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Middle East crisis  Attack in Doha

Report: Netanyahu apologizes to Qatar

Benjamin Netanyahu has apologized to Qatar for the attack on a Hamas delegation in the country's capital Doha earlier in September, a source close to the Israeli prime minister told Reuters.

The apology was reportedly made in a phone call to Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, in connection with Netanyahu's visit to the White House on Monday. Representatives from Qatar are also present in Washington, according to another source.

EU summit in Copenhagen

Sweden helps Denmark with police officers ahead of the EU summit

Swedish police officers are being sent to Denmark to assist with security during the upcoming EU summit.

This includes police officers on motorbikes and bomb dogs, which are trained to identify explosives.

– This is part of our Nordic cooperation, between the police authorities and at the request of the Danish police, says Linda Hedmark, head of the operational unit Noa in a press release. 

AB Volvo's future

Volvo supplies machinery to controversial mining projects

Vehicle manufacturer AB Volvo has supplied at least 90 construction machines to a controversial mining project in Indonesia. This is reported by DN, which has mapped the machinery deliveries.

The newspaper estimates the order value for the deliveries to the mining project at SEK 300 million.

The machines have been purchased by four contractors who mine nickel in the Weda Bay open pit mine on the island of Halmahera. Mining on the island is controversial because it has led to large amounts of rainforest being cut down. It is also said to pose a risk of "extinction" of the Indonesian indigenous Hongana Manyawa people who have lived isolated on the island.