The authorities of the Iraqi Kurdistan published a video of a special operation to release hostages captured by the militants of the “Islamic state” (the organization was recognized in Russia terrorist and prohibited). The video was shot by a camera fixed on the helmet of one of the fighters. The operations participated in the operations by the American special forces.

An Israeli Arab flew to Syria by paragliding, having managed to cross the fortified border on the Golan Heights. The Israeli government said that the 23-year-old man, whose name the authorities did not name, decided to join the militants of the Islamic State (the organization is recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia and banned). The man's family denies such claims. One of his relatives suggested that the paraglider was blown across the border by a strong gust of wind.

The DPR accused the international organization Doctors Without Borders of collecting "information of a defense nature", as well as of conducting psychological trainings that cause "deliberate social disorientation of citizens." The leadership of the self-proclaimed republic also claims that Doctors Without Borders illegally supplied psychotropic drugs to the Donbass.

The human rights organization Human Rights Watch announced a possible violation of the rules of war in connection with two airstrikes that were inflicted on the suburbs of the Syrian city of Homs on October 15. The HRW report said that 59 civilians, including 33 children, were killed in the raids. Local residents believe that Russian aircraft carried out the strikes. Human Rights Watch demanded that Russia investigate the airstrikes.

Died writer, playwright and philosopher Yuri Mamleev. This was reported on the page of the bookstore "Phalanster" in the social network "VKontakte". The death of the writer was also reported by the newspaper "Tomorrow" Alexander Prokhanov. Mamleev was 83 years old. At the end of August, Yuri Mamleev was hospitalized in serious condition.

In Moldova, the mayor of the city of Balti, opposition politician Renato Usatii, who was previously detained on charges of violating the secrecy of correspondence, was released. According to the Interfax agency, the Chisinau court rejected the prosecutor's request to arrest the suspect for 30 days. Before the court session, Usatii's supporters staged a rally that brought together several thousand people. The protesters demanded the release of the detained politician.

The Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the official publication of the Russian government, published an interview with homeopath Irina Kuzmina. Kuzmina talks about her colleagues’ internship in Switzerland and how she cures late-stage cancer with the help of homeopathy. This publication outraged doctors and medical journalists. We asked doctor Artemy Okhotin to explain what homeopathy is and why such controversy arises around this topic.

The head of the administration of Star City, Alexander Shchipanov, was detained on suspicion of taking a bribe. This was announced by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Elena Alekseeva. According to her, Shchipanov and another local official - the chief inspector of the security and mobilization unit - were detained while receiving 250,000 rubles.

Photo: NASA The American aerospace agency completed the technical verification of the project of the new heavy launch vehicle Space Launch System, which is planned to be used to fly to Mars. The representative of NASA said that the first stage of engine testing and rocket accelerators was successful. All the main components of the carrier are launched into production.

Roman Bogdasarov, deputy head of the Synodal Department for Relations between Church and Society, announced the existence of products that Orthodox Christians are prohibited from consuming. According to him, one should not eat “various transgenic fats, poor-quality alcoholic drinks, chips, energy drinks—anything that negatively affects human health.” The priest did not explain what “transgenic fats” are. “Some people are mistaken and think that if it’s a fast day, then you can eat everything.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko spoke "about our individual" creators ", creative personalities, even Nobel Prize winners, who have not had time to receive it yet, left the country and tried to pour a bucket of dirt on their country." “This is wrong, this is not opposition,” the Belarusian president added. About what "creative personalities" he is talking about, he did not specify.

The Times newspaper announced the imminent release of a new album by David Bowie. According to her, the release is scheduled for January 8, 2016 - the day of the musician's 69th birthday. The album was called Blackstar. Seven songs have been recorded for him. The title track, also titled Blackstar, will be released as a single on November 19th. Bowie worked on recording songs at the New York studio The Magic Shop, along with local jazz musicians.

Russians Yevgeny Erofeev and Aleksandr Aleksandrov, detained in Donbass and accused of terrorism in Ukraine, are going to declare in court that they served in the so-called people's militia of the LPR. Alexandrov's lawyer Konstantin Kravchuk told about this. He gave an interview to Novaya Gazeta after Alexandrov took on another defender. According to Kravchuk, the defendants are confident that an exchange of detainees will soon take place, as a result of which they will return to Russia.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted that the emergence of the "Islamic State" (an organization recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia and banned) is partly due to the operation of the Western coalition to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in 2003. According to Blair, there is "a grain of truth" in claims that the invasion of Iraq was the reason for the rise of ISIS.

Local elections, which began in Ukraine on the morning of October 25, were disrupted in Mariupol. The city electoral commission refused to accept ballots after they found a pack of unpacked ballots during an inspection at the printing house.