Israel will agree to the creation of the Palestinian state, but provided that the Palestinians will once and for all refuse confrontation. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak made this statement on the eve of the meeting with the special envoy of the United States Dennis Ross, who arrived in the Middle East. Today, Ross for three hours discussed the possibility of holding a new Palestinian-Israeli summit with the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel Shlomo Ben Ami.

Moscow law enforcement agencies reported today about the detention of four suspects in involvement in the explosion on August 8 on Pushkinskaya Square. One - has a resemblance to a photobot compiled according to the testimony of witnesses. The policemen had doubts about the authenticity of the numbers of the car, in which the detainees were.

Andrei Sharya talks with a Radio Liberty correspondent in Murmansk Andrei Korolev. The conversation reflects the situation at 18.20 Moscow time. Andrey Korolev: The headquarters of the Northern Fleet in Severomorsk hosts a meeting of the Government Commission for the rescue of Kursk. In her work, Vladimir Kuroedov and Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov take part in her work. So far, there is no information about the meeting.

European football teams conducted the latest preparations for the 2002 championship of the World Cup on September 2. The Russian team in Moscow defeated the Israeli team - 1: 0 thanks to the blue of the striker Ramensky Saturn Maxim Buznikin in the 82nd minute. The rivals of Russians in the first qualifying match will be the Swiss. They also held a friendly match on Wednesday, playing a draw with the Greeks on their field - 2: 2.

The atomic submarine "Kursk" is located on the distress of the Kursk atomic boat from the crew of the Belgorod atomic cruiser under construction. This was told to me by the deputy commander of the Belgorod submarine under construction, the captain of the second rank Sergey Makhortov. Now he is in our city on vacation and is going to interrupt it in connection with the events in the Barents Sea. In particular, five military sailors, six midshipmen and three officers are from his crew on Kursk.

Over the past two months, salary debts in Russia have increased by one and a half billion rubles, reaching 40 and a half billion. This was announced today by the Minister of Economic Development, German Gref, who assigned the main responsibility for the growth of debts to the regions. The biggest debt is teachers and doctors.

The British miniature submarine, designed for rescue operations at great depths, and its team are on the way to the place of Kursk’s disaster. Tonight she was immersed on a cargo ship in the Norwegian port of Thornheim. She is accompanied by 27 British rescuers. In addition to the boat on the ship, there is another rescue equipment, including a portable decompression camera.

The outstanding Russian actor and director Oleg Tabakov today marks 65 years. Tabakov - one of the creators of the contemporary theater - is known for numerous roles in the theater and cinema. For many years he led the theater studio, from which the Tabakerka Theater arose. Tabakov leads the acting school named after Stanislavsky in Boston. After the death of Oleg Efremov in May of this year, Oleg Tabakov headed the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater.

The Radio Liberty correspondent in London Natalya Golitsyna is talking with the famous British military expert, an employee of the Jane's Defense Defense Defense Research Center Paul Biver. Natalya Golitsyna: Why is the British rescue submarine "LR-5" delivered to the place of the disaster of the Russian nuclear submarine "Kursk" not directly through Murmansk, but through Norway, on the Norwegian ship? Paul Beaver: The answer is very simple.

In Los Angeles, about two thousand demonstrators gathered at the main police department, protesting against the dispersal of manifestations during the Treasury Congress of the US Democratic Party. Demonstrators accuse the police of abuse, using batons, rubber bullets and other, as they believe, excessive methods. The demonstration of the police department in Los Angeles passed without clashes or arrests, one American flag was burned.

The American ship took on board the two pilots of the Iranian helicopter, which had a disaster in the area of the oil shelf in the Persian Gulf. The Iranian Foreign Ministry turned to the Switzerland embassy in Tehran, which helps the United States in the performance of diplomatic functions in Iran, with a request to clarify the fate of two Iranian pilots. According to Iranian official agency Irna, the helicopter crashed on Wednesday evening, 6 people were on board. Four passengers were saved.

Great Britain called on the authorities of Yugoslavia - either to make official accusations to the two British, arrested on August 1 on suspicion of terrorism, or immediately release them. The British were arrested on the border of Kosovo and Montenegro along with two Canadians. Three detainees worked in Kosovo under the auspices of international organizations. The UK states that all four went on a two -day vacation in Montenegro.

In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, 15 more children are hospitalized with a diagnosis of meningitis. The number of children with this serious illness reaches 118 in the city. From the beginning of the outbreak of infection in June, a full course of treatment for meningitis in the city hospitals has already passed 303 children.

In the Barents Sea, work continues to save the crew of the Kursk nuclear submarine. On board the submarines are 118 people. Relations with the crew - no. The official representative of the General Staff of the Russian Navy, Igor Dygalo, said that the boat was gradually drawing to the silt, but access to its hatches is still free. The correspondent of the Russian RTR television channel reported from the scene that he had seen underwater shooting.

Evgeny Bovkun , Bonn: According to the leaders of the German government, Germany is going to support NATO allies in the implementation of the Macedonia military mission and send a contingent of the Bundeswehr of up to 500 soldiers there. The intention of NATO to send the first 400 soldiers to Macedonia exacerbated the discussion in Germany about the participation of the Bundeswehr in military operations in the Balkans.