Palestinian negotiators will hold an emergency meeting in Cairo with representatives of the League of the Arab states on August 11. This was reported by the Egyptian portal Mena . The theme of the meeting will be a crisis in the gas sector. The Palestinian delegation said that, most likely, she would refuse the mediation of Egypt in negotiations with Israel on August 10, if Israel agrees to return to the negotiation table without preliminary conditions.

In the North American state of Missour, mass excitement broke out after the police officer shot a black teenager, reports the Associated Press . On August 5, the police officer Ferguson shot an 18-year-old young man returning home after school. The official representative of the city police confirmed the fact of shooting, but refused to explain why the policeman opened fire. A service investigation is currently underway, the officer is temporarily suspended from the service.

US racer, three -time Nascar Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stuart shot down the racer Kevin Ward in one of the races. It is reported by USA Today . The race Motorsports Park took place in the Kanandeigua of the state of New York. The racer Kevin Ward Jr. got into an accident, got out of the car and tried to run around the track. According to another version, the racer tried to express something to Stuart, but he knocked him down. Kevin Ward died on the way to the hospital.

In Turkey, voting in the presidential election ended. Currently, polling stations are closed, votes are counted, RIA Novosti reports. The highest election commission decided to hold the elections on August 10 from 09.00 to 18.00 Moscow time. 52.9 million voters were supposed to take part in them. In total, more than 165 thousand sites opened in Turkey. The applicants for the presidency were the current Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ecmeeleddin Ihsanoglu and Selahattin Demirtash.

In the traditional daily poll, Polit.ru invites readers to choose a public figure that causes the most sympathy. The list includes Rinat Akhmetov, Igor Girkin (Strelkov), Andrei Lysenko, Petro Poroshenko, Sergey Taruta, Oleg Tsarev.

Hamas militants again shelled Israeli territory, tweeted . the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) The report said two rockets were fired from the Palestinian Gaza Strip into Israel. There is no data on casualties or destruction. The day before, on August 9, the Israel Defense Forces launched another strike on Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip. Shells exploded in the northern camp of Jebaliya and in the city of Rafah, bordering Egypt.

The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu will not return the delegation to Cairo to negotiations with the Palestinian autonomy to resolve the conflict in the gas sector. It is reported by RIA Novosti . According to him, this is impossible without stopping shelling from the Palestinian side. “Israel will not negotiate under fire,” Netanyahu remarked at a government meeting.

A passenger plane crashed in Iran. This is reported by the local agency IRNA. There were 40 people on board the aircraft. None of the passengers survived. The plane of local airlines crashed northwest of Tehran at the Mekhrabad airport, which is located in the suburb of the city and is used mainly for internal flights. The plane was heading to the city of Tabas. He crashed immediately after taking off. According to some reports, it could be the An-140.

A storm warning was announced in Primorye because of the Halong typhoon, Interfax reports. According to the Primorsky GU EMERCOM of Russia, in connection with the approach of typhoon to the territory of the Primorsky Territory at night and day of August 11, heavy rain is expected in the eastern half of the region. A storm warning has been announced in the region. Operational groups have been created in the cities, the headquarters were deployed in the Primorsky State Ministry of Emergencies.

Russian sailors discovered in the border waters an submarine of the Virginia class of the US Navy. The incident occurred on Thursday, August 7, in the Barents Sea, and the “expulsion” was carried out by the Northern Fleet's duty forces. This was now reported by the ITAR-TASS agency with reference to a "senior representative in the Main Staff of the Navy." According to the agency’s source, the contact with the submarine lasted about 27 minutes, then Virginia left this area.

A rocky breed hit the railway in the Irkutsk region, the press service of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia reports . According to the agency, 15 km from the Slyudyanka 2 station on the railway tracks of the Krugobaikal Railway used for tourist routes, a collapse of a rocky breed was found. The movement of trains on the section of the tracks is suspended. To restore movement from the Slyudyanka 2 station, a recovery train left.

Maxim Russo Mosquito Aedes Albopictus Wikimedia Commons In 1948, scientists discovered a new type of virus that causes a disease in African monkeys. Since the virus was allocated by macaca-roses living in the zika forest in Uganda, it was called the Zika virus, and the disease caused by him is a zika fever (zika fever). Periodically, people's infection in the countries of Africa occurred: Uganda, Tanzania, Egypt, the Central African Republic, and Sierra Leone.

Five Ukrainian officers, previously detained in Russia on suspicion of committing crimes against civilians, returned to Ukraine, Interfax reports with reference to a source in the power structures of the Rostov region. The commander of the battalion of the 72nd brigade and four of his subordinate officers were transferred to the Ukrainian border guards at the Chertkovo checkpoint.

Syrian President Bashar Assad again appointed Prime Minister of the country Vael al-Khalki. It is reported by Reuters with reference to local media. It is worth noting that al-Kalka has been heading the Syrian government since 2012. Recall, Assad took office on July 16. The elections were held in early June. The United States and a number of European countries said they would not recognize the results of the will.

At least 500 Sezid Kurdish Kurds killed militants from the Islamic State movement during the hostilities. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the Iraqi Minister of Human Rights Muhammad al-Sudani. According to him, there is evidence that extremists buried some victims alive. Muhammad al-Sudani also noted that the militants stole about 300 women to make them slaves. Recall that the “Islamic state” was taken under control of vast areas in the north of Iraq this summer.