Two people died and three were injured as a result of an explosion in a five -story residential building in Togliatti on Saturday. According to Anatoly Karchuk, the head of the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Samara Region, an explosion of domestic gas with subsequent fire in the house. "The explosion signal was received at 6:28 in the morning. The explosion and fire occurred in the apartment on the fifth floor.

In the Yaroslavl region, three suspects of rape and murder of a schoolgirl in the suburbs were detained, law enforcement officer told RIA Novosti. According to law enforcement agencies, previously convicted and two non-working structures were detained during operational-search measures.

On Saturday, August 25, in Japanese Osaka, the World Athletics Championship starts. 105 athletes went to Osaka from the Russian national team. For the first time in many years, the domestic athletics team went to a major competition without the head coach Valery Kulichenko, temporarily suspended from the leadership of the team as a result of a doping scandal.

In France, on Saturday night at the age of 83, the former Prime Minister Raymon Barr died, Reuters reported with reference to the statement of his family members. "Raymon Barr died on the night of August 25 at the Val-de-Grace hospital," the statement said. Barr headed the French government from 1976 to 1981. He was placed in the hospital in April due to heart problems. Former French president Valery Zhiskar d'Esten said: "France lost one of its most devoted servants.

A large fire arose in the prestigious area of ​​Athens Filotei on the night of Saturday, RIA Novosti reports. In this one of the most green areas of the four millionth Athenian metropolis, where the villas of wealthy citizens drowning in greenery are located, serious firefighting forces are directed. Athenian firefighters have already requested reinforcements to combat fire in the Greek capital. Earlier on Friday, the foothills of the mountain massif pented north of Athens lit up.

The number of those killed as a result of two explosions that thundered tonight in the center of the South Indian city of Haidrabad can reach, according to preliminary data, 30 people. According to television channels, dozens of wounded, including children, were delivered to city hospitals in emergency news, ITAR-TASS reports. The tragedy was played out in Lumbini Park, which is located opposite the building where the local government is located.

Former servicemen of the Kansky division of strategic missile forces and their families on Saturday began a three -day warning hunger strike, demanding that they provide them with housing, Yuri Pisarev, deputy chairman of the protest committee, told RIA Novosti. The former military announced the intention to start a hunger strike on August 20. Their main requirements are the issuance of housing certificates for the purchase of apartments.

Muscovites and guests of the capital literally take the attacks of the Ryazan direction to get to the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2007 in Zhukovsky near Moscow. According to the temporary press center of the exhibition, more than 300 thousand people can visit the salon on Saturday.

Moscow "Spartak" lost points in the 22nd round of the Russian football championship, defeating in Kazan from the local Rubin with a score of 1: 3. For the head coach of the metropolitan team of Stanislav Cherchesov, this defeat was the first in the championship after his arrival in the team. At the start of the Spartak championship, under the leadership of Vladimir Fedotov, he did not lose nine rounds in a row, having won five victories during this period at four draws.

In Ingushetia today in the village of Troitskaya, the Sunzhensky district, at a cemetery at about 16:00 Moscow time, an explosion occurred during the funeral of a local resident there. As a result, one person was affected by a slight tangent wound. He was provided with medical care in the hospital. Currently, an investigation group is working on the spot. According to preliminary data, it was established that the F-1 grenade exploded on a stretch.

The surface of Mars may contain microbacteria, scientists consider after rechecking data collected during the first flight to this planet more than 30 years ago. These conclusions were presented by Joop Hottkoper from the University of the German city of Hesse at the European Scientific Planetary Congress in Potsdam. In 1976, the search for life on Mars ended when the Viking spacecraft first touched the surface of the Red Planet and did not record any biological activity.

As a result of the Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip and on the western bank of the Jordan River, seven Palestinians have died from Friday evening. According to the Palestinian side, two radicals were killed today in a shootout with soldiers on the border with the sector. One of them belonged to the grouping committees of folk resistance, the other to the democratic front of the liberation of Palestine.

Regional conferences of the opposition coalition "Another Russia" will be held today in several cities. The main question is the nomination of a single presidential candidate from the opposition. Conferences will be held in Yaroslavl, Orenburg, Krasnoyarsk. On the eve of the Kurgan branch of "Gorotorsov" nominated the United Civil Front Harry Kasparov to the president of the leader. His candidacy was nominated by a rural journalist.

The fifth day of work of the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2007 in the first four hours broke the attendance record for all previous days of the exhibition. “According to the data at 14:00 Moscow time, about 250 thousand people came to the airfield of the M.M. Gromov Research Institute,” Ivan Kalygin said ITAR-TASS, head of the MAKS-2007 press center. According to him, such data are given by the operational headquarters.

In Rostov-on-Don, KamAZ could not resist the brakes, as a result of which seven vehicles were damaged, one passenger of the Gazelle route was injured, an Interfax agency on Saturday told a source in the city traffic police department. "The accident occurred at about 18:00 on Friday on a lively Vavilovo highway. KamAZ driver performed repair work.