A fire broke out at a prison in the Siberian region of Irkutsk after a riot by inmates late on Thursday, the Interfax news agency reported. A prison guard was attacked during the incident and has since been hospitalised, the regional office of the Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement on Friday. “Currently the situation in the facility is under control,” it said. A video shared by Russia’s Investigative Committee on Friday showed flames towering over several smaller buildings at the prison, Penal Colony 15. In another clip it showed hundreds of prisoners, surrounded by guards, gathered outside a main building of the prison. It was unclear what set off the fire. The violence broke out on Thursday evening after a prisoner, who was being held in an isolation cell after violating prison rules, refused to allow guards to conduct a search, the Irkutsk region penitentiary service said in its statement.

Burning Man festival has been canceled for the first time in its three-decade history because of the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers announced Friday evening that the arts festival, which is not scheduled to start until August 30, will not take place in the Nevada desert in 2020. The news came as the US recorded its deadliest day, becoming the first country to mark more than 2,000 deaths in 24 hours and its number of infections topped half a million. 'After much listening, discussion, and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision not to build Black Rock City in 2020. Given the painful reality of COVID-19, one of the greatest global challenges of our lifetimes, we believe this is the right thing to do. Yes, we are heartbroken. We know you are too,' a statement on the Burning Man Journal read.

Migrants: “Can we please come to your country, ours is a shit hole”

Migrants: “You’re racist, were taking over and will make your country shit like ours”

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