Новости за 05.04.2017

London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced the creation of an “ultra-low emission zone” (ULEZ) in the city’s center, where (almost) all drivers of motor vehicles will be charged a fee to traverse during peak hours. Khan hopes that the measure will help to clean London’s noxious air of emissions.

A paleontologist from Naples in Italy thinks he may have found a rare prehistoric shark tooth, when working on a excavation at one of the city's archeological sites.

Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas said on Wednesday, his upcoming visit to St. Petersburg does not signal a change in the country’s relations with Russia.

Britain is gearing up for a potentially messy divorce from the European mainland, raising many economic and political uncertainties - but the question of how the country detached itself from the continent and became an island has long been uncertain too. Now, a study believes the answer may lie in a melange of catastrophic flooding events.

Damascus would never allow the West to investigate reported chemical attacks in Idlib, but creation of an international independent commission including Russia, Iran and China is possible, Ali Ahmad, the political adviser to the Syrian minister of information, told Sputnik on Wednesday.

Several countries of the Latin American region have expressed interest in purchase of Russia's Yak-130 and Yak-152 aircraft, the head of the sales department of the United Aircraft Corportaion (UAC) said Wednesday.

If you walk along the Malecón embankment toward Old Havana, the historical center of the city, you can suddenly stumble upon the flag of the Soviet Union, fluttering over a typical Cuban building. The explanation is simple: there is a Soviet restaurant, Nazdarovie, right in this building.

A White House official has confirmed reports that Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon has been removed from the US National Security Council, Reuters reported citing an anonymous source.

Russia showcased new Russian MC-21 mid-range airliner for the first time in Brazil during the Latin American Defense and Security Exhibition, LAAD 2017, Dmitry Vypryazhkin, the head of the sales department of the United Aircraft Corportaion (UAC) said Wednesday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is ready to provide expertise to assist an investigation by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) over the recent reported chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib province, a WHO spokesperson told Sputnik.

According to the US Embassy in Moscow, the United States will continue to deploy missile defense elements in the Asia-Pacific region.

On Tuesday, the Syrian National Coalition of Revolution and Opposition Forces reported that some 80 people were killed and 200 others injured in a chemical weapons attack in Idlib. The opposition group blamed the Syrian Army for the attack.

A DNA test has confirmed the identity of the suicide bomber who blew himself up in the St. Petersburg metro, the Russian Investigative Committee said.

Ankara does not intend to break relations with the western countries despite their recent deterioration over Turkish pre-referendum rallies, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Wednesday.

More than two thirds of Brits say that UK political parties are corrupt and 59% of UK citizens believe that the UK Government is "entirely" or "to a large extent" run by a few big entities acting in their own best interests, according to campaign group Transparency International, amid growing anger over MPs' second jobs.

cording to US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, former banker Evgeny Buryakov has been deported from the US to Russia.

The United Nations cannot confirm at present the exact means of delivery used in the April 4 chemical weapons attack in the Syrian province of Idlib, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Kim Won-soo told the UN Security Council on Wednesday.

The accusations made by European government agencies that non-governmental organizations (NGOs), while conducting search and rescue operations of refugees in the Mediterranean, have also been involved in people smuggling, have come under fire in a recent report.

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov remains under strong EU pressure to name opposition leader Zioran Zajev as the country’s next prime minister.

At least 5,000 restaurants across Italy are owned by the Mafia, Italian consumer group Coldiretti has warned, the latest sign the country's problems with the infamous Cosa Nostra are far from history.

The appointment of former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman as next US ambassador to Russia would be a good sign for the execution of the US national security strategy, US Senator Rob Portman said on Wednesday.

The National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces urges to introduce the ban for flights of the Syrian government aircraft over the country in relation to the reported chemical attack in northwestern Idlib province, Vice-President of the coalition Abdul Hakim Bashar said Wednesday.

An F-16 fighter jet flying to a military base in the US state of Maryland crashed near Washington, DC, Joint Base Andrews spokesman said in a statement on Wednesday.

The US Strategic Command favors German representative including in the US multinational effort on space collaboration, STRATCOM said in a release on Wednesday.

The United States was quick to lay the blame for what is claimed to have been a chemical attack in Khan Shaykhun, a town in the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib, on President Bashar al-Assad despite the fact that Washington is fully aware that Damascus has long since destroyed its chemical arsenal, Russian economist Said Gafurov told Sputnik.