A large accident occurred in the UK: six cars collided at the entrance to the tunnel in the Birmingham area, six people were killed. Another hospitalized in critical condition, reports Sky News . Movement along the highway is closed for a long time. The Emergency Service of the West-Midlands region said that three cars collided with each other when entering the tunnel at the intersection of Lee Bank Middleway (Bristol Road). One of the cars rolled over.

The final victory over the militants of the Islamic State terrorist group* in Syria will be achieved only by the end of February, said French President Emmanuel Macron in an interview with local television. At the same time, the head of state complained that after the defeat of terrorists, the world community will have to communicate with the Syrian leader Bashar Assad. "Bashar Assad is the enemy of the Syrian people, my enemy is IG*.

Türkiye intends to open its embassy in Eastern Jerusalem in the near future, said the president of this country, Recep Tayip Erdogan. This happened a few days after the organization of Islamic cooperation declared it the capital of Palestine, notes Newsru Israel . In his speech, Erdogan called Jerusalem the "capital of our spiritual world" - obviously, Muslim.

An unknown millionaire, who earned a condition on bitcoins, decided to sacrifice a significant part of his charitable organizations. He accepts applications on the website of his Pineapple Fund fund and says that he is ready to distribute $ 86 million. For personal needs, after taking off Bitcoin, he had "too much money." Any charitable institution can apply for a donation, but preference will be given to registered non -profit organizations. The fund does not deal with private individuals.

In Dagestan in the village of Gubden on the second day of the counter -terrorist operation, the active phase began: the security forces storm the house with the militants blocked the day before . The messages come from the place - it is only clear that there were several bandits in the house (and not one, as expected the day before) and that at least one of them was killed. The special operation in Gubden (Karabudakhkent district) began on Saturday afternoon.

The Ministry of Oil of Venezuela announced the signing of new agreements between the state oil and gas company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) and the Russian oil corporation Rosneft. According to the agreement, Rosneft will be able to conduct reconnaissance and produce gas on the country's shelf, TASS reports.

The reduced copy of the Gagarin Cup and the jubilee puck of the tenth season of the KHL went into space for 72 days with the Baikonur cosmodrome on board a rocket with the transport piloted ship "MS-07" consisting of a long expedition of the ISS-54/55, the KHL press release reported. This action is held in conjunction with the State Corporation Roscosmos as part of the celebration of the anniversary season of the KHL.

The Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov said that the unpleasant odor from the Kuchino Haste Household Waste landfill in Balashikha will disappear in the last days of January. Separately, the official emphasized that such work "requires very much effort and investment." "At the Kuchino landfill, there is an emergency preparation for reclamation.

The star of "House-2" did not mention the song in the song by the ex-husband of Dmitry Tarasov, who plays for the metropolitan "Lokomotiv" and the Russian national football team, only because of artistic reasons. The composition is devoted to a serious, but unsuccessful relationship of the lyrical heroine. "As promised, I show you my new song. It was this song that I wanted to complete the year 2017, which was emotionally very complicated for me.

The Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church) considers the long -term stay in the power of Russian President Vladimir Putin and emphasizes that he did a lot for the country. The chairman of the department of external church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Ilarion, said that rulers should be evaluated not by the duration of the rule, but on business.

Under Krasnoyarsk, the policeman died, saving the girl from the murderer-murderer, his partner was wounded. The man killed his wife and committed suicide, shooting the police. This happened in Divnogorsk of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, reports the website of the regional State University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs . The police were called by a 19-year-old girl who complained that his stepfather would be raging and not letting her into the apartment.

The Communist Party Department in Sevastopol held a concert in honor of the 138th anniversary of the birthday of Joseph Stalin. The initiator of mass repressions was exalted as an exemplary fighter with corruption. And the mustachioed actor from the stage expressed the hope that the "wind of history" would scatter heaps of garbage, which were piled by the descendants. The event is reported on the official website of the Communist Party.

Madrid Real Madrid defeated the Brazilian Gremio with a score of 1: 0 in the final of the club football club, which took place in the UAE. The only ball in the 53rd minute scored Cristiano Ronaldo. The best player in the tournament was the Croatian midfielder of the Spanish club Luke Modric.

Manchester City midfielder Rahim Sterling was a victim of attack and racist insults before the Saturday match of the championship of England against Tottenham. According to Telegraph , the incident occurred on Saturday morning, when the 23-year-old football player of the England national team arrived at the training base "Citizens". Leaving his car in the parking lot, Rakhim went to the entrance for the players, where a man was already waiting for him.

The film director Georgy Natanson - laureate of the USSR State Prize, creator of the film "Once again about Love" died. He was 96 years old. Kinoveda Vyacheslav Shmyrov spoke about the death of Natanson in an interview with TASS: "George Grigoryevich died. I talked with the director’s daughter, unfortunately, she confirmed the information." The place and date of farewell are still unknown, the funeral, presumably, will be held at the Troekurovsky cemetery.