The number of victims of the attack of terrorists on the Intercontinental Hotel in the capital of Afghanistan Kabul can amount to 43 people, says the Afghan website of Tolo News with reference to a source in power structures. The authorities on Sunday in the morning soon after the end of the assault announced six dead . However, a number of Western media, broadcasting these data, indicated that often the number of victims is significantly underestimated.

On the second day of the operation of the Turkish army, an offensive on Earth began in the Syrian Kurds controlled by the Syrian Kurds. It is participated in the Promotryan rebels from the "Syrian Free Army". According to the NTV channel, they are supported by Turkish tanks. Anadolu’s official agency reports the participation of the Syrian opposition detachments in the operation of one line.

The delegates of the Congress of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDPG) agreed to negotiations with the HDS/CSS alliance, led by the current Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel on the formation of the coalition government, Reuters reports. 362 delegates out of 642 voted for negotiations, TASS reports. This means that so far Germany escapes new elections and the situation of a weak minority government .

A list of Russian skaters is determined to participate in the Olympics in South Korean Pyeongchang. The decision on Sunday was made on Sunday by an expert group of 14 Russian figure skating specialists on the basis of the results of the Russian championship, held at the end of December last year in St. Petersburg, as well as the European Championship, which ended on Saturday on the ice of the Moscow Arena ".

Cossacks and police blocked the racing highway on Lake Baltny in the Sverdlovsk region on the day of the competition. Cossacks claim that the races harm ecology. The organizers of the competition believe that claims arose due to the construction of an elite cottage village on the shore of the lake.

The number of fires that happened on Saturday evening at the Eurostars David hotel in Prague increased to three people, TASS reports with reference to the Pravo newspaper. Previously reported two victims. On Sunday, according to the Czech publication, one of the nine injuries in a fire died in one of the Prague hospitals. Four of them in serious condition are in resuscitation departments. The cause of the fire has not yet been set. During a fire, the hotel was 50 guests and employees.

In North Ossetia, the chief physician Alexander Tsomaev was fired after a comment on the lack of money for the dairy kitchen - this was reported to the site "Caucasus. Reals" . Tsomaev worked as a head physician in the central district hospital of Alagira. On December 31, an article on the dairy cuisine for low -income children, the only one for the entire Alagir district, which ceased to finance the state, was published in the publication.

The English football club "Southampton" intends to spend 50 million euros on the purchase of the striker of the Moscow "Spartak" Queens Promes and the striker of the French championship "Monaco" Gido Carrillo, writes The Telegraph . According to the publication, the leadership of the Saints intends to purchase players during the winter transfer window. The current contract of 26-year-old Promes with the Moscow club is calculated until 2021.

The White House service for public relations because of the shutdown stopped responding to citizens' phone calls. The department replaced the recording of the answering machine, RIA Novosti reports. The guilt for what was happening in the White House was laid on the Democrats.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov denied the words attributed to him that Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly held secret meetings with Ukrainian leader Peter Poroshenko. Earlier, some media in this way interpreted Peskov’s statement about Putin's saturated schedule, which he voiced on the program “Actors with Nail Asker-Zade” on the Russia 1 TV channel. “No one talked about any meetings.

“Shortly before Putin’s appointment, the Prime Minister and successor of Yeltsin, the sociological survey showed that the Russians consider Stirlitz the best among the movie heroes as a candidate for the position of the President of the country,” the sociologist shares memories on his Facebook page. “It was explained simply. The inhabitants of Russia traditionally consider its ruling elite - alien, hostile force. It is easily associated with Nazi bonzes from the“ seventeen moments of spring.

The United States urges Turkey to ensure that its military operations in the north-west of Syria are limited in scale and duration. This is stated in the statement of the State Department on behalf of the head of the press service of Heather Neurt. Earlier, France demanded the convening of an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with military operations in Syria. The State Department also insists that Ankara is careful to avoid victims among the civilians.

US President Donald Trump can skip the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos in connection with the temporary cessation of the country's governments due to lack of financing. According to Reuters, the director of the administrative and budgetary department of the White House MIC Malvani told about this, according to the Reuters agency, at a press conference on Saturday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on the eve of the relevant “Kremlin report” in the United States, implies the introduction of new sanctions against close Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Washington could not thus change the Kremlin’s foreign policy. At the same time, the head of the Foreign Ministry criticized the policy of the United States themselves, noting that it has a destructive effect on the situation in the world.

The press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov in an interview with Russia 1 spoke about the preparations of attacks for Russian elections and how happy to work with his boss: "Putin is the most experienced, the most knowledgeable, most talented world leader." Peskov gave an interview to the program "Actors with Nail Asker-Zade." He stated that the Kremlin is waiting for new accusations against Russia, in particular, about the fraud in the upcoming presidential election.