Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov won the Paris Masters tournament, the largest series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). In the final, he defeated world No. 2 Novak Djokovic in straight sets 7:5, 6:4. According to Sports.ru, Russian tennis players could not win a tournament of this level for nine years. The last time Nikolai Davydenko managed to do this was in 2009, when he won a tournament in Shanghai.

An adviser to the mayor of Kherson and social activist Yekaterina Handziuk, who was attacked on July 31, died in a hospital in Kyiv. Handzyuk was doused with sulfuric acid, she received burns on 35% of her body surface and underwent more than 10 operations in the hospital. According to preliminary data, the cause of death was the separation of a blood clot.

In Omsk, Valentin Kuznetsov, 74-year-old human rights activist, head of the regional Human Rights Committee, was beaten. He was attacked while filming from a quadcopter a site where a town for Chinese workers is being built. According to Novaya Gazeta, after the shooting was over, Kuznetsov was stopped by three men. They threw him to the ground, tied his hands behind his back and beat him, after which they threw him into their car and locked the doors.

Strong rains caused a flood on Sicily, as a result of which at least 12 people died. Among the victims were nine members of two families whose house was flooded by a river who came out of the shores. Other regions of Italy suffered from rains, about 30 people died in total.

Buryatia and the Trans-Baikal Territory were transferred from the Siberian Federal District to the Far Eastern Federal District. This decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The document is published on the official portal of legal information. For what purpose the composition of the federal districts was changed, it does not explain. about the idea of ​​joining the Trans-Baikal Territory to the Far Eastern Federal District in 2016 spoke State Duma deputy Nikolai Govorin .

In New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in the Pacific Ocean, a referendum on independence was held. Most of its participants were in favor of maintaining the current status of the islands. According to France TV, following the count of 95% of the ballots against independence, 56.8% of the referendum participants voted. New Caledonia is located about 18 thousand kilometers from France. The population of the islands is about 270 thousand people. France has ruled New Caledonia since 1853.

In Sicily, 12 people have died as a result of severe flooding. Nine of them are members of two families who lived in the same house in the commune of Casteldaccia. They died when the house was flooded by a river that overflowed its banks. Among the victims are children aged one, three and 15 years. Three more people died when their cars were swept into the river, according to BBC News. In total, about 30 people have died in recent days as a result of heavy rains in Italy.

Johnnyrusso / Wikimedia Commons Mario Sigail, 1952 On October 27, at the age of 84, the American businessman of Italian descent Mario Sigail died . In the early 1980s, one of the main developers of Washington accidentally became the prototype of the character of the new game of Nintendo, the Italian plumber Mario.

A survey conducted by the Levada Center showed that 69% of Russians have not heard anything about torture in Yaroslavl Colony No. 1, despite the fact that journalists have been writing about it since July 2018. Another 23% of the survey participants "heard something" about torture, but "do not know what it is." Only 7% of respondents heard a lot about bullying of prisoners. At the same time, a third of Russians believe that torture in Russian colonies is a common practice.

Update. OVD-Info reported that before the start of the Russian March, two more of its organizers, Pavel Lebedyansky and Nikita Zaitsev, were detained. In addition, four participants were detained during the action. The procession ended, the nationalists did not clash with the police. The police detained one of the organizers of the Russian March in Moscow, Dmitry Karasev. He himself told about this to the OVD-Info publication.

In Kabul, the mayor of the city of North Ogden (Utah), Brent Taylor, who temporarily resigned and went on a business trip to Afghanistan in January 2018, died. He served in the state National Guard. According to CNN, Taylor was killed by soldiers of the Afghan army. to according Another US service member was injured in the attack, CBS. The attacker was shot dead with return fire. Brent Taylor, 39, a Utah National Guard officer, previously served two terms in Iraq and another in Afghanistan.

"Medusa" chose 10 best songs and clips of the week Every week, Medusa employees listen to new songs, watch new clips - and take the best. In this issue: The Prodigy hit nostalgia, the Monatik walks around Venice, and the Gromyk group funny reels Tequilajazzz. Subscribe to our updated playlists in Apple Music and Yandex.Musik ! The Prodigy "We Live Forever" What can you expect from The Prodigy in 2018?! In principle, nothing is nothing, because everything has long been extremely clear.

The Petrograd District Court arrested for 10 days activist Pavel Ivankin, who participated in a picket against Vladimir Solovyov, who came to a creative evening at the Lensoviet Palace of Culture in St. Petersburg. The picket took place on November 2. The police detained seven people, six of them were soon released. A protocol was drawn up against Ivankin under an administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demand of a police officer.

The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Glonass-M navigation satellite was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. reports The launch was successful, the satellite was put into the estimated orbit, Interfax with reference to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The last launch of the Soyuz is the second after the accident that occurred on October 11. Then there was an abnormal separation of the first and second stages. The rocket was supposed to launch a ship with the crew of the ISS into orbit.

And distribute "Golden Dude" Since the show “Vedud” appeared on Yetube in February 2017, long video interviews began to do everything from novice bloggers to folk artists. To overtake the journalist Yuri Dudia, by popularity in the Russian -speaking Internet, has not yet been able to, but among his competitors and imitators there are very interesting interviewers.