Over 60 dead in car accident in Ethiopia

Two dead in Mississippi storm

A powerful storm swept through the southeastern United States on Sunday. In Texas and Mississippi, tornadoes claimed two lives. Six people are reported to have been injured. Independent.

On Saturday, one person died south of Houston, Texas. Four people received minor injuries, according to the newspaper.

Hundreds of thousands of homes were reported to be without power Sunday in Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.

Three tourists are feared dead after a fire in Bangkok

At least three foreign tourists are feared dead in connection with the fire at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, reports say Daily Mail.

Another person is said to have been taken to hospital after inhaling smoke.

The fire broke out in a backpacker district near Khao San Road at 9pm local time.

40 people were evacuated from the hotel’s rooftop bar.

After an hour and a half, the fire was under control.

Jimmy Carter is dead

Jimmy Carter is dead, reports Reuters.

The ex-president turned 100 years old.

Fire at manor house – part of the world heritage

There is a fire at the 18th-century mansion Skärva mansion in Karlskrona, according to the rescue service.

It is a fully developed fire in part of the building. There is a risk of the fire spreading to other parts.

According to the emergency services, three people have been checked by the medical service, but no one has been taken to hospital.

– WE are on site and working at full capacity, says the Eastern Blekinge Rescue Service.

The manor is part of the Imperial City of Karlskrona, which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Earthquake outside Falköping

An earthquake occurred at 18.30 on Sunday evening just outside Falköping.

According to the Swedish National Seismic Network, the earthquake had a magnitude of 2.1.

– What a bloody blast. We sat drinking wine and thought the boiler had exploded or that a large tree had fallen, says a resident in the area.

Suspected burglar found in ventilation pipe

On Sunday afternoon, the police were called to a business premises in Helsingborg after the burglar alarm went off.

In the premises, a window has been smashed and an unauthorized person has been seen at the scene.

When the police search the premises, they hear a knocking sound. It turns out that the suspect, a man in his 50s, has entered a ventilation pipe.

With the help of the emergency services, the man is picked out and arrested on suspicion of the burglary.

Several kilometers long trail after Eagle S

A trail several kilometers long has been found on the seabed after Eagle S, the police say.

– With the underwater operations, we have been able to identify the tow track on the seabed from start to finish. The track is tens of kilometers long. For now, the possible location where the anchor came loose has not been determined, said tactical leader, Detective Inspector Sami Paila in a press release.

Major delays in train traffic

There are disruptions in train traffic between Gothenburg and Alingsås, writes the Swedish Transport Agency on its website.

Regional trains to Stockholm, among others, are also delayed.

– We will pause the traffic until the rescue service’s work is finished. The forecast is currently about an hour, but it could take longer, says Lina Edström, press officer at SJ.

Suspected hand grenade fished out

A person has magnetically fished out what is suspected to be a hand grenade in Lund, the police write on their website.

The finder took the item to a gas station parking lot and alerted the police.

The E22 was temporarily shut down during the work.

The national bomb protection has now carried out a controlled explosion of the object and traffic is allowed to open again.

The police write on their website that the object was harmless. According to P4 Malmö house was it part of a bike light.

The Taliban’s building rule: No windows against women

The Taliban’s top leader in Afghanistan has issued a ban on installing windows facing areas where women stay. Windows in already existing residential buildings should be blocked, according to the order.

Windows must not be placed so that it is possible to see “the yard, the kitchen, the neighbor’s well and other places usually used by women,” reads a statement from the Taliban government.

“Seeing women working in the kitchen, in the yard or fetching water from the well can lead to indecent acts,” writes spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on X.

Local authorities will monitor construction sites to ensure compliance.

Since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021, women have been almost completely erased from public life. The UN has condemned what it calls the Taliban regime’s “gender apartheid”.

Fire at hotel in Bangkok – 40 evacuated from roof

A fire has broken out at a hotel on Tani Road in Bangkok, reports FM91.

40 people have been evacuated after being stuck on the hotel’s roof.

According to the radio channel, all floors are filled with smoke.

Alarm about an explosion in Jönköping – was rubbish

The police have been alerted to Kungsängen in Jönköping due to a feared explosion, writes Jönköpings-Posten.

The police are on the scene with several cars, but at the moment it is unclear what happened.

– We have investigated an object that was initially suspicious. But it has turned out to be just rubbish and totally harmless, we are now ending the operation, says Linus Maxe at the regional command center to Jönköpings-Posten.

Three dead off the coast of France

At least three people have been found dead after a rescue operation outside Calais in France. 50 people could be saved.

The boat the people were on attempted to cross the English Channel on Sunday. According to Sky News were they likely on their way to seek asylum in England.

Guy Allemand, mayor of Sangette, has confirmed the deaths, saying seven people needed intensive care due to severe hypothermia.

Tourist killed in shark attack

One tourist has died and another has been injured in a shark attack off the coast of Egypt, the country’s Ministry of the Environment says, according to Reuters.

The nationalities of the tourists are currently unknown.

The incident occurred at the resort of Marsa Alam in the Red Sea, in deep water and outside the area designated for swimming.

The swimming area will be closed for the next two days due to the incident.