The French biathlete Marten Fourcade won the persecution race at the World Cup in the Austrian Hochfilzen. The leader of the general standings of the World Cup with one miss finished with a result of 30 minutes 16.9 seconds. The second place was taken by the Norwegian Johannes Boe (+22.8 seconds; 3 misses). The third was another representative of Norway, Ule Einar Björndalen (+25.6; 1). “We had to try to catch up with Johannes Bea, but I started to do it too late,” Shipulin said to reporters.

After the sprint race of biathletes at the World Cup in the Austrian Hochfilzen, a conciliatory handshake of Olympic champions, Russian Anton Shipulin and Frenchman Martin Fourcade, took place. During the award of the Russian national team, which took third place in a mixed relay at the World Cup on Thursday, Anton Shipulin and Alexander Loginov did not shook his hands, after which he defiantly left the podium, which he soon returned to.

At least 18 civilians died in the Afghan Gilmen province as a result of a airstrike inflicted by international forces. The relevant data, as TASS reports, was voiced today by the UN mission to assist Afghanistan (Monsiya). The command of the NATO operation "Decisive support" ordered the investigation of the incident. It is noted that air strikes were inflicted on the Sanguine of the Province of Hilmain on February 9 and 10, and their goal was some "anti -government elements".

Syrian President Bashar Assad announced his readiness to leave the post, if it is necessary to stop the civil war in his country. He stated this in an interview with Yahoo News - as the portal notes, the first from the moment the US coming to power, the new president Donald Trump. He proclaimed the fight against terrorists in Syria the main task of his administration in the field of security.

The leader of the Islamic State terrorist group (IG, banned in the Russian Federation) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was injured as a result of the air exploration on the border of Iraq and Syria, two television channels said: Alsumaria and Alhurra . They refer to anonymous Iraqi sources. As TASS reports, the blow was supposedly inflicted on February 10 by Iraqi aviation. The bombing was subjected to El Caim's place on the border of Iraq with Syria.

The Syrian opposition, with the support of Turkish aviation, entered the city of El Bab - one of the key settlements, which is controlled by terrorists of the Islamic State (IG, prohibited east of Aleppo in Russia). The Syrian Council for Human Rights (SOHR) announced the activation of the offensive on the city on Sunday. It is reported that thanks to the support of the Turkish Air Force, the rebels from the Syrian Free Army managed to take control of the western outskirts of the city.

Russian experts who checked the security of the second terminal of the international airport of the capital of Egypt Cairo, three times tried to carry out of explosive devices there. It turned out that the Egyptians find fones well, but they have not yet been able to evacuate visitors. The details of the inspection are reported by the Egyptian newspaper El-Balad , which calls the objections of Russians unprincipled.

More than 5 thousand employees plan to reduce St. Petersburg enterprises over the next three months, Interfax reports with reference to the data of the city employment center. More than 600 companies of the city notified the upcoming dismissals. According to February 10, 608 companies and organizations plan to dismiss 5214 people. "Information about the reductions is submitted in two months, in the case of mass reductions (from 21 people) in three months.

In the Republic of Altai, a helicopter of the Robinson brand crashed, on board of which there were at least five people. This was reported by "Interfax" with reference to a source in the services of transport supervision of the region. The information is also confirmed by TASS. Later, a source of Interfax said that the former deputy prime minister of the Altai Republic Anatoly Banny could be behind the helm of the helicopter.

The football field, which in winter will be transformed into a skating site, will appear on the roof of the athletics arena of CSKA after the reconstruction of the complex. This was told by TASS by the head of CSKA Mikhail Baryshev. "We studied the experience of various countries, we saw most interesting things in South Korea and Japan, you know that there are big problems with the territories in these states, and they master every piece of land.

The Russian national team thanks to the victory over the Czech team with a score of 4: 2 in the final match of the Swedish hockey games ahead of schedule became the winner of the Eurotour. On Sunday, Sergey Shumakov (12 '), Anatoly Golyshev (36') and Maxim Shalunov (47 ', 55') distinguished themselves as part of our team. At the Czechs, the pucks in the gate of Ilya Samsonov scored Radan Lenz (22 ') and Lukash Radil (32').

In the French city of Bobinia, which is located near Paris, the next peaceful protest against police violence turned into riots. According to The Daily Mail , a special forces arrived in place, which is trying to restore order on the streets. The demonstrators, meanwhile, crashed into small groups. Participants in the riots set fire to cars and throw firewood into law enforcement officers. According to reports on social networks, several hundred people participate in clashes with the police.

The rocket launched by North Korea was not intercontinental, the test of which in the New Year's appeal threatened to conduct the head of the country Kim Jong -un. The current test was the launch of a medium -range missile, and it was unsuccessful, announced in the United States. This happened during the visit of the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in Florida.

On Sunday morning, the DPRK launched a ballistic missile in the direction of the Japanese Sea, reports Reuters with reference to Yonhap. Representatives of the Armed Forces of the Republic reported the launch of the missile to South Korean journalists. The sources of the agency did not specify what kind of specifically the rocket is in question.

At the Hamburg Airport, a container was found, which contained irritating gas, which fell into the ventilation system and led to the evacuation of the airport terminals. DW reports that special services are not yet inclined to consider the terrorist attack. The cause of evacuation was the release of pepper gas or other gas of irritating action. A strong smell was felt in the area of ​​control of passengers and hand luggage.