Новости за 21.08.2015

LONDON (Reuters) - The contest to decide the new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party may have been infiltrated by several thousand supporters of Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives, one of the candidates vying for control of the party said on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - The contest to decide the new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party may have been infiltrated by several thousand supporters of Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives, one of the candidates vying for control of the party said on Friday.

KABUL (Reuters) - The new leader of the Taliban has met influential clerics seeking to heal a rift after the death of founder Mullah Omar, in the latest gathering to anger the Afghan government, which accuses Pakistan of allowing militants to meet on its territory.

ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling AK Party will keep their grip on power when an interim government is formed next week to lead Turkey to a snap election, with the cabinet set to be dominated by loyalists.

LONDON (Reuters) - Former England fast bowler Chris Tremlett has retired from all forms of cricket due to injury problems, he said on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person ever to win the Nobel peace prize, has another reason to celebrate after posting a string of top grades in her GCSEs, a set of important exams faced by British teenagers.

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has rejected India's demand that it cancel a meeting with separatist leaders from the disputed Kashmir region, ahead of crucial talks between the arch-rivals' top security officers in New Delhi on Sunday.

LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Former England fast bowler Chris Tremlett has retired from all forms of cricket due to injury problems, he said on Friday.

Macedonian police drive back thousands of angry migrants with tear gas as they seal the border with Greece. Sean Carberry reports.

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan has rejected India's demand that it cancel a meeting with separatist leaders from the disputed Kashmir region, ahead of crucial talks between the arch-rivals' top security officers in New Delhi on Sunday.

NEW YORK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - This spring, traders and analysts working deep in the global swaps markets began picking up peculiar readings: Hundreds of billions of dollars of trades by U.S. banks had seemingly vanished.

NEW YORK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The hangover from the bursting of the housing bubble and competition from electronic trading have helped restrain U.S. dealers from growing their balance sheets and taking more risks, the New York Federal Reserve said in a blog post on Friday.

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Retiring home hero Kumar Sangakkara featured in a brief rebuilding act in his final test as Sri Lanka reached 140-3 in reply to India's first innings total of 393 on day two of the second test on Friday.

After exceeding its profit targets, Ethiopian Airlines is hoping to nearly double its fleet and open new routes, looking at new destinations in Asia and Europe. Grace Pascoe reports on the company's expansion plans.

GEVGELIJA, Macedonia/IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) - Macedonian police firing tear gas and stun grenades drove back crowds of migrants and refugees trying to enter from Greece on Friday, sealing the frontier to thousands of Syrians, Afghans and others trying to reach western Europe.

(Reuters) - Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen's central city of Taiz late on Thursday killed 43 people and wounded 50 others, according to a report by the Saba news agency which is controlled by the Houthi movement targeted by Riyadh.

COLOMBO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Retiring home hero Kumar Sangakkara featured in a brief rebuilding act in his final test as Sri Lanka reached 140-3 in reply to India's first innings total of 393 on day two of the second test on Friday.

AMSTERDAM, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem urged Greece on Friday to hold elections as soon as possible to avoid delays in implementing the country's third bailout package.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Allyson Felix will not decide whether to try a sprint double at next year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics based on her performance at the Beijing world championships, she said on Friday.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Daimler's chief executive said "different types" of cooperation with Apple and Google are possible as carmakers realize next-generation autos cannot be built without greater input from telecoms and software experts.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's public finances recorded their first July surplus in three years, as the country's economic upturn spurred the strongest income tax receipts for the month since records began in 1997.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's public finances recorded their first July surplus in three years, as the country's economic upturn spurred the strongest income tax receipts for the month since records began in 1997.

* UK public finances record first July surplus in three years

MADRID (Reuters) - Real Sociedad coach David Moyes believes it is too early for the club to target a berth in Europe for next season and says he is still looking to strengthen his squad before the transfer window closes at the end of the month.

HELSINKI/VIENNA, Aug 21 (Reuters) - European policymakers said on Friday they expected Greece to press on with reforms agreed under its new bailout regardless of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' decision to resign and seek new elections.