Russian foil fencer Inna Deriglazova beat Italian Elisa di Francesca in the final of the Olympic tournament and won the gold medal. The match ended with a score of 12:11 in favor of Deriglazova. The fight was very difficult for Deriglazova. At the beginning of the match, she missed three injections in a row, but then took a timeout and successfully attacked her opponent seven times.

Russian athletes Ilya Zakharov and Evgeny Kuznetsov took only seventh place out of eight possible in the Olympic final in synchronized diving from a three-meter springboard. After six attempts, they scored only 385 points. Britain's Jack Lo and Chris Mears have 453 points. The Russians did not earn more than 80 points in any of the attempts, and the best jump of the winners of the tournament was 91.2 points.

The water in the diving and water polo pools in Rio de Janeiro turned green due to falling alkali levels. This was stated by the representative of the organizing committee of the Olympics Mario Andrada. Alkali levels "suddenly dropped" on Tuesday, he said, according to the Wall Street Journal. At night, thanks to the efforts of specialists, the level was raised. “We expect the water to turn blue again very soon,” Andrada was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.

Fehaid Al Dihani of Kuwait, who competes as an independent Olympic athlete, won the gold medal in Rio. He was the best in double trap clay shooting. This is the first medal at the 2016 Olympics won by an independent athlete. Second place went to Marco Innocenti from Italy, and third place went to Stephen Scott from the UK. In 2000 in Sydney and in 2012 in London, Fehaid Al Dihani won bronze. Then he competed as a member of the Kuwait national team.

The Russian women's handball team in the third round of the Olympic tournament beat the Swedes with a score of 36-34. This match turned out to be the most productive among all handball matches played in the framework of the Olympiad by women since 2008, when the match between France and Angola ended with the same score. The Russian national team won in Rio for the third consecutive victory, and in the course of all three fights, the Russians had to recoup.

In Los Angeles, a court sentenced to death 63-year-old Lonnie David Franklin Jr., who was previously convicted of ten murders in 1985-1988 and 2002-2007. The jury recommended the death penalty. Prosecutors say Franklin killed seven women in the 1980s and three more, including a 15-year-old girl, in the 2000s. The oldest of those killed was 35 years old, most of the victims were shot, one was strangled. Another woman survived Franklin's attack and testified against him in court.

Russian federal agents say Ukraine planned a series of terrorist attacks Photo: Alexander Polegenko / Sputnik / Scanpix / LETA Russian police inspect a vehicle at a checkpoint in Dzhanskoi, near the border with Ukraine. June 2016. On August 10, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that Russian and Ukrainian armed forces clashed at the Crimean border on the night of August 7.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko called the FSB statement about the detention of saboteurs in Crimea “fantasy”. According to him, Russia needs this "for the next military threats against Ukraine." “The accusations by the Russian side of Ukraine of terrorism in the occupied Crimea are heard as senselessly and cynically as the statements of the Russian leadership about the absence of Russian troops in Donbas,” the Ukrainian president said.

The Belgian authorities have received information about bomb threats on two planes due to land at Brussels airport. This was reported by the TV channel VRT. Eric Van der Sypt, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office, said authorities regard the threats as "quite serious." Information, according to unconfirmed reports, was transmitted to dispatchers from the aircraft. One of the aircraft was flying from Oslo, the Belgian edition of DH reports .

The “Ukrainian saboteurs”, whose attempt to break into the territory of Crimea was reported by the FSB on August 10, planned to stage terrorist attacks at the Crimean Titan chemical plant in Armyansk, as well as at gas and water infrastructure facilities. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies.

The Canadian swimmer Santo Kludrelli has a tradition: just before each swim he shows his father the middle finger (and he answers him the same). In order not to embarrass others, Okdorelli tries to show an indecent gesture implicitly, simply pressing the middle finger to the nose. Photo: Michael Sohn / AP / Scanpix / Leta Santo Keverereleley at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, August 9, 2016 Although you can find photographs in which he proudly throws his hand with an extended finger.

The Russian television channel accused the British of the plot factory Photo: Vasily Maksimov / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Russian military in the camp in Palmyra, May 5, 2016 The British TV channel Sky News has released a large report on Russian mercenaries who fought in Syria. In it, two Russians tell how they were recruited and sent to the Middle East.

Earlier today at a press conference with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Vladimir Putin called on US and European leaders to take concrete steps to exert influence on Kiev, in response to a reportedly prevented terrorist attack on Crimea allegedly orchestrated by Ukraine. “Today's authorities in Kiev are not looking for ways to solve problems through negotiations; they have chosen terror,” Putin said.

Australia was accused of extremely cruel treatment of migrants Photo: Rick Rycroft / AP / Scanpix / Leta refugees who tried to get to Australia, in the camp on the island of Nauru. September 21, 2011 The Guardian published the internal reports of the Australian camps for refugees on the island of Nauru.

Ukrainian defense officials have accused Moscow of transforming Crimea into “an isolated military base.” These remarks come in response to allegations by the Russian Federal Security Service that Ukrainian intelligence agents infiltrated Russian-controlled Crimea with the objective of bombing “critical infrastructure,” in order to destabilize the territory ahead of parliamentary elections next month.