Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and British writer Bernardine Evaristo have won the Booker Prize, which is awarded in English-language literature. The winner was announced at a ceremony in London on the evening of October 14. Atwood was recognized for her novel The Testaments, and Evaristo for her book Girl, Woman, Other. The winners will share the £50,000 prize. The rules of the awards prohibit the prize from being shared, but the jury "could not separate" the two works.

US President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he would soon impose sanctions on Turkey over its military operation in Syria . Trump said the sanctions would target current and former Turkish officials, raise tariffs on Turkish steel to 50% and halt talks on a $100 billion trade deal with Turkey. The US may also impose restrictions that include financial sanctions, seizure of property, and a ban on entry into the US.

On October 14, Deputy General Director of Channel One, Kirill Kleimenov, again began to host the Vremya program. At the beginning of the release, Kleymenov turned to the audience to explain why he returned to the program. “You, of course, have every right to ask: why again? <…> While I was gone, a lot of things happened. It was only necessary to be distracted by other important matters, as the world went haywire, and therefore, behold, I had to return.

The Investigative Committee announced the arrest of two men suspected of beating to death a 31-year-old resident of Krasnoyarsk. The UK did not disclose the names of the detainees, noting that one of them is 24 years old, the other is 29 years old. Mash reports that Andrey Shilov and Sergey Shmelev have been detained. Previously, they were prosecuted. According to investigators, on September 15, the suspects quarreled with their friend over the phone, and then came to his house and beat him.

AAREF WATAD / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Turkish troops on the outskirts of Manbija, October 14, 2019 The Syrian Kurds, who were attacked by the Turkish army and were abandoned by former allies from the United States, decided to call Russia and the official government of Syria on October 14. To do this, they will have to abandon their quasi -state and dissolve their “army”.

A Georgia jury found 57-year-old former police officer Robert Olsen not guilty of killing 26-year-old Air Force veteran Anthony Hill, who was shot dead in 2015. At the same time, according to the Associated Press, Olsen was found guilty of aggravated assault, violation of an oath and perjury. The court will issue a verdict on November 1. Robert Olsen shot dead Afghan war veteran Anthony Hill in March 2015.

Alexander Zemlyanichenko / Pool / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Saudi Arabia on a state visit, the program of which, for example, includes a meeting with King Salmana Ben Abdel-Aziz, Al Saaud. At the airport of Er-Riyad Putin, they met with all the relying honors, including artillery salute. The local orchestra performed the Russian anthem for the president. It turned out not too similar, but, it is worth noting that the musicians fought to the end.

Anatoly Chepiga (also known as Ruslan Boshirov), whom the UK authorities suspect of poisoning Sergei Skripal, attended the wedding of the daughter of GRU Major General Andrei Averyanov in 2017. This was reported by Radio Liberty, which conducted a joint investigation with the Bellingcat group. Chepiga was photographed from the wedding, which fell into the hands of journalists. Averyanov holds the post of head of the GRU unit No. 29155.

In Barcelona on October 14, a mass action was arranged against the sentence issued by the Catalan leaders in connection with the organization of the referendum on the independence of the region in 2017. The performances began throughout Barcelona, ​​including on the main street of the city of Via Layetan. Protesters blocked the movement on four main roads of the city, demanding to free prisoners.

Christopher Pike / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta In Chechnya, since August 2019, large -scale cleaning in the ruling elite of the republic has been carried out, the New Gazeta claims . According to the sources of the publication, high -ranking Chechen officials, as well as their relatives, guards and people from the inner circle are illegally detained and sent to secret prisons. There they are kept from several days to several weeks or months.

Domenico Tedesco has been appointed the new head coach of Spartak football. This was officially announced at a press conference on the evening of October 14th. Tedesco's contract with Spartak is for two seasons. The last two seasons Tedesco worked in the German "Schalke". He was sacked in March 2019 after losing 7-0 to Manchester City in the Champions League. The previous Spartak coach Oleg Kononov was fired on September 29.

Michelle R. Smith / AP / Scanpix / Leta in Providence (Rhizen Alend) on October 14 defiled a monument to Christopher Columbus. He was doused with red paint, and on the pedestal they installed a sign with the inscription "Stop celebrating genocide." In the USA, on the second Monday of October, Columbus Day is celebrated in honor of his arrival in America. The colonization of America by Europeans was accompanied by the extermination of the indigenous population.

Now the gif can be framed, decorating the living room with it - as if it were a photograph or a traditional painting. Infinite Objects, together with the Giphy service and the Planeta design studio, have launched a collection of animations in special digital frames. GIFs enclosed in frames of Infinite Objects cannot be changed - there are simply no buttons, this is a normal decoration. Frames can play video or animation in a circle up to 24 hours long.

Not only the screenwriter of the “sky over Berlin”, but also the director of mysterious paintings Alain Jocard / AFP / Scanpix / Leta One of the Nobel Laureates in the 2019 Literature Prize is the Austrian writer Peter Handke. In the world, he became famous not only for prose and dramaturgy, but also by scenes. Handke is a permanent co -author of the German director Vim Venders, with whom they, among other things, shot the film “Heaven over Berlin”.

Elena Kiseleva, the mother of nine-year-old Liza Kiseleva, who was killed in Saratov, recorded a video message in which she thanked everyone who participated in the search for her daughter. The video was posted on Facebook by Elena Kiseleva's cousin Irina Kulyasova. “Saratov turned out to be filled with very kind, strong and reliable people who you can rely on, who you can rely on in difficult times,” Kiseleva said.