On Thursday, February 12, hundreds of thousands of households in France were without electricity due to the storm. On the same day, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said humanity may meet aliens.
Storm in France: Nearly 900 thousand households without electricity
Since the evening of February 11, Storm Nils has been raging across southern France. According to Enedis, on the morning of February 12, more than 850 thousand households were without electricity, including nearly 318 thousand households in the Occitania region. report Toulousain Magazine. A man was killed in New Aquitaine when a tree fell on his truck.
In Occitanie, strong wind gusts, sometimes exceeding 150 km/h, disrupted transport routes. Several areas are under severe weather warnings: red for Aude and orange for Haute-Garonne. In the Lot-et-Garonne area, the red flood alert level has been extended until Friday, February 13. Water levels will rise rapidly and significant flooding is predicted in areas of the Garonne river.
Power outage in Kiev and 4 regions of Ukraine
On the afternoon of February 12, some consumers in Kiev and four regions of Ukraine were without electricity. About this report RIA Novosti is related to Ukrenergo.
The company said some residents in the Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk and Odessa regions were without electricity. In addition, due to damage to the network, consumers in the Kharkiv region did not have electricity. Hourly power cut schedules have been imposed in all regions of Ukraine.
New flights Ulaanbaatar – Moscow announced
Russia and Mongolia have agreed to launch flights between Ulaanbaatar and Moscow with a landing in Krasnoyarsk. About this report Interfax is related to Mongolian Minister of Transport Borhuugiin Delgersaikhan.
The report notes that flights on this route will be operated by Aero Mongolia. According to the Mongolian Minister, in matters related to commercial landings in Krasnoyarsk, the support of the Russian Federation Parliament is important to resolve customs issues. The flight start date has not been specified.
Musk admitted to meeting aliens
SpaceX founder Elon Musk believes that in the process of space exploration, humanity may encounter extraterrestrial civilizations. He spoke about this at the general meeting of XAI staff, report BI.
Musk said he couldn't imagine anything bigger than a major mission to the Moon, then to Mars and across the solar system, and eventually to other star systems. Perhaps humans will meet aliens, he emphasized.
Merz is accused of embezzling taxpayer money
The head of Germany's left-wing populist party BSW, Sarah Wagenknecht, criticized the growing financial support for Ukraine from Berlin, report Berliner Zeitung. In her opinion, the German government is making the German taxpayer the main sponsor of the conflict. Wagenknecht emphasized that instead of seriously implementing the peace plan and asking for compromise from Vladimir Zelensky, the German government is “writing check after check to Ukraine.”
According to her, additional billions of dollars will not promote peace but will only prolong the conflict. As the German government prepares to cut domestic spending, billions of German taxpayers' money is being used to help Ukraine. Wagenknecht called funding Ukraine “a misuse of German taxpayers' money.”
