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Swedish police say a man was questioned for threatening a Eurovision employee inside Malmo Arena following the competition’s second semi-final.

Ukrainian singer Jerry Heil and rapper alyona alyona spoke about promoting their war-torn country’s music, culture and freedom as they set off to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest.

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‘This is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct life-saving assistance during a man-made famine,’ said Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency.

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The two men had made preparations for an attack on police and other people near the parliament in the Swedish capital, ‘in close coordination’ with IS members.

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Sweden set aside decades of post-World War II neutrality when it formally joined Nato last Thursday. Its neighbour Finland had joined in April last year.

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The two nations were among those who had suspended aid to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees after claims that some staff were involved in the October 7 attack by Hamas.

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Sweden became the 32nd member of Nato in the shadow of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment and capping two years of tortuous diplomacy.

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Nato will kick off Monday an exercise to defend its newly expanded Nordic territory when more than 20,000 soldiers from 13 nations take part in drills.

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It is the second nation to do so after Sweden closed its own inquiry earlier this month, while Germany remains interested in solving the case.

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Israel warned that it may withdraw from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest if organisers reject the lyrics from its entry as too political.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban confirmed that parliament would move next week to ratify the Nordic country’s accession to the defence alliance.

Mark Rutte is the only official candidate to replace Jens Stoltenberg as secretary general of Nato, which appoints its leader by consensus, requiring the support from all its members.

On Monday only 51 out of 199 MPs voted on the agenda as almost all members of PM Viktor Orban’s ruling coalition stayed away. Hungary maintains close ties with Russia.

The UN agency responsible for delivering aid to Palestinian refugees is under fire over accusations by Israel that 12 staff members were involved in the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

Sweden’s national bomb squad destroyed a ‘dangerous object’ discovered on the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, which media have reported it as a hand grenade.

Turkey’s ruling party said Sweden’s tougher stance on Kurdish militants was key to winning approval. Hungary remains only Nato ally not to have ratified Sweden’s accession.

After 20 months of delay, the Turkish general assembly voted 287-55 to approve the application Sweden made in 2022 in response to Russia’s Ukraine invasion.

Stores have reported a surge in sales of items such as emergency radios and jerry cans while a support hotline has received more calls from children.

The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission approved Sweden’s Nato membership bid in a key step towards enlarging the Western bloc after many months of delays.

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Denmark and neighbouring Sweden became the focus of anger across several Muslim countries after a slew of protests involving burnings and desecrations of the Koran.

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