The manufacturer of sports cars McLaren Automotive replenished the product line with the open modification of the MP4-12C supercar, Kolesa.ru reports. The new competitor Ferrari 458 Italia Spider is equipped with a metal roof, which can be lifted/folded using an electric drive in less than 17 seconds at a speed of up to 30 km/h. The installation of the mechanism of folding the roof led to an increase in the equipped mass of the model by 40 kilograms.

In the German city of Karlsruhe Federal Land Baden-Württemberg, the police cordoned off the building, and then stormed the apartment in which the armed criminal kept the hostages. The incident occurred during the enforcement of the tenant. Protesting against the court decision, the man took several people hostage, among whom was the bailiff. According to the latest data, hostages and a person who captured them are dead. The police are talking about four dead, reports Die sueddeutsche Zeitung .

The alleged murderers of the former Georgian general Roman Dumbadze, shot on May 21 in Moscow, of which the Investigative Committee reported on the eve of the day before, was calculated thanks to intelligence information, the Stream Road system and data from mobile operators, Kommersant reported.

The landscape of the famous English romance John constel set a cost record at the auction by the works of "Old Masters" and British painters, which are held by the Christie's auction house this summer. The Plotini canvas sold for 22 million 441 thousand pounds (over $ 35.2 million), became the most expensive of the artist that had ever left the hammer, whose creative career peaks came in the 10-20s of the XIX century, ITAR-TASS noted.

The Christian community of the Indian state Manipur opposed the preparatory to adopt a law directed against the transition of the Hindus to another religion. The bill contains insurmountable obstacles to Indians who want to adopt Christianity, reports the Sedmitsa.ru portal with reference to the information of the Fides agency.

The Russian National national team of Russia after the male remained without the head coach. The French specialist Farid Gallesty filed in the midst of this post at the height of the qualifying cycle. The reason for this decision of the mentor was family circumstances. According to the press service of the RFU , the decision on the new head coach will be made within the near future.

The weighted medium of the US dollar to the Russian ruble with the term of “Tomorrow” accounts at the auction of the Unified Trading Session of the Interbank currency exchanges as of 11:30 Moscow time, on the basis of which the process of the dollar’s ​​exchange rate is held the next day, fell into 27.24 kopecks and amounted to 32.2065 rubles, the Finnmarket reports.

Military personnel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation blocked citizens' access to the house of Sergei Schukin in Bolshoi Znamensky, 8, in the center of Moscow, built in the middle of the 18th century and is a monument of federal significance, the Archnadzor public movement said. As specified in the press release, Schukin’s house is located in the territory limited by Bolshoi Znamensky Lane, Znamenka Street and Kolymazhny Lane, RIA Novosti reports.

The pilot of the Russian team "Formula-1" Marussia F1 Maria de Villota, taken on Tuesday into the hospital with serious injuries after the accident on the team tests, is conscious, but its condition remains stably serious. The 32-year-old Spanka is undergoing an in-depth medical examination at the Addenbroke hospital in Kai. The Russian "stable" said that she would provide more detailed information about the state of the pilot, when the doctors are ready to give a more detailed assessment.

The PSMA Rus plant in Kaluga (the joint venture PSA Peugeot-Citroen and Mitsubishi Motors) on Wednesday, July 4, will launch the production of the new Peugeot 408, RIA Novosti reports. The first pre -production car Peugeot 408 got off the assembly line in April 2012. As the Avtostat portal notes, while the first KEGEOT 408 trademarks received a number of components from domestic and foreign suppliers working in Russia.

The famous British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking arranged the most important test for travelers in time: he rolled a party for them, sending the invitations after the event took place, reports The Daily Mail . The holiday was supposed to take place on June 28, 2009, but the guests from the future verified with a bang failed. “I sat there for quite some time and waited, but no one came.

Payments of premium, without exception, to the players of the French team, who considered it for the exit to the quarterfinals of the European Championship, will be frozen. This was stated by the president of the Football Federation of France (FFF) Noel Le Grace. Euro 2012: schedule and results of matches “Our players should be punished, but I do not want them to make victims,” ITAR -TASS quotes an official. According to Le Grace, the money may be redistributed.

About the story of a divorce of the Hollywood star, Tom Cruise and actress Katie Holmes New York lawyer Lyubov Stark, specializing in the divorce proceedings, said that in this matter the three sides are the mother, father and the teachings of Scientology.

In terms of the Russian government to re -equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, one particularly secret point was found until 2020. The Ministry of Defense and the leadership of the country previously disclosed the amount of funds that will go to the "accounts" of various branches of the troops. However, it is not possible to reduce the balance - from 20 trillion rubles, which will be spent on rearmament, about four trillion remain "uninitiated".

The Kharya County Court in Estonia sentenced the former security officer Alexei Dressen on Tuesday by 16 years in prison for espionage in favor of Russia, Interfax reports with reference to the court press secretary Christina. According to her, Dressen was found guilty of state treason and the transfer of internal information. Dressen's wife Victoria Dressen was found guilty of state treason and in the assistance of the transfer of internal information.