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Possible tightening for refugees from Ukraine

Minister of Justice and Emergency Preparedness Emilie Enger Mehl (Sp) and Minister of Labor and Inclusion Tonje Brenna (Ap) meet the press to talk about the situation for displaced persons from Ukraine, reception and settlement.

Now the government wants to introduce further restrictions for Ukrainian refugees. – We are in a situation now where the municipalities are experiencing great pressure, Mehl said on Wednesday. Last year, Norway took in 46 percent of all Ukrainian refugees who arrived in the Nordic region. A total of over 80,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Norway since the great invasion in February 2022. At the same time, Raina has lost over a quarter of its workforce.

Trump meets Zelenskyi

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Trump Tower in Manhattan. The meeting comes after Trump this week criticized Zelenskyi for not having reached an agreement with Russia to end the war.

Trump has also indicated that the US’ extensive support to Ukraine will be stopped if he wins the presidential election in November. On Thursday, Zelenskyj met US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, where he was promised an additional 8 billion dollars in military support.

The Nature Report is presented

The Nature Report, referred to by WWF as the most important parliamentary report on nature of all time, is presented by Climate and Environment Minister Tore O. Sandvik (Ap) and Agriculture and Food Minister Geir Pollestad (Sp).

The Stortingsmeldingen is Norway’s action plan for nature and shows how Norway will follow up the global nature agreement that was adopted in Montreal, Canada in 2022.

Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly

The Prime Minister of Israel will on Friday give a speech to the delegates at the UN General Assembly, the day after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke. Netanyahu said on Thursday that attacks against Hezbollah would continue in full force and ignored a US-French ceasefire proposal.

– We will not stop until we have reached our goals, primarily that the inhabitants of the north should be able to return to their homes and be safe there, Netanyahu said. The Security Council will also hold a high-level meeting on the Middle East and Palestine on Friday.

Japan’s ruling party elects a new leader

Japan’s ruling party elects a new leader to take over from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (67), who has chosen to step down. Most of the nine candidates are sitting or former ministers, but the party’s general secretary also wants promotion.

There are also two women on the candidate list, which is still relatively unusual in Japan. 63-year-old Sanae Takaichi is Minister of Economic Security, while 71-year-old Yoko Kamikawa is Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Currently, it is 43-year-old Shinjiro Koizumi who is best in the measurements, together with 67-year-old Shigeru Ishiba

Kamala Harris visits the border with Mexico

The Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris visits the border town of Douglas in Arizona, USA. There she will talk about security policy on the border. According to the latest polls, Harris and Trump are almost tied in Arizona, with a slight lead for Trump. The position is 47.9 against Harris’ 47 percent.

At the same time, Trump travels to the important swing state of Michigan. He will have campaign events in the towns of Walker and Warren. In Michigan, Harris leads by 2.5 percentage points over Trump, which is measured at 46 percent to Harris’ 48.

Party concert for Jahn Teigen in Oslo

Jahn Teigen would have turned 75 today and it will be celebrated with a party concert in Oslo Spektrum. Films and well-known songs are performed by artists with guest artist Anita Skorgan in the lead.

Well four years after Teigen passed away, aged 70 in February 2020, friends and colleagues gather on stage to pay tribute to him.

– If he would like to be celebrated? Guess what, says Anita Skorgan about the man she married 40 years ago, divorced three years later, and – after the first year had passed – remained friends for the rest of her life.