Новости за 30.09.2018

A powerful typhoon sliced through Japan after making landfall Sunday evening, injuring dozens, halting transport, and bringing fierce winds and torrential rain to areas already battered by a string of recent extreme weather episodes.

Macedonian voters on Sunday supported a plan to rename the country aimed at ending a decades-long spat with Greece and unlocking a path to NATO and EU membership, although the referendum was marred by low turnout.

Europe regained the Ryder Cup from the USA as star man Francesco Molinari became the first-ever European to win all five of his matches with a 4 and 2 victory over Phil Mickelson on Sunday.

Israel on Sunday released a French-Palestinian lawyer held without charge for the past 13 months over unspecified allegations, his lawyer said.

Macedonians headed to the polls Sunday to vote on whether to re-name their country North Macedonia in a bid to settle a long-running dispute with neighbouring Greece and pave the way for NATO and EU membership.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wrapped up an ill-tempered visit to Germany on Saturday with a visit to Cologne, where a security lockdown kept supporters and protesters away from a ceremony to open the country's largest mosque.

The death toll from a powerful earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia rose to 820 Sunday, as stunned people on the stricken island of Sulawesi struggled to find food and water, and fears grew that whole towns had still not been heard from.