This Week in Pictures: October 27 – November 2, 2015

There was a mass of breaking news stories last week so let’s look back at some of the biggest that made the headlines over the last seven days

The heavy metal band “Goodbye to Gravity” on stage at the popular “Colectiv Club” in Bucharest, Romania, last week used pyrotechnic effects that ignited parts of the club causing a fire that swept through the venue. Twenty nine people lost their lives, with that figure likely to rise, and a further 140 were hospitalized with smoke inhalation and severe burns. President of Romania, Klaus Johannis, has said safety regulations were ignored at the club and three days of mourning were held for the dead.

An airliner operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia, under the name Metrojet, broke up at high altitude over Egypt’s Sinai peninsula killing all 224 passengers and crew, all but three of whom were Russians. Islamic state linked militants have claimed responsibility for the loss of the aircraft that crashed on Saturday having departed the popular Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, however these claims were dismissed by authorities. Investigations into the cause of the Airbus 321’s crash continue.

The ruling AKP, Justice & Development Party, in Turkey gained back the majority in parliament it had lost back in June when elections were held last week. The AKP of current president Recep Tayyip Erdogan won 316 seats with 49.4% of the vote leaving main opposition party, the CHP, to garner only 25.4%. The HDP, a pro-Kurdish party, and the MHP, a nationalist party, both won enough of the vote to take their seats in the Ankara parliament, but overall the result was a big win for Erdogan’s government.
 

In sport the position of Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was once more called into question after his side lost against Liverpool 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday, their sixth league defeat in 11 games. Although it is likely Mourinho will cling on for now just how much time can he have left if he can’t get results? You’ll have to read our daily news pages to find out, but in the meantime here’s a look at some of the important stories from around the world that we covered over the last week.

1.Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are once again the favourites to win the FIFA Balon d’Or award.

The eternal rivals at the Balon D’or 2014 ceremony (Photo: Fabrice Cofrini / AFP)

2.Lewis Hamilton secured his 3rd Formula One World Championship title, but his teammate was frustrated with the result.

Rosberg not happy. Not happy at all. (Photo: Skynews)

3.Watch an Estonian player winning the thrilling final of the USD 1.2 million Pokerstars tournament.

Just sign-in (Photo: PokerStars)

4.LeoVegas introduced a mobile jackpot. They have an impressive list of jackpot winners at LeoVegas casino, it’s worth giving a try!

Lots of jackpot winners at LeoVegas (Photo: LeoVegas)

5.A player placed a NZD 400,000 wager on the All Blacks beating Australia in the 2015 Rugby World Cup final.

3 times world champions!!! (Photo: AFP / Adrian Dennis)

Meanwhile a book mix up left hundreds of copies of “Little Red Riding Hood Eats The Wolf” recalled by authorities from primary schools across Chile. The book, a collection of short erotic stories by Pilar Quintana had been confused with the classic children’s fairy tale despite containing sexual and violent content. “I’m surprised people are shocked about the sexual content of the book.” Said the bemused author who went on to say he felt it was not inappropriate reading material for young people.