This is the most important news from the night of Tuesday 7 May.
Two people escaped from a burning car in Halden
At 00.20 on Tuesday night, the East police district reported that a car was on fire heavily on county road 21 – Aremarkveien in Halden at the junction with Brekkeveien.
The car fire caused the road to be completely blocked. The police were on the scene together with the fire brigade, who ensured that the fire was extinguished.
Task leader Terje Bustad in the East police district reported just before 00.30 last night that there were two people in the car, both in their 20s from Halden, and that they had evacuated themselves and were unharmed. He states that the passenger had inhaled some smoke, and was taken to the emergency department for a check-up.
Just before 01:00, the car, an older model, was removed from the road.
– Based on the explanation from the car driver and passenger, the fire probably has a technical cause. They came driving from Halden towards Aremark, observed smoke from the engine compartment, got out and opened the bonnet and saw flames. The fire service was then called, the task manager informs, adding that the police have opened a routine case.
Fire in the center of Lillestrøm
Late on Monday evening, a large fire broke out in a business premises in the center of Lillestrøm. No one was injured, but four people from two nearby homes were evacuated. Early in the night, the fire crews got the fire under control, and a few hours later the evacuees were allowed to return home.
Residents in the area were urged to stay inside and keep windows closed. The police have chosen to close roads and regulate traffic in the area.
Breakdown in Avinor negotiations
LO Stat and Spekter have broken off negotiations in the wage settlement for 900 employees in Avinor. As a result, there may be a strike if the mediation does not lead to success.
– We have come a long way, but now the Riksmekleren will be next. The distance is too great and the willingness to negotiate too little. We have experienced attacks on acquired rights, and that agreements entered into are not followed up, says deputy chair Lise Olsen in LO Stat in a press release late on Monday evening.
Hospital: At least five killed in airstrikes against Rafah
At least five people were killed and several wounded in Israeli air strikes on Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, according to a hospital in the city. The Kuwaiti hospital states that they have received “five martyrs and several wounded” after Israeli air strikes on the night of Tuesday.
Egyptian and Palestinian sources tell AP that Israeli tanks were inside Rafah on Monday evening for a “limited operation”. New, intense Israeli airstrikes were also reported against Rafah, and the IDF confirmed that they are carrying out strikes which they say are aimed at Hamas targets in the east of the city.
Boeing’s first manned space flight postponed
Boeing’s first launch of a spacecraft with astronauts on board was canceled due to a problem with the oxygen valve on the launch vehicle.
Two Nasa test pilots had just settled in and fastened their seat belts when the countdown was stopped, two hours before the scheduled launch. There was no immediate word on when the next attempt will be made to take the astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), where they will be for a week. The company’s first manned space flight has been postponed several times.
Pulitzer Prize for jailed Putin critic
Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his comments in The Washington Post.
The 42-year-old has been in prison since April 2022. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison last year for treason after condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine. It is the harshest sentence handed down to a Kremlin critic in Russia in modern times, according to the AP news agency.
He receives the award for “passionate comments written at great personal risk from the prison cell, with warnings about the consequences of being in opposition in Vladimir Putin’s Russia and determined for a democratic future for his country”, the statement says.
