Two nuclear-armed submarines, a British and a French, collided in an unrelated exercise in the Atlantic Ocean. The submarines were severely damaged in an underwater collision earlier this month, the Daily Telegraph reported. None of the people were injured, the weapons on the ships remained intact, adds the Daily Mirror, reports Reuters. The British and French defense ministries did not comment on the collision, but issued statements on the status of the nuclear submarine fleet.

Users of the Google Earth service found an unusual heart-shaped island in the Adriatic Sea and called it the island of lovers. Now Vlado Dzhuresko, the owner of Galesnyak Island, receives numerous letters asking him to spend a couple of days on the island. Internet users were especially zealous before Valentine's Day. The island, located off the coast of Croatia, covers only 108,000 square meters.

Last week, the Russian biathlon team lost three of its leaders: the International Biathlon Union disqualified Dmitry Yaroshenko, Albina Akhatova and the current world leader Ekaterina Yuryeva for doping. The results of the World Cup stages in which they performed will be reviewed.

On Thursday, Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the oil industry in Kirishi, not far from St. Petersburg. There is a large oil refinery in Kirishi, and its director, Vadim Somov, an old acquaintance of Putin, prepared for the prime minister's arrival and set a relatively low price for gasoline. Usually, prices in Kirishi are just high: Europe is very close, and in Russia, the closer to the border, the more expensive any export product on the domestic market.

The number of people injured in a collision on Monday between two passenger trains in the Czech Republic has risen to 40, Czech Railways spokeswoman Katerzyna Shubova told reporters. According to her, "the number of victims may still increase." The incident occurred in the north-east of the country near Pashkov. The trains collided five kilometers from the nearest station. The wounded are being taken to the nearest clinics, three people were seriously injured, Shubova said.

There were again no Russian films in the competition program of the 59th Berlin Film Festival, which is already a tradition for the 2000s. But in parallel programs, Pavel Bardin's Russia 88 and Boris Khlebnikov's Crazy Help made a noise. The Berlin festival has always been too politicized and politically correct. But there were films that were sure to arouse the interest of cinephiles. Some of them were booed by the press in Berlin, but to each his own. The Reader by Stephen Daldry.

For the first time, one of the largest international concert agencies The Agency Group signed a contract with Russian musicians: the Mumiy Troll group went on tour to the United States. They have already finished part of the program, briefly returned to Russia - they have concerts in Siberia, then in the Baltic States - and then they will go back to the States. In the spring, the Russian-language album "Mumiy Troll" will be released in the USA and Canada. This is an experiment.

Doctors from Detroit conducted a study that proved that American smokers are ready to give up a bad habit not for the sake of their health, but for the health of their pet. The study involved just over 3,000 people who have pets. They were asked to answer questions from an online questionnaire related to their attitudes towards smoking.

The country's former ambassador to the UN, Irakli Alasania, who announced his move to the opposition and is, according to media estimates, one of the most popular politicians in Georgia, presented his political team of ex-ambassadors to journalists on Monday and announced the start of a campaign to change power, RIA reported. News with reference to the News Georgia agency. "We are starting an active campaign to change the government," Alasania said at a briefing.

Newsweek's interlocutor introduced himself as Andrei Topalov, a manager at a car dealership. He said that he always lost to bookmakers. And now an informant is selling him information about dishonest hockey and football matches, and Topalov started winning. He created his own business: he resells his inside information on a special website at a price of 6,000 rubles per match.

The grand opening of the SESAM building took place on 3 November. The first chairman of the SESAM council, the German physicist Herwig Schopper, resigned. The new chairman, Sir Christopher Llewellyn-Smith, will have to look for the missing $16 million. Like Schopper, Llewellyn-Smith was previously director general of CERN. He currently chairs the board of ITER, an international fusion reactor under construction in France.

The Malaysian Supreme Court acquitted two twin brothers, one of whom was accused of drug trafficking. The suspect was arrested in 2003 after police found 166 kg of marijuana and nearly 2 kg of raw opium in the house to which he had the key. When the second brother entered the house, he was also arrested. But due to the similarity in appearance and DNA, the experts could not find out who exactly was involved in the distribution of drugs. For such a crime in Malaysia, hanging is threatened.

Eight Muscovites who lost their jobs took part in the focus group. They sat at the same table in a small room and answered questions from the moderator. They were recorded on video - almost two hours of casual conversation about what to do next and who is to blame for what happened. “What can you say about Putin?” - sounded the question. "Are we still being filmed?" one of the participants laughed. “If you don't want to, don't,” the moderator filed back. “I was joking, sorry.

Two passenger trains collided in the Czech Republic on Monday, injuring 40 people, Lukas Humple, spokesman for the regional rescue service, told reporters. The incident occurred in the north-east of the Czech Republic near Pashkov. The trains collided five kilometers from the station. The wounded are taken to the nearest clinics. Rescuers and paramedics are on the scene. According to preliminary information, at least 40 people were injured, one of them is a train driver, Humple said.

Russian track and field athlete Yelena Isinbayeva set a new world record among women in indoor pole vaulting at the 20th International Pole Vault Tournament in Donetsk. The new record is 4 meters 97 centimeters. Initially, Isinbayeva ordered herself a height of 4.96 meters, which she could not overcome in two attempts. After that, the athlete raised the bar by one centimeter and conquered it. Isinbayeva's previous record was 4.95 meters, RIA Novosti reports.