Train traffic between Belgium and Holland has been partially disrupted since this morning due to a fire in a locomotive that occurred on Dutch territory in Roosendaal, Belgian media reported, citing railway operator Infrabel. An official representative of Infrabel said that on some closed sections of the tracks, transportation of passengers by buses has been organized.

In India, during a search and rescue operation at the site of the Sindhurakshak submarine explosion in the port of Mumbai, the bodies of three sailors were found, The Times of India reports. The identities of the victims have not yet been established, the publication notes. Earlier it became known that the divers' actions were complicated by poor visibility, as well as by the fact that most of the boat's equipment was displaced as a result of the explosions that occurred on it.

471 1 min. ... A significant role in maintaining political and social stability in Egypt was played by the program of local authorities to subsidize the production of special cheap bread - baladi. Every year, the Government Purchasing Organization (GASC) under the Ministry of Trade of Egypt not only bought grain from its own producers at prices 20-50% higher than world prices, but also purchased significant volumes of wheat on the foreign market.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation with increased checks of Ukrainian products at Russian customs, the press service of the Russian President said in a statement. According to him, the presidents of both countries had a telephone conversation on Friday. The heads of state discussed various aspects of bilateral cooperation, including issues related to customs clearance of goods at the Russian-Ukrainian border.

The largest fuel operator in the Irkutsk region, CJSC Irkutsknefteprodukt (part of Rosneft), in the first half of this year reduced its net profit by 31.3% compared to the same period last year, to 443 million rubles, according to the company’s RAS report. . Revenue in January - June decreased by 10.3% - to 17.456 billion rubles. The cost of goods and services sold amounted to RUB 16.052 billion. (reduction by 8%), gross profit - 1.404 billion rubles.

The population of Ukraine in June compared to May decreased by 10.5 thousand people (0.02%) and as of July 1 amounted to 45 million 469 thousand 812 people, the State Statistics Service reports. The population decline in June occurred mainly in cities, the number of residents of which as of July 1 was 31 million 331 thousand 540 people compared to 31 million 341 thousand 839 people as of June 1.

Perm City Duma deputy Maxim Tebelev refused to head the Municipal Budgetary Institution “Bureau of Urban Projects,” reports “New Companion” with reference to Mr. Tebelev himself.

Five people were killed in a shooting in the center of Cairo, Al-Jazeera reports. At the same time, Al-Arabiya reports heavy smoke in Cairo's Ramses Square, where the clashes are taking place. Earlier it was reported that in the center of Cairo the military opened fire on demonstrators. Based on materials from Gazeta.Ru

The authorities of Khabarovsk invited residents of the village of Ussuriysky, which is located on Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island opposite Khabarovsk, to leave the island due to the threat of flooding. “Tomorrow the water will rise further and next week the water level could reach seven meters or higher. Everything here will be flooded, so we ask you to leave the island for a while,” said Andrey Akimov, head of the department for civil defense and emergency situations of the Khabarovsk administration.

Senior Chinese officials have said the country will gradually end the practice of harvesting organs from executed prisoners. According to Chinese Health Minister Huang Jiefu, China will rely on voluntary donors. According to media estimates, executed prisoners account for two-thirds of transplanted organs. A 2006 BBC investigation found that prisoners' organs were sold to wealthy foreign patients. However, China has for years denied that it practices organ harvesting from executed prisoners.

The Egyptian military is introducing additional security measures in Cairo. Particular attention is paid to Tahrir Square and the streets leading to it. Islamist leaders warned that they planned to hold dozens of protests throughout the city throughout the day. ITAR-TASS correspondent in Egypt Dina Pyanykh told the details to presenter Natalya Zhdanova.

A struggle has broken out for the United Russia cells in Perm Members of the presidium of the regional branch of United Russia expressed dissatisfaction with the delay in the process of selecting the curator of the cells in Perm. This issue was discussed at the last meeting of the presidium. No decision has been made on either of the two proposed candidates - legislative assembly deputies Vladimir Nelyubin and Dmitry Skrivanov.

The case of extortion on the road has been completed A criminal investigation has been completed against six former inspectors of the State Road Supervision Department for the Omsk Region. The investigation accuses them of receiving 215 bribes during the year for failure to carry out transport control and failure to draw up protocols on bringing drivers to administrative responsibility. The inspectors refused to testify during the investigation.

On Wednesday evening in Kirov, the end wall of a residential two-story brick building, located at the address: st. Svobody, 84. As Elena Luchinina, deputy head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kirov Region, said, the police duty station received a report of an incident in an eight-apartment building at about 20.00. “At the time the wall collapsed, none of the residents were in the house, so no one was injured.

Experts have identified a connection between the issuance of loans and alcohol consumption There is a connection between the debt burden of the population and the level of alcoholism, analysts from the Taxadmin.ru Center for Tax and Banking Administration found out. In regions with the maximum number of alcoholics, citizens are much more willing to take out loans, and banks are more willing to lend to them.