In the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, a large car accident occurred. According to RBC , on a mountain road 90 km north of Jamm, the winter capital of the state, a passenger bus crashed. As a result, at least 27 people died, 35 were injured of varying severity. At the time of the accident, the bus was crowded, more than 60 passengers were in it. All wounded were delivered to the nearest hospital. The main cause of the tragedy has not yet been established.

The colleagues of the Italian journalist Juliana Sugren, stolen in Iraq, turned to the kidnappers with an appeal to free the hostage, reports RBC with reference to the ASSOCIETED RRASS. "J. Sgren always fought for peace and has always been an ally of the Iraqi people - her articles reflected disagreement with the occupation war, which the United States waged," the Il Manifesto Italian newspaper said.

In Moscow, a policeman was detained, who withdrew money from a bank card with a bully detained by him, reports "Gazeta.ru" with reference to "Interfax". This was announced on Sunday by a law enforcement source. According to the source, on Saturday evening, employees of the Savelovsky inter-district prosecutor’s office detained the policeman-driver of the first department of non-departmental security at the Department of Internal Affairs of the Northern Administrative District.

Nine Russian military personnel who returned from vacation to the place in the 42nd motorized rifle division in Chechnya were detained by Georgian police officers on a two-km checkpoint 15 km from Tskhinvali, Gazeta.ru reports. A source in the headquarters of the group of Russian troops in Transcaucasia (GRVZ) reported on Sunday that the reason for the detention was the lack of documents for crossing the border: they had only internal Russian passports and vacation tickets.

The new Ukrainian Minister of Defense Anatoly Gritsenko said that the priority problem for Ukraine is to “increase the readiness of the armed forces to the same level,” like the states included in the North Atlantic Alliance. It is reported by ITAR-TASS .

A series of attacks on police sections was made in Mexico, as a result of which three police officers and a teenager were killed, news agency reports. The attacks took place in Acapulco, where elections to local authorities will be held today. One of the attacks was on a police station near Acapulco Airport, where a policeman and a teenager nearby died.

In Bishkek, several hundred representatives of the opposition party went to the streets, demanding honest and fair parliamentary elections, NTV television company reports. The action was planned on Victory Square in the city center, but in the morning a police cordon was exhibited there. I had to hold a rally in a neighboring square.

The United States discuss with representatives of Palestine and Israel the possibility of creating an “anti -crisis group”, the task of which will include the continuation of peace negotiations even in the event of an escalation of violence, RBC reports. According to the representative of the American State Department, this group should include both representatives of Palestine and Israel and the United States.

The Russian tennis player (she is also the winner of last year's Wimbledon) Maria Sharapova won the next tournament. This time - WTA in Tokyo (the prize pool is $ 1.3 million). In a decisive match, she defeated the American Lindsay Davenport with a score of 6: 1, 3: 6, 7: 6 (7: 5). “I am very happy to win this victory. Lindsay spent a very good match and was able to show her best tennis, so at the decisive moment of the game everything decided on the taibrek where luck smiled at me.

About 800 Muscovites came on Sunday to the Avtozavodskaya metro station to honor the memory of the dead as a result of the attack in the capital's subway a year ago, RIA Novosti reports. With the words of support and sympathy for the relatives and friends of the victims and injured on behalf of the capital's authorities, the first deputy mayor in the Moscow government, Peter Aksyonov.

In Austria, four people disappeared as a result of snow avalanches, RBC reports. According to local authorities, three men disappeared in the south of the country, and a woman disappeared near Salzburg. Today, the danger of avalanches in mountainous areas remains at the highest, fifth level. Meanwhile, in recent days, a large number of ski lovers arrive in the Austrian Alps.

The Big Seven countries again expressed their readiness to write off the debts of the poorest countries on certain conditions, the Echo of Moscow reports. This is stated in the statement of the Ministers of Finance and the heads of the central banks "Seven", which held the next meeting in London. The condition of debt recaps should be economic reforms under the control of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

The American and Israeli military have installed several powerful radar installations in Iraq near the border with Iran to monitor Iranian territory. According to RIA Novosti , the Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat learned that the radars were installed on the island of Umm er-Rassas (southern Iraq, near the city of Basra) on the Shatt al-Arab River, less than a kilometer from the Iranian river port of Khorramshahr .

In the elections of the governor of the Nenets Autonomous Okrugapo, more than 52% of voters voted at 18.00 Moscow time, Gazeta.Ru reports. This was reported in the election of the NAO. "The largest number of voters came to the sections in the afternoon. In some areas, even a queue was formed," the election commission said. The election commission emphasized that no violations in polling stations were recorded. Polling stations in the NAO opened at 8.00 Moscow time.

The election of the head of the district administration and deputies of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug took place, said Vera Kuznetsova, secretary of the district election commission. "It is safe to say that all the elections were held in the district. According to the head of the administration, there is no turnout, and the threshold of turnout is currently overcome by deputies," she said.