British actor Idris Elba believes that James Bond should not become “progressive” (originally “ woke ”) and that some viewers are not ready to accept a black man as Agent 007. The actor said this in an interview with GQ magazine, commenting on rumors that he could play James Bond. Shooting Idris Elba for the British version of GQ According to the actor, these were always just rumors.

Apple held its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), where it presented updates to its products. One of the main ones was Siri AI, a new version of Apple’s voice assistant based on artificial intelligence Apple Intelligence. Siri AI will become like AI assistants that answer users' questions and help them solve everyday problems. She will have a more expressive voice, will be able to recognize what is displayed on the user’s screen and interact with his applications.

The total circulation of books and brochures in Russia in the first quarter of 2026 amounted to 57.3 million copies. This is 26% lower than in the first quarter of 2025 (77.5 million copies), they reported at the “Book Industry in Russia” conference. The Bell emphasizes that this is the strongest drop in circulation in at least six years.

This should be a single block bypass tool for Russian developers. They don't like the idea themselves. Igor Ivanko / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Roskomnadzor plans to create a single “state VPN” for Russian developers who, due to blocking, have lost access to foreign repositories. This solution was proposed at a meeting with representatives of the Russian IT industry, sources at two companies invited to the meeting told The Bell. The meeting in question took place on June 8th.

The Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg closed the criminal case of the poet Glikeriy Ulunov (real name Kirill Yakovlev), who was accused of “propaganda of suicide.” Ulunov has been released from the pre-trial detention center, reports the human rights project First Department. “It’s not every day that such clean legal victories happen!

The information that the Belgorod military registration and enlistment office is recruiting schoolchildren to work part-time as “junior employees” for the summer turned out to be fake. This is reported by the Verified website, which specializes in exposing fake news. The editors of “Verified” were unable to find any messages about the initiative on any official resources of the Belgorod region or in local media.

In some cases, the Russian military register contains the actual addresses of those liable for military service that do not coincide with the official place of registration. This was reported by the human rights organization “Conscript School”. Human rights activists reported on two specific cases that were told to them by the conscripts themselves.

Musician Andrei Makarevich, who lives in Israel, said that his house was damaged as a result of the Iranian attack. “It arrived yesterday. Windows, frames, roof... Fortunately, we were not at home. I wonder if Trump really thinks that something can be agreed upon with them? So we have a truce? — the musician wrote on Facebook.

The artist said that everyone can stop the war “simply by not participating in quarrels.” Quarrels started on social networks vl.aistov / Instagram Belarusian singer Max Korzh gave a concert in Istanbul on June 6, during which - as in his other performances - he called for an end to the war. There were both Ukrainian and Russian flags in the hall. Some commentators on social networks were outraged by this.

In Russia, on June 4, the Unified State Exam (USE) in the Russian language was held. After the exam, students, parents and teachers began to complain about the content of the exam materials. Complaints, in particular, were published in her Telegram channel by the head of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina. In the task where it was asked to mark words in which the letter denoting the stressed vowel sound was correctly highlighted, one of the answer options was printed as “calledA”.

1566th day. Budanov went to Warsaw and prevented the “worst-case scenario” in the development of relations between Ukraine and Poland. They argue about whether UPA fighters can be considered heroes Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters every day because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us your thoughts about the war. What feelings are you experiencing?

Join the week of support for political prisoners From June 8 to 14, within the framework of the “You are not alone” project, a week of support for political prisoners is taking place. These days, independent media, bloggers and public speakers will draw attention to the problem of political persecution in Russia. Dozens of cities will host charity races, exhibitions and letter evenings. The project “You are not alone” has existed for three years.

For the second reading, the State Duma softened some provisions of the bill aimed at combating fraud. In particular, they removed the clause stating that significant actions (for example, financial transactions) must be confirmed through the Max messenger, Kommersant writes . In addition, the document excluded the rules on registration on significant resources only by Russian email and on opening a bank account only in connection with the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN).

Election irregularities should be reported more actively in order to “sow doubts about the legitimacy” of the prime minister Alexander Patrin / TASS / Profimedia The administration of the President of the Russian Federation “recommended” state and government-loyal media to emphasize in their materials that the Civil Contract party of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received less than 50% of the votes in the elections.

In Sevastopol, the network of TPP gas stations introduced the sale of fuel using QR codes, announced the evening of June 6 by Russian-appointed Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev. The code gives the right to buy 20 liters of gasoline. You can only receive it in a special bot in the Max messenger. Razvozhaev announced that the number of available codes each day corresponds to the volume of fuel on free sale for the day.