Man acquitted in district court – didn’t know he smoked cannabis

Several banks lower the mortgage rate

Ahead of the Riksbank’s interest rate announcement on Thursday, the banks have already started to lower their mortgage rates.

Länsförsäkringar lowers the variable interest rate by 20 points to 4.54 percent, the bank announced in a press release.

An equally large reduction was carried out by SBAB earlier on Monday, and last week Handelsbanken and Skandia lowered their variable 3-month interest rates.

Most analysts believe that the Riksbank will lower the key interest rate by 25 basis points on Thursday.

Assad’s first statement after the escape

Syria’s ousted dictator Bashar al Assad is reported to have made his first statement after fleeing his homeland.

Via Telegram, the Syrian Arab News Agency writes that Assad said “Syria will be free and independent again”.

It is the first time Assad has spoken since he was forced from power in early December.

After death at Northvolt: Cause of death not hazardous substance

During the summer, the police announced that they were investigating a possible connection between three deaths at Northvolt in Skellefteå.

All persons died after a work shift. Now further analyzes have been carried out and there is nothing to indicate that the cause of death, regarding the third death, should have been an exposure to any dangerous substance.

The cause of death has not been determined, but according to the police, most indications are that it was caused by illness.

In August, a fourth person who was employed by the company died. According to the police, that person died in a drowning accident that was not work-related.

The police do not suspect any crime in connection with any of the four deaths and the investigations are closed.

The government holds a press conference on young people’s screen time

Now the government and the Public Health Agency present recommendations and guidance for children and young people’s digital media use, aimed at both children, young people and guardians.

– For too long, social media, smartphones and screens have been allowed to penetrate every corner of our children’s lives, says Jakob Forssmed (KD) and continues:

– The price the children have to pay is with their health.

Olivia Wigzell, FHM’s director general, urges parents to get involved in their children’s digital lives and to agree on common rules.

– When the algorithms of the tech companies do everything to steal the children’s time and attention, we need to help each other to give our children their childhood back, continues Forssmed.

37 dead from alcohol poisoning

The death toll rises in Istanbul after people drank toxic alcohol, bought in various shops.

Since November 1, 37 people have died of alcohol poisoning. 17 people are still being treated in hospital, the governor’s office announced in a post on X.

Turkish police have made several crackdowns linked to alcohol that has been produced illegally and then sold on to consumers. All sales have taken place in neighborhoods and districts of Istanbul.

Several people have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling.

The crane has collapsed at the port – one injured

A crane cabin has collapsed several meters at the harbor in Varberg. One person was in the cab, according to the rescue service.

– The person is not trapped and is awake and able to speak initially, says the rescue service’s management operator.

Otherwise, the state of the damage is unclear and the person is taken to hospital by ambulance.

The police also have a patrol on site.

– There is currently no crime classification, says police spokesperson Fredrik Svedemyr.

The accident has caused leakage from the lifting crane.

Aircraft were forced to turn over Gotland – just before landing

On Monday morning, a plane from Bromma on its way to Visby had to turn back just before landing, reports P4 Gotland.

The reason is stated to be a strong crosswind and an excessively wet runway.

As the plane needed to turn around, the 09.15 flight from Visby to Bromma also had to be cancelled.

The review board acquits Sveriges Radio

The review board acquits SR’s actions against Henrik Brandão Jönsson’s statement about sex purchases, they write in a press release.

Several reports came in after an attention-grabbing feature in SR’s “Sunday in P4”, when the presenter Farah Abadi acted against Brandão’s statement about paying for sex.

But the presenter’s choice to throw the DN correspondent out of the studio was not against the rules. The review board therefore acquits the element.

The abstention was supported by the so-called democracy provision and therefore did not imply an impermissible stance.

Warning for thieves in Christmas shopping

The police have issued a warning that thieves can strike already in the parking lot when shopping before Christmas.

“Using jammers, the signal from your car key can be blocked and leave the car unlocked,” the police write on their website.

The approach is not new, but the police fear that thefts linked to jammers may increase during the Christmas shopping season.

– In just a few seconds, your Christmas presents can end up in someone else’s hands. Instead, spend these extra seconds to ensure that your car is really locked before you leave the parking lot, says Lisa Johansson, the crime coordinator Region Mitt, in a press release.

45,000 dead in Gaza according to Hamas-controlled authority

More than 45,000 people have been killed and more than twice as many injured in Gaza since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out last year, according to the Hamas-controlled health authority.

The figures do not differentiate between civilian and combat casualties.

At least 45,028 people have been killed, including 52 in the past 24 hours, according to the authority. 106,962 people are reported to have been injured during the war, which began with terror-labeled Hamas attacks on Israel last October.

The data has not been verified by independent sources.

Busch on missing electric cables: “Complete disaster”

The Labor Party and the Center Party in Norway want to scrap two electricity cables that run between Norway and Denmark when the agreement expires in 2026.

A “complete disaster”, according to Sweden’s energy minister Ebba Busch.

– It will affect both Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Poland and have ripple effects across the entire energy system in Europe, she says to the NTB news agency.

Ebba Busch states that she was in contact with her Norwegian colleague, Energy Minister Terje Aasland during Sunday.

– That a country like Norway is now having a discussion about disconnecting itself from parts of the EU’s energy market is a crisis, she says.

Hit a woman in a car – batter

An elderly woman in a car has been hit by a car in Eksjö in Småland.

The motorist is said to have then fled the scene, the police say.

The woman has been taken to hospital.

– She does not have serious injuries, says police spokesperson Angelica Forsberg.

The crime is classified as causing bodily harm and contagion from the scene of a traffic accident.

The criticism: S has failed to control the lottery

In a new letter, the Swedish Consumer Agency criticizes license holders S, SSU and S-women regarding the party’s lottery. The authority questions that S has “sufficient insight and control over the marketing of the lottery”.

It is also pointed out that there was no written agreement between Kombispel and the telemarketing company that was hired and that this affects “the licensee’s ability to control and see into the gaming operations”.

“Due to the serious violations that form the basis of the current supervisory matter, the Swedish Consumer Agency believes that the licensee has failed in its control and responsibility,” the authority writes.

Furthermore, the Swedish Consumer Agency requires access to additional documents in order to investigate the matter further.

Mette-Marit avoids questioning about the bonus prince

Norwegian princess Mette-Marit does not risk being called for questioning in the criminal investigation into her son Marius Borg Høiby, writes Aftenposten.

It was in November that the lawyer Petter J Grødem, who represents one of the women who is the plaintiff in one of the cases where the bonus prince is accused of crimes, requested that Mette-Marit be questioned by the police.

But now the police are announcing that this will not happen, as Grødem told Aftenposten.