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Initial data: Russia did not use intercontinental ballistic missile

Two anonymous high-ranking Western sources told the Reuters news agency that Russia did not use an intercontinental ballistic missile in the attack in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday.

However, the sources stated that it is an early analysis that may change.

Suspect item was key case

A police operation was launched in Slottstaden in Malmö after an alarm about a suspicious object.

A staircase was housed. The bomb disposal unit was called in, but already at 4 p.m. the operation could be canceled because the object turned out to be harmless.

– The police officers on the spot could assess that. It was some kind of case, a key case, says Fredrik Bratt, press spokesperson at the police.

The king on the climate meeting: It is going too slowly

As the UN climate meeting enters its final sprint, there is great disappointment from many quarters. King Carl Gustaf says he hopes the world leaders persevere in the discussions.

King Carl Gustaf is on a state visit to Singapore and finds it worrying that no agreement was reached in the climate negotiations at COP29 in Baku.

– Progress is slow in these matters, but it is far too slow, he tells TT.

The biggest stumbling block in this year’s climate negotiations concerns how much money the world’s rich countries are prepared to invest annually to support developing countries. The target is a new sum but when a first draft was presented on Thursday morning there was none at all. This indicates a large gap between the countries.

The developing countries say they need around 1,400 billion dollars – Show more

Doctors Without Borders halts operations in Haiti

Doctors Without Borders has suspended its operations in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.

The reason is that police forces have threatened the staff, the organization writes in a press release.

“Police officers have stopped MSF’s vehicles several times and directly threatened staff, including death and rape threats. This has taken place during the week following an attack on one of our ambulances on November 11 in which at least two patients were executed and our staff were physically injured,” they write.

Netanyahu: Absurd accusations

Netanyahu rejects the ICC charges earlier today.

– We completely reject the false and absurd accusations of the International Criminal Court, a biased and discriminatory political body, says Netanyahu’s press officer, David Mencer, to Norwegian Television 2.

– No war is more just than the war Israel has waged in Gaza since October 7, 2023, when the terrorist organization Hamas launched a murderous attack and carried out the largest massacre against the Jewish people since the Holocaust.

Details: C-tops are called to a crisis meeting

The center party’s district chairman has been called to a crisis meeting this evening, experiences Echo.

It is about the criticism that has emerged against party leader Muharrem Demirok’s leadership.

Within the party, resignation demands against the party leader are being discussed because of his support for Magdalena Andersson, according to Aftonbladet’s sources. Read more here.

More than 60 killed in Israeli attack

Over 60 Palestinians are said to have been killed in an Israeli airstrike against Bait Lahia in northern Gaza, writes SVT.

Many of the victims are said to have been sleeping when Israel attacked during the night of Thursday.

According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, another 100 people are said to have been injured.

The Court of Appeal confirms the verdict: Northvoltchef is acquitted

A manager at the battery manufacturer Northvolt in Skellefteå who was charged with violating the Aliens Act has previously been acquitted in the district court.

Now the Court of Appeal confirms the district court’s verdict.

It was in November 2021 that the police carried out a high-profile raid on Northvolt’s factory in Skellefteå and discovered that twelve foreign people were working at the factory without a work permit.

Throughout the process, the company has claimed that the people were employed by a subcontractor and that Northvolt thus had no responsibility for them.

The government appoints a new Chancellor of Justice

Thomas Bull, current Justice of the Supreme Court, has been appointed as the new Chancellor of Justice and head of the Chancellor of Justice.

Among other things, the authority supervises authorities and their officials, settles claims for damages against the state and is the prosecutor in press and freedom of expression cases.

Previously, Bull was a professor of constitutional law at Uppsala University and was a special investigator and expert in several government investigations.

Bull takes office on March 1 next year, until then Daniel Kjellgren is acting chancellor of justice.

Bomb threat against the town hall

At 2 pm on Thursday, the Town Hall in Halmstad was evacuated after a bomb threat was received, writes Hallandsposten.

According to information to the newspaper, a note with a threat was found in the foyer outside.

The evacuation must have gone smoothly.

– We only had a few minutes left to kick off the meeting when they arrived. They had a white paper with them, an ordinary A4, on which was written “Bomb today – damn liar” in a sprawling style, says Susanne Beide, chairwoman of the municipal council, to the newspaper.

At 3 p.m., the police had searched the premises. They do not judge that there is any danger, but a report has been drawn up about illegal threats.

– Nothing has been found and the staff will be able to return to the premises, says police spokesperson August Brandt.

Students sent home after “incident”

High school students at a school in Vara have been allowed to go home if they want after an incident during the morning, write P4 Skaraborg.

The police were called to the scene, but the school’s principal did not comment on what happened to the radio channel.

Foreign Ministry warns of alcohol in Laos

The Swedish Foreign Ministry now warns against drinking alcohol in the country, they write on their website Sweden Abroad.

This after several deaths as a result of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos.

Attack on the Liberals’ office

On social media, threats have been directed at the Liberals’ premises and offices around the country.

This is confirmed by the Liberals’ press service for Aftonbladet.

During Thursday morning, posts on social media are said to have urged people to storm and vandalize the Liberals’ office.

One of the Liberals’ offices has been attacked. An activist group has carried out a paint attack against the Liberals’ office in Eskilstuna in protest against the party’s attempt to close Gothenburg’s student tent camp for Palestine.

– It is very serious. It is an attack on democracy. Those who engage in this should be in prison for a very long time, says Johan Pehrson, Liberal party leader.

He says that they have taken all security measures to protect the party’s personnel.

– Those who attacked do it to threaten and intimidate. It is an attack on more than the Liberals’ party premises. It is an attack on liberal values, says Pehrson.

Arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

The International Criminal Court (ICC) announces that it is issuing an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

The ICC has also issued an arrest warrant for Hamas leader al-Masri.

The criminal court wants the two leaders to be imprisoned and writes, among other things, that Netanyahu has used starvation as a “weapon”.

During the spring, Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan requested an arrest warrant against Netanyahu and several Hamas leaders.

At the time, it was reported that a panel of judges at the ICC had to assess whether it could be accepted – which has now been done.