The Pentagon has acknowledged his guilt in the death of nearly two hundred civilians in Iraq and Syria killed in erroneous air strikes of the international coalition. This is stated in the statement of the Pentagon. However, the recognition of the Americans are extremely reluctant and cynical wording “more probable than not”. In recent months the victims of the air raids of the US and its allies were at least 188 people. The defense Ministry has repeatedly stated that the coalition led by Washington often strikes on densely populated residential areas, schools and mosques. In the Pentagon the death of innocent people called the costs of any military operation.
Day: January 3, 2017
Zakharova: the US will have to leave 96 Russians
The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova © Mikhail Japaridze/TASS MOSCOW, December 30. /TASS/. The total number of diplomats and members of their families who will have to leave the United States, is 96 people.
In the USA the married couple has filed a lawsuit against Apple because of the accident with the death of her daughter
In the U.S., the couple decided against Apple in a lawsuit in the California lawsuit. On Monday, January 2, reports channel ABC. According to him, the reason was an accident that occurred on Christmas eve 2014 at one of the highway near Texas city Dallas. In the car, where he sat a couple James and Bethany Modisette, as well as two of their daughter, crashed car, at the wheel which was 20-year-old Garrett Wilhelm. As a result, spouses and one of the girls was seriously injured and five Moriya from the received traumas has died in hospital. The police have established that at the time of the collision, Wilhelm used installed on his iPhone app for FaceTime video conferencing. Modisette accused Apple that the company is not concerned about the safety of the users of its products and others, because it did not provide the option of blocking FaceTime when
Part of the armed opposition froze preparations for the talks in Astana
Armed groups of the Syrian opposition said that the “freeze all contacts associated with the preparation for the talks in Astana”, which was to be held in late January. The message was signed by representatives of 12 groups. It is reported TASS with reference to the channel Al Arabiya. In a statement, the militants said that the government army is violating the ceasefire in the valley of Wadi Barada and in the region of Eastern ghouta near Damascus and in the province of Hama and Deraa. In turn, publishing SANA reported that government forces attacked solely on the positions of terrorists “Islamic state” and “Dzhebhat EN-Nusra” (both group banned in Russia). From midnight on 30 December in Syria came a ceasefire, initiated by Russia, Turkey and Iran. The Syrian army and most of the military groups agreed to adhere to the ceasefire declared across the country. Photo:
Zakharova called the expulsion of Russian diplomats in retaliation for the failure of US foreign policy
The official representative the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, December 30. /TASS/. U.S. expelling Russian diplomats, taking revenge on Russia for the failure of its own foreign policy. This was stated by the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
Israel police reported, after questioning Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On Tuesday, January 3, reports TASS with reference to the press service of the Ministry communiqué. “National unit of the Israel police spent Monday night under caution the Prime Minister of Israel on suspicion of alleged benefits”, — the document says. It also States that the interrogation took place in the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem. According to the newspaper Haaretz, Netanyahu was questioned for three hours, asked him questions related to “the alleged gift on behalf of the business”. 2 January it became known that the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu in the next three days will be interrogated on suspicion of corruption. Law enforcement officers have reason to believe that the Prime Minister and members of his family received from business gifts and other benefits for hundreds of thousands of shekels (more than 26 thousand dollars). It was
The celebration of the birthday of Stepan Bandera called factor of destruction of Ukraine
The torchlight procession on the anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera destroy the Ukrainian statehood and harm the international image of Kiev. This view on the page in Facebook was expressed by the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov. “Even the official Poland, which has long turned a blind eye to the Nazi covens of its Ukrainian protégé in December of last year in the form of an ultimatum urged the Kiev regime to abandon the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian insurgent army (an organization banned in Russia)”, — wrote Aksenov. He said that part of the Ukrainian historians is wrong when it argues that Bandera fought with the red army, but also with the German parts. “However, Germany at the official level, said that in the military archives there is no data on the losses of the Wehrmacht in the battles with the UPA. I
The Congress said that it would hurt Trump to cancel sanctions against Russia
Photo: RIA Novosti The house of representatives member from the Democratic party, Adam Schiff stated that Donald trump will face opposition from the U.S. Congress, if it decides to withdraw imposed by the Obama administration sanctions against Russia. “We in Congress believe that the measures for the containment of Russia is not enough,” said Schiff in a live transmission on TV channel ABC. According to him, if trump will take steps to lift the sanctions against Russia, strengthening the sanctions regime will insist not only Democrats, but also Republicans, including Senator John McCain. Informed future press Secretary of the White house Sean Spicer said he doubts that the new U.S. sanctions over alleged Russian involvement in cyber attacks are a proportionate response. We will remind, on December 29, the US imposed sanctions against nine Russian institutions, companies and individuals, including against the GRU and the FSB. In addition, 35 Russian
Died British writer John Berger
The famous British writer and artist John Berger has died at 91-year life. It is reported by the Guardian. Berger began his career as a painter, then became an art critic in the New Statesman. His first novel “the Artist of our time”, he published in 1958. The famous writer brought the book “the Art of seeing”, published in 1972. In the same year the BBC filmed the eponymous series. For his novel “G” Berger was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer prize. Half of the winning writer gave the Black Panthers movement in Britain and the second portion of the amount spent on its study on working migrants. The last few years, he lived in the suburbs of Paris. Photo: Melanie Bell / ZUMAPRESS / Globallookpress
The Ministry of justice has included in the registry of NCOs-“registered as foreign agents” centre for the promotion of the education of citizens “Owl”
© Denis Vyshinsky/TASS MOSCOW, December 30. /TASS/. The Ministry of justice of Russia included regional public organization to promote civic education “Information and analytical center “Sova” in the register of noncommercial organizations performing functions of a foreign agent. On Friday reported on the website of the Ministry of justice.