Spitfire plane crashed – one died

Spitfire plane crashed one died

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  • Spitfire plane crashed – one died

    A Spitfire plane on display at Silverstone in 2020. Photo: Ben Stansall/AP/TT

    A Second World War Spitfire plane crashed during a display in eastern England on Saturday. The pilot died, but no one else was injured.

    The plane took part in a display for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944, when Allied soldiers landed in Normandy, France.

    The Royal Air Force confirms the accident at the Coningsby military base. The cause of the accident is not known.

    During the 1930s and 40s, over 20,000 Spitfire planes were built, today only a few dozen planes remain. Six of them took part in Saturday’s show.

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  • Fire at hotel – guests evacuated

    A fire broke out in one of the rooms at a hotel in central Borlänge during the night towards Sunday.

    The emergency services received a first automatic alarm at 00:23. On the way to the hotel, there were more calls from passers-by about the development of smoke.

    – The entire hotel has been evacuated, we have had smoke spreading on two of the floors and are in the process of ventilating out the smoke gases, says emergency manager Daniel Larsson.

    According to the emergency services, one person has been taken care of by paramedics. The extent of the damage is unclear.

    The police have launched a preliminary investigation into public negligence and cordoned off the hotel room for a technical examination.

  • Extreme heat closes Pakistan’s schools

    Residents of Islamabad cool down as the heat rises. Photo: Anjum Naveed/AP/TT

    A heat wave has swept across Pakistan with temperatures exceeding 50 degrees in some places.

    The regional government of Punjab was forced on Saturday to decide to close schools and introduce summer vacation a week earlier than scheduled because of the heat.

    The summer vacation will last until mid-August, according to Noor ul Huda, spokesperson for the regional school authority.

    The decision affects around 26 million school children.

    Sind province in southeastern Pakistan has also seen temperatures rise, with 51 degrees recorded on Saturday in Mohenjo-Daro, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Institute. The extreme heat wave is believed to last the rest of the month.

  • Heavy house fire in Nässjö

    There is a heavy fire in a villa in Nässjö.

    – Five people are affected by this and one has been taken to hospital, says Johanna Månsson, press spokesperson at the rescue service.

    The fire is extensive and according to the rescue service, it is not yet controlled. At the moment, it is not seen that there is any risk of spreading to nearby buildings.

  • Paddlers fired upon

    Three people in their 20s with air weapons have fired at several paddlers at Ätran in Svenljunga.

    The police were called to the scene and checked the people. The patrols have also found an air rifle and a carbon dioxide gun.

    All three are suspected of attempted serious assault.

    However, none of the paddlers were hit.

  • Fight outside the Swedish fair

    A fight between several people has broken out outside the Swedish fair in Gothenburg.

    According to the police, it is about 10 to 15 people.

    There are no reports of personal injuries.

  • Great chaos in Oslo – fights and tear gas

    Police on site in Oslo. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB

    Close to 1,000 people gathered in Oslo to celebrate Eritrea’s national day.

    When a hundred protesters critical of the regime arrived, fights and stone throwing broke out, according to Norwegian police VG.

    Among other things, the Oslo police have had to use tear gas to disperse the protesters.

    The demonstrators are chanting “stop the party” and “stop the dictator”, according to VG.

    – I have heard some slogans, they have also thrown quite a few stones at the police, says witness Anders to VG.

  • Several minibuses blocked off

    The police have cordoned off several places where gas-powered minibuses are parked in Kalmar County.

    “The decision has been made with regard to the events where gas-powered minibuses exploded, most recently in Nybro last Thursday,” the police write on their website.

    The rescue service in Kalmar has decided on the measures.

    In total, it affects 14 addresses.

  • Hardware store bombed in Ukraine – 200 believed to have been inside

    A heavy fire broke out after the attack on the department store. Photo: Andrii Marienko / AP

    A building department store in Ukrainian Kharkiv has been bombed, says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

    200 people are believed to have been in the premises.

    – We know for sure that two people are dead, says Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov in a statement on Telegram.

  • Extreme poverty affects one in four Syrians

    The economic crisis with enormous poverty is hitting the people of Syria hard, and trade – like that of a shopkeeper in Aleppo – is completely at a standstill. Archive image. Photo: Baderkhan Ahmad/AP/TT

    More than a quarter of Syria’s population lives in extreme poverty, the World Bank notes in a report. 13 years of civil war have completely shattered Syria’s economy, and some 5.7 million residents have fallen into near total poverty.

    The review shows that 90 percent of the population lives in the somewhat milder classification of poverty.

    The World Bank notes that “extreme poverty was non-existent before the conflict” and the civil war that broke out in 2011.

    Extreme poverty is defined, among other things, by a person having less than around 30 kroner a day to move around with.

  • Car fire in parking garage at Hisingen

    Just before 2 pm on Saturday, an alarm comes in that there is a fire in a garage in the Eriksberg area of ​​Gothenburg.

    – It appears to be a passenger car burning on street level inside a parking garage, says Fredrik Svedemyr at the police press service.

    Police and emergency services rush to the scene to put out the fire.

    There are currently no reports of personal injuries.

  • Arguments on airplanes

    Two people have started arguing on a plane arriving at Arlanda, the police say.

    A 35-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman have been taken into custody by the police with reference to the Act on handling an intoxicated person.

  • Positive signals about new Gaza talks

    Palestinians who fled Rafah arrive in the central parts of the Gaza strip. Image from May 7. Photo: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP/TT

    Several Israeli media outlets state that Israel and mediators from the United States and Qatar have agreed to continue talks with terrorist-labeled Hamas on a cease-fire in Gaza.

    At the same time, an Israeli source tells the AFP news agency that the country’s government is willing to enter into negotiations.

    Sources for the Israeli media company Walla state that Egypt and Qatar will mediate in the talks, which are held within the framework negotiated in Paris in recent days.

  • Tourist kicked and robbed on luxury watch

    A tourist has been kicked and robbed of his watch in Stockholm’s Old Town.

    – The plaintiff has stated that it is an expensive watch, says police spokesperson Daniel Wikdahl.

    The police are now looking for the perpetrator in the alleys.

    – We have a description that we are working with, but so far we have not found the perpetrator, says Daniel Wikdahl.

  • Fire in hygge

    The rescue service has been alerted to Hosbroberget between Arbrå and Nianfors north of Bollnäs where a fire has started in a clearing.

    Extinguishing work is currently underway.

    – It is not such an extensive fire. We can do it with only ground personnel, says Jimmy Andersson Taylor, emergency manager at the rescue service in Hälsingland.

    It is still unclear what was behind the fire.

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    Niklas

    Hello! There must have been an accident. No crime is suspected.

  • Why did 2 ambulances and 3 police cars with sirens and blue lights just pass by in Vasastaden?

    Hannah

    Hello! There has been an accident at the subway at Odenplan.

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    Hi Alex, we have written about this.

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    Hey Lego! We wonder about that, Taylor Swift said on stage that it was an audience record yesterday and we’ve been looking for the organizer all day without an answer unfortunately! Will update you as soon as we know more.

  • Don’t understand what the difference is between SD’s “troll factory” and Aftonbladet’s culture pages.

    Can someone explain how it differs from e.g. Anders Lindberg’s texts and word pooping?

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    The difference is that Anders writes his own opinions and signs with his own name.

    A “troll factory” is a hidden organization that spreads misleading information for propaganda purposes – without being clear about who the sender is.

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