In Russia, officials said at least eight people, including five members of a children's acrobatics team, have been killed in a road collision in eastern Siberia. <br/><br/>The Interior Ministry in a statement today said that the crash happened on a highway linking two Siberian oil towns. The governor's office said the bus was taking the children back to their hometown from a competition in the regional capital. <br/><br/>Temperatures in the area are around minus 17 degree Celsius. It was not immediately clear whether the weather conditions contributed to the collision.