Fewer tourists are visiting the country due to the tensions across the Middle East The number of bookings made by Russians for the popular Egyptian tourist destinations of Cairo and Sharm el-Sheikh in January has seen a year-on-year decline of 14%, Russian business daily Kommersant reported earlier this week, citing calculations by travel website Ostrovok.ru.

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British-made missiles may have been used in the attack, which injured over 20 workers A Ukrainian missile strike on a Russian military wharf has injured at least 24 people and caused damage to warships. Moscow has pledged to restore the ships, while Kiev has hinted that it used British-made weapons in the attack.