April becomes more supportive to the metropolitan region: during today it will be warm in spring. According to Roshydromet, by noon, 3-5 degrees of heat are expected in the capital, in the region - to plus 7. True, sunlight will not be enough. Unfortunately, according to the forecast of Roshydromet, the predominance of cloud weather is expected. At times, perhaps precipitation will be held. The wind is moderate, southwest.

Iraqi television showed on Thursday late in the evening of personnel, which captured the president of the country Saddam Hussein, holding a meeting of the country's leadership. The meeting was attended by several ministers. The announcer explained that the head of state discussed with them the issues of organizing the defense of Baghdad.

Representatives of the headquarters of the Coalition Armed Forces in Qatar said on Friday that Saddam Hussein International Airport, located near Baghdad and taken under control of the coalition forces, will now have a different name. Namely, the name of the President Iraq will disappear from his name, reports Reuters. 'Now it's just a Baghdad international airport.

At least 18 civilians died and 17 were injured as a result of a powerful bombing of the Northern Iraqi city of Mosul. According to the Katar satellite television channel Al-Jazeera, there is one child among the dead. The wounded were sent to the hospital named after Saddam Hussein. 8 American missiles fell on residential buildings located north-east of Mosul.

In the Maly Theater, one of the most brilliant Russian actresses Elin Bystritsky in connection with her 75th anniversary is honored on Friday. In the evening, she will appear in Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” in the role of Khlesova, who, thanks to the skill of the performer, became one of the main ones in the performance of one of the main ones. And then the artist will accept congratulations, reports ITAR-TASS. Despite his age, Bystritsky is in excellent creative form.

In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, four Moscow entrepreneurs who came to buy cars are released from hostages. According to the press service of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Sakhalin Region, the operation was carried out by employees of the Office for Combating Organized Crime and the Special Purpose Police detachment. Medical assistance has been released, now nothing threatens their life.

Moscow and Beijing intend to jointly defend their economic interests in Iraq, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Yuri Fedotov. "The parameters and forms of the post -war Iraq recovery will be determined by the UN decisions, and not the resolutions of the US Congress," Fedotov said at a press conference on Friday at the Russian Embassy in Beijing.

US President George Bush will meet with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the next Tuesday in Northern Ireland. It is assumed that the leaders of the two countries will discuss the current situation in Iraq and in the Middle East as a whole. The focus of attention will be not only military problems, but also a peaceful settlement in the Middle Eastern region, reports Reuters with reference to the administration of the head of the British government.

Saddam Hussein cannot be identified with the Iraqi people and is not entitled to count on the support of the Islamic world. This is stated in a statement common by the Mejlis (parliament) of the Crimean Tatar people, Rosbalt reports.

The capture of the world pop-market scandalous Russian group "Tattoo" continues. At the beginning of the next month, the girls will perform for the first time in the UK with concerts. The lesbian duet will present its ambiguous compositions on the London Wembley Arena on May 2; On May 4, they will be seen at the Evening News Arena in Manchester, Ananova.com reports. Also the next month, Julia Volkova and Lena Katina will release their new single not gonna get us.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Chechnya Ruslan Tsakaev wrote a resignation report. The head of the administration of the Chechen Republic Akhmad Kadyrov informed reporters on Friday at a press conference in Moscow. According to him, a new acting Minister of Internal Affairs was appointed, RIA Novosti reports. “We are considering several candidates for this post. Now the minister’s duties are performed by one of the deputies of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs,” he emphasized.

At the Alma-Ata International Airport on Friday night, landing after a training flight, the An-30 military rolled into the side strip of security. The commander of the aircraft and four crews were not injured. According to the city emergency department, the plane rolled out onto the side strip due to the failure of the SEZ sensor. Meanwhile, according to one version of the experts, the crew of the vessel incorrectly calculated the inhibition path.

The Spanish police returned the private collector a picture of the famous surrealist Salvador Dali. The artist’s work was stolen four years ago from home in Girona. In Catalonia there are three painters of the painter: the house is a museum in Portalligat, the Gala Museum Dali Dali in the medieval castle of Piubol, where she lived until her death in 1979, and the museum was given in Fierses.

The forces of the coalition dealt a new blow to the capital of Iraq. The bombing began around 22:30 Moscow time. According to AFP, the first goal of allied aviation was the southeastern suburbs of Baghdad. However, the Reuters correspondent said from the scene that the presidential palace in the very center of the city was subjected to bombardment. AFP indicates that only one of the missiles got into the city center, while where it was broken, so far it is impossible to determine.

The deputy head of the apparatus of the Government of the Russian Federation Alexei Volin believes that Russian society has plunged into excessive and dangerous religiosity. “Earlier, I said that excessive clericalization of society can be dangerous, but now I am convinced that it has already become dangerous,” A. Volin said in an interview with Gazeta , Interfax reported today.