An updated version of the US National Security Strategy signed by President Donald Trump has been released on the White House website. The 68-page document outlines the global threats facing the country. In the foreign policy arena, Russia and China are called such. “China and Russia are challenging the power, influence and interests of the United States in an attempt to undermine American security and prosperity.

The International Olympic Committee has suspended Russian bobsledder Alexei Voevoda for life for violating anti-doping rules, according to the IOC website. At the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Voevoda won two gold medals in the twos and fours competition along with Alexander Zubkov. Both of these medals had previously been taken away from Russia due to the disqualification of Zubkov.

Washington State Patrol / EPA / Scanpix / Leta December 18 in Washington Passenger train AMTRAK got off the rails and fell from the bridge right on the highway. The exact information about the victims has not yet been received, but emergency services are talking about several victims. A large cork was formed at the scene of the accident.

Companions and colleagues recall Arseny Roginsky, one of the creators of the Memorial Society Candy Welz / Dapd / Insight Media / Vida Press On Monday, December 18, the Soviet and Russian historian, human rights activist Arseny Roginsky, died in Israel. He devoted his life to the restoration and return of the memory of the repressions of the 1930s.

Update . At least six people have died in an Amtrak train derailment in Washington state, according to Fox News. An Amtrak passenger train derailed in Washington State, causing one of its carriages to fall off a railroad bridge onto a highway. The incident occurred on the morning of December 18, approximately 60 kilometers south of Seattle. Due to the train crash, a major traffic jam formed on Interstate 5. The movement of trains on the emergency section was interrupted.

December 18th. What will happen in the next 10 years Main Arseniy Roginsky , historian and human rights activist, chairman of the board of the international society Memorial, has died. In the 1980s, he served four years on false charges of forgery. “Many years before the emergence of Memorial, he began to fight for historical truth and for human rights - and was deprived of his freedom for this,” the society said in a statement.

"Crimean solidarity" on Facebook Single Picket on October 14, 2017 in Crimea All day on December 18, in ten Crimean ships, 81 administrative cases against the Crimean Tatar activists were consideration. All of them are accused of violating the order of mass action, which took place on October 14. Then more than a hundred people in different settlements around the peninsula took to the streets to protest against the persecution of their people.

Danish musician and comedian Klaus Pilgor, who leads a video blog under the pseudonym Chili Klaus, constantly makes people eat very burning peppers on the camera. The heroes of his new video were participants in the choir of boys Herning Boys Choir. The chorists ate “pepper-prison” , one of the most burning peppers in the world, after which they continued to sing-and, judging by the expression of their faces, it was not easy for them! Chili Klaus Chili Klaus + Herning Boys Choir 🔥 Wait for it!

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFAEI) of Moldova recalled its ambassador to Russia Andrei Negutsa for an indefinite period of time for consultations.

The police detained an intruder who intended to get into the air base Milddenhall in Suffolk, Britain, now used by the US military. According to the BBC, an unidentified man tried to break through the checkpoint in a car, but was stopped. The base has been on alert for some time in connection with an incident that police are describing as "significant". Shortly after the arrest of the man and the arrival of emergency services, the cordon at the base was removed.

In Russia, people are increasingly making them apologize to the camera. For what? Where did it come from? Nuclear news / YouTube authors of the offensive video addressed to the head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov ask him for forgiveness The practice of forced or forced apologies for the camera has become widespread.

Chris Helgren / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta one of the bodies found in the house of Barry and Hani Sherman in Toronto, December 15, 2017 On December 15, Canadian media reported the death of billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife Hani. Their bodies were found in their own mansion in Toronto. The police did not find traces of hacking, but found out that both were strangled with a rope.

Bloomberg introduced the "Pessimist guide" until 2028. In it, Putin leaves the post of president of Russia Alexey Druzhinin / AFP / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta The economic publication Bloomberg annually publishes the so -called “pessimist guide”: a list of the most unpleasant events that can occur in the near future. This time the guide is designed until 2028, ten years in advance.

Laura Halminen's page on Facebook journalist Helsingin Sanomat Laura Halminen On the night of December 16, the largest Finland newspaper Helsingin Sanomat published an article about one of the secret facilities of the Finnish special services - a complex of electronic intelligence in the city of Tikkakoski in the south of the country.

The choice of "jellyfish": Kendrick Lamar about violence, a guf of youth, scripts is not clear about what Every week, Medusa employees listen to new songs and watch new clips to select the best from them - and explain what they are notable for. This time - the scriptette recalls the poor past, MGMT is looking forward to the grave future, the Komsomolsk group describes life as in the song of Valery Meladze, and the Guf promises everyone to show where the crayfish winter. ( Attention!