 2:15 p.m.
In connection with the former president leaving Florida for New York, the White House warns that it could get messy.
According to the Reuters news agency, there are warnings of violence.
The indictment against Trump concerns the money he paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. It must be investigated whether the payment was a violation of campaign finance laws.
Dead person found in the water
A dead person has been found in the water in Näset in Gothenburg, the police say.
The emergency services were called to the scene at 4:30 p.m. after witnesses saw a person in the water.
According to the police, there are no suspicions of crime.
Scooter accident in Strömsund
The police were alerted just after 1 pm about a scooter accident that occurred in Strömsund municipality.
One person is said to have been injured in the accident. He has been taken to hospital by ambulance helicopter.
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