The number of those killed as a result of a powerful hurricane in the American state of Alabama exceeded 130. US President Barack Obama ordered an emergency federal assistance to Alabame. In total, more than 160 people died in the five southeastern states. The authorities are afraid that the number of victims will grow. Hundreds of people are injured.

Great Britain withdrew the directed ambassador of Syria in London an invitation to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country. Earlier, the opposition and human rights activists criticized the British authorities for the invitation of the Syrian ambassador - in connection with the latest events in Syria, where hundreds of people died during the acceleration of demonstrations of protest forces.

The UN Security Council on Wednesday was not able to coordinate the text of a statement condemning the application of tough measures against participants in mass opposition shares in Syria. Russia, China and Lebanon opposed such formulations in the document. According to the Russian representative, quoted by Fran-Press, external intervention in the conflict can turn into a civil war for Syria.

In the south of the United States over the past three days, more than 60 people have become victims of storms and tornado. Most of the dead in the state of Alabama - 45. Hundreds of people were injured and injured. In a number of settlements, serious destruction is noted. The city of Tuskaluz in Alabama was most affected. The area of strong winds, rains and tornado moves to the north -east - from Texas and Georgia towards South and North Carolina.

In the capital of Kalmykia, Elista exploded household gas in one of the residential buildings this morning. According to law enforcement agencies, the owner of the apartment where the explosion occurred was injured. It is known that he turned on the gas stove for household needs. The building is caused by slight damage. The causes of the incident are clarified.

Advertising banner of the ATP in the 2007 election. With a report on the work done in the Kirov region, the vice-governor and a former member of the ATP performed at the Higher School of Economics. At the monthly seminar at the Liberal Mission Foundation, Yevgeny Yasin, Maria Gaidar, talked about what can and can not do in the healthcare of the region that she oversees.

How journalists defended freedom of speech and chief editor: the story of one conflict. The program participates the deputy editor -in -chief of the newspaper Kyiv Post Katya Gorchinskaya.

The organization on security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is alarmed by the persecution of independent media in Belarus. As the representative of the OSCE on the freedom of the press, Dunya Miyatovich, said in Vienna, the Belarusian authorities continue to take freedom of speech. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Information of Belarus filed lawsuits in the Supreme Economic Court to terminate the publication of the opposition newspapers Narodnaya Volya and our Niva.

In the north of Iraq, in the vicinity of the city of Kirkuk, 6 people were killed in the explosion. Including police general. 12 local residents were injured. The mined car exploded on the path of the police motorcade, heading to the small town of Havija. Earlier it was reported that in the west of Baghdad, the general of the Iraqi Air Force was killed unknown. In other areas of Baghdad, as a result of two explosions, one person died, four were injured.

Figure skating. World Cup. Moscow, Russia Sports couples: 1. Alena Savchenko - Robin Sholkov (Germany) 2. Tatyana Volosozhar - Maxim Trankov (Russia) 3. Pan Qing / Ton Jiang (China)

At the process in the Moscow City Court in the case of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, the judge returned the first version of the jury verdict to revise. According to agencies, the presiding judge in court, Alexander Zamashnyuk, called the document "unclear" and said that violations were committed during its execution. The jury cannot leave the deliberation room until the verdict is taken out and accepted by the judge.

Marina Timasheva: Ilya Smirnov brought a very thick book '' on the "region" of Soviet society. Social marginals as an object of state policy. 1945-1960s ''. The weekend indicates as much as 8 academic institutions, Russian and foreign. Well, what does science say: were drug addicts, prostitutes and other “marginals '' in the Soviet Union? Ilya Smirnov: Of course they were.

In Dagestan, during three special operations on Thursday, six militants were killed. This was reported to "Interfax" in the information center of the National Anti -Terrorism Committee. Earlier, agencies transmitted information about special operations in the Kizlyarsky and Tsumadin districts of the republic, as well as in Makhachkala.