The militants of the Taliban movement abducted and then killed 16 people in the Afghan province of Zabul, from whom the voter registration cards were found, ITAR-TASS reports. This was announced today by a representative of the government of Afghanistan. This is the most bloody episode in the campaign begun by the Taliban in order to break the upcoming general elections in September.

The President of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov denied the information that the special services gave preventive data on the upcoming sabotage of the militants in Ingushetia on the night of June 22. "The statements that someone had a preemptive information about the upcoming sabotage of the militants and reported this information to the leadership and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia are not true," Zyazikov said in an interview with Interfax on Sunday evening.

Russian woman Elena Ishimbaeva updated her own world record for jumping with a pole. This happened at competitions from the Grand Prix series in the British Gaitshid. The result of Ishimbaeva amounted to four meters and 87 centimeters. Recall that Ishimbaeva set the last record in this discipline in March at the World Cup in closed rooms in Budapest, and it was equal to four meters and 86 centimeters.

Türkiye will never meet the requirements of terrorists, even in exchange for the lives of its citizens. This was stated on Sunday by the Minister of National Defense of the country Vedzhdi Genyul, according to the Anatolian news agency. Genyul’s statement was a response to the ultimatum of the group Abu Musab Az-Zarkavi, who promised to decapitate three Turkish hostages, if the Turkish government does not cease to support the operations of coalition forces in Iraq, the agency notes.

European Championship Quarterfinals Denmark -Chem - 0: 3 (0: 0) Goals: Colller, 49. Barosh, 63. Barosh, 65. Denmark : Serensen, Begelund, Henriksen, Laursen, Helweg, Gravein, Gronyar, Tomson, Jorgensen, K. Jensen, Populsen Czech Republic : Czech, Galashka, Bolf, Yangulovski, Farm, Colller, Rositski, Nedved, Zhirans, Barosh, Uyvalushi Judge Ivanov (Russia). Port. Dragau Stadium.

The Czech team is perfect before the match with the Danish national team, winning three games in the group tournament. However, not only Czechs want to win in this match. The Danes, if they enter the final part of the European Championship, then reach at least to the semifinals. However, the same statistics suggest that the Danes only once within 18 matches celebrated victory over the Czechs only once, having lost 11 meetings.

In the United States, the lawyer David Cobb became a candidate for the president of the Green Party. The corresponding decision was made during the party’s congress, which opened on June 23 to Miluoi. A lawyer from Texas, at the final vote in Miluoka, managed to get ahead of the “veteran” of the presidential election of Ralph Nadera. The latter participated in the campaigns of 1996 and 2000.

The armed soldier arbitrarily left the place of service in North Ossetia. As Interfax, an informed source in the brigade of internal troops deployed in Vladikavkaz, said on Sunday, the outpost located on the administrative border of North Ossetia and Ingushetia, left the armed soldier Yuri Yashin the night. Yashin was called up a year ago by the Nikolsky RVC of the city of Penza, with him there is an automatic machine and two stores with cartridges.

Iraqi police and coalition troops in the city of Nasiria, located 375 km southeast of Baghdad, detained two Chechens involved in Al-Qaeda. According to Iraqi, the Iraqi newspaper in Iraq security, the detainees were in the armed group, which was sent to carry out the operation in the area located near the city of the US Air Force base.

As a result of the Li-2 aircraft catastrophe, a pilot, an airborneist and a girl died, according to the specified data. In total, there were five people aboard the aircraft, including the child. This was announced on Sunday by the Radio station "Echo of Moscow" on -duty services of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Moscow Region, which reported the details of the Saturday tragedy.

Israeli troops have held one of the most successful raids against terrorists over the past few months in the city of Nalus. As a result, according to Palestinian medical sources, eight Palestinians were killed, including three local leaders: Nayf Abu Shakh - the leader of the "Brigades of the Martyr al -Axsa" on the west coast, the local leader of the Hamas military wing in the plug and the leader of the Islamic Jihad in the city of Jenin, RIA Novosti reports.

The first laureates of the XXVI of the Moscow Film Festival are named. On Sunday, at the final press conference in the Cinema House, the jury of the International Cinemics Association of Fipers was awarded, RIA Novosti reports. The best film by the jury of Fipers, who was headed by Umberto Rossi (Italy), called the film "Harvest Time" directed by Marina Razbuzhkina. As the chairman of the jury said at a press conference, this film was the only candidate for the prize.

The coach of the Greece national team Otto Rehagel, believes that his team exit to the semifinals of the European Championship in Portugal - will remain in memory the best episode related to football work. Recall that his team entered the semifinals, winning the French team along the way. “Nothing is better than a victory over France, who has already been a European champion,” Rehagel said in an interview with German television.

The Swiss Rozhe Federer reached the fourth round of the Wimbledon tournament, defeating the Swede Thomas Johansson. Recall that Roger is the current winner of these competitions. In addition to him, Andy Roddik, Tim Hanman and Jennifer Capriati reached the fourth round. Roddick in a dispute of the slaughter presenters defeated his compatriot Taylor Dent, winning him 6: 3, 7: 6, 7: 6. Hanman prevailed over Hisham Arazi from Morocco 7: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2.

Portugal Prime Minister Jose Manuel Derao Barrozo received vast support from the leaders of the EU member countries as a candidate for the post of chairman of the European Commission. This was announced on Sunday by the Prime Minister of Ireland Bertie Achaern, reports AFP. According to Achaern, the candidacy of the Portuguese prime minister will be proposed at a meeting of EU leaders on June 29.