Euro 2024. Super-briefly about the fourth day of the playoffs Results of the day . The Netherlands and Turkey are the last two participants in the quarterfinals. The Dutch easily beat Romania 3:0 (Gakpo scored and made an assist, Malen made a double), the Turks were stronger than the Austrians - 2:1 (both goals were scored by defender Merih Demiral). For both Turkey and the Netherlands, this is the first time they have reached the quarterfinals of the Euro since 2008.

A mass brawl with shooting took place on the evening of July 2 in Tyumen near the Okey hypermarket on Shirotnaya Street. Local Telegram channels published a video showing people running across the parking lot, gunshots, someone shouting “Get in the cars!” and several cars driving away from the store. The publication 72.ru reported that, according to eyewitnesses, about 50 people took part in the fight. The Shot Telegram channel, close to Life, writes that 30 people were involved in the conflict.

The Fatwa Department of the Dagestan Muftiate announced that after studying Sharia texts, it did not find sufficient grounds for a general ban on the niqab, the traditional Muslim head covering for women that covers the entire face except for a narrow slit for the eyes. This was reported on the republic's Muftiate Telegram channel on the evening of July 2.

New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan has postponed the sentencing of former US President Donald Trump in the case of falsifying business reports for two months, until September 18, Bloomberg reported on July 2. The verdict was initially expected to be delivered on July 11. The court set a new trial date after Trump's lawyers, who are seeking to overturn the jury's verdict, asked for a delay.

US House of Representatives member from the Democratic Party Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) became the first Democrat to call on Joe Biden to stop running for the US presidency after an unsuccessful debate with Republican Donald Trump, Reuters reported on July 2. "Recognizing that, unlike Trump, President Biden has always put the country first, not himself, I hope he will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw. I respectfully urge him to do so," Doggett said.

Conversations with locals reveal realities of life under Russian occupation in Ukraine’s Kherson region In early 2023, a worker from a Russian government organization traveled to a number of occupied towns and villages in Ukraine’s Kherson region. During the trip, this person, who we’ll refer to as “A.,” recorded his candid conversations with locals and took photographs of what he saw — and then turned over all of these materials to Meduza.

Belarusian border guards have begun to strengthen protection of the state border, Alexander Lukashenko said on the evening of July 2, Interfax reports. "Border guards have been transferred to enhanced border protection, and special operations forces have been deployed. The air force and air defense forces, both ours and Russia's, are on high alert," he said, speaking at a gala evening dedicated to Belarus's Independence Day.

Israel's military leadership is in favor of a truce with the Palestinian movement Hamas, The New York Times reported on July 2, citing six unnamed Israeli national security officials. According to the newspaper's sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, a truce would be "the quickest way to free the hostages" held by Hamas terrorists. Currently, about 120 Israelis, both living and dead, remain in Gaza, the newspaper points out.

Update. Moscow's Basmanny Court sentenced Stepan Zimin to seven days of administrative arrest and an administrative fine of 30,000 rubles, finding him guilty of petty hooliganism and "discrediting" the army, reports Ostorozhno Novosti. The Basmanny Court of Moscow has registered two administrative cases against anti-fascist and defendant in the "Bolotnaya case" Stepan Zimin, the Telegram channel "Beware, News" noted.

Most often, protocols are drawn up for the rainbow flag. Even homophobes are held accountable Mediazona journalists studied the decisions of Russian courts on cases of displaying “extremist symbols” (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and found 22 cases in which Russians were fined or given administrative arrests because of LGBT symbols.

“Frustration and anger are only growing,” writes Financial Times MANDEL Ngan / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Joe Biden with his wife Jill at a party event in Atlanta after Biden's debate with Donald Trump In the Democratic Party of the United States and among its supporters, dissatisfaction with the closest advisers and family members of the US President Joe Biden is growing due to the fact that they do not support calls to replace his election candidate, the newspaper Financial Times, whose journalists

The St. Petersburg City Court has considered an appeal against the sentence of documentary filmmaker Vsevolod Korolev and sentenced him to seven years in a general regime penal colony instead of three. This was reported on July 2 by the joint press service of the St. Petersburg courts. In March, the Vyborg Court of St. Petersburg sentenced Korolev to three years in prison, finding him guilty of disseminating "fakes" about the army (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

Slexp / Shutterstock Since the beginning of 2024, at least three interviews have appeared in the Russian media, in which experts announced the dangers of tea in piramid bags. They were actively retold by other media, and the State Duma Vice Speaker Boris Chernyshov even addressed the Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko with a request to check whether such a product could really harm health.

Look at him right now The first part of the two -part documentary of Mikhail Zygar about the “Unknown History of the Caucasus” was released. It is called the “conquest of the Caucasus”, and in it the journalist tells in detail what was happening in the territories between the Black and Caspian seas long not only to Peter I, but even to Rurik. The film became part of the large documentary series "Human History of Russia" - episodes about Ukraine and Siberia have previously been released.

About football during World War II, relations between people with bacteria and the future of the Internet (which should not be so sad) Football. War. Holocaust Edited by I. A. Altman, A. E. Herber. UFO Publishing House A small book of documentary evidence and photographs about football during the Second World War. After the 1936 Berlin Olympiad, Jewish coaches, football players and presidents of German clubs fired, many of them, a former large stars, were arrested and died in camps.