Russian
battleships in the English Channel, say they’re training
Russia’s
Northern Fleet has been conducting naval training near Dover. Two
battleships and two supply vessels worked on operations and
communications in conditions of adverse weather and heavy marine
traffic.
“Today
a squadron of warships and support vessels of the Northern Fleet
headed by a large anti-submarine ship, the Severomorsk, crossed the
narrowest part of the English Channel and passed into the Bay of the
Seine,” said Russia’s defense ministry.
The
crews held a series of survival exercises in case of flooding or
fire, as well as anti-submarine training.
After
the training, in one of the world’s most crowded waterways, where
the squadron was constantly shadowed by the British Navy’s HMS Tyne
offshore patrol vessel, the task force went further and anchored in
the international waters of the Seine Bay to wait out a storm.
Both
Britain’s and France’s navies confirmed the location of the
Russian ships, but denied that the Russians were doing any training.
“They
are not holding exercises. They're just waiting in a zone where they
are allowed to be several times a year," the French Navy's
information service said as cited by Reuters.
Aussies vs ISIS: Taxpayers to pay $350mn yearly for anti-Islamic State campaign
The
Iraqi army supported by US airstrikes has pushed militants from the
oil-rich town of Kirkuk. This comes just days after Australian jets
bombed key underground facilities and command centres, killing up to
100 Islamic State fighters. But back home, the decision to join the
fight has split society.
UK:
Black Friday fever: police deal with desperate shoppers
Black
Friday shopping fever has engulfed the UK, with fights breaking out
between bargain-hunting shoppers, stores forced to close, and
retailers’ websites crashing as shoppers scrambled to grab
discounted goods.
Police
were called to at least 16 Tesco stores around the country after
staff were overwhelmed by 500-strong crowds battling over discounted
TVs, kitchen goods and clothing. The scenes led one senior police
officer to call on shoppers to ask themselves: “What on Earth was I
doing?”
A
number of stores were closed after fights broke out between shoppers
trying to get their hands on sale stock. A police spokesman said a
woman was injured at a Tesco store in Stretford, Manchester, “after
being hit by a falling television”.
Ebola seems to have been pushed from the headlines
Ebola seems to have been pushed from the headlines
Ebola
Death Toll in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone Nears 7,000: WHO
The
World Health Organization reported Friday that the cumulative number
of deaths caused by the Ebola virus in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra
Leone has reached 6,928.
28
November, 2014
GENEVA,
November 28 (Sputnik) – The cumulative number of deaths caused by
the Ebola virus in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has reached 6,928
as of November 25, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported
Friday.
Among
the three countries, 1,284 deaths have been registered in Guinea,
4,181 in Liberia and 1,463 in Sierra Leone.
The
number of confirmed, probable and suspected cases reached 2,123 in
Guinea, 7,244 in Liberia and 6,802 in Sierra Leone, pushing the total
number to 16,169.
Previously,
WHO reported 15,935 cases of Ebola, with 5,689 deaths.
The
current Ebola outbreak started in Guinea in December 2013, spreading
later to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal. In October, WHO
declared Nigeria and Senegal Ebla-free
Ebola
epidemic in Sierra LeoneBurial Workers Dump Bodies of Ebola Victims
in Public Protest
Burial
workers in the Sierra Leone city of Kenema have stopped burying Ebola
victims in protest for not being paid for the risk they are taking in
handling the bodies
The
workers, who are on strike after not being paid for handling bodies
of Ebola victims, left 15 bodies abandoned at the city's main
hospital. One of the bodies was reportedly left by the hospital
manager's office and two others by the hospital entrance, reports
BBC.
Sierra
Leone has been devastated by this year's Ebola outbreak, with more
than 1,200 deaths. Kenema is the third largest city in Sierra Leone
and the biggest in the east, where the Ebola outbreak first appeared
in the country.
The
workers told a BBC reporter they had not been paid agreed upon extra
risk allowances for October and November. According to Umaru Fofana
in Freetown, “the bodies have now been taken away but the workers
remain on strike,” reports BBC.
Sierra
Leone health ministry nor the hospital management has made any
comment so far. The burial workers' industrial action comes two weeks
after health workers went on strike for similar reasons at a clinic
near Bo, the only facility in southern Sierra Leone treating Ebola
victims.
Anthony
Banbury, head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, said
earlier that the areas of greatest concern are in the rural parts of
Sierra Leone as well as the city of Makeni in the centre of the
country, Port Loko in the northwest and the capital of Freetown,
reported Reuters.
The
UN's new goal is to get 70 per cent of new cases in treatment and 70
per cent of burials carried out safely, he said.
Ebola
has killed more than 5,000 people in West Africa this year, mostly in
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization (WHO)
has declared the outbreak a global health emergency.
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