Ukraine: two pro-Russian officials killed in 24 hours

In Ukraine, Oles Bouzina journalist known for his pro-Russian positions was killed Thursday in Kiev. He was shot dead by two masked men, not far from the city center. 45 years old, he often commented the Ukrainian crisis on Russian public channels.

This is the second pro-Russian officials to be killed in less than 24 hours. Indeed, Wednesday evening, Oleg Kalashnikov, a former member of the Party of Regions has been found dead. He was shot dead at his home. Aged 52, he was one of the supporters of former President Viktor Yanukovych.

Ukrainian President Poroshenko promised a transparent investigation. But for him, the murders benefit "to the enemies of Ukraine".

Seen from Moscow, it is estimated that these "political purges". In any case the assertion of the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, .

In addition, a third murder was perpetrated in Donetsk. Sergei Soukhobok was a journalist. He was killed on the night of Sunday to Monday. But we do not know the circumstances.

Yemen: Iran denounces international intervention in the conflict

For 4 weeks, the Yemeni army, backed by Saudi Arabia, faces the houthie rebellion ally of Iran. But Tehran denies any involvement in the conflict and denounces international interference.

"You have to have an inter-Yemeni dialogue, a dialogue between Yemenis, said the Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif micro Euronews. The others must not participate, it is neither the negotiations between the Yemeni and foreign or negotiations between foreign powers. Foreign powers should not put conditions for the future of Yemen, or engage in discussions. What they need to do is to facilitate dialogue between the various groups in Yemen and that is what we are preparing. "

These remarks came as the mediator of the UN in Yemen, Jamal Benomar, announced his resignation in a statement on its Facebook page. In office since 2012, the Moroccan diplomat has failed to find a solution to the crisis ravaging the country.

At present, no peace talks seems to be emerging. Neither Houthi nor the coalition led by Saudi Arabia, have intention to surrender. Vice president in exile Khaled Bahah reported on Thursday that his government would begin negotiations on two conditions: first, the establishment of a preliminary cease-fire; Then, the return of the exile government in Aden, the capital of Yemen.

In one month, the conflict has claimed more than 730 dead and 2000 injured, according to the UN. Among them, most of them civilians.

Putin speaks to the Russians: the economy, Ukraine and Iran in the program

For the thirteenth time, Putin spoke Thursday under the television River show "Hot Line": four hours of questions and answers between the Russian president, journalists and the public. Large file, the economy, on which the head of the Kremlin has sought to reassure citizens affected by the crisis, linked to oil prices. Asked about the impact of international sanctions, he said that "'iI do not expect a lifting of sanctions, because it is a purely political question. For some of our partners, this is a strategy to limit our development. And I think this is more directly related to the events in Ukraine ".

"Perhaps it will take less than two years to recover from the sanctions, as indicated by the rapid strengthening of the ruble," he does he added, saying that the economy had "passed the peak" difficulties.

"We must not support the sanctions, we must use the situation related to sanctions to find new levels of development, he continued. For example, replace imported products with local products. Maybe we would have not to do so without the sanctions, but now we have to do, I hope it will develop industries such as high technology. But it's true, this has an impact on inflation and the prices of products aliementaires, yes, we will have to bear the some time. "

In foreign policy, Putin reiterated that there was no Russian troops in Ukraine, and coming on the resumption of arms deliveries to Iran, announced earlier this week, it is justified thus:

"S-300 missiles, which are defensive weapons, not offensive, not on the sanctions list of the UN. We suspended their deliveries (in 2010) unilaterally, now that progress on the Iranian nuclear issue exists, and it is positive, we have no reason to continue - unilaterally, as I said - to keep this limitation. "

This year, the call record was broken, according to the producers of the show have said more than 3 million messages and requests were sent to the head of the Russian state.

More than a thousand migrants landed Thursday in Italy

More than a thousand migrants have landed again on Thursday, this time in the ports of Sicily. These are often Somalis, Eritreans who fled their country via Libya.

Others have been less fortunate. 400 migrants have died Sunday in the sinking of their boat. While sea search is continuing, the survivors, 150 in total, were divided into reception centers in southern Italy.

An Italian volunteer explains that three girls for example have lost their families. Many survivors also suffer from exhaustion or contagious diseases such as scabies.

In just 15 days, more than 10,000 people tried to cross the Mediterranean, despite the risks. Humanitarian organizations denounce the passivity of the European Union. Italy, she calls for more financial support from Brussels.

Israel: Holocaust Remembrance and fear of another Holocaust

Israel commemorated on Thursday the "Day of the Holocaust," in memory of the millions of Jews killed by the Nazis during the Second World War.

The most significant event took place at 10:00 (local time): two minutes during which the whole population is frozen in silence as sirens sounded.

Outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended the official ceremony at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial built in Jerusalem.

"Never again"?

On the eve of this day, the has published a report , indicating that almost one in two Israeli considers it possible a new Holocaust. They are 46% think against 41% last year.

For the current head of government, the main threat to Israel is Iran. Netanyahu also denounced once again the recent agreement between the major powers and Iran on the nuclear program developed by Iran ( ).

Sandstorm in Northern China

A sandstorm swept Wednesday several regions of northern China.

The capital Beijing has not been spared, forcing the residents to protect the airway.

Visibility has been significantly reduced.

Temperatures also dropped several degrees.

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The launcher developed by SpaceX misses his landing

A success and a failure for the US company SpaceX.

The success is the putting into orbit a capsule for the International Space Station (ISS).

The failure is when retrieving the launcher. It was supposed to land smoothly on Tuesday, on a barge off the coast of Florida, but it crashed.

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This is the second recorded failure from the beginning. A .

The goal of SpaceX is to develop a space launcher that can be reused to make savings.

More info (website in English).