500 million euros needed to secure Chernobyl

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Published 2026-03-26 21.37

            
           The outer protective shell over the exploded reactor four was damaged by a Russian drone last                   year. Archive photo. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP/TT

The radiation shield over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine was damaged in a Russian drone attack in February last year. The repair cost is estimated at 500 million euros, according to French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.

The announcement came during a meeting of the foreign ministers of the G7 countries. The sum corresponds to over 5.4 billion kronor.

Barrot states that the seven major economies will cooperate with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to raise the money.

The Russian drone caused a large hole in the outer radiation protection shell, which began assembly in November 2016 and was completed in 2019. Beneath is the original steel and concrete sarcophagus built after the reactor accident in 1986.

 

At least 20 dead in landslides in Tanzania

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Published 2026-03-26 18.45

 

A woman wades through water after heavy rains caused flooding in Ahero in western Kenya. Photo: Andrew Kasuku /AP

At least 20 people are dead after a landslide in southern Tanzania, according to local authorities.

The landslide was caused by heavy rain combined with strong winds.

More rain is expected in the areas in the coming days and local authorities fear that the death toll could rise further. Residents in the landslide risk zone are therefore urged to evacuate.

The eastern parts of Africa have been hit hard by heavy rains recently.

Among other things, at least 81 people have died in Tanzania's neighboring country Kenya in floods.

 Bloody stabbing attack in Pokémon store in Tokyo

Isak Fritzon

Published 2026-03-26 16.09

          

          Photo: Koji Sasahara/AP

The man attacked a female employee.

Then he cut his own throat – inside a Pokémon store.

Both are now dead, reports the Asahi Shimbun.

The stabbing occurred on Thursday evening, local time, in a shopping mall in central Tokyo.

According to the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, “a man with a knife has rampaged inside the Pokémon store.”

Surveillance cameras show him entering the store, getting behind the counter and stabbing a female employee. He then cuts his own throat.

Had a restraining order

According to information provided to the Asahi Shimbun, the woman, who was in her 20s, had previously contacted the police about stalking. A man is said to have had a restraining order and had previously been arrested for violating stalking laws.

A witness says the store was full of visitors – families with children and tourists.

Suddenly there was a loud noise, as if shelves were toppling over, followed by a woman screaming for help.

“I can’t believe something like that could happen,” he says.
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