The organizing committee of the 2024 Summer Olympics, which will be held in Paris, suggested included in the Break Dance competition program, reports The Telegraph . In addition, it is proposed to conduct surfing, climbing and skateboarding competitions. The Olympics of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo also submitted applications for these sports. Now the program of the Summer Olympic Games includes 28 sports.

As a result of a fire in the residential building of the capital Bangladesh, at least 70 people were killed, more than 50 went to the hospital. At least 9 of them are in critical condition. This was reported by Sky News with reference to a representative of fire services and civil defense. The authorities do not exclude that the number of victims will grow, since the search and rescue operation continues at the scene.

The Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg rejected the lawsuit to protect the honor, dignity and business reputation of the former owner of the Cherkizov market Telman Ismailov to the Rosbalt information agency, Interfax reports. Ismailov argued that the media in six publications spread obviously false and defamatory statements. As a compensation for non -pecuniary damage from publications, he asked the court to recover 1 million rubles in his favor.

The television bodies of Germany confiscated real estate and funds in the amount of € 50 million in the Landromat case, or Russian Laundry. According to this scheme, $ 22 billion was withdrawn through banks in Latvia and Moldova from Russia. About this is reported by Deutsche Welle with reference to the prosecutor's office in Munich and the Federal Criminal Department.

American actor Jussi Smollet, known for the series "Empire", was arrested in Chicago on suspicion of giving false testimonies after he stated that he had become a victim of a racist attack, ABC News reports . According to a black actor, two white men attacked him when he went outside to buy food. They allegedly hit him several times, doused the whitener and threw a rope around his neck, accompanying all this with racist and homophobic cries.

The Memorial's human rights center recognized the civilian activist Vyacheslav Egorov. This was reported on the organization’s website. The activist is charged with repeated violation of the organization or holding of rallies (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code). On February 2, the Kolomensky city court placed him for two months under house arrest.

On February 21, the State Duma in the third reading adopted a law on palliative medical care, according to the website of the lower house of parliament. Palliative medical care in the document means a set of measures aimed at "improving the quality of life of incurable sick citizens and relief of pain, other severe manifestations of the disease." Help can be provided both in the hospital and at home.

The director of the school in the city of Bolshoi Kamoria in Primorye, where parents beat a fifth grader-hooligan, was temporarily suspended from office. This was told by an employee of the City Hall of the city of Big Stone. “The director of the school where the incident occurred temporarily does not work. From today, the duties of the director have been performed by his deputy, ”he said. Also, the teacher is removed from the post - the head of the class.

The Hermitage is evacuated in St. Petersburg. The press service of the museum told RIA Novosti about receiving an anonymous “threat letter” about the laid explosive device. Today, the Hermitage, like every third Thursday, can be visited for free, so there are especially many people in the museum. Fontanka.ru reports that before entering the museum there is still a turn, despite the evacuation.

In the near future, the US prosecutor general William Barr may announce the completion of the investigation of the Donald Trump election headquarters with Russia, which is conducted by the special prosecutor Robert Müller. In anticipation of this, the journalists of The Washington Post Rosalind Helderman, Leslie Shapiro and Chris Alcantara compiled a summary of the facts that opened as a result of the investigation. The Insider offers a complete translation of the publication.

In Cherkessk there is a 2000-meter house with ceilings of 12 m and a land plot of 8.5 hectares, recorded as “Rest Premises/Improvement Complex”. As the Corruption Foundation found out , the estate was recorded on a minor Ansar Kaitov, who went on his graduation on Mercedes with flashing lights and shoots from the Kalashnikov assault rifle. The recent graduate is the son of Aliya Kaitov, the son-in-law of the former president of Karachay-Cherkessia Mustafa Batdyeva .

In 2018, insurance companies paid Roscosmos $ 185 million for two accidents, said the adviser to the general director of the state corporation Valentina Rakitin. $ 120 million was paid due to the loss of the Angolan Angosat communication satellite in December 2017, the remaining $ 65 million in connection with the accident of the Soyuz manned ship in October 2018.

Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro ordered to close the border with Brazil. According to AP, he announced this on the air of state television. Maduro also stated that he was considering the opportunity to close the border with Colombia. Venezuela closes the air and sea borders with the Dutch antilon islands in the Falcon state.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Ukraine is preparing a new provocation in the Kerch Strait, RBC reports. “As they say, they are preparing another illegal attempt to break through without pilots, without warning. They want NATO forces to participate in this, ”Lavrov said.

Strait and lane Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Ukraine with the participation of NATO representatives is preparing another provocation to break through ships through the Kerch Strait. “Now they [the leadership of Ukraine] are preparing another illegal attempt to break through without any requests, without observing safety measures, without a pilot.