In Sochi, the first Russian stage of the Formula 1 race began. The official start was given on Friday, free races took place on the highway, thanks to which the pilots were able to study the autodrome, understand its features and get used to the coating. On Saturday in Sochi, a qualification is underway, according to which it will be clear who will start from what position.

The former Major of the British army Robert Armstrong was deprived of the highest order for courage - the "military cross", BBC reports. Robert Armstrong became the first military man in the history of Great Britain to lose this award. The ex-major was awarded for the “balanced leadership” of soldiers and the salvation of the wounded during hostilities in Afghanistan.

The head of the press service of the Siberian Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies, Alexei Khlapov, said that the employees of the department resumed the search for the Mi-8 helicopter, which disappeared on the eve of Tuva. It is reported by RIA Novosti . “The search is resumed. The group involved in them both on the ground and from the air will be strengthened, ”Hlapov informed.

The reason for the absence of the DPRK head Kim Jong -un at public events is a tendon injury, Reuters reports with reference to a source in the Government of North Korea. The interlocutor of the agency said that Kim Jong -un was injured while participating in military exercises in late August - early September. According to him, the North Korean leader, together with the army generals, worked out various tricks when he damaged the tendon.

On October 11 (September 28) 1902, Vladimir Myasishchev, aircraft designer, creator of heavy bombers was born. Personal business Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev (1902-1978) was born in the city of Evremov Tula province. His father was a rich merchant, his mother was the daughter of a pharmacist, once sent from Poland for "unreliability." In 1918 he graduated from a real school, in 1920 he entered the Moscow Higher Technical School named after N. E. Bauman.

“When a nurse from school called me, I immediately precipitated. What's happened? I expected everything, but not a message that my son has a pediculosis. I was immediately asked to come and take the child from school, ”a familiar mother of a sixth grader told me. “The nurse tried to be very friendly and correct, but somehow the information about her son flowed into the classroom, and the day after we treated, and he was allowed to attend classes, the guys began to tease him.

Ex-employee of the US intelligence officers Edward Snowden reunited with his lover Lindsay Mills in Russia, where in August he received a three-year residence permit, writes Reuters . In January, the media reported that Snowden broke up with Mills - “left her to the mercy of fate,” as the girl’s father, who learned about what had happened from the news. In the documentary film, Laura Svatrak Snowden and Mills are preparing food together in the Moscow apartment of Snowden.

The police of the capital of Alaska, the city of Justin, mixed up two men named Justin Prost and informed the wrong family that their offspring seemed to be in an accident, writes the Air Force . Palmer Jay and Karen Prista, living in the city, received a message about the death of their 29-year-old son. The deadly killed couple went to the largest city of the state - Ankorid - to tell them to another son about the allegedly that had happened.

NASA released a photo of the Sun that looks like a Halloween pumpkin. The image was taken on October 8, and the similarity to Jack-O-Lantern is given by the combination of active regions on the Sun. Active regions on the Sun emit more light and energy, presenting an intense and complex set of magnetic fields.

Barcelona officially announced the support of the National Catalonia Pact about the right to self -determination, informs the official website of the Spanish club. The authorities of the region intend to hold a referendum on which the issue of independence of Catalonia will be resolved. It is planned to be held on November 9. The leadership of Barcelona made the support of this idea and signed under the pact.

The Donetsk Regional Administration can be transferred from Mariupol to another city, UNIAN reports with reference to the head of the Donetsk regional state administration Alexander Kikhtenko.

The UN again called on the international community to help residents of the city of Kobani in Syria, which is captured by the militants of the Islamic State group. “If we do not act now, there will be another tragedy for the Syrian people, and this will affect the consequences for humanity,” Valerie Amos, Deputy Secretary General of the UN Secretary General for Humanitarian issues.

According to the results of German-Chinese intergovernmental consultations, the Prime Minister of the State Council of the PRC Lee Katsyan said that China would not change the Hong Kong Management model, and the events taking place in this special territorial-administrative unit are the “internal case of China”, Reuters reports.

On Saturday, as a result of undermining the suicide bomber in the market in the city of Meshahd (30 km north of Baghdad), at least 11 people and 21 people were injured, reports Al Jazeera . According to doctors and police officers, most of the dead are women and children.

The Memorial human rights center and the Russian Society Memorial made a statement commenting on the NTV plot about the “Memorial”, as well as the information about the lawmaker’s claim that appeared on the same day. We give the text of the document completely: “On October 10, a plot was held in the transfer of NTV“ Extraordinary incident ”, which contained a malicious lies and illiterate lies.