In the American state of New Mexico, an explosion occurred on a gas pipeline branch of a branch: 10 tourists were killed and two were seriously injured. Victims, among which 5 children, defeated tents about three hundred meters from the scene of the explosion, near the town of Karlsbad. The cause of the explosion is a pipe rupture. The fire ball was visible in a radius of 30 kilometers from the scene of the explosion. The federal authorities are investigating the accident.

In the Barents Sea, in the area where the Kursk nuclear submarine sank, two Norwegian vessels arrived with the British rescue submarine and the Norwegian and British divers are deliberate. The work will begin this night, but there was almost no hope of saving the crew of the submarine. The chief of staff of the Northern Fleet Mikhail Mozak said on Saturday that the sailors who were in the nasal compartments of Kursk were likely to be killed in the first minutes of the accident.

The Russian delegation held negotiations on Sunday in Baghdad on the participation of Russian companies in the development of Iraqi oil fields. Russia seeks to resume cooperation with Iraq in the hope of Baghdad’s return of multi -billion dollar debts formed during the existence of the USSR. Russian companies will be able to take part in the development of Iraq oil resources only after the abolition of the UN sanctions introduced against Baghdad 10 years ago - after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

DD --- This morning, Norwegian and British specialists began surgery to save the crew of the Kursk nuclear submarine, despite the statement of the Russian authorities that the sailors were most likely already killed. A group of Norwegian divers is already working at the bottom of the Barents Sea. They will inspect the submarines and give the first detailed information. They may also try to manually unscrew the hatch leading to the submarine rescue chamber.

About 2 million young people took part in the all -night vigils in Rome along with Pope John Pavel the Second. According to the authorities, this is the most crowded meeting in the history of the city. Young people from 160 countries arrived in Rome at the Festival dedicated to World Youth Day. This holiday is held under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church. On Sunday, the festival participants will take part in the solemn mass.

Two policemen were killed today as a result of the explosion in the Spanish province of Wesk. The explosive device was laid under the bottom of the car in which the police rode. The authorities are accused of organizing the explosion of the Basque separatists. Over the past three weeks, extremists from the organization have carried out a number of terrorist attacks, as a result of which four were killed and 11 people were injured.

Karen Agamirov: Our guest today is Vladimir Lukin, the vice speaker of the State Duma of Russia. Vladimir Petrovich, we watched TVs from the United States from the election congresses of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Somehow everything passes lively, fun, energetically, cheerful, and everything turns out in the economy and everywhere ... People live And in the political life of Russia, everything is so serious, even evil, but in the end nothing happens.

The presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will discuss today in Bishkek the problems of combating Islamic extremists, in particular with the armed group of the Islamic movement of Uzbekistan. Kyrgyz and Uzbek government troops continue to fight with the detachments of this group crossing the borders in the Central Asian region. Yesterday, Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, said that extremists are based in Tajikistan, from where they were attacked by neighboring countries.

A group of Islamic extremists made a new attempt to break into the territory of the Batken region last night in the south of Kyrgyzstan. Several checkpoints of government troops were fired. According to official figures, one of the attackers was killed, there are no losses among the Kyrgyz troops. According to intelligence, in the regions of Tajikistan adjacent to the border with Kyrgyzstan, about 150 armed extremists concentrated.

North Korea today urged South Korea and the United States to cancel two -week joint military exercises, the beginning of which is scheduled for tomorrow. The North Korean "Committee on the peaceful association of the Fatherland" said that the exercises can jeopardize the outlined improvement in relations between the DPRK and South Korea.

The candidate of the opposition Serbian movement "Update" Voislav Mikhailovich officially began the election campaign. At the city, who held in the city, the rally Mikhailovich announced the possibility of the victory of an opposition candidate of the president of Yugoslavia of Slobodan Miloshevich. Bloc's leaders Democratic opposition of Serbia, which includes 15 parties, said that the split in the ranks of the opposition is beneficial to Milosevich.

Islamic extremists from Abu Sayyaf did not release three hostages today on the Philippine Island of Kho. Liberated - citizens of Malaysia - were captured about four months ago. After the release, they were delivered to the house of the Governor of the province of Khoi and in the near future they should fly home. Separatists from the organization "Abu Sayyaf" hold several more hostages.

In Chechnya on Sunday - with increased security measures - elections of the State Duma deputy were held. The chairman of the election commission of the Republic Abdul -Kirim Arsakhanov said that more than 50 percent of voters took part in the vote, including Russian military personnel and Chechen refugees in Ingushetia. Preliminary election results will be known no earlier than the afternoon on Monday.

This morning, Norwegian and British specialists began surgery to save the crew of the Kursk atomic submarine, despite the statement of the Russian authorities that the sailors were most likely already died. Norwegian divers went down to the bottom, who would inspect the submarines and give the first detailed information. They may also try to manually unscrew the hatch leading to the submarine rescue chamber.

The number of forest fires in the west of the United States reached 94 by Sunday. The states of Montana and Wyoming were declared zones. The situation is complicated by strong heat, winds and lightning. Thousands of people participate in Montana in extinguishing fires. About half a thousand military personnel were involved in the fight against fire. The US Minister of Internal Affairs Bruce Babbitt warned during a trip to regional regions that in the coming days the situation could worsen.