Radio | Clear news | Friday 29 December 2023
Russian attacks on Ukraine. Road safety. World population. Weather. Clear news next year.
Russian attacks on Ukraine
Russia’s war in Ukraine continues. On Friday, Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles and drones.
Russia fired missiles at many Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kyiv. Ukrainians have been killed and injured in the attacks.
Russia’s war in Ukraine has been going on for almost 2 years now. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Traffic safety
Safety in Finnish traffic has improved. This is what an association called Liikenneturva says.
Liikenneturva estimates that 170 people will die in traffic this year. That’s 30 less than last year. In particular, traffic deaths of people a little over 20 years old have decreased.
Traffic safety has been improving for a long time. Even about 50 years ago, even more than 1,000 people died in traffic a year.
World population
The world’s population has grown this year as well.
At the end of the year, there are 75 million more people than at the beginning of the year. This is what the US Census Bureau estimates.
There are now more than 8 billion people in the world. The more precise figure is 8 billion 20 million.
The US Census Bureau estimates that 4 people are born every second in January.
Weather
The weather is getting colder.
In southern Finland, there will be only a little frost on Saturday, but on Sunday it will already be 10-15 degrees below zero in the south.
In northern Finland, it will be as cold as 20 degrees on Sunday.
The year 2024 begins in cold weather. In the middle of next week, it can be around 20 degrees below zero in the south, around 30 degrees below zero in the north.
Clear news next year
This was the last clear news of 2023.
The next clear news will be broadcast on television on Tuesday, January 2.
Next year, weekday news will be broadcast on TV1, Yle Areena and on the website of Selkouutinet at yle.fi/selkouutiset.
Radio Finland will start a new current affairs program Uutisviikko in clear Finnish next year. Selkouutiset makes two Uutisviikko programs in plain Finnish every week. They are sent on Saturday and Sunday.
The first Uutisviikko programs in plain Finnish will be broadcast on Saturday January 13 and Sunday January 14. In addition to Radio Suomen, the programs can be heard on Yle Areena and on the website of Selkouinten.
Now I wish all the listeners of clear news a happy new year!