Новости за 05.12.2015

LONDON (Reuters) - British insurers Aviva and Prudential and the Lloyd's of London insurance market were among 19 firms to have their capital calculation models approved by the Bank of England on Saturday, enabling them to lower costs under new rules.

* Insurers haven't yet released solvency ratios (Adds BoE, Aviva quotes, detail)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a phone call on Saturday with Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, during which the two sides discussed the Syria crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on its website.

LONDON (Reuters) - A 5 pence charge levied on plastic carrier bags has resulted in a 78 percent reduction in the number taken home by shoppers in England, Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket said on Saturday.

U.S. President Barack Obama calls on lawmakers to honor those killed in California by tighening restrictions on gun buyers. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

U.S. President Barack Obama calls on lawmakers to honor those killed in California by tighening restrictions on gun buyers. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

U.S. President Barack Obama calls on lawmakers to honor those killed in California by tighening restrictions on gun buyers. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

U.S. President Barack Obama calls on lawmakers to honor those killed in California by tighening restrictions on gun buyers. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

French President Francois Hollande lands on the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier off the coast of Syria to meet with military personnel. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

French President Francois Hollande lands on the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier off the coast of Syria to meet with military personnel. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

French President Francois Hollande lands on the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier off the coast of Syria to meet with military personnel. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

BAKU (Reuters) - Thirty-two workers have died after an offshore oil platform operated by Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR caught fire in the Caspian Sea, the head of an independent committee said on Saturday.

LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Britain's top two insurers Aviva and Prudential along with the Lloyd's of London insurance market were among the 19 firms whose capital calculation models the Bank of England approved on Saturday.

BAKU, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Thirty-two workers have died after an offshore oil platform operated by Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR caught fire in the Caspian Sea, the head of an independent committee said on Saturday.

LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - British bombers made their second round of strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria late on Friday, again hitting oil fields, British defence minister Michael Fallon said on Saturday.

PARIS (Reuters) - Senior officials from almost 200 nations approved a draft text of a U.N. climate deal on Saturday after four years' work as the basis for ministers to try to resolve hundreds of points of disagreement next week.

PARIS (Reuters) - Senior officials from almost 200 nations approved a draft text of a U.N. climate deal on Saturday after four years' work as the basis for ministers to try to resolve hundreds of points of disagreement next week.

PARIS, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Senior officials from almost 200 nations approved a draft text of a U.N. climate deal on Saturday after four years' work as the basis for ministers to try to resolve hundreds of points of disagreement next week.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Virat Kohli struck a fluent unbeaten 83 to help India overcome a top order collapse and virtually bat South Africa out of the contest on day three of the fourth and final test at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium on Saturday.

ZURICH (Reuters) - Suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter said in a Swiss newspaper interview published on Saturday that he expects to make his case to the ethics committee of soccer's governing body in the coming weeks.

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron has privately conceded he may have to campaign for Britain to leave the European Union if he continues to be "completely ignored" by EU partners, The Daily Telegraph reported on Saturday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron has privately conceded he may have to campaign for Britain to leave the European Union if he continues to be "completely ignored" by EU partners, The Daily Telegraph reported on Saturday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi President Fouad Massoum on Saturday called the deployment of several hundred Turkish troops inside Iraq near the northern city of Mosul "a violation of international norms and law".

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi President Fouad Massoum on Saturday called the deployment of several hundred Turkish troops inside Iraq near the northern city of Mosul "a violation of international norms and law".

NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Virat Kohli struck a fluent unbeaten 83 to help India overcome a top order collapse and virtually bat South Africa out of the contest on day three of the fourth and final test at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium on Saturday.