The founder of the British company Virgin Galactic Richard Branson, despite the collapse of its SPACESHIPTWO suborbital apparatus in the Mohava desert (California), intends to become the first person to send this company into space. He stated this in an interview with the American television company CNN . “I would never ask others to take part in Virgin Galactic, if I had not been completely sure that he was safe for me,” he said.

Russian actor Ivan Okhlobystin, who recently got into the "black lists" of Latvia and Ukraine, became a person non grata in Estonia. The artist, actively supporting the separatists of Donbass, was supposed to perform on November 8 in the Tallinn House of Nordea with the program "Spiritual conversations. Continuation".

The former leader of the rating of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Danish, Karolin Vozniatski, took part in the New York Marathon on Sunday. The 24-year-old athlete, which is now the eighth racket of the world, overcame a distance of 42 km and 195 m in 3 hours 26 minutes 33 seconds. At the finish, she was met by a close friend - American tennis player Serena Williams. At the end of October, both athletes took part in the final WTA tournament, which was held in Singapore.

The militants of the Islamic State (IG) group announced the seizure of the next gas field - in the Central Syrian province of Homs. We are talking about the Jahar deposit, Reuters reports. In confirmation of their words, extremists laid out 18 photographs in social networks with the view of the field, above which the IG flag rises. They also claim that they seized several weapons and vehicles of government Syrian troops.

Ukraine will transfer the first tranche of payment for the previously delivered Russian gas in the coming days, TASS reports with reference to the head of the National Bank of Ukraine Valery Gontarev. According to her, on November 3, a meeting was held by the Prime Minister of the country Arseniy Yatsenyuk, where the issue of gas payments was discussed.

Romania Prime Minister Viktor Pont, according to preliminary data, is the leader in the first round of the presidential election, held in the country the day before, November 2. The second place is occupied by his main rival - the mayor of Sibuu Klaus Johannis. According to the results of the counting of 91.33% of the vote, Pontus gains 40.01% of the vote, Johannis - 30.54%, RomaniatV reports with reference to the official data of the Central Election Bureau of the country.

The US dollar and the euro again significantly grew on the Moscow Exchange on Monday, the ruble is reduced in relation to the bivalyut basket. The dollar rate amounted to 43.57 rubles per dollar at the auction of the Moscow Exchange at 18:45, which is 53.6 kopecks higher than the level of the previous closure. The euro at that moment amounted to 54.45 rubles per euro, adding 50 kopecks. The cost of the bivalve basket increased by 52 kopecks and amounted to 48.466 rubles, Interfax reports.

On the evening of November 3, the situation in Donetsk again became tense: in all areas of the city, the sounds of single shots from heavy guns and a series of salvos are heard, the city hall’s website reports citing local residents. Prior to this, during the day the situation in the city was calm, the report said. It also notes that utilities continue to restore urban infrastructure, despite the resumed shooting.

The sixth column with humanitarian aid for Donetsk and Lugansk is loaded in the Rostov region, it will be lucky with medicines and fuel. This was announced on Monday by Oleg Voronov, deputy head of the National Center for Management in Crisis Situations of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia. "Currently, in the Rostov region, where the NTsux EMERCOM of Russia has organized work on the concentration of humanitarian goods, cars are loaded," he said.

Tula Arsenal won the first victory in the Russian Football Premier League, outplaying in the match of the 12th round in Ramensky Moscow Torpedo with a minimum score. The only ball in the 49th minute was scored by the forward Arthur Maloyan, the press service of the Premier League reports. The bill could be larger, but in the 30th minute the Arsenal player Lukash Tesak did not realize the penalty for the foul in the penalty area against Dmitry Smirnov.

Five settlements of the south of Sakhalin are de-energized on Monday evening when the cyclone was held, the press service of Sakhalinnergo OJSC said. According to Interfax , due to adverse weather conditions, the villages of Novotroitskoye, the Anivsky district, remain without light; Apple, Lyublino, though the Kholmsky district, partly the city of Kholmsk itself. In addition, energy supply in eight microdistricts of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is completely or partially violated.

Three Russians were awarded this year of state awards of Japan - the orders of the rising sun and the Order of the Holy Treasure. The corresponding imperial decree was published on Monday on the occasion of the National Festival celebrated in Japan - the Culture Day, TASS reports. In total, the Order of the Rising Sun received 897 people, including 52 foreign citizens. 3136 people were awarded the order of the sacred treasure, of which five foreigners, RIA Novosti reports.

The Minister of Culture of Ukraine Yevgeny Nishchuk announced the day before that the country is prohibited by the show of three films with the participation of Russian actor Mikhail Porechenkov, Interfax reports. “Previously, three more films with Porechenkov’s participation are“ Ivan Poddubny ”,“ White Guard ”,“ Special Forces ” - we banned, that is, we did not give a license for rental and shows,” the minister said on the air of the ICTV channel on Sunday evening.

Police officers found and detained two suspects in the murder of two traffic police inspectors, who was committed on Monday night in the Solnechnogorsk district of the Moscow Region. One of the suspects was detained in the first hospital in Krasnogorsk with a bullet wound to the stomach, which was inflicted on him, defending himself, the traffic police inspector.

The authorities of the American city of St. Louis, in the suburbs of which the policeman shot a black teenager, closed the airspace over the city for the press helicopters. This was reported by the Associated Press, in the hands of whose correspondents were audio recording of conversations of employees of the US Federal Aviation Department (FAA).