British director Alan Parker died at the age of 76 after a long illness, writes The Hollywood Reporter. Parker made the films “Midnight Express”, “Wall” to the music of Pink Floyd , “Mississippi on the Fire”, “Evita”, “Ptach”, “The Life of David Gale” and others.

The Russian Ambassador to Minsk Dmitry Mezentsev on the air of Channel One said that the Russians detained in Belarus at crossing the border presented the border services for employees who gave the right to conduct labor activities in the country, TASS reports . “A partner for these people was a citizen of the Republic of Belarus. They had concluded labor contracts with one of the companies about which the embassy has. And there is nothing illegal here too, ”he said.

King of Saudi Arabia Salman Ben Abdel Aziz Al Saud was discharged from the hospital in Riyadh. He was undergoing an operation on the gall bladder, reports the Saudi news agency SPA. On July 20, it became known that King Salman was hospitalized to undergo a medical examination. In the 84-year-old ruler, inflammation of the gallbladder was diagnosed. Salman ibn Abdul-Aziz in 1953 was 18 years old was appointed representative of the king and emir of the capital of Saudi Arabia-Er-Riyada.

The persecution of Soviet power to the Russian Church was such that it was not to say about their faith, but even silently follow it as a feat. The new martyrs and confessors, glorified in the face of the saints did not come: believed, prayed and meekly went to their Calvarys. “Polit.ru” recalls those who gave their lives for faith and by whose prayers the Russian Church is alive - even if almost nothing came to us besides the name.

Yuri Kovalev NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Flickr Polit.ru continues the cycle of online lectures. The previous ones-conversations with Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Alexander Auzan, Marat Helman, Leonid Waldman and others-you can look at our YouTube channel . Also, the schedule of online lectures can be monitored on our website .

For two and a half months, Moscow stores fined a total of more than 300 million rubles for the absence of masks and gloves from workers and buyers, TASS reports . According to the first deputy head of the Moscow Mayor, the head of the Department of Trade and Services of Alexei Nemeryuk, more than 6 thousand violation protocols were drawn up for shops.

On July 30, a successful launch of the Mars-2020 mission took place. In the second half of February next year, the Perseeverans Mars -Road should arrive at Mars and the INGENITY helicopter. The ATLAS V 541 launch vehicle launched from the SLC-41 site at Cape Kanveral at 11:50 by universal time (14:50 Moscow time). The access to the orbit of the flight to Mars took less than an hour. According to NASA, the second stage of the launch vehicle brought a module to orbit.

The American company Apple this year plans to release new iPhone models “a few weeks later” of the planned period, according to the company's website. “Last year, we started selling new iPhone at the end of September, but this year we expect that they will begin a few weeks later,” said Apple's financial director Luke Maerste during a television conference with the company's investors.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov commented on the detention of Russians in Belarus. According to him, they were detained unreasonably, and they did not do anything illegal, Medusa reports . “Of course, the groundless detention of 33 Russian citizens does not quite fit into the parameters of allied relations. This is definitely.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on a three -day vote in elections and referenda. The document is published on the official portal of legal information. The law entered into force. On July 21, deputies of the State Duma in final reading adopted a bill under which three -day voting in elections and referenda is allowed. The idea of ​​raising a vote in one day was nominated by the head of the CEC Ella Pamfilova.

Over the past day, in 84 regions of Russia, 5482 new cases of coronavirus infection were discovered, 161 patients died, 8755 recovered, Moscow Opershatab reports on the situation with Covid-19. It is noted that about 25.5% of the new sick did not have clinical manifestations of the disease. Most cases of infection per day were found in Moscow (695), the Sverdlovsk region (210), the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (171), St. Petersburg (159), and the Moscow region (150).

Sales of tours to vacation in Russia under a preferential program, which provides for partial cost compensation, will last a week. This was reported on the air of the Russia 1 television channel, the head of the Rosturism Zarina Dogusova. She noted that the start of the program will be announced in advance in the near future so that citizens could choose a suitable tour.

In the Belogorsky district of Crimea, at about 05:15 Passenger minibus collided with the standing KAMAZ. Eight people were killed, including the minibus driver, TASS reports . In the State Emergencies Ministry of Emergencies, they reported that the accident occurred on the Tavrida highway, near the village of Rusakovka. According to the agency, the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter minibus with 18 passengers moved from Belogorsk to Simferopol.

Over the past day, 14 patients died in Moscow who had a coronavirus detected. The total number of dead as a result of infection reached 4460, the operational headquarters for monitoring and monitoring the situation with coronaviral infection. In Moscow, which is in the first place in the country in the number of patients with coronavirus, 240664 cases of infection were recorded, including 678 over the past day. Recovered 177908 people.

Scientists found a gene in the Australian lime, which ensures resistance to a dangerous citrus disease - to the greening, also known under the Chinese name Huanglunbin (“Green Dragon Disease”). The greening of citrus fruits is caused by a bacterium from the genus Liberibacter . The leaves of affected trees turn yellow and fall out prematurely. Then the branches, roots, and the tree dies.