On Sunday, Italians go to polling stations in order to take part in a nationwide referendum on the reform of the Senate (Upper House of Parliament). The referendum was initiated by the prime minister of the country Matteo Renzi and the choice of Italians can become decisive not only for its main domestic political project, but also for its further political career. The media is considered today's vote in the context of the confrontation between populist forces and political establishment.

Ten people became victims of a major car accident in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, RIA Novosti reports. The accident occurred on the 926th kilometer of the Tyumen-Khanty-Mansiysk highway. The bus team transported by sports acrobatics is collided by a bus, two cars and a truck. Of the ten dead, nine children. 21 people are hospitalized, most victims are also children. According to preliminary data, a bus driver is the culprit of the accident.

As a result of the shootout, which began in the Kiev region on the night of December 4 between employees of different departments of the National Police of Ukraine, five people were killed, the 112 Ukraine television channel reports with reference to the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Artem Shevchenko. It is reported that employees of the criminal investigation department and special forces Cord arrived in the village of Knyazhichi to detain the gang of robbers.

Russian musician Boris Grebenshchikov wrote a letter to Ildar Dadin, the first Russian, who received the real term of imprisonment for violation of the rallies law. A copy of the letter was published on Twitter by the head of the Russian representative office of Amnesty International Sergey Nikitin.

France Prime Minister Manuel Vals intends to take part in the preliminary elections of the ruling Socialist Party, reports Agency France-Presse with reference to the publication of the French media. Earlier, the waltz allowed participation in the primaries of the socialists, but the final decision has not yet been made. It is assumed that the prime minister will announce his decision on December 6.

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Turkey were calling to organize an emergency session of the UN General Assembly to discuss the situation in Syrian Aleppo, Al Jazeera reports. It was not possible to achieve a consensus in the UN Security Council on the situation in Aleppo, therefore Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE and Türkiye insist on the formation of recommendations at the UN GA. Note that all four states support the armed Syrian opposition.

The Brazilian football club “Shapeecoens” was recognized as the winner of the South American Cup, although the club players could not play in the final match of the tournament. According to Goal, the acting club, Ivan Totszo, confirmed the corresponding decision of the South American Confederation of Football. Recall, on November 29, a plane crashed in Columbia, in which the players of Shapeecoens flew to the final match of the South American Cup against the Colombian “Atletico Naconal”.

At the crash site of the police plane in Indonesia, fragments of aircraft and fragments of bodies were found, reports The Jakarta Post . Recall, on December 3, it became known about the collapse of an airplane following the city of Pankalpinang to the city of Batam. According to updated data, there were not 12, but 13 people - five crew members and eight passengers. Rescuers work at the crash site. The fragments of the bodies they found are directed in battles for identification.

The Minister of Internal Policy, Information and Communications of the Crimea Dmitry Polonsky said that the TV tidy can collapse in the border Kherson region, Interfax reports. Polonsky noted: “Let everything be built for themselves. It will be insulting when this, so to say, will collapse. I looked carefully what it is being built from. We have an idea of ​​how radio transmitting masts, towers, antennas, structures should look. This is another profanity of the Ukrainian authorities.

The State Duma Committee on Budget Annual increase in financing of the Russian Anti -Doping Agency (RUSADA) by 304 million rubles, RBC reports. According to the publication, the committee approved the corresponding amendment to the State Budget on December 3, but this has become known only now.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko commented on on his twitter a shootout between the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as a result of which six people were killed . The head of state expressed condolences to the relatives of the victims and promised that the culprits of the tragedy would be punished. Vyslovlyuvchttyi rib -bending half -tier. Causions of the tragedy may be a bouti roslidovani.

In the Saratov region, on the night of December 4, the clocks were changed - from now on the region is in a new time zone, the difference with Moscow is +1 hour, TASS reports with reference to the chairman of the regional Public Chamber, Alexander Lando. Lando emphasized that the majority of residents of the region supported the time zone change: “Many opinions were collected. About 70 percent of residents were in favor of this measure.

The head of the State Council of Cuba, Raul Castro, said that the National Assembly will consider the law on the ban on the installation of monuments and assigning the streets of names in memory of the dead leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro, reports Associated Press .

99 people were hospitalized in Krasnodar, the diagnosis is acute intestinal infection, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Russian Ministry of Health. All poisoned work in one company, notes Life. According to the site, all employees felt ailment after lunch in the office dining room, in which they ate the same salad. The Office of the Investigative Committee of the Krasnodar Territory began a check due to mass poisoning.

The investigating authorities of the Russian Investigative Committee on the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug opened a criminal case on the fact of an accident in the region, according to the official website of the Investigative Committee. The case was opened on the grounds of crimes under Part 5 of Art. 264 of the Criminal Code and Part 3 of Art.