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Sweden’s Worst Mass Shooting Leaves at Least 11 Dead at an Adult Education Center 

A police operation is underway on Polhemsgatan street in connection with a search of the home of a suspected perpetrator shooting at the Risbergska education center in Orebro, Sweden, 04 February 2025. (EPA)
A police operation is underway on Polhemsgatan street in connection with a search of the home of a suspected perpetrator shooting at the Risbergska education center in Orebro, Sweden, 04 February 2025. (EPA)
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Sweden’s Worst Mass Shooting Leaves at Least 11 Dead at an Adult Education Center 

A police operation is underway on Polhemsgatan street in connection with a search of the home of a suspected perpetrator shooting at the Risbergska education center in Orebro, Sweden, 04 February 2025. (EPA)
A police operation is underway on Polhemsgatan street in connection with a search of the home of a suspected perpetrator shooting at the Risbergska education center in Orebro, Sweden, 04 February 2025. (EPA)

Sweden's worst mass shooting left at least 11 people dead, including the gunman, at an adult education center west of Stockholm as officials warned the death toll could rise. 

The gunman's motive, as well as the number of wounded, had not been determined by early Wednesday as Sweden — where gun violence at schools is very rare — reeled from an attack with such bloodshed that police early on said it was difficult to count the number of dead among the carnage. 

The school, called Campus Risbergska, offers primary and secondary educational classes for adults age 20 and older, Swedish-language classes for immigrants, vocational training and programs for people with intellectual disabilities. It is on the outskirts of Orebro, which is about 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Stockholm. 

Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer called the shooting “an event that shakes our entire society to its core.” 

The shooting started Tuesday afternoon after many students had gone home following a national exam. Students sheltered in nearby buildings, and other parts of the school were evacuated following the shooting. 

Authorities were working to identify the deceased, and police said the toll could rise. Roberto Eid Forest, head of the local police, told reporters the suspected gunman was among the dead. 

There were no warnings beforehand, and police believe the perpetrator acted alone. Police have not said if the man was a student at the school. They haven't released a possible motive, but authorities said there were no suspected connections to terrorism at this point. 

Police raided the suspect’s home after Tuesday’s shooting, but it wasn’t immediately clear what they found. 

“Today, we have witnessed brutal, deadly violence against completely innocent people,” Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told reporters in Stockholm late Tuesday. “This is the worst mass shooting in Swedish history. Many questions remain unanswered, and I cannot provide those answers either. 

“But the time will come when we will know what happened, how it could occur, and what motives may have been behind it. Let us not speculate,” he said. 

While gun violence at schools is very rare in Sweden, people were wounded or killed with other weapons such as knives or axes in several incidents in recent years. 

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US Judge Rules Pentagon Press Restrictions Unconstitutional

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US Judge Rules Pentagon Press Restrictions Unconstitutional

The Pentagon and the surrounding area is seen in this aerial view in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP)
The Pentagon and the surrounding area is seen in this aerial view in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP)

A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Pentagon's press access overhaul, which saw accreditations from a host of prominent media outlets withdrawn, violated the constitution.

Elements of the policy are "unlawful because they violate the First and Fifth Amendments of the United States Constitution," a judge in Washington said in response to a lawsuit brought by The New York Times.

US media including the Times and Fox News, and a host of international news outlets such as AFP and AP, declined to sign the new policy in mid-October, resulting in the stripping of their Pentagon credentials.

It was the latest in a series of measures by President Donald Trump and top officials against journalists and outlets that are often derided as "fake news" when their reporting displeases the administration.

The ruling striking down the policy comes amid the US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran that began on February 28.

The court said that while national security must be protected, it was vital for the public to have information in light of the US war with Iran and its recent intervention in Venezuela.

"It is more important than ever that the public have access to information from a variety of perspectives about what its government is doing -- so that the public can support government policies, if it wants to support them; protest, if it wants to protest," the ruling said.

"And decide based on full, complete, and open information who they are going to vote for in the next election."

- 'Learning opportunity' -

The Pentagon Press Association (PPA) hailed the ruling and demanded the "immediate reinstatement" of accreditations for journalists who refused to sign on to the new policy.

"This is a great day for freedom of the press in the United States. It is also hopefully a learning opportunity for Pentagon leadership, which took extreme steps to limit press access to information in wartime," the association said in a statement.

"We look forward to returning to the Pentagon and providing the public, including the members of the military currently involved in conflicts around the world, information about why and how the Defense Department is waging war," it said.

The new policy, enforced in October last year, was the latest in a series of moves restricting journalists' access to information from the Defense Department, the nation's single largest employer, with a budget in the hundreds of billions of dollars a year.

The department had announced earlier last year that eight media organizations including The Times, The Washington Post, CNN, NBC and NPR had to vacate their dedicated office spaces in the Pentagon, alleging that there was a need to create room for other -- predominantly conservative -- outlets.

It also required journalists to be accompanied by official escorts if they go outside a limited number of areas in the Pentagon -- another new restriction on the press.

And in January, Trump said he would sue what he has called the "failing" New York Times over an unfavorable opinion poll, after initially filing a $15 billion defamation suit last year.

He has fired off multiple defamation lawsuits against media companies, including the BBC, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, CBS and ABC. Some have ended in multimillion-dollar settlements.

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Britain Condemns Iran’s ‘Reckless Attacks’ on Diego Garcia Air Base

Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) are taken from a US Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber at RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 15, 2026. (AFP)
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Britain Condemns Iran’s ‘Reckless Attacks’ on Diego Garcia Air Base

Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) are taken from a US Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber at RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 15, 2026. (AFP)
Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) are taken from a US Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber at RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 15, 2026. (AFP)

Britain has condemned “Iran’s reckless attacks” after its military fired missiles at the UK-US air base on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

UK officials have not given details of the attempted strike, which was unsuccessful. It’s unclear how close the missiles came to the base, which is about 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) from Iran.

The Ministry of Defense said Saturday that Iran’s “lashing out across the region and holding hostage the Strait of Hormuz, are a threat to British interests and British allies.”

Britain has not participated in US Israeli attacks on Iran, but has allowed American bombers to use UK bases to attack Iran’s missile sites.

On Friday, the British government said US bombers can also use UK bases, including Diego Garcia, in operations to prevent Iran attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran targeted the base before that UK statement.

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Iranian Man, Romanian Woman Charged Over Attempt to Enter UK Submarine Base

A photograph shows a general view of HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, north-west of Glasgow, Scotland on March 14, 2026. (AFP)
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Iranian Man, Romanian Woman Charged Over Attempt to Enter UK Submarine Base

A photograph shows a general view of HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, north-west of Glasgow, Scotland on March 14, 2026. (AFP)
A photograph shows a general view of HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, north-west of Glasgow, Scotland on March 14, 2026. (AFP)

An Iranian man and a Romanian woman have been charged after attempting to enter Britain's nuclear submarine base in Scotland, Police Scotland said on Saturday.

The two, who British media have ‌called suspected ‌Iranian spies, were ‌arrested ⁠on Thursday.

The charges ⁠come three weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran. While Britain has not taken part in the ⁠attacks on Iran, the ‌country's ‌forces have downed Iranian missiles ‌and drones in the ‌Gulf region.

HM Naval Base Clyde is located on the west coast of ‌Scotland and is key to Britain's security, hosting ⁠the ⁠country's nuclear-armed submarine fleet, as well as its attack submarines.

Police Scotland said the Iranian man, 34, and the Romanian woman, 31, are due to appear at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on March 23.