Russia is accused of shooting down the passenger plane

This time it was grid operator Fingrid’s electricity cable Estlink 2 between Finland and Estonia that stopped working.

Arto Pahkin, control room manager at Fingrid, said yesterday that sabotage cannot be ruled out.

Today at 2 p.m., the Finnish authorities are holding a press conference about the cable break, reports EPN.

The Finnish police and the Border Guard are investigating the incident and “whether a foreign cargo ship can be linked to the damage”, the police state on their website.

FSB: Prevented assassination attempt on Russian leaders

The Russian security service FSB says it has prevented several assassination attempts planned by Ukraine’s security service against high-ranking Russian officers and their families in Moscow, reports Reuters.

– Four Russian citizens who were involved in the preparation of these attacks have been arrested, says the FSB.

On December 17, Ukrainian intelligence services killed Russian General Igor Kirillov, head of Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, by detonating a bomb attached to an electric scooter outside his home.

Brawl in Sandviken – two to hospital

On Wednesday night, a fight broke out at a pub in central Sandviken.

Two men to hospital for re-plastering and three other men are detained.

The three suspects are arrested and the initial criminal classification is aggravated assault.

Serious assault in Helsingborg

Police were called in the early morning to Möllegränden where a man had been beaten and kicked. He was taken to hospital by ambulance.

Four men in their 20s and 30s and a woman in their 20s have been arrested on suspicion of serious assault.

Woman in her 20s dead – police investigating murder

During Christmas Eve, the police were called to an address in the eastern part of Ystad where a woman was found dead in a residence.

The woman, who was in her 20s, was found dead and the police are now investigating the incident as a murder.

On their website, the police write that they are conducting investigative work, which includes interrogating and knocking on doors in the area.

Snow chaos in the Balkans – 200,000 without electricity

A surprisingly heavy snowstorm continues to wreak havoc in the Balkan region.

In countries such as Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia, hundreds of thousands of households are without electricity, writes Euronews.

Bosnia has been hit hardest by the storm. There, a large proportion of the inhabitants have also lost access to running water.

Traffic is heavily affected, this also applies to railways and ferry traffic.

Several schools, shops and other facilities have also been forced to close.

Authorities have urged citizens to stay at home and avoid travel if possible.

The intense snowfall complicates rescue efforts and has caused several regions to declare a state of emergency.

Taxis have run into people in Manhattan

A taxi has run over several people in a popular tourist area in Manhattan, reports several different American media including NBC News.

At least six pedestrians were hit by the taxi and three were taken to hospital, including a 9-year-old boy and his mother who was visiting from Australia.

According to NBC, it is an accident where the taxi driver suffered a case of illness.

The child actor is dead

Hudson Meek, known from, among other things, the action film “Baby Driver” has died, reports Variety.

According to the newspaper, he died after falling from a moving vehicle on December 22 in Alabama, USA.

He was only 16 years old.

“Our hearts bleed to announce that Hudson Meek has now come home to Jesus. His 16 years on earth were far too short, but he managed to achieve so much and made a strong impression on everyone he met,” the family writes on Instagram.

Drunk chaos throughout Norway

At 01.34 on the night of Boxing Day, the Christmas break came to an abrupt end, writes the Norwegian Dagbladet.

The police have handled several cases regarding drunk driving, fights and incidents where people were thrown out of nightclubs.

The newspaper has followed the night’s drunken chaos hour by hour and between midnight and 05.47 a total of 26 incidents have been reported.

Broke into woman’s house to sleep

A woman alerted the police that an unknown man had entered her home in Hudiksvall at half past three on Boxing Day.

– He wants to sleep there, he stated. She is obviously terrified, he has basically broken in, says Sanja Vukicevic, commanding officer at the police.

The police were on the scene within minutes and were able to take the man into custody.

– He is suspected of serious breach of domestic peace. He has been knocking and asking to come in. He has since managed to get in for his own machine.

Migrants rescued in the English Channel

A total of 107 people who tried to cross the English Channel from France to England on Christmas Day have been rescued, French authorities have announced.

According to the statement, a total of twelve rescue operations were carried out along the northern coast of France, including rescuing passengers on a boat that had problems with the engine.

Since the turn of the year, at least 73 people have died in connection with trying to cross the canal, the highest death toll ever for the stretch.

20 big cats dead from bird flu in zoo

A zoo for rare cats has been hit very hard by bird flu, writes New York Times.

A Bengal tiger, four cougars and 15 other rare felines have died of bird flu in December.

The Wild Felid Advocacy Center in Shelton, Washington, which specializes in cats, has quarantined and closed the zoo until further notice.

Ice warning on Boxing Day

SMHI has issued a yellow warning for sudden ice slippage in Västerbotten and Norrbotten on Boxing Day.

Freezing rain can cause icy roads in the region.

SMHI also issues an orange warning for very strong winds on Calf mountain in the middle and northern Lapland mountains. The warning is valid until Friday evening.

The cold looks set to return in time for the New Year, with colder air moving in across much of the country next week. In southern Sweden, it looks like there will be both snow, rain and wind, but it is still unclear where the line between rain and snow will be.

14 dead in attack by Assad loyalists

According to the new Syrian regime’s interior minister, 14 soldiers were killed in an ambush in the coastal area of ​​Tartus on Wednesday, writes Barrons.

Interior Minister Mohammed Abdel Rahman says “remnants” of the al-Assad regime were behind the attack.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights SOHR, the attack started when the soldiers were to arrest a former regime officer.

– We will crack down with an iron fist on anyone who dares to challenge the security of Syria and its people, the minister told Sky News Arabia.