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Unknown poured acid over the two young people in East London. About this newspaper The Guardian. The incident occurred at about 19:00 local time (21:00 GMT) on Tuesday, July 25, on a busy street Roman road. Witnesses say the young men ran into one of the stores, screaming about the fact that they poured acid. The proprietor tried to help the victims, the caustic washout liquid water. However, the victims received burns to the face and legs. They were taken to the hospital. The police are investigating. Recently in the UK, cases of an attack involving acid. According to the newspaper, this week the guards gave about a thousand special kits to help victims of chemical burns. July 13 in several London boroughs teenagers 15 and 16 years for mopeds splashed in the face five passers-by in the face with acid. The suspects in this case arrested.

Michelle Obama Former first lady Michelle Obama insulted and called a monkey because of the color of her skin. About it reports The Denver Post. At the conference, the women’s associations of Denver’s leading noticed that she managed to break through the glass ceiling and become the first ever black first lady. They asked what pieces of this “ceiling” struck the deepest wounds. “Those that that was intended. Those who were forced to remember that even after eight years of hard work for the good of the country, still there are people who don’t see the real me because of the color of my skin,” she said. According to Obama, it was called “monkey,” mocked the shape of her buttocks. Materials on теме00:05 — 22 Jan 2016Obama named Michelle Why Americans love the first lady more than the President Obama was the first lady from 2008 to 2016. Unlike her

North Korea can get a reliable Intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a nuclear warhead, and strike in the next year. Such conclusion contains in the report of the office of military intelligence (Defence Intelligence Agency — DIA), reports the South China Morning Post. According to American analysts, the recent tests conducted by North Korea indicate that Pyongyang, most likely, received a key technology required to launch missiles towards targets, located at a distance of thousands of kilometers. As experts believe, one of the few remaining technical hurdles was the problem of “atmospheric entry” — creation of system of protection of warheads against damage when entering the dense layers of the atmosphere. However, this problem can be solved by North Korean engineers in the very near future. According to the U.S. experts, North Korea will be able to proceed from experimental to mass production of this class of missiles in 2018.

Mike Pompeo The Director of the CIA Mike Pompeo believes that the main task in ensuring the security of the United States is the elimination of threats from China, not Russia. He stated this in an interview with the Washington Free Beacon. According to Pompeo, while Russia and Iran are expected to represent a significant problem in the future, China represents a greater threat now due to its stable economy and growing military power, which is aimed at countering the United States. “I think that China has the opportunity to make the United States a serious competition in the medium and long term,” he said. According to him, China’s military building up forces to counter the American initiatives throughout the world. “If you look closely at them, you will understand that they will try to steal any of our designs, or you need to make sure that I can do

Jaroslaw Kaczynski The leader of the ruling Polish party “law and justice” Jaroslaw Kaczynski has filed a lawsuit against former Polish President Lech Walesa for posts in Facebook. About Walesa said on his page on the social network and attached a copy of the corresponding document. In August last year, Walesa wrote in Facebook that the plane crash of President of Poland that occurred in 2010 near Smolensk, blame the brothers Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski. “In a difficult situation during the flight, the aircraft commander always asks for the decision of the head of state. The President was not supposed to allow the takeoff of the liner and in any case it fit. Therefore even full responsibility of the Polish leader”, — is spoken in the message. Walesa noted that it is necessary to find out who helped Lech Kaczynski in making “such irresponsible decisions.” Former Polish President added that,

Donald Trump The US President Donald trump has banned transgender people to serve in the U.S. armed forces. About this politician wrote on Twitter. “Our armed forces should be concentrated on the obsession convincing and crushing wins. You can’t force them to spend a lot of money on medical care of transgender people and bring them to tolerate destabilization”, — he explained. In July 2015, it was reported that the Pentagon has decided to organize a special working group which will check how a change imposed on transgender rules that will affect the combat capability of the armed forces. In 2010, the U.S. Congress abolished the rule of “don’t ask, don’t tell” (Don’t ask, don’t tell), according to which employees in the armed forces representatives of different sexual orientation were required to hide their belonging to the minorities.

The Human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a new report criticized the French police for the unjustified use of pepper spray against children and adolescents living in the camps of migrants in Calais. In the text called “Life in hell: the police attacks on children and adolescent migrants in Calais” it is reported that the guards used similar measures when the children are asleep, or “in other circumstances when they do not represent a threat.” In particular, the police confiscate sleeping bags, blankets and clothing, as well as sprayed pepper gas on food and water migrants to force them to leave the territory. Human rights activists also accused local authorities of ignoring the abuse of power by guards. In a report based on interviews with more than 60 migrants from camps in Calais and Dunkirk. In addition, human rights defenders met with volunteers, social workers and representatives of

John Huntsman The US Senate postpones hearings on the appointment of a new U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Huntsman. On Wednesday, July 26, the newspaper “Izvestia”, citing sources in the Russian diplomatic circles. According to interlocutors of the edition, if the heads of the diplomatic missions are replaced at the same time, they should take office “almost simultaneously”. Thus, while the huntsman will not be appointed to the post, Russia will not be able to send in the U.S. its Ambassador, Deputy foreign Minister Anatoly Antonov. The US state Department, the newspaper reported that he does not know the specific timing of the hearings in the Senate. Russia’s Ambassador to the United States left Washington on July 22. The candidacy of Antonova for this post was approved in mid-may. On 20 July, the President of the United States Donald trump has made to the Senate candidacy of Jon Huntsman for

Moscow sees Washington as a source of danger and makes decisions based on this understanding. On Wednesday, July 26, TASS said Deputy foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Ryabkov. Thus he commented on the vote in the House of representatives on the bill on toughening unilateral sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea. According to him, the bill is a deliberate choice by the enemies of Russia in the United States, which “completely unbelted and do not know restraint in his rage”. “It is necessary to understand and act in accordance with this understanding: balanced, reasonable and calm.” Ryabkov also said that Washington’s actions step to the destruction of prospects for the normalization of relations with Moscow. “What is happening does not fit into common sense,” he concluded. July 25, the house of representatives by an overwhelming majority of 419 against three voted for the bill providing introduction of new sanctions

The European Union can limit access to American companies to the loans of European banks, if Washington imposes new anti-Russian sanctions affecting the energy interests of the EU. On Tuesday, July 25, reported RIA Novosti diplomatic source in Brussels. On Tuesday in the U.S. Congress will vote on the bill to impose new sanctions against Moscow. According to the document, the White house can set limits for individuals who intend to invest in the construction of Russian export pipelines over $ 5 million per year, or $ 1 million lump sum. It is noted that Washington intends to continue to oppose the construction of the pipeline “Nord stream 2” (from Russia to Germany through the Baltic sea is approx. “Of the tape.ru”). European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called urgently to discuss the EU’s response in the case of the USA introduction of restrictive measures against Russia. On June 14 the