Swedish satellite to improve climate research

Large protests against the election results have been held since election day in Venezuela. Pictured are holding opposition leader María Corina Machado and opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia during a protest on July 30. Photo: Matias Delacroix/AP/TT

The opposition in Venezuela and regime loyalists are holding a new showdown on Saturday in the capital Caracas, when both sides have called for demonstrations following the disputed election results.

The protests that have been ongoing since the July 28 election in which both incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and the opposition declared themselves the winners have so far claimed 25 lives, nearly 200 have been injured and more than 2,400 have been arrested.

Opposition leader María Corina Machado has called for demonstrations in over 300 cities in Venezuela and abroad in what she calls a “protest for the truth”. During Friday, she urged her supporters to “continue the fight”. Demonstrations have taken place in Australia’s Melbourne and Sydney.

Since election day, Machado, who had his presidential candidacy blocked by Maduro-loyal institutions, has Show more

Israel has announced that it intends to carry out a military offensive in a refugee camp in Gaza and is now ordering a new forced evacuation, writes VG.

The forced evacuation is aimed at the Maghazi refugee camp and around 170,000 Palestinians will have to flee.

– Hamas and terrorist organizations are firing rockets from your area at Israel. The Israeli army will strike hard against these, says a statement from the IDF spokesperson.

Somerset House. Photo: Paul Allingham / AP

A fire has broken out in the Somerset House building complex in central London, British media reports.

Around 100 firefighters are reported to be working on the extinguishing work, according to Sky News.

They also write that all staff and visitors are out of the building.

It is unclear why the fire broke out.

Somerset House was designed by the Swedish-Scottish architect William Chambers and construction began in 1776. The building was completed with wings in 1831 and 1856.

The iconic location is currently used for various cultural events and would host a breakdancing event on Saturday, the BBC reports.

Several people alerted the police about loud bangs in Gottsunda, Uppsala, during the afternoon. Several patrols went out and searched the area, including with drones, the police write on their website.

No injured or suspicious person was found – but, however, a wedding where fireworks were used.

An 85-year-old man has driven into a concrete foundation outside Partille and overturned, GP reports.

The car then ended up on its roof and the driver had to be taken to hospital by ambulance.

– The man’s injuries are serious but stable, says Calle Jershed at Sahlgrenska’s press service to the newspaper.

There are no suspicions of crime.

A motorcyclist with a passenger has rolled over on county road 223.

– It is a single accident. There have been two people on the motorcycle. For an unknown reason, they have rolled over, says Angelica Israelsson Silfver, the police’s press spokesperson.

Both people have been taken to hospital. The damage is serious.

– An ambulance helicopter has been on the scene, but I don’t know if they took both or just one of the injured in the helicopter.

18 Palestinians from the same family were killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza, writes NRK with reference to AP and local authorities.

Among the 18 dead family members were nine children and three women.

The Flumeride ride at Liseberg has stopped and the people on board have been evacuated.

– It is a safety system that has stopped the ride because a photocell has been covered, says Mårten Westlund, press contact at Liseberg.

A photocell is something that indicates a passage. If you go into a store and it pings, then it’s a photocell that has noticed you.

– Maybe it was a leaf that covered the photocell. Then the attraction stops. Then everyone has had to leave.

Flumeride will soon be up and running again.

A traffic accident has occurred on the E18 at the height of Ölme, between Karlstad and Kristinehamn.

– Two vehicles appear to be involved. One of the cars has overturned in the ditch, says Anders Dahlman, the police press spokesman.

The extent of the damage is still unclear.

The lane in the direction of Karlstad is blocked.

Update:

A man in his 20s has been taken by ambulance to hospital for a check-up.

He is suspected of carelessness in traffic or not keeping an appropriate distance to the vehicle in front – as well as drunk driving under the influence of drugs and drug offenses for own use.

Salvage of the accident vehicles has been completed and the police patrol has left.

An SJ train on its way from Malmö to Stockholm has had to evacuate after a fire alarm, which has led to a halt in train traffic between Nässjö and Linköping.

– In a locomotive, there are many people who monitor the operation. Some of them indicate that there has been a fire in the locomotive. We have not noticed that it has burned, but we have chosen to be on the safe side so we have evacuated the passengers. says Peter Kraméus, SJ’s acting press manager.

– Then the train stops calmly and nicely a few kilometers south of Linköping. There, travelers can change trains there and continue towards Stockholm.

262 passengers are now waiting to be evacuated from the train that has stopped south of Linköping.

A dozen rockets have been shot down in the Israeli city of Safed, write The Times of Israel.

At the same time, Lebanese media reports that Hezbollah fired over 40 rockets at Safed in two different waves.

The attack is seen as a response to Israel’s attack on a weapons depot in the city of Nabatieh, where ten people are said to have died, according to Lebanese authorities.

Ukrainian soldiers have occupied Russian land.

Sweden’s Minister of Defense Pål Jonson says in an interview in P1 Morgon that it may be that Ukraine wants to take territory for a possible later negotiation.

– Ukraine has the right to defend itself inside and outside its territory. The reason for this is that it is Russia that has started this unprovoked.

The Defense Materials Agency (FMV) is to review the possibilities of simplifying the military support to the country.

– Supporting Ukraine is an investment in our own security. If Russia were to win this terrible war, we would have significantly greater security problems than we have today.

The Nordic countries have entered into DCA agreements, a defense cooperation with the USA. Military weapons are more easily available in case of war, so they do not need to be transported from abroad.

Smith & Thell in Nyhetsmorgonsoffan. Photo: TV4

The Swedish folk-pop group Smith & Thell is splitting up, the duo says in TV4’s Nyhetsmorgon.

– We have decided that we will do two concerts this autumn. We’ve been playing with each other and writing music with each other for more than half our lives now, says Maria Jane Smith.

Victor Thell adds that they feel tired.

– We see it as a break. I think all artists need breaks sometimes. We have toured 80 gigs per year, in recent years.

After the last gigs, they will focus on their solo careers.

– We have felt that we have to test life in our different directions, says Maria Jane Smith.

– Life wants this right now.

The duo was also a love couple for a long time, but has only been a musician’s partner for a few years.

Ukraine and Russia would send delegations to Doha this month to negotiate a deal to end attacks on energy and power infrastructure on both sides, diplomats and officials with knowledge of the matter told the Washington Post.

But the negotiations have now been put on hold after Ukraine’s offensive in Kursk.