Former King of Spain Juan Carlos I left the country against the background of an anti -corruption investigation about the origin of his foreign accounts, writes the newspaper El Mundo. The ex-head of the state informed his son, King of Spain, Philip VI, that he decided to leave the country. “I have been the king of Spain for almost 40 years, and throughout all these years I always wanted the best for Spain and for the crown,” the Juan Carlos I, published on the Royal Court’s website, says.

The Crew Dragon spacecraft with two astronauts on board returned to Earth . He spoke in the Gulf of Mexico. Crew Dragon is a manned version of the new generation of Dragon 2. SpaceX was engaged in the development of the novelty. She is capable of transporting four astronauts to the ISS. In a detonated state, Crew Dragon is able to ensure the vital activity of the crew within a week.

Google introduced a new model of its smartphone - Pixel 4A, according to the company's blog. Pixel 4A has a 5.81-inch OLED screen, the Snapdragon 730G processor. The amount of RAM is 6 GB, built -in - 128 GB. Pixel 4A will appear on sale from August 20. The smartphone is available for pre -order for $ 349, you can also order fabric covers of three colors for it. Introduction #Pixel4a . The Helpful Google Phone At a Helpful Price.

The first lacomotive man appeared in Russia, the press service of Russian Railways said . She will be able to start her duties only from January 1, 2021. As stated in the company’s message, the first girl who mastered the profession of the driver was 21-year-old Sofya Dorofeeva. She graduated with honors from the Moscow College of Railway and Urban Transport, in which she studied for two years. Until the summer of 2019, only men worked in this profession.

Over the past day, 5,159 new Covid-19 cases in 83 regions have been confirmed in Russia, 30% did not have symptoms. 144 people died, recovered - 7,878, the official channel of the operational headquarters of Moscow on the situation with coronavirus reports on August 4. In Moscow, 691 people fell ill, in the Sverdlovsk region-182, the Khanty-Mansiysk AO-177, the Moscow region-161, St. Petersburg-158. The least cases in the Pskov region is one new patient with coronavirus.

Australian and American military saved three sailors from the uninhabited island of Pikelot in micronzia. And they were found thanks to the large SOS inscription on the sand, writes The Guardian. On July 30, the sailors went to sea in a seven -meter boat and wanted to swim about 40 km to the neighboring atoll, but lost their way, and fuel ended in the boat. Australia and the USA organized their searches.

On September 3, in the online lecture of Polit.ru we meet with Andrei Lankov, a Korea historian, professor at the University of Kunmin in Seoul. Typically, the wars of stories are waged against countries that either in the representation of the elites, or in the representation of the people, are “enemies”.

The ammonium nitrate exploded in the port of Beirut, reports Al Hadath, the words of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Livan Muhammad Fahmi. The dangerous substance was stored in a warehouse after confiscation. “The explosive materials located in boxing No. 12 are“ ammonium nitrate ”, and you should ask customs why they are there,” Fakhmy said.

The Investigative Committee began the first preliminary investigation on the complaint about the illegal application of force on the part of the police to participants in protests in the summer of 2019 in Moscow, the committee against torture said . Dozens of complaints are still without attention, human rights activists say. Investigators will have to consider the appeal of Mikhail Fito, one of the participants in last year's shares.

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.

The Crimea will conduct a series of experiments on the artificial call of rain using aviation, follows from the documentation on the public procurement website. For these goals, local authorities are ready to spend up to 25.5 million rubles. It is planned that it will cause rain using an airplane equipped with a nitrogen generator and devices for shooting pyropatron with iodine silver.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service saw a violation of tickets for closed air administrations, the press service of the department said in a statement. The ministry was recommended to pay attention to the problem situation. The FAS said that passengers complain to the department. They sold tickets to countries with which there is no message, and instead of a return of money, vouchers offer.

US President Donald Trump signed a decree restricting the hiring of foreign workers into federal departments and their subordinate organizations, the White House website reported . New norms concern the working visas of the H1-B category for highly qualified foreign specialists.

Attempts to bring local legislation in accordance with the federal sometimes meet competent resistance. Two weeks ago, the presidential envoy in the Central Federal District Georgy Poltavchenko promised to bring Moscow legislative acts regarding compulsory registration in accordance with federal legislation, and even cancel the police inspections of visitors.

Vladimir Pastukhov Pixabay.com 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 . Vladimir Pastukhov - political scientist, researcher University College of London.