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Sweden raises terror threat

Sweden has seen spate of Quran burnings

Sweden has raised its terror threat from 3 to 4 - with 5 being the maximum - following a spate of Quran burnings by far-right activists. The head of the security service, Charlotte Von Essen, said the country had gone from a legitimate target for Islamist extremists to a high priority target following the burnings.

Also in the programme: disability in art; and journalists having to leave Russia.

Joining Gary O'Donoghue to discuss all this and more are Maria del Pillar Kaladeen, associate fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London; and Ramy Inocencio, CBS News Foreign Correspondent.

(Photo: Sweden’s Security Police Chief Charlotte von Essen, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer and National Police Commissioner Anders Thornberg attend a news conference regarding the deteriorating security situation, in Stockholm. CREDIT: EPA/Henrik Montgomery)

50 minutes

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  • Sat 19 Aug 202307:06GMT