Explosions in the Somali capital Mogadishu on 14 October killed 512 people. This was reported by the committee investigating the attack and its consequences. According to official figures, 312 people were injured and 62 are missing. The announced death toll is considered final, writes Associated Press. by committee representatives The death of 512 people was first announced on 30 November. Before that, it was officially reported that 358 people died.

Jonathan Ernst / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Michael Flynn December 1, 2017, Washington. Short. General Michael Flynn is a former adviser to US President Donald Trump for National Security. He was fired shortly after Trump entered the post after publications in the media that he discussed with the ambassador of the Russian Federation Sergey Kislyak the sanction - it was an official reason that he misinformed the authorities about the content of these conversations.

On December 1, the Bishop Cathedral adopted the document “On the canonical aspects of church marriage” , which was discussed for many years. Among other things, the document clarifies the conditions under which priests are forbidden to bless church marriage. Note that some prohibitions from the list can be overcome in separate, exceptional cases. Photo in the announcement: Sergey Pyatakov / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta

Transgender from St. Petersburg about how she adjusted the floor-and was dismissed due to a list of professions prohibited for women Alexandrina Mountains for "Medusa" In July 2017, the printer Anastasia Vasilieva (the name was changed at the request of the heroine), who adjusted her biological sex, replaced him in documents - from male to female - and was immediately dismissed from the company, where she worked for more than ten years.

Swing against the Hitler Youth: A fragment of John Savija’s book “Teenage. The origin of youth culture 1875-1945 " Grace Scheel / "White Apple" Hamburg swingers. Tomi Shel seventh on the right in the back row. Around 1939 The publishing house "White Apple" was published by the translation of the book of the famous British journalist John Savija "Teenage. The origin of youth culture is 1875-1945.

Filming of the film "Bohemian Rhapsody" about Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury, who is to be played by actor Rami Malek, has been suspended. 20th Century Fox attributed the halt to production to the "unexpected absence" of director Bryan Singer. Singer's reps said the issue was "health issues" involving the director and his family. “Brian hopes to return to work soon after the holidays,” his representatives said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Prosecutor General's Office to analyze the practice of applying laws in Russia on the right to peaceful meetings, rallies and marches. This was reported on December 2 on the Kremlin website. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation was recommended to “generalize the practice” of considering cases of offenses when organizing public events.

Apple on Saturday, December 2, published an update to the operating system for mobile devices - iOS 11.2. The update fixes a bug that caused many users to randomly reboot their iPhones after 00:15 on December 2. The bug was associated with the operation of applications that periodically send notifications to the user. As noted by The Verge, iOS updates are usually released on Tuesdays, so the release of the update on Saturday was probably due to the need to urgently fix the error.

Actor Geoffrey Rush stepped down as president of the Australian Film and Television Academy (AACTA) following complaints from an unnamed actress about "inappropriate touching" on his part. The actor said that he decided to protect his colleagues from any involvement in the accusations against him.

Sansara leader Alexander Gagarin and Oleg Nesterov - about music, industry and bar (as the concept of the Musical Union) Valentin Monastyrsky Alexander Gagarin In 2017, the Yekaterinburg group Sansara celebrates its 20th anniversary.

In 1988, the 27-year-old mathematician Scott Johnson died in Sydney, falling from a cliff into stones in the sea. For 30 years, the authorities considered his death suicide. According to the results of the new investigation, it turned out that Johnson was killed - because he was gay. Near the Top of Mt. Monadnock, New Hampshire, USA - AUG 1988 (Last Picture Taken by the Family).

Businessman Vladimir Kekhman, who has served as general director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater since March 2015, has become the artistic director of this institution. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the theater's deputy general director for marketing Artem Pukhalsky. “Vladimir Abramovich Kekhman left the post of general director. Acting director Snezhana Lyubar signed an order appointing him artistic director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre," he said.

Ultra -short reviews (140 signs!) From Anton Valley On Saturdays, “Medusa” comes out ultra -short reviews - about 140 signs each - from Anton Valley, who talk about the main premieres of the week and help to navigate the rental. This week at the box office: Patriotic fantasy "Legend of Kolovrat" from Dzhanik Fayziev; Thriller "Atlantis"; Stylization for the French Noir of the 50s “Passion and Fidelity” and a documentary about Istanbul “City of Cats”.

It is extremely unpleasant to lose an iPhone, and if an attacker finds out a code for unlocking the phone, the situation becomes critical, he can even change the password from your Apple ID without knowing the old. But IOS 11 made the data on the stolen iPhone even more vulnerable - the new version of the system simplified the hacking of backup copies, the Russian company Elcomsoft claims .

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Does the Russian Orthodox Church believe in the Ritual Murder of the Romanovs? Medusa journalists Alexei Ponomarev and Evgeny Berg, along with Ksenia Luchenko, a journalist and the author of several books about church life, discuss a new surge in interest in the circumstances of the murder of Nicholas II , in particular, the version of the “ritual murder”.