About 60 people are being held hostage in the Bataclan concert hall in the eleventh arrondissement of Paris. Katya Adler, correspondent for BBC News, tweeted about this. The AP agency, citing police sources, reports 100 hostages. The fact that people were captured in the concert hall was also reported to the police, but the number of hostages was not named.

Three explosions near the Stade de France and a shooting at a restaurant in Paris have killed at least 18 people, according to the BBC. Explosions near the stadium occurred during a football match between France and Germany. The match was attended by French President Francois Hollande, he is safe. The shooting incident took place at the Petit Cambodge restaurant in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. According to preliminary data, 4 people died in the restaurant.

What is known and what is unknown Photo: Christian Hartmann / Reuters / Scanpix On the night of Friday to Saturday of different parts of Paris, a series of terrorist attacks occurred. Medusa reports that it is known. What we know As of 3:00 Moscow time. The first few explosions occurred near the Stade de France stadium , at which at that moment a friendly match of the national teams of France and Germany was held. Explosions were heard during the match.

Why we get scapegoats, not political accountability, in the Kremlin's Russia Photo: Julien Barrier / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Like most places, scandals in Russian politics are hardly a rarity.

British Islamist Aine Davis, who is believed to be one of the accomplices of Mohammed Emwazi, the executioner of the Islamic State (an organization recognized as terrorist in Russia and banned in Russia), has been arrested in Istanbul. This was reported by Reuters, citing anonymous sources in Turkey. Davis is believed to have guarded foreign hostages in Syria. Reuters sources did not disclose details of the operation to arrest Davis. Mohammed Emwazi is better known as Jihadi John.

How the ‘Russian Spring’ came to an end in eastern Ukraine Photo: Max Black / AP / Scanpix The war in eastern Ukraine has ended, or at least finished its phase of peak intensity. Unresolved questions include control over the border with Russia, local power, the disbanding or legitimization of armed groups, and – finally – the status of Donbass territories still beyond Kiev’s control.

Shot: Columbia Records / YouTube Musician David Bowie published a 20-second trailer for the short film Blackstar, shot to the single of the same name. Columbia Records David Bowie - Blackstar ★ Trailer The single and short film will be represented on November 19, and on January 8, 2016, a new Bowie album, which is also called Blackstar, will be released . The director of the clip was the Swedish clipmaker Johan Renk. He shot the series The Last Panthers, the music for which Bowie wrote .

The jury acquitted the Ukrainian Vadim Bezkorovainy, who was arrested in the UK on charges of plotting a terrorist attack at the Russian embassy. Bezkorovainy was detained in March 2014 in a suburb of London. At first, he was charged with using false documents - he lived in the UK under a different name. During the searches, photographs of the Russian embassy and other materials were found on him, on the basis of which he was accused of preparing a terrorist act.

In Moscow, near the building of the FSB, three people were detained who were holding solo pickets in support of the artist Pyotr Pavlensky. They were taken to the Meshchansky police station. Activists held a protest action with posters "Bravo, Pavlensky" and "Down with the power of the Chekists." Pyotr Pavlensky's supporters have been holding actions for several days near the FSB building, the entrance to which he set on fire.

The Mashable publication looked behind the Victoriaʼ Secret show and asked the models to portray several Emoji emoticons - including a kiss, and a bottle of champagne. Mashable Victoriaʼs Secret Angels Act Out Emoji | Mashable Since these girls are professional models, we asked them to portray some of the most popular Emoji (English.). Mashable

Russian President Vladimir Putin suspected the United States of seeking to "ignite war again" in eastern Ukraine. He stated this in an interview with Interfax and Anadolu agencies on the eve of his visit to Turkey. “In conditions when hostilities have ceased and shelling is sporadic, it is not clear why the US Congress is making decisions that make it possible to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons.

The former head of Gazprom Media, Mikhail Lesin, is buried in Los Angeles. This was announced by his relative, whose name RIA Novosti did not name. Mikhail Lesin died on November 6 at a hotel in Washington. According to his relatives, he died from a heart attack. After his death, there were many rumors. The Daily Mail newspaper wrote that Lesin could have been killed for becoming an FBI informant.

Aeroflot will not operate flights to Egypt until March 27, 2016, that is, until the end of the winter schedule. This is stated in the message on the official website of the carrier. Since November 6, when Russian airlines were banned from flying to Egypt, Aeroflot has been operating only flights from Egypt to Moscow - they take out Russian tourists. The last flight from Hurghada is scheduled for November 29, from Sharm el-Sheikh - for November 30.

The jury acquitted 80-year-old mafiosi in the case of the largest robbery in the United States Photo: Spencer Platt / Getty images / AFP / Scanpix On December 11, 1978, one of the most impudent robberies in the history of the United States was committed. Mask people took five million dollars in cash from John Kennedy and another million jewelry (in terms of today's prices - more than $ 23 million). The first and only suspect in this case was detained 35 years later.

Igor Konashenkov, the official spokesman for the Defense Ministry, has denied a report by the British newspaper Daily Mail about the supposed deployment of air defense S-400 missile systems in Syria. "You've all had access for three days to [Russia's] airbase at Khmeimi. You've had the opportunity to see everything here with your own eyes—including the base's air defense equipment. The S-400, of course, isn't here, nor has it ever been here.