Category: Events

Nearly 30 high-rises in Britain have failed tests for fire safety LONDON, Jun 24 — RIA Novosti. Veneer 27 buildings in London does not meet fire safety requirements, have informed on Saturday to journalists the representative of the government Department communities and local government. The test began after the fire of London, the buildings are located in the region from London to Manchester and Plymouth. The day before about 4 thousand residents of five high rise buildings in London were forced to leave the building in connection with the evacuation. According to the representative of the government, now the specialists to figure out what to do and how to resolve the situation with the tenants. On the night of 14 June in London there was a fire that burned a 24-storey Grenfell Tower house. Killed at least 79 people. Scotland Yard on Friday announced new details of the investigation, according

In Zabaykalsky Krai derailed 23 freight cars MOSCOW, 24 Jun — RIA Novosti. The derailment of 23 cars of a freight train occurred in Zabaykalsky Krai, according to the website of Russian Railways. “The twenty-fourth day of June, 2017 15:14 local time on the stretch Zilovo — Sadira TRANS-Baikal railway was passed by the Parliament, according to preliminary information, 23 cars of a freight train”, — is spoken in the message. It is noted that the incident breached the envelope of the adjacent track. Movement on a stage is temporarily suspended. Clarifies that there were no injuries. For liquidation of consequences of the accident to the place of gathering directed recovery trains from the stations Zilovo, Mogocha and Shilka. According to the report, set up operational headquarters for the coordination of recovery operations, passenger trains at the moment. According to the source RIA Novosti in emergency services of the region,

In the United States, a tornado damaged “aircraft of the day of judgment” In Nebraska on an air force base tornado damaged two of the four “planes doomsday” E-4B. In addition, the wind damaged eight aircraft-reconnaissance RC-135. In the United States in the state of Nebraska on the basis of Offat ten aircraft of the U.S. air force, including two so-called “doomsday plane” E-4B, was damaged by a tornado. This was stated by the representative of the United States air force, reports CNN. According to him, the incident occurred last week, June 16, but it has become known on Saturday, June 24. As noted by the representative of the military, the damage will not prevent the E-4B to perform its mission in the event of destruction of ground control points. In addition, the tornado was damaged eight reconnaissance aircraft RC-135. The wind knocked down trees and damaged buildings based on

The media learned who can take the place of the leader of the IG* MOSCOW, 24 Jun — RIA Novosti. Experts expect that the place of the leader of the terrorist group “Islamic state”* Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is one of two of his closest henchmen, both of them former officers of the Iraqi army of Saddam Hussein, reports Reuters. Russian Deputy foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov earlier told RIA Novosti that with high probability we can say that al-Baghdadi had been eliminated as a result of the impact of the Russian space forces at the command of militants in the southern suburb of the Syrian city of raqqa. The head of the defense Committee of the Russian Federation Council Viktor Ozerov said that the success of the attack on Raqqa is indirect evidence that al-Baghdadi destroyed, which led to the decrease in the level of leadership of a terrorist organization and

A man on a dare jumped from the ship into the river in the center of Moscow MOSCOW, June 23 — RIA Novosti. Rescuers pulled out of the Moscow river near the Crimean bridge on a dare jumped from the ship a man, said to RIA Novosti in the press service of the Moscow Department for civil defense, emergencies and fire safety of the capital (Gossip). “CAO, the fall of men from the ship. He was raised from the surface of the water 300 metres away from the search and rescue station Krymskiy most, 50 metres from the shore in the area of responsibility MGPS”, — said a press-service. According to the information provided, the man was vacationing on the ship in a condition of alcoholic intoxication and “on a dare jumped from the ship”. At present, it is passed to the ambulance staff.

The state Duma requested information on the investigation of the accident in Balashikha Moscow. June 23. INTERFAX.RU — the state Duma on Friday endorsed a draft resolution on receipt of the relevant ministries and departments information about the investigation of the criminal case in connection with the deaths of six children in an accident in Balashikha. The document was prepared on behalf of the Vice-speaker of the state Duma Irina Yarovaya, Igor Lebedev and the Deputy from LDPR Yaroslav Nilov and the Deputy from “United Russia” Olga Okuneva. They pay attention “to contradictory information about the circumstances of the death of a child in a traffic accident on April 23 in the town of Balashikha, Moscow region, which caused a public outcry”. In particular, public discussion has caused the results of a forensic medical examination of the deceased child. In this regard, the deputies find it necessary to conduct exhaustive