One death in collapsed ice cave

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  • One death in collapsed ice cave

    One person has died and two people are missing after an ice cave collapsed in Iceland, Icelandic Ruv reports. Another person is seriously injured.

    About 25 people were visiting the cave, which is a popular tourist destination, when the slide occurred. Most of the people were outside the opening at the time of the accident, but a small number of them were said to have been trapped by the collapse.

    During the day, the emergency services were able to evacuate two seriously injured people. Two more people are still believed to be in the cave.

    One of the seriously injured died during the night, according to the Icelandic newspaper Visir.

  • THREE NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS

  • USA: Ceasefire talks not over

    The weekend’s meetings yielded no results, but talks on a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of the Hamas hostages will continue at a lower level, according to a US government source.

    The next step is to investigate possibilities to untie the most difficult knots.

    This weekend’s Cairo meetings were held with the US, Egypt and Qatar as mediators between Israel and Hamas. CIA chief William Burns and David Barnea of ​​Israel’s Mossad attended while Hamas was indirectly kept informed.

  • South Africa: Murderous mice to be bombed with poison

    Conservationists in South Africa plan to aerial bomb the remote Marion Island in the Indian Ocean with tonnes of poisoned pellets.

    The aim is to kill hordes of mice that eat albatrosses and other seabirds alive.

    Pictures show bloody birds, some with flesh torn from their heads.

    – The mice just climb up on them and slowly start eating until the birds die off, says conservationist Mark Anderson at Birdlife South Africa.

    According to him, the birds do not know how to get rid of the mice.

    $29 million has been raised to try to solve the problem. With the help of helicopters, 600 tons of pellets, prepared with rodent poison, will be spread on the island. Every single mouse must be gone, the nature conservationists believe.

    Previous attempts with cats on the island have failed.

  • Reuters employee killed in Ukraine

    A security adviser for the Reuters news agency has been killed in a Russian attack on a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk.

    The news agency itself announces it in one statement.

    Two Reuters journalists were also injured in the attack, one of them seriously.

    “We are urgently seeking more information about the attack, including by talking to the authorities in Kramatorsk, and we are supporting our colleagues and their families,” writes Reuters.

    The man was a British citizen and was one of six people in the Reuters team in Ukraine, the BBC reports.

    The body of a British man in his 40s was found in the crowds after 19 hours of searching, writes TT and refers to the Ukrainian National Police.

    Correction: An earlier version stated that a journalist had been killed.

  • Hamas: Fired rockets at Tel Aviv

    Hamas says it fired rockets at Tel Aviv in Israel in response to “Israeli massacres of civilians”. reports Sky News.

    Aircraft alarms have been heard outside Tel Aviv, the Israeli military reports.

  • Ukraine: Belarus amasses forces at border

    Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Archive image. Photo: Mikhail Metzel/AP/TT

    Belarus is gathering large amounts of soldiers and military equipment at the border with Ukraine under the pretext of a military exercise, Ukraine’s foreign ministry says.

    The information about the military buildup in the Homel region comes from Ukrainian intelligence services.

    “We warn Belarus not to make the tragic mistake for its country under pressure from Moscow, and call on its armed forces to cease unfriendly actions,” adds the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.

    Ukraine calls on Belarus to withdraw its forces from the border, beyond the firing range of Belarusian weapons systems.

    According to Ukraine, the presence of Wagner soldiers has been noted.

  • Dangerous object in Växjö – serious crime

    The police were called to northern Växjö this evening after a suspiciously dangerous object was found near a residential area.

    The police’s national bomb protection went to the scene, and assesses the object as serious.

    A report has been made of a serious offense against the Act on Flammable and Explosive Goods.

    At 10 p.m., the blockades had been lifted.

  • Man stabbed – seriously injured

    Photo: Carl Carlert

    A man in his 30s has been stabbed with a sharp object in Vetlanda.

    He has been taken to hospital and is considered to be seriously injured.

