The director of the film “The Life of Adele” Abdelatif Kechiche criticized the actress Léa Seydoux, who played the main role in the film. The filmmaker's open letter was published on the French website Rue89. Based on a comic book by Julie Marot, the drama follows the romance between teenage girl Adele and older artist Emma. The role of Adele in the film was played by Adele Exarchopoulos, and Emma was played by Seydoux. The film premiered in May 2013 at the Cannes Film Festival.

On the morning of Thursday, October 24, Latvian teachers and scientists held a protest during which they booed the draft state budget for 2014 and demanded an increase in salaries. reports this Mixnews . The event took place near the building of the Latvian Seimas, which is to approve the budget for next year. About a thousand people gathered near the parliament. According to DELFI , they blew whistles and chanted “Salaries! Salary!

The Syrian capital and its surroundings were left without electricity after a powerful explosion occurred on the evening of Wednesday, October 23, near Damascus International Airport, reports Reuters . Eyewitnesses to the incident told the agency that a glow from the fire could be seen in the area of ​​the airport and gunfire could be heard.

At a meeting on October 24, the Estonian government repealed and amended more than 50 laws, including invalidating the civil code of the Estonian SSR. This Interfax reports. was stated by Minister of Justice Hanno Pevkur, “The main reason for the thorough audit was the desire to put an end to the situation where the laws of the previous government are in force in the republic,” the official said. According to him, four paragraphs of the Soviet-era civil code are still in force in Estonia.

Dutch police have announced the arrest of a suspect in the robbery of an apartment in The Hague where a Russian diplomat lives, local police report . The alleged robber was identified thanks to fingerprints taken at the crime scene. A 43-year-old repeat offender, well known to the police, was arrested late in the evening of October 23 at a restaurant.

In the Sverdlovsk region, three former police officers found guilty of filming pornography were sentenced. This was reported on October 24 on the website of the regional prosecutor's office. The operational duty officer, the traffic police inspector and the police dog handler were found guilty under Articles 293 (negligence) and 242 (illegal production and trafficking of pornographic materials or objects) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Swiss rescuers found the body of one of the pilots at the crash site of an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet of the country's air force, which crashed on October 23, reports Agence France-Presse . The search for the second crew member continues. At the same time, search engines managed to find the “black box” of the crashed plane, which gives hope for establishing the exact causes of the plane crash.

Former Apple CEO John Sculley is considering buying the Blackberry smartphone maker, the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail writes on Wednesday, October 23, citing anonymous sources. Scully himself, in an interview with the publication, refrained from directly answering the question about his plans for Blackberry, but said that he has been using this company’s smartphones for a long time and is their fan. “Blackberry has a lot of potential,” Sculley told The Globe and Mail.

The head of the land reclamation department of the Ministry of Agriculture was detained in Moscow, according to the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. According to the police, the official is suspected of exceeding his official powers. According to the police, he demanded that his subordinate pay two million rubles for the production of souvenirs. The investigation materials were transferred to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

Bill Condon (director of such diverse films as, for example, “Gods and Monsters” and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn”) directed “The Fifth Estate,” a film about the WikiLeaks website. More precisely, about the site: the script for the film is based on the book by Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a former employee of the resource. In other words, Condon's film presents a purely subjective point of view.

Chemical weapons from World War II were allegedly discovered in the town of Leuna in Saxony-Anhalt. Authorities admit the possibility that there was a gas leak, German broadcaster MDR reported on Thursday, October 24. The scene of the incident has been cordoned off and bomb disposal experts, police, firefighters and other emergency services are working there, the Leipziger Volkszeitung notes. The evacuation of everyone located 300 and then 350 meters from the proposed warehouse was announced.

The approaches and models of development of the Far East used in recent years have not produced an economic effect. This ITAR-TASS reports. was stated by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, “As responsible people, we are obliged to say this out loud,” added the Prime Minister. According to him, to resolve the region's difficulties it is necessary to “include development institutions.” The Prime Minister stated that the discussed development mechanisms never worked.

The mayor of the city of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region, was suspected of extortion. This was reported on October 24 on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. As the police learned, the mayor of Rybinsk, Yuri Lastochkin, demanded two million rubles from the director of one of the municipal enterprises. For the money, Lastochkin promised the director to keep his job. Police documented three stages of the transfer of money to the mayor's assistant.

The FBI suspects the head of the Russian Scientific and Cultural Center in Washington, Yuri Zaitsev, of espionage, writes Mother Jones, citing its own sources. According to Mother Jones, the FBI believes that Zaitsev, through the Russian federal agency Rossotrudnichestvo, organized trips for Americans to Russia to create his network of agents. The Russian Cultural Center in Washington is the official representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo.

The head of the security service for the eldest daughter of the President of Uzbekistan, Gulnara Karimova, fled the country. reports this Fergana , citing radio Ozodlik (Uzbek service of Radio Liberty). The name of the bodyguard is not specified. According to a source close to the Karimov family, in the last two or three months, “clouds have gathered over Gulnara’s head,” after which several influential people from her circle also left the country.