Bob Menendez och hans fru förnekar mutbrott
Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine Menendez. Seth Wenig/AP
The bribery charge against Menendez
Bob Menendez and his wife deny bribery
Democratic Senator Bob Menendez and his wife and secretary Nadine Menendez officially declare themselves innocent of the bribery charges they are accused of, several media outlets write.
In addition to the equivalent of millions of kroner in cash, the couple is suspected of having received gold bars and Mercedes cars from Egypt. In exchange, Egypt must have been allowed to make favorable arms deals.
In addition to being New Jersey's senator, Menendez is chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, a post he has at least temporarily stepped down from.
For Sweden, the senator is particularly interesting as he is seen as the biggest opponent of the US doing arms deals with Turkey. President Erdogan has explicitly said that he wants to buy American fighter planes before approving Sweden's NATO application.
Jake Sullivan. Susan Walsh/AP
The case of Travis King
Sweden brought Travis King to the limit - the USA thanks
Swedish officials in North Korea brought the American soldier Travis King to the Chinese border in connection with his release from North Korea, AP writes. American sources tell SVT that Sweden played a "decisive role" in the situation.
- We have had close contact with Sweden almost daily, says one of the sources.
The Financial Times writes that the US has no diplomatic relations with North Korea and that Sweden, which is one of the few Western countries with an embassy in the country, acts as Washington's diplomatic link to Pyongyang.
- We thank the government of Sweden for its diplomatic role as a protecting power for the United States in North Korea and the government of China for its help in facilitating the transport for King, says White House spokesman Jake Sullivan.
Illustration image from school in Punjab. Aaron Favila / AP
Eye infection in Pakistan – 56,000 schools close
More than 56,000 schools in the Pakistani province of Punjab are closed for the rest of the week due to an ongoing outbreak of an eye infection, AFP reports.
In the province, which is the country's most populous, 357,000 cases of the infection have been reported among schoolchildren in 2023.
The stop means that millions of students must stay at home and when schools reopen on Monday, all students must be examined.
- We hope that this will break the spread of the infection in the province, says Zulfiqar Ali, spokesperson at the local education department.
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