    The police received the alarm at 19.45.

    – This happened outdoors in central Vetlanda. We have a huge police resource on site, says Linus Maxe at the police’s regional command centre

    Are there more injured people?

    – WE cannot rule it out, but it is nothing that has come to our attention.

    No one is arrested.

    The police have set up a large cordon and are in full swing with witness interviews and investigative measures. Among other things, they map surveillance cameras.

    The incident is being investigated as attempted murder. Police do not believe it is a random choice of victims.

  • Paris airport evacuated after bomb threat

    Parts of Orly airport in Paris have been evacuated after a bomb threat, write Le Parisien.

    According to information to the newspaper, the police received an anonymous call at 6 p.m. The caller said he had placed a bomb inside one of the airport toilets.

    Terminals 2 and 3 shall be affected. The premises will now be searched by, among other things, special dogs.

  • Ice cave has collapsed – tourists injured

    The ice cave is located in the Breidamerkurjökull glacier.

    Several tourists have been injured after an ice cave collapsed in Iceland.

    According to Rough two people have been rescued and are seriously injured.

    25 people were visiting the cave when it collapsed, but most were said to have been outside.

    It is unclear how many have been injured. Some of the tourists are still sitting in the cave.

    Several rescue units and an ambulance are working on the scene.

    – The accident is very serious, says Hjördís Guðmundsdóttir, director of communications at the civil defence Morning glory.

    She also says that there are “extremely difficult conditions” at the site.

    The ice cave is located in the Breidamerkurjökull glacier in southeast Iceland, writes TT.

  • The Hezbollah leader: That was the goal

    Photo: Hussein Malla / AP

    Hezbollah’s response to the attack that killed its top commander Fuad Shukr was delayed due to “massive” Israeli and US military mobilization.

    This is what Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says in a televised speech.

    He also claims that the group did not direct its attacks against civilians or against Israeli infrastructure.

    According to him, the target was a military base about 1.5 kilometers from Tel Aviv.

  • Suspect for stabbing is detained for terrorist connection

    The suspect was arrested late Saturday night. Photo: Christoph Reichwein/DPA/AP/TT

    The man who was arrested on suspicion of being the perpetrator of the knife attack in Germany admits to the crime, the police confirm.

    He has now been detained on suspicion of, among other things, participation in a terrorist organization.

    Three people were killed and several injured in Friday’s attack on a festival in Solingen, Germany. An intensive search for a perpetrator was launched and late on Saturday evening a person could be arrested, suspected of the crime.

    The man, according to German media a 26-year-old Syrian who came to Germany in December 2022, admitted the crime in police custody after turning himself in, the police announced in a press release on Sunday.

    “I am the one you are looking for,” the man is said to have said upon arrest, according to police sources. According to federal prosecutors, the man is being investigated for, among other things, murder, attempted murder and participation in a foreign terrorist Show more

  • Police car in collision with car

    A civilian police car has collided with a passenger car on Hornsgatan in Stockholm. Two people have been injured and taken to hospital.

    One of the injured was in the car, and the other injured in the police car. The cars must be recovered from the scene.

    Police on the scene have taken witness statements and taken pictures of the accident scene.

    The police write on their website that the case is led by the Special Prosecutor’s Chamber, as police officers themselves are involved.

  • Elderly woman found dead in lake

    An 85-year-old woman was found dead in a lake in Växjö municipality on Sunday afternoon.

    – We received an alarm that a private person had seen a body in the water. When we go there, we find a person who is dead in the water, says Fredrik Bratt, press spokesperson for the police.

    The woman’s relatives have been informed of the death. The police do not suspect any crime,

  • Woman with a walker hit by a suspected drunk driver

    At 15:00 the police and ambulance were called to Slätteberga in Kristianstad municipality, when a car ran over an elderly woman with a walker.

    The driver, a man in his 80s, tested positive and is now suspected of drunk driving.

    The woman had to go by ambulance to the hospital, but was awake and able to speak.

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