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Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia wave from the Palace in connection with the king's 50th anniversary on the throne. Janerik Henriksson/TT  

 

The King's Jubilee Celebration 

Croneman: The king talks to us like we're sheep 

 

SVT's extensive broadcasts in connection with the king's 50th anniversary as regent arouse Johan Croneman's dissatisfaction.  

 

The public service company engages in constant knee-jerk reactions to a ridiculous and degenerate make-believe world, believes the DN columnist, who also took part in the king's speech to the people and then came to the conclusion that the head of state does not have high thoughts about the Swedes' intellectual level: 

 

"It was a real dumdum speech, the king talked to us as if we were a shocked sheep, and all that remains is to say: Thank you all the same, knugen [sic]", writes Johan Croneman. 

 

 Fokus columnist Nina Lekander instead feels sorry for "the seemingly lonely young man" Carl XVI Gustaf who "is 'biting down' and 'looking ahead'. A pity bordering on respect," she writes.  

 

 

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Economy  

British pubs in crisis - a new blow is expected next year  

 

British pubs are closing on an assembly line and according to a real estate company that produced statistics for the government, the British pub as a species is now threatened with extinction. This is reported by TT.  

 

In the first half of the year alone, as many pubs have closed their doors as in the whole of last year. The reason is the series of setbacks that started with corona since the war in Ukraine and now inflation.  

 

Next year, a new blow is expected when the property tax is proposed to be increased while simultaneously getting rid of a large tax discount.  

 

 

People leave Sudan's capital Khartoum, June AP  

 

The crisis in Sudan  

1,200 children have died in Sudan's refugee camps - believed to be more  

 

Since May, 1,200 children under the age of five have died in Sudan's refugee camps, according to the UN refugee agency, according to AFP. The cause is a suspected measles outbreak and widespread malnutrition. 

 

- Unfortunately, we fear that the numbers will continue to rise, says Allen Maina who is head of public health at UNCHR during a press conference.  

 

He warns that by the turn of the year, thousands could be on the brink of death in the war-torn country. The fighting between the regular army and the paramilitary RSF has been going on for almost six months.