Six mercenaries from the private military company Wagner were killed in an explosion in Syria, Novaya Gazeta reports, citing sources. The London-based human rights organization Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the death of six Russians, presumably mercenaries from a private military company. The explosion occurred on November 4 in a building in Deir ez-Zor that was previously occupied by the criminal police.

The United States was included in the anti-Iranian sanctions list "Mir Business Bank" (MB Bank), registered in Moscow. The list of companies subject to sanctions is published on the US Treasury website. MB Bank was registered in 2002 and Bank Melli Iran is its sole shareholder. The bank is engaged in servicing both individuals and legal entities, it has a branch in Astrakhan. The sanctions regime against Iran was renewed by the administration of Donald Trump on November 5.

The plane of the Indonesian company Lion Air, which crashed on October 29, had a speed indicator faulty on its last four flights. Such data, the Indonesian authorities announced, was obtained by deciphering a parametric recorder. The sensor malfunction was announced at a press conference attended by relatives of those killed in the crash. Those who lost their relatives and friends demanded to explain to them why the malfunction had not been fixed.

Carl de Souza / AFP / Scanpix / Leta The elected president of Brazil Zhir Bolsonaru threatened to tighten the conditions for Chinese investments. In his opinion, China threatens the sovereignty of his country. “The Chinese do not buy in Brazil, they buy Brazil,” Bolsonar said during his election campaign and, it seems, is not going to retreat from his statements.

Apple has decided to cut production of the new iPhone XR due to low demand, according to the Japanese edition of Nikkei, citing sources. According to the newspaper's interlocutors, Foxconn, which assembles Apple phones, has reserved about 60 assembly lines for the iPhone XR. Currently, only 45 lines are being assembled, “because the main customer said that he did not need so many products.” Foxconn, thus, reduced the production of the iPhone XR by 20-25%, or 100,000 phones per day.

The Spice Girls have announced their first UK tour in 10 years. The tour will start on June 1, 2019 in Manchester and end on June 15 in London. Four of the five members of the group will go on tour: Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. Victoria Beckham refused to participate in the tour - supposedly to devote more time to her personal fashion house. The Spice Girls are one of the most famous British pop groups, which peaked in popularity in the 1990s.

Long-awaited explanations from Anton Dolin At the end of October, Meduza film critic Anton Dolin explained to readers why they should definitely watch Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker on the big screen. After that, readers began to ask Dolin on social networks to explain other phenomena - there were so many of these requests that we decided to collect readers' questions and invite film critics to answer them.

Update: A hostage-taker at a post office in the city of Reggio Emilia has surrendered to the police . There were no casualties. In Italy, the defendant in the case of connections with the Calabrian mafia "Ndrangheta" took hostage four employees of the post office in the city of Reggio Emilia. The hostage-taker claimed his name was Francesco Amato and was sentenced to 19 years in prison in the massive 'Ndrangheta trial. Amato demands a meeting with Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.

In Armenia, a sentence has been passed on the accused of murdering Russian military Dmitry Yalpaev, who served at the base in Gyumri. The defendant, Stepanavan resident Arman Janjughazyan, was sentenced to 22 years in prison. The court sentenced him to 20 years in prison for murder, and another two years for illegal possession of edged weapons.

An explosion at a former highway police building between Damascus and Deir ez-Zor reportedly killed 11 people on November 4.

The Belavia airline put up for sale the Tu-154M aircraft, which was used by the President of the country Alexander Lukashenko. The auction is set for December 5th. The starting price of the aircraft, produced in 1985, is 4 million 292 thousand 900 Belarusian rubles (slightly more than 2 million dollars at the rate of the National Bank). At the moment, Belavia Airlines, according to Interfax , uses Boeing 767-300ER and Boeing 737 Business Jet as a presidential aircraft.

Nicolas Job / Sipa / Scanpix / Leta on the polling station in the capital of New Caledonia, the city Residents of New Caledonia voted against independence from France on Sunday. The department was supported by 43.6% of the citizens of the archipelago, 56.4% spoke out for the preservation of the current status - the colony. The appearance in the referendum exceeded 80%.

A bridge collapsed in the Nefteyugansky District of the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug. Two people were killed, according to a TASS source, seven were injured. The bridge collapsed during repair work, when a KamAZ and a crane were on it. The victims are employees of the repair organization. Emergency services left for the scene - 30 kilometers from Nefteyugansk.

In the Egyptian Sharm el-Sheikh, as part of the youth forum, a statue of the football player Mohammed Salah, the star of the national team and the Liverpool striker, was shown. The sculptor - May Abdallah - depicted Salah with outstretched arms, celebrating another goal. The statue makes a strong impression. To some, the sculptural image of Salah resembles the cartoon character about Beavis and Butt-head.

The Moscow group OQJAV released a clip for the song "Flowerers" from the album "Flower leaves" . He was shot by the theater director and playwright Semyon Serzin, the main role was played by actress Taisiya Vilkova, who played in the film Gogol and the series "Excellent". "Medusa" represents the premiere of the clip with the comments of its creators. OQJAV OQJAV Feat Tasya Vilkova - "Flowerers" Vadik Korolev Soloist of the OQJAV group, baritone in "flowers" Friends sent me to Georgia for wine.