“Sweden is an exceptional nation, but our decision to join Nato enhances our ability to defend our values and beliefs,” he remarked.

It marks a rare comment on military deaths from the country, as other estimates suggest a much higher figure. 

Five students have been wounded in an apparent knife attack at a school in the western German city of Wuppertal. According to a teacher, the pupils were attacked with a knife and a pair of scissors, German media reported. 

The mother of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has said she has been shown her son’s body but the Russian authorities are pressuring her to allow a “secret” burial. 

Emergency services in Valencia say that a devastating fire has killed at least four individuals in a towering residential complex. The inferno consumed a 14-story building in the Campanar neighbourhood and extended its reach to an adjacent structure.

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