In the city of Houston (Texas) on Thursday, a roof of a two -story garage collapsed, as a result of which about 40 people received various injuries. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to local media. Three quarters of the victims were delivered to the hospital. According to some reports, the incident occurred during the religious meeting. The causes of the incident are established.

Ilya Karpyuk Jose Manuel Barrosa, Herman van Rompey and Petro Poroshenko in Brussels Photo: President.gov.ua On Friday, at 11 in the morning in Moscow, the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine expired. Even up to this point, it was obvious that the world in the east of the country could not be achieved. On the night of June 27, the separatists attacked a block of central government forces under the Kramatorsky.

Vladimir Putin ten hours before the end of the ceasefire in Ukraine announced the need to introduce a long -term ceasefire, Interfax reports. “Ukraine needs to return to the path of peace, dialogue and consent. The main thing is to ensure the long-term ceasefire as a necessary condition for holding substantive negotiations between the Kyiv authorities and representatives of the southeastern regions, ”the Russian President said at the ceremony of presenting verification letters of foreign states.

The Central Television program entering NTV became the owner of TEFI in the nomination for the best information program. This was reported at the Instagram Prize. The host of "Central Television" Vadim Takmenev was recognized as the best presenter. In this nomination, he bypassed Dmitry Kiselev’s leading “news”. The host of the Evening News program on Channel One Dmitry Borisov also claimed a TEF figurine. Three prizes received the series of Valery Todorovsky “Thaw”.

The State Council of Tatarstan is going to abandon the use of the word “president” in the name of the head of the region by September. For replacement, he examines various options, including “Babai of Tatarstan”, Kommersant writes on Friday. The preparation of alternative versions of the name of the highest republican position is engaged in the working group; However, there is no consensus about what name will be approved.

As a result of a clashes, which lasted seven hours, armed supporters of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic occupied the territory of military unit No. 3004 in Donetsk. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the National Guard of Ukraine. The battalion commander was captured by invaders. The personnel of the military unit was moved to the territory of another part. Earlier, the National Guard reported that the military unit No.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a new charter of the Russian Academy of Sciences-the seventh in the history of its existence. It is reported by Interfax . According to Medvedev, in the course of work on the charter his legal positions were honed, and the final option takes into account the proposals of the Russian Academy of Sciences and government structures.

In the framework of the “Summer Campus - 2013”, the chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Sergei Naryshkin, discussed with participants issues regarding the development of young specialists, as well as the passage of practice in state structures. According to Sergei Naryshkin, the youth sector today is the creative environment that can offer unexpected and effective solutions to the current socio-economic problems of the country.

The court in St. Petersburg refused to arrest Natalia Balandin, suspected of killing an 8-year-old daughter during a vacation in Tunisia, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Investigative Committee of St. Petersburg on Friday. Thus, the court denied the investigation that petitioned the arrest of the suspect. By the decision of the judge, the woman was chosen to be a wizard. During the investigation, she will be at the place of residence in the city of Kolpina.

Specialists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are testing a new model of a planetary rover designed for research in the ocean covered with a layer of ice. The two-wheeled device, somewhat reminiscent of an inverted Segway, will move along the lower edge of the ice while underwater. The developers believe that it will be useful both on Earth and beyond. The device has positive buoyancy, which allows it to stay under a layer of ice.

The law of the Russian Federation “On Education” may be amended, which relate to the status of a pedagogical worker. The relevant amendments to the legislation was developed by the deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education Viktor Shudegov, Izvestia writes. The document mainly involves an increase in the security of teachers with an experience of 10 years or more - including from unreasonable insults and ridicule.

The Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine (NSBOU) recognized that five Ukrainian security forces were killed on checkpoints in the east of the country, Interfax reports with reference to the representative of the NSDC information center Andrei Lysenko. “Unfortunately, there are losses from the Ukrainian security forces. Five of our guys died during these battles, ”Andrei Lysenko said at a briefing on Friday in Kyiv.

At the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region, there was an automatic abolition of the first test launch of the new class of the Angara-1.2 PP light class, Interfax reports with reference to the commanding of the Aerospace Defense forces Alexander Golovko. Russian President Vladimir Putin monitored the launch of a missile for conference-communications and, after the cancellation of the launch, gave responsible departments an hour to analyze the situation.

In Brussels, representatives of Georgia and the European Union signed an association agreement, Interfax reports. The signature under the agreement was set by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, as well as the chairman of the European Council Herman van Rompei and the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barrosa. The document must sign all 28 EU member states.

In the port of St. Petersburg, police and customs officers seized 12 kilograms of cocaine from a vessel who came from New Orleans through Rotterdam. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. The search took place on June 25 as part of a previously initiated criminal case under the article “Smuggling of narcotic drugs” (229.1 of the Criminal Code). Cocaine was found in the technical cavities of the refrigerated container.