Новости за 17.06.2017

Theresa May commended the work of emergency services amid the deadly Grenfell Tower fire.

For a few days this weekend, US President Donald Trump's favorite method of communication will finally, if briefly, be given the status it so richly deserves.

The lawyer of Edward Snowden spoke Saturday against banning anonymity on the Internet.

Thousands of people have gathered in London to demonstrate against Theresa May's intention to form a parliamentary coalition between the Conservative Party and the Democratic Unionist Party.

The White House is hoping to convince House Republicans to take some of the sting out of the bill passed by the Senate last week to enact new sanctions on Russia and Iran and to curtail the president's power to alter or end them.

Israel's military on Saturday denied the [Daesh] claim that the group was behind a deadly attack in Jerusalem, saying it was a small local cell that killed a female police officer.

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed that former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl had greatly influenced his understanding of politics. The Russian leader also expressed condolences to the German government following the German politician's death.

US President Donald Trump has driven a wedge between the US and Cuba, confounding his predecessor’s attempts to normalize bilateral relations. Russian analyst Andrei Sidorov spoke to Sputnik in an interview about what such a move could ultimately lead to.

According to the Turkish economy minister, Turkey has sent 5,000 metric tons of foodstuffs to Qatar.

Trey Growdy, a former Republican prosecutor from South Carolina, has been elected as the new chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is charged with monitoring the activity of the federal government, media reported Saturday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed in an interview with Oliver Stone that Moscow had proposed Washington to jointly work on the missile defense issue before the US withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty.

Some people are literally obsessed with having the freshest food possible. And these gourmands from China confirm this.

A shooting incident at Camp Shaheen, headquarters of the 209 Corps of the Afghan National Army, inflicted injuries to seven US servicemen, NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan said Saturday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US film director Oliver Stone got acquainted at a theater, Anatoly Kucherena, the lawyer of former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden, said.

Germany and Austria criticized a US bill proposing new anti-Russian sanctions that target the energy sector. In an interview with Radio Sputnik, Russian economic expert Sergei Pravosudov noted that the new package of sanctions directly threatens the economic interests of European countries.

Saudi Arabia does not intend to allow Turkey to form a military base in the Kingdom as there is no need for it, the Saudi Press Agency stated Saturday, citing an official source.

According to the Metropolitan Police commander, at least 58 people are still missing after the deadly Grenfell Tower fire in London.

Russian national football team defeated New Zealand team with the score 2:0 on Saturday at the opening match of the FIFA Confederations cup in St. Petersburg.

Fathers and Sons, Russian author Ivan Turgenev's best-known novel, is the last book, which former US National Security Agency (NSA) employee and whistleblower Edward Snowden has read, Snowden's lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said.

Syrian military expert, Brigadier General Muhammed Issa told Sputnik that the idea of President Bashar Assad's ousting has been abandoned by the Syrians amid the army's recent advance.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready for unity with Europe.

Since the beginning of 2017, every fifth German company has employed refugees, economists say. Most of these jobs do not require any special skills, are not well-paid and thus are less attractive for German workers.

The border between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, almost two weeks after the break in diplomatic relations, is almost empty. The Saudis only allow citizens of third countries with a Saudi visa to enter their territory. On Sunday, even those people won’t be allowed to cross and the border will be totally locked down.

The mayor of the small commune in the north of France was arrested on Saturday over attack on Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, the candidate in the legislative election and the former environment minister under Nicolas Sarkozy’s administration, local media reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday expressed gratitude to Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) for assistance in organizing the country's first FIFA Confederations Cup and assured that Russia was ready to hold the event on the top level.