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A traffic accident has occurred at a pedestrian crossing in Trollhättan.
– An ambulance is on site, but the person is talkative and awake, says Johan Bäckström, duty officer at Norra Älvsborg’s rescue service.
According to the police’s website, the pedestrian himself called 112.
The person reports back pain, but otherwise the condition of the injury is unclear.
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Photo: Swedish Consumer Agency
Krisskydd Sverige AB is recalling the reflective harness Reflective vest. This is because the reflective surface is too small, which can mean that the user is not seen enough in the dark.
Consumers who have purchased the reflex harness are asked to stop using the product immediately.
Jem & Fix is also recalling the reflective harness Be seen due to the same reason.
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SOS was alerted on Monday morning about an incident on the railway tracks in Köping, writes VLT.
Ten ambulances are said to be on the scene.
– It’s a passenger train that hit a tractor trailer that was on its way over the railway, says Jonas Wahlstrand, line operator at the Rescue Service.
Ten people are said to have received minor injuries.
– One person has been taken away by ambulance, says Jonas Wahlstrand.
Read more here.
On Monday morning, the Israeli military called on Lebanese to evacuate villages near “areas used by Hezbollah to store weapons and ammunition”, writes the New York Times.
According to Israel, there are 17 villages in Lebanon that may be affected in what is described as “extensive attacks”.
The site AInews.zone publishes misleading information on Facebook, one shows examination as P3 Nyheter and P4 Stockholm have done.
These are then spread in large Swedish Facebook groups via AI-generated accounts and arouse strong reactions.
– You can see that there are tendencies from alternative media with topics such as immigration. It smells a bit like a troll factory behind this, says Peter Dahlén, researcher in news consumption, to Sveriges Radio.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is halting the use of all communications devices after the pager attack against Hezbollah, two security sources told Reuters.
One of the sources says that the Revolutionary Guard will now examine all technical equipment.
Read more here.
On Sunday evening, the police were alerted that a man pulled a knife and acted threateningly in front of children in Stenungsund, the police write on their website.
When patrol arrives at the scene, they find the knife on him.
A report regarding a serious crime against the Knife Act and serious unlawful threats has been drawn up.
At 7:00 a.m. today, the lobster fishing starts, writes the Norwegian Sea and Water Authority on its website.
The fishermen may only use lobster nets and, as of last year, they must be equipped with escape holes to prevent ghost fishing.
The minimum size to be allowed to pick up the crustaceans is nine centimeters, measured from the back edge of the eye socket to the back edge of the head shield.
Due to faulty pipes, the toxic chemical is leaking at Northvolt in Skellefteå, it reports SVT Västerbotten.
According to the disclosure, the system cannot handle the cold.
It’s all about the chemical NMP, which is used in battery manufacturing.
The toxic solvent can cause birth defects, caustic damage and damage the respiratory tract.
The building where the tanks and pipes with NMP are located is not heated. Instead, the temperature of the chemical is regulated with water pipes and district heating.
Now the facility with NMP must be rebuilt, according to the information to SVT.
An aerial photo of Wajima which received half a meter of rain. Picture from last Saturday. Photo: Kyodo News via AP/TT
Six people have died and at least two are missing after torrential rains hit the Ishikawa region in central Japan. In two days, the city of Wajima had received 500 millimeters – half a meter of rain.
The rain has caused rivers to overflow and, as in the city of Wajima, led to landslides in several places. People have been swept away by masses of water and in landslides.
On New Year’s Day 2024, an earthquake occurred in the area and the reconstruction after that event is still ongoing.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a car at an airport in Pennsylvania, USA. Photo: Christopher Dolan/AP/TT
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that the fall could determine how the war between Russia and Ukraine goes.
– Together with our partners, we can strengthen our positions in the way needed for victory, he says in a speech recorded on a flight to Pennsylvania, where he visited a factory that manufactures artillery shells.
Next, Zelenskyy will go to the United Nations in New York and Washington. During the trip, Ukraine will present its victory plan to US President Joe Biden. And he will visit the US Congress and meet presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
Speaker Mike Johnson. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP/TT
The US state apparatus can remain open over the election. The Speaker of Congress, Republican Mike Johnson, has a preliminary agreement with the Democrats on temporary spending frameworks for the last three months of the year.
Authorities and other federal bodies may stay within previously specified ranges, there will be no level increase. The exception is that the Secret Service, which, among other things, provides bodyguard protection to the president and presidential candidates, receives roughly 2.3 billion, translated into kroner, more.
“Although this is a solution that none of us would prefer, it is the most reasonable solution now given the situation,” writes Mike Johnson in a comment.
He adds that it would be political mismanagement to shut down the state apparatus just a month before the presidential election.
At least nine people have been injured in a Russian attack on the city of Zaporizhzhya in southeastern Ukraine on Sunday evening, Ukraine’s state rescue service said.
Several residential buildings were damaged in the attack, which began at 10 p.m., Swedish time. Among the injured is a child.
Rescue personnel are searching the damaged houses and several residents have had to be evacuated as a result of the attack.
Racial crowds in southern Beirut after Israel’s attack on Friday. Photo: Bilal Hussein/AP/TT
The outside world watches with horror the escalation of large-scale attacks between Israel and Hezbollah.
– What worries me is the risk of Lebanon turning into a new Gaza, says UN chief António Guterres at the General Assembly meeting in New York.
As recently as Sunday, Naim Qassem, the deputy leader of the Iran-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah, emphasized that the militia had entered a “new phase” in the fighting with Israel, which he calls an “open showdown.”
– We are ready for all military possibilities, he says.
The police are in Gottsunda in Uppsala after a suspicious shooting.
Several people reported loud explosions at 9.45pm on Sunday evening.
A large number of patrols were dispatched, and the police have made findings at the scene indicating that there was a shooting.
One person is said to have been shot at, the police say.
– We have a plaintiff, but that person is not injured, says Thomas Bertze at the police in the central region.
A cordon has been set up at the suspected crime scene.
The shooting is said to have occurred near the place where a live hand grenade was found yesterday. However, it is unclear whether there is any connection.
– We have to investigate that, says Thomas Bertze.
The incident is being investigated as attempted murder. No one is arrested.
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