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Sign up here  and we'll deliver it directly to your inbox Monday to Friday.TODAY:The theft of Sweden's crown jewels baffles investigators. It's not the first time it has happened.Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former warlord in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was facing a lengthy prison term, but now returns to the DRC as a front-runner in the next presidential race.Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte oversees the destruction of dozens of "smuggled" luxury cars in the latest publicity stunt of his anti-corruption campaign.Missed The National last night? Watch it hereThe ultimate smash and grabA pair of brazen thieves appear to have made a clean getaway after stealing Sweden's crown jewels. The daring daylight robbery took place yesterday at the hilltop Strangnas Cathedral, 80 kilometres west of Stockholm. Two men smashed their way into a display cabinet and grabbed two historic royal crowns and an orb. An alarm sounded, but no one in the church was able to stop the men as they hopped aboard two bicycles and made their way down to the shore of nearby Lake Malaren, where they had moored a speedboat.Police carried out a search using their own boats and a helicopter on Malaren and a series of interconnected lakes, as well blocking off surrounding roads, but could find no trace of the thieves. "By boat you can reach Malaren, Koping or Arboga in the west, or Vasteras, Eskilstuna or Stockholm if you drive east," Thomas Agnevik, a police spokesman, told reporters. "The score is 1-0 for them right now, but we don't know what it will be like tomorrow."The police are appealing to the public for information and assistance, and have registered the stolen items with Interpol. Divers are scouring the lake for clues, and one theory being floated by investigators is that the thieves might have abandoned their boat and taken to jet skis. One of the missing crowns belonged to King Charles IX, who ruled Sweden fr...