THREE NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS
Government investigators want to propose a ban on international adoptions.
THREE NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS
A dump truck drove off the road just before half past eight on Wednesday morning.
The accident occurred on the E16 from the Jungfru roundabout to Stigaregatan in the direction of Borlänge.
There is no information on the state of the damage. The police are on the scene directing traffic at the scene of the accident.
– Traffic is affected, and the forecast is at least a couple of hours due to salvage work, says Robert Lassar, commanding officer of the rescue service.
A cyclist and a tractor collided in Åselby outside Borlänge just before eight o’clock on Wednesday morning.
The cyclist, a 35-year-old woman, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The accident occurred at an intersection, but it is currently unclear which of the parties can be considered at fault, the police write on their website.
A former employee at the preschool in Ljusdal municipality has exposed several children to sexual abuse, the municipality announced yesterday.
Today, a joint press conference was held with the police.
– I want to warn that what we are going to tell you will be very difficult to hear, says municipal director Mikael Björk.
Read more here.
Lower savings rate. Archive image. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT
State bank SBAB lowers the savings rate by 0.25 percentage points and thus follows the Riksbank’s reduction of the policy rate last week.
Last week, the bank lowered the variable mortgage interest rate by the same amount, announced in a press release.
An employee at the nuclear power company Studsvik has simultaneously worked for the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front, reports Call Facts. In addition, he has been recruited into the dictatorship’s research program Tusen talanger.
Those who participate in the program are encouraged to steal foreign technology, according to the US FBI.
Cold facts report that the man has a central and security-sensitive role as a technical expert at the nuclear power company.
Danish police have been alerted to explosions near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen.
“Due to two explosions, we are on site at the Strandagervej/Lundevangsvej area. No one has been injured and we are conducting the initial investigations,” the Copenhagen police sign X and continues:
“A possible connection to the Israeli embassy, located in the area, is being investigated.”
During yesterday evening, shots were fired at Israel’s embassy in Stockholm and according to information to Aftonbladet, the ambassador, who was at a public event, had to be picked up by bodyguards.
The Israeli Air Force has attacked targets in northern Gaza during the night of Wednesday, the Israeli military (IDF) said on Telegram.
The IDF has also confirmed new attacks on Hezbollah targets in Beirut and announces that the Israeli Air Force continues to strike targets in the Middle East, with full force.
The targets in Gaza were, according to the IDF, in areas near buildings that previously functioned as schools but are now used by Hamas.
Just over a week after announcing that 1,000 employees in Skellefteå had been notified of layoffs, there are thousands of jobs to be applied for at the battery giant Northvolt via the Employment Agency’s website.
According to Folkbladet, there are 97 advertisements posted, which include a total of 1,443 positions. Some, however, are from the time before the announcement.
On Monday last week, Northvolt announced that 1,600 people, of which 1,000 in Skellefteå, 400 in Västerås and 200 in Stockholm, may be allowed to go.
A large police operation has been underway in Bandhagen in southern Stockholm during the night.
– We received calls about loud bangs and on the spot we could ascertain that a door had been fired at, says Jenny Ryberg, officer on duty at the police.
The alarm came in at 11.40 pm and a large area was cordoned off.
– We have carried out a technical investigation during the night, says Jenny Ryberg.
No one is injured.
The police have opened a preliminary investigation into attempted murder, but no one has yet been arrested in the case.
Firefighters put out a fire in Bir Hassan in Beirut after an Israeli air raid on Tuesday. Photo: Hassan Ammar/AP/TT
Israel has launched new airstrikes against what it describes as Hezbollah targets in Beirut, the Israeli military (IDF) announced shortly after midnight on Wednesday night.
“The IDF is currently conducting raids against Hezbollah-linked terrorist targets in Beirut,” it said in a statement on Telegram.
Shortly before, the IDF urged residents in the southern parts of the city to leave their homes, in anticipation of attacks, particularly in a named suburb.
Earlier on Tuesday, 55 people were killed and 156 injured in Lebanon in Israeli airstrikes, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said.
Mexico’s new president Claudia Sheinbaum addresses Congress. Photo: Eduardo Verdugo
Claudia Sheinbaum has taken the presidential oath before the Congress of Mexico.
She is thus historic as the country’s first female president.
It was a joyous ceremony as Sheinbaum was sworn in in front of hundreds of Mexican congressmen.
“Presidenta, presidenta,” the feminine declension of the word president in Spanish, was heard amid the cheers.
The 62-year-old Sheinbaum received 60 percent of the vote in the presidential election in June, while the nearest challenger Xóchitl Gálvez had to make do with just over 25 percent.
Late on Tuesday evening, the police were called to Ljura in Norrköping.
– A woman calls and says that she stabbed a man, says Linus Maxe, RLC officer at police region east, to NT.
The man had wounds or puncture wounds on his body and had to be taken by ambulance to hospital. The extent of the damage is unclear.
The woman has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault.
A former employee at the preschool in Ljusdal municipality allegedly exposed several children to sexual abuse, the municipality announces.
“The police have established sexual abuse against nine girls,” the municipality writes on its website.
A preliminary investigation was started but is now closed, because the perpetrator is dead.
Guardians and affected employees must have learned about the events on Tuesday.
The municipality of Ljusdal has gone into emergency mode due to the incident, and appointed a special support group. On Wednesday morning, the municipality will hold a press conference.
Jimmy Carter 2023 Photo: Alex Brandon /AP
Former US President Jimmy Carter turns 100 today.
He is the first president of the country to have lived a full century.
The birthday was celebrated in the hometown of Plains, where Carter has been receiving palliative care at home for a year and a half.
Outside the White House, giant numbers in yellow have been set up forming the number 100 along with a congratulatory greeting.
– You have always been a moral force for our country, our world and a beloved friend to me, Jill and our family, says President Joe Biden in a video.
The birthday is also celebrated in social media.
The account History Calendarr on X notes, for example, that Jimmy Carter is now too old to play with Lego.
Carter was president between 1977 and 1981. In 2002, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on democracy issues and human rights.
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