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.

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.

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.

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 territory of the main international airport named after Saddam Hussein has not yet been fully controlled by American troops, and separate shootings are continuing on its periphery, CBS television company reports.

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.

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.

During the battles for the Baghdad airport, the Iraqi army captured five American tanks, one helicopter and destroyed or captured the crews of these combat vehicles. This was stated by Iraqi authorities. According to the Iraqis, they captured combat trophies during the battles near the village of Radkhtovani, which is located next to the airport, reports Reuters. The representative of the Iraqi government said that Iraqi television would soon show the captured equipment.

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.

In India, 21 people drowned as a result of the collapse of the river ferry during the storm. The tragedy occurred in the state of Gujarat, RIA Novosti reports. There were 42 people on board the ferry, mainly pilgrims from West Bengal. The ferry sank the night before during a storm on the Narmada River, about 100 km from the administrative capital of Ahmedabad. Currently, rescue brigades are searching for missing people, among whom, presumably, nine women and three children.

In the Dagestan city of Khasavyurt on Friday, the largest anti -war action in Iraq has been the largest in the republic since the beginning of US aggression in Iraq. More than 20 thousand of its participants left in the morning to the central square of the city - Baturmurzaev Square. The manifestation authorized by the city administration is carried out on the initiative of public organizations, the Muslim clergy, ministers of the Russian Orthodox Church and the local Jewish community.

The President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation Valentin Piseev critically appreciated the current judgment system in figure skating. This was stated on Friday at a press conference at RIA Novosti. According to Piseev, he is not satisfied with the anonymity of this system and the incorrectness arising in this regard. With the current system, it is impossible to establish which of the judges appreciated this or that skater.

On Thursday, the UK appeal court decided that the driver guilty of the death of a person in an accident that occurred at the time of his conversation on a mobile phone will now serve at least 4-year prison conclusion. New amendments to the law have already entered into force. In the new rules that concern the life -threatening other people’s life, there are four starting points corresponding to the degree of guilt of the offender.

Speaking on the eve of the students of the University of California at Los Angeles, the former director of the US Central Intelligence Directorate, James Woolsi, said that the United States has been conducting the Fourth World War, which could last for many years. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to CNN television company . According to him, this war is waged against three enemies: "religious rulers of Iran," fascists "of Iraq and Syria and Islamic extremists like" al-Qaeda ".

On Friday, the American command reported another deceased from the "friendly fire" - the American soldier was killed after he was mistaken for an Iraqi soldier. This incident occurred on Thursday and became the last confirmed case of the death of an American soldier from his colleagues, reports Reuters. The statement of the central command says that he served in the 5th corps of the American army, and that the incident occurred in the Central Iraq. The name of the soldier is not called.