Новости за 29.10.2017

Recently Twitter has banned all ads from the accounts of Russian media outlets RT and Sputnik on its platform over alleged attempts to meddle in elections.

The Russian delegation is in China's Chongqing for talks with the leadership of China's State Council.

While the destruction of Francis Gary Powers' U-2 over Soviet airspace in 1960 is undoubtedly the best-known case in the secret Cold War air war over Soviet airspace between Soviet pilots and missile troops and USAF fighters, bombers and reconnaissance planes, it is by no means the only case. Sputnik recalls some of the other vivid examples.

In what many are calling the beginning of a new arms race, the administration of US President Donald Trump is seeking to rapidly expand and upgrade the Pentagon’s nuclear stockpile, while draping the policy of weapons escalation in a cloak of peace.

The single currency posted its worst week this year so far as investors dumped Eurozone assets amid the separatist tendencies in Catalonia, and Northern Italy.

Republican Congressman Trey Gowdy has criticized special counsel Robert Mueller after his team leaked to the media information about charges filed in the course of his investigation into alleged collusion between the presidential campaign of US President Donald Trump and Russian actors.

Amid the grave consequences of a controversial independence referendum in the autonomous region of Kurdistan, its leader Masoud Barzani decided to step down from the presidency.

The Syrian city that Daesh terrorists had called their self-proclaimed capital, has been liberated by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.

Donors to the UK’s Conservative Party say a ‘no deal’ Brexit would be better for Britain, as it would help avoid the nation’s further slide to the political right – as a ‘bad deal’ would greatly benefit the most avid Eurosceptics, capitalising on the rampant public resentment such a deal would cause.

Something illicit was in the air when Emmanuel Macron was on a walkabout in French Guiana; in a chat with local people, the French President said he could smell "not just cigarettes."

Dozens of people were killed after two explosions and a shootout in a hotel in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu. The Al-Shabab terrorist group has allegedly taken responsibility for attacks.

Amid the possibility of the US' unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, also known as JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actions), and new anti-Tehran sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has outlined his position on the issue.

Syrian news agency SANA has reported that terrorists of the rebranded al-Nusra Front have chemical weapons, which they are hiding in the Syrian province of Idlib.

Two advanced Russian Navy corvettes are taking part in the country's Mediterranean mission.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the first flight of Su-30SM took place in September 2012, and subsequently the fighters showed themselves well during Syrian campaign.

Internet users seem to love the puzzle posted by British spacewalker Tim Peake on his Facebook page. The astronaut says it was the question in his selection test to the European Space Agency (ESA). Check whether you can answer it.

In the north-east of Hama province, Syrian army units continue to fight against the Nusra Front, a terrorist group.

When a deadly epidemic arrives, local traditions and rituals may do more harm than good.

The micro-blogging company has announced its decision to off-board advertising from all accounts owned by Sputnik and RT, citing their alleged meddling in the US affairs, particularly in the 2016 presidential election.

All this week, conflicting reports have been floating around about US plans to put their fleet of nuclear-armed B-52 strategic bombers back on round-the-clock combat alert, something unseen since the end of the Cold War. Sputnik contributor Vladimir Barsegyan explains why such a move would dramatically increase the dangers of a nuclear incident.

The Astana-7 meeting on Syria, which will mainly focus on the two papers that have not been finalized in the previous six rounds, pertaining to the release of detainees and humanitarian de-mining, will be held on October 30-31.

The busiest airport in the United Kingdom has launched an internal investigation amid an alleged data leak, according to the local media.

Ahead of his Asian tour, President Trump has hailed China's efforts in the easing of the North Korea nuclear crisis while blaming Russia, this time, for not doing enough on the issue. Defense analyst Dr. Nah Liang Tuang, however, explained to Sputnik Radio why the US will never agree to China-Russia plan to settle this conflict.

Since Madrid moved to impose direct rule on Catalonia following its declaration of independence, thousands of supporters and opponents of the Catalan independence have been protesting in the country.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced plans to turn his country into the world's strongest nation by 2050. David O'Brien of the University of Nottingham Ningbo China explained to Sputnik what could be behind Beijing's push for global dominance.