The far-right National Front party, led by Marine Le Pen, lost to the socialists and the center-right in the second round of regional elections. This is reported by the publication Le Parisien. The National Front, which was ahead of its competitors in the first round, took only third place, failing to achieve a majority in any of the regional parliaments.

The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Vladimir Puchkov, who visited the site of the burned-out building of the psycho-neurological boarding school, said that they were going to liquidate the institution. According to him, all patients of the boarding school will be resettled in other institutions of a similar profile until February 1, 2016. As the staff of the orphanage told reporters, they were shocked by the news of the closure. They don't know where to work now.

U2 reveals the names of all those killed in the Paris attacks during their concert At the first performance at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, which was postponed due to the tragic events that took place in the French capital, the names of people whose lives were interrupted during the terrorist attacks were displayed on the screen located on the stage in blue, white and red. Bono addressed the audience with the words: “We are with those whose families lost their loved ones in Paris.

Russian boxer of American origin Roy Jones believes he was in great shape before the fight against Briton Enzo Maccarinelli. “He was in great shape. I wanted to share this evening with my Russian fellow citizens. However, things didn't work out the way we wanted. But everyone is alive and safe. I'd rather end the fight like this than just give up, so I'm fine. Thank you all for your support,” Jones wrote on his official VKontakte page.

The Turkish military was banned from spending holidays in Russia, the Hurriyet newspaper reports , citing the order of the Turkish General Staff. Such an order was sent to all units of the Turkish Armed Forces as part of "precautionary measures." On Sunday, the Turkish military attache in Moscow was urgently summoned to the Russian Defense Ministry in connection with the incident in the Aegean Sea.

The results of the municipal elections in Saudi Arabia for the first time a woman elected MP, reports the BBC. Salma bint Khizab al-Oteibi received a mandate in the province of Mecca. Her rivals were two more women and seven men. In total, 978 women and almost 6,000 men were registered as candidates. Information about other women who have received a mandate has not yet been received. The vote count is expected to end in the evening.

At least 23 people have died in an explosion at a market in northwestern Pakistan, reported RIA Novosti . Earlier it was reported about 15 dead. According to the latest data, another 47 people were injured, 15 of them are in critical condition. The explosion took place in the market of second-hand things in the city of Parachinar in an area populated mainly by Shiites. According to eyewitnesses, the attack could have been arranged by two people who tried to escape from the scene of the crime.

As a result of a fire in a psycho-neurological boarding school in the Voronezh region, 23 people died. Novaya Gazeta publishes photographs of the boarding school taken in July 2011.

On the eve of the anniversary of the anti -Sirot law, the Primorsky Regional Court ruled: to refuse the inhabitants of Germany Julia and Ali Beisenov in the adoption of a four -year -old girl with severe disabilities. The Beisenovs were ready to pay her expensive treatment, but Judge Solovyova sent an orphan back to the child’s house, seeing for her a threat to gay partners legalized in Germany. On December 15, the Beisanov appeal will obey the Supreme Court.

Boarding school in 2011. Photo: Konstantin Rubakhin Sergey Nikiforov, the director of the psychoneurological dispenser in the village of Alferovka, Novokhopersky District of the Voronezh Region, was previously found guilty of violating fire safety requirements for emergency exits. As follows from the decision in the case of an administrative offense of October 1, 2015, which is at the disposal of Novaya Gazeta, Nikiforov was fined 15 thousand rubles. “...

On Sunday, the Russian patrol ship "Smetlivy" opened warning fire in the Aegean Sea to avoid a collision with a Turkish seiner, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “When the Turkish seiner approached the Russian patrol ship at a distance of about 600 meters, in order to prevent a collision of ships, small arms were used along the Turkish ship’s movement at a distance of guaranteed non-destruction,” the ministry said in a statement.

In October, according to the results of an inspection of a boarding school in Alferovka, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations found 8 violations of the fire regime, reports RIA Voronezh with reference to the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Voronezh Region, Igor Kobzev. He stated this at a meeting on December 13.

The National Front could not win the "Historical Elections." Report from the place where the leader of the French far -right met the news of the defeat Photo: EPA Marine Le Pen lost the “historical” regional elections. I met this gloomy for the Le Pen's family in the party of the party, in the former mining town of Enen-Bomon (north of France). The town was always the estate of the left, but not so long ago passed into ultra -right hands.

Governor of the Voronezh Region Alexei Gordeev expressed condolences to the families of the victims and signed a decree declaring December 14 a day of mourning in the region. “This is our common problem. Grief stepped into the homes of many residents of the Voronezh region. I assure you that the most effective measures will be taken to objectively establish and investigate the causes of the fire, as well as to bring the perpetrators to strict accountability,” the governor said.

The director of a school in the village of Alferovka, Novokhopersky District, Voronezh Region, Alexander Nefedov, told Novaya Gazeta that the cause of the fire in the building of the neuropsychiatric dispensary was probably wiring. “Most likely, the matter is in the wiring. There were wires from the pole to the body. There was a bang, after which the wires caught fire," Nefedov said. According to him, the fire could not have occurred in the building itself. “We were not allowed to smoke.