Saturday, October 24, 2015

Digest foreign media: errors invasion of Iraq and the “front door” of accidents – RIA Novosti

(RIA Novosti is not responsible for the information published by foreign newspapers).

Russia ready to cooperate with the US on Syria – this statement of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says a leading American edition Wall Street Journal. “We are ready to include patriotic opposition, including the so-called” Free Syrian Army “, as well as support from the air” – quoted Lavrov WSJ. The publication notes that the key issue on which Russia and the US have not yet reached an understanding, is the future president of SAR Bashar al-Assad, as the US and its European and Arab allies, contrary to the opinion of the Russian Federation, find it impossible to peaceful settlement of the conflict in Syria, while the current president is in power.

In turn, the Financial Times on its front page published an article with another statement Lavrov on Syria, where Russian Foreign Minister stressed the need to prepare for elections in Syria, at what both the presidential and parliamentary.

Blair apologized for the error during the invasion of Iraq in 2003 – the British media, including the Independent, Daily Mail and Hill, reported on the recognition of the former Prime Minister Tony Blair committed Britain errors During the joint with the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. According to the publication, the former prime minister in an interview with CNN confessed incorrect intelligence errors in planning the operation, as well as “in the understanding of what will happen after the overthrow of the regime.” At the same time for the very overthrow of Saddam Hussein Blair did not apologize. During the conversation, a leading CNN asked Blair that he thinks that “people are looking at strengthening the position of IG point to the invasion of Iraq as the main reason.” “I think this has some truth. Of course, we can not say that those who deposed Saddam (Hussein) in 2003, are not responsible for the situation in 2015″, – quotes the edition of Blair.

” The most powerful in the history of “Hurricane disappointed – many foreign publications (newspapers FT, Guardian, Washington Post and the magazine Time) write about a hurricane,” Patricia “, which the Mexican authorities prematurely called the strongest in the history of the planet. By the time the Mexican coast on the night of Saturday, his power reached the fifth, the most devastating category – winds within the hurricane was 325 kilometers per hour with gusts to 400 kilometers. But then the element weakened to a tropical depression level (about 55 kilometers per hour). The number remained without electricity because of “Patricia” was about 235 thousand people, the hurricane damaged thousands of homes to 3.5, but the victims and did not bring serious damage. Time magazine notes that the main reason for the lack of victims – that a hurricane struck the relatively sparsely populated regions. The Guardian focuses on the fact that the hurricane brought rain, the effects of which are visible in the United States. According to the publication, on Saturday due to flooding in Texas, a freight train derailed and overturned. As a result of this incident, no one was hurt.

Synod of Bishops at the Vatican still against gay marriage – participants of the three-week XIV Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of the Roman Catholic Church at the Vatican on Saturday approved the final report, written publication New York Times, WP , WSJ, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Zeit and Spiegel. The report is saved ban on same-sex marriage, it refers to the “zero tolerance” for pedophilia and that decisions on remarriage after divorce will continue to take the local clergy in each case. Outcome preparing a special committee of 10 members, appointed by Pope Francis. The report consists of 94 sections, each of which held a separate vote. The Assembly was attended by 270 church representatives from all five continents and 18 couples who in the debate expressed the view on the most acute problems of modern families.

Parade of the University of Oklahoma ruined four – on the front pages of the online version of Time magazine and Focus, as well as the Guardian and WP is an accident on Sunday in Oklahoma. The incident occurred on Saturday morning in the city of Stillwater during the solemn procession, organized by the University of. As yet unknown reason, the crowd at high speed crashed into a car. Four people were killed and over 40 injured. Eight people, including five children, were rushed to hospital, but one of them, the two-year boy, doctors could not be saved. Behind the wheel of the car was 25-year-old resident of the city of Stillwater ADAS Chambers, it is accused of finding the wheel drunk. Police arrested the girl for blood testing for the presence of alcohol or drugs. At the moment, the cause of the incident is unknown.

Thousands of Israelis in favor of peace talks with the Palestinians – a number of foreign media outlets, including Haaretz, and Zeit, reported the rally held on Saturday in Tel Aviv against the backdrop of the escalation of the conflict. The demonstrators, which, according to the organizers was six thousand people were in favor of peace negotiations with the Palestinians. Demonstrators chanted “Jews and Arabs against the hatred towards each other” and “Israel, Palestine, two states for two peoples.” Earlier Saturday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said that Israel and Jordan have agreed to take steps to reduce the tense situation in the area of ​​the holy places on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, in particular, planned to install video cameras to monitor the security services, notes the WSJ. To date, the victims of an escalation of the conflict began nine Israelis, about 80 were injured. On the Arab side were killed about 50 people.

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