Monday briefing: What is the cause of Sweden’s ‘terrorist-like’ epidemic of violence?

In today's newsletter: Eleven people have died since the start of September in a spate of shootings and bombings - this is how the country is managing

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God morgon. The prime minister of Sweden is calling in the army to help tackle an unprecedented" epidemic of gang violence and terrorist-like" attacks that has seen a record 11 people die in shootings in September alone and a wave of bomb attacks - including four within a single hour.

It might not be what we in Britain expect in Scandinavia, but maybe we should have seen it coming - the issue has dominated Swedish politics for the last few years and partly led to the country last year electing the most far-right government in its history.

Conservatives | Tory MPs should get over their excess of doom and gloom" about their electoral prospects and get behind" Rishi Sunak, international development minister Andrew Mitchell has said. Mitchell suggested that rival groups of Conservative MPs at the party conference in Manchester should be more disciplined before the election.

Brexit | The government has admitted it will cost businesses 330m each year in additional charges when new post-Brexit border controls on animal and plant products imported from the European Union are implemented next year.

Cost of living | Families are eating less healthily and turning to ready meals and processed foods due to the cost of living crisis, a study has found. More than two-thirds of people (69%) said they considered themselves to be healthy eaters but 28% said they were eating less nutritious food because it is too expensive, according to the BBC Good Food Nation survey.

Climate crisis | Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland have all experienced their hottest Septembers on record, with unseasonably high temperatures set to continue into October, in a year likely to be the warmest in human history.

Jake Abraham | The actor Jake Abraham, best known for his role in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, has died aged 56. Abraham, who played Dean in the British gangster film, revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis in July and said he was receiving palliative care.