An emergency meeting in connection with floods in the country, which observers call "unprecedented", called British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday. The convocation of the meeting is caused by adverse weather forecasts, according to which abundant precipitation is expected again on Sunday in the country.

In Moscow on Sunday evening, IKEA store was evacuated in a warm camp, RBC reports citing its own correspondent. The evacuation was explained by technical reasons, while the Echo of Moscow recalls that recently in the capital in several shopping centers an evacuation was carried out due to bomb calls. According to RBC, at about 17:30 Moscow time. Visitors to the store on the speakerphone were asked to leave the room, but there was no such announcement in the parking lot.

The fourth stage of the Biathlon World Cup, which was supposed to take place in German Oberehof, was transferred to another settlement in Germany - Rupolding, according to the official website of the International Biathlon Union. The stage in Oberhof earlier in December was canceled due to lack of snow , so I had to resolve the issue of a new place of competition. Another possible option was called Slovenian Poklika.

Several NATO aircraft of the long-range radar detection of the Boeing E-3 Sentry, located in German Gaylenkirhen, will be transferred to Turkey to control the airspace on the border with Syria, the Bild newspaper reports. This measure is aimed at ensuring the security of Turkey, but it is not specified from whom this country is going to protect: IS does not have aviation.

Director of the Department of Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation Mikhail Bryzgalov was dismissed, a source close to the leadership of the department told Interfax on Sunday. On Friday, President Putin called for analyzing the work of the department. Bryzgalov headed the Department of Cultural Heritage in August 2014 instead of the fired Ekaterina Pronicheva. Prior to this, the official headed the Museum of Musical Culture.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on the air of local television channels made an appeal to the nation. One of the main topics of the politician's speech predictably was the theme of air strikes of the Russian Air Force in Syria. Ankara’s position in this matter has not changed from the very start of the Russian military operation: in Turkey they insist that Moscow is more willing to fight with the opposition of Assad, rather than terrorists.

Iranian President Hassan Rukhani urged Muslim countries to make efforts to dispel the negative idea in the world about Islam. At a conference in Tehran, he urged to overcome "financial and cultural poverty" - a support for the radicals of the "Islamic state" (IS, also Daish , the group is prohibited in Russia).

The film "Star Wars: The Awakening of Power" in the first 12 days at the world rent raised more than $ 1 billion: 544 million saga received a new episode at home, another 546 million brought international fees to the piggy bank, reports Box Office Mojo . For the second weekend, “Awakening of force” raised $ 153.5 million - an absolutely record amount, if it is not about the premier weekend. The previous record holder, the "Jurassic World", was almost a third - by 46.9 million dollars.

The living legend "Manchester United" Ryan Giggs invited his brother to the New Year's party. Rodri Giggs, with whose wife the famous football player had an eight -year connection, agreed. Where relatives plan to celebrate the holiday, it is not reported, writes Daily Mail . Earlier, the football player’s brother stated that he was ready to reconcile if Ryan takes the first step. In early April 2015, an athlete, who was treated with sexual addiction in the era of his sexual scandals, apologized.

In Dagestan on Sunday morning, another special operation takes place: who was introduced in the Gunibsky district of the republic. At the time of writing, there are no details of the details about the pursued militants. "The legal regime of a counter -terrorism operation was introduced on the territory of the Gunibsky district at 7:30 Moscow time in order to establish persons related to the gang underground.

The meeting of the magistrate of Jerusalem on the issue of extradition in the United States of the Russian citizen Alexei Burkov was postponed on January 21. This was announced today by the head of the consular department of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Israel Ruslan Kandaurov. Burkova was detained at Ben-Gurion Airport. There is no official data on the essence of the accusations, the media believe that he is suspected of hacking.

Rescuers warn of blizzards and strong winds that are expected in the capital and the region in the evening, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in Moscow reports. This happens at the end of the week, marked by six new temperature records and a repetition of another. On Sunday, cliffs of wires are possible, drove trees and advertising shields.

Three men were detained in Indonesia, who reported the allegedly laid bomb on an airplane, which was preparing for the departure from the city of Kupang (the administrative center of the province of the Eastern Small Sunda Islands) to the capital of Jakarta. It is reported by TASS with reference to Jakarta Globe .

The Tiger Amur, who became friends in the Primorsky safari park with a goat Timur, for a day - in Catholic Christmas - became a vegetarian, the park reports, publishing another video from the life of strange friends in its channel on YouTube . The tiger did not like the food abstinence, he began to demand meat. “On the twenty -fifth of December, on Catholic Christmas, the Tiger Amur decided to become a vegetarian.

The Italian cylical bike of the Katyusha team Luka Paolini, who passed a positive cocaine test in July during the Tour de France, admitted that his drug problems began with the use of sleeping pills. The athlete’s doping-injected is not closed, he will be considered by the Tribunal of the International Union of Cyclists. “It all started with sleeping pills,” TASS quotes Paolini. “I started to accept it in 2004 after my brother’s death.