The authorities of Afghanistan have not yet been able to destroy any significant part of the planting of opium poppy - according to UN experts. According to the representative of the food and agricultural organization, UN Ector Malett, according to approximate estimates, this year in Afghanistan a crop of opium poppy will be harvested in an area of 60 to 70 thousand hectares.

In the northeast of Germany, the strongest floods continue. In the land of Saxony-Angalt, flooding threatens the city of Wittenberg, who was once one of the cultural centers of Europe. Last night, water broke through 7 dams on the Elbe and floods the city. Alarm has been announced in Magdeburg, where there is an evacuation of people from the suburbs. They are preparing for a flood in Hamburg, at the mouth of the Elbe. Dams and barriers are urgently strengthened.

In Pyongyang, representatives of North Korea and Japan continue to discuss ways to settle contradictions in bilateral relations. Among the main topics are the fate of 11 Japanese, stolen in the 70-80s, the DPRK special services. Japan claims that the abducted forced to engage in espionage activities. North Korea also require compensation from Japan during the years of Japanese colonial rule in 1910-1945.

The fishing vessel, on board which was 21 refugees from the DPRK, reached the western coast of South Korea on Sunday. According to police, all North Koreans, including 11 adults and 10 children, seek to get asylum in South Korea. Recently, hundreds of DPRK citizens fled from their country to South Korea, fleeing the hunger and persecution of the authorities.

The human rights organization "International Amnesty" called on the authorities of Pakistan to put an end to massive violations of human rights, practiced by some Pakistani tribes. We are talking about sentences sentenced by elders bypassing official courts. Recently, in one of the tribes, the girl was sentenced to group rape - as a punishment for the misconduct committed by her brother. This case was devoted to publicity and caused a wave of indignation in Pakistan and abroad.

In Ukraine, as a result of a fire at the Zasyadko mine in the Donetsk region, five miners were injured today - they were taken to the hospital. The fire is localized, all the miners in the mine - more than a thousand people - are evacuated. On July 31, as a result of the explosion at the Zasyadko mine, 20 people were killed. In total, since the beginning of the year, more than 180 miners have died at coal enterprises of Ukraine.

Victoria Munblit , Tel Aviv: in no case can this be called a panic, but in Israel they are very carefully and very anxiously listening to the votes of military specialists and politicians coming from the United States. The Israeli press is discussing the statement of General Norman Schwarzkopf, who commanded the operation "Storm in the desert" in 1991, during the Gulf of Persian.

In Chechnya, dozens of Russian troops were killed and dozens were injured as a result of the collapse of the Mi-26 military transport helicopter. The number of victims is specified. Information agencies report more than 80 dead. In total, on board the helicopter, according to the latest data, there could be 132 people. Access to the place of disaster is difficult - a helicopter fell on a minefield near the Russian military base in Hankal.

In the city of Bikin of the Khabarovsk Territory, one person died and two more - they were seriously injured as a result of a grenade explosion in the apartment of one of the residential buildings. Where the grenade came from and why the explosion occurred is still unknown. The investigation is conducted.

The Supreme Court of one of the states in North Nigeria approved the death sentence to a young woman who gave birth to a child out of marriage. According to Islamic law, it should be scored with stones. The judge, however, stated that the verdict will be carried out only after the 30-year-old Amina Laval will feed his daughter, who is now several months old. The lawyers of the defendant intend to appeal the sentence in an even higher instance.

In Syria, the famous dissident Khabib Issa was sentenced to five years in prison. He was accused of subversive activities and attempts to change the constitutional system. The listening of the case was held closed. Issa lawyers said the sentence is politically motivated. Habib Issa was arrested last year along with nine dissidents who advocated democratic reforms in Syria. Six of them have already been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, three are waiting for the court.

The American administration said that the video recordings of the training of al-Qaeda terrorists shown by the CIN-EN television company confirm the need for the US anti-terrorist campaign. According to the representative of the White House, Mike Anton, the demonstrated personnel correspond to the information about the methods of training terrorists and their goals, which is at the disposal of the US authorities.

Kristina Gorelik , Moscow: Refusal in the Russian Dalai -Lama visa - a blow to all Buddhists living in Russia. This was stated by the head of the Buddhists of Russia Dam Ayusheev. The Dalai Lama’s visit to Russia was planned for September this year. The spiritual leader of the Buddhists was going to visit Buryatia, Kalmykia and Tuva. At the end of last week, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused the Dalai Lama entry visa, saying that his visit is not only religious.

In the Stavropol Territory, neuropsychiatric boarding schools in the villages of supervisory and whistle, affected by floods, received more than 53 thousand rubles. Part of this amount was transferred to a special charitable account, and more than 26 and a half thousand rubles were transferred to employees of boarding schools in the form of targeted assistance. In Nizhny Novgorod, hot water was turned off in 170 residential buildings, 20 kindergartens, 12 schools and three clinics.

Victor Rezunkov: The topic of this issue: Does the current anti -American sentiment have a future? The issue is discussed by: the dean of the faculty of international relations of St. Petersburg State University Konstantin Khudolia, the writer-historian Alexander Etkind, the rector of the Baltic State Technical University Yuri Savelyev, documentary filmmaker Anatoly Davydov. Editor of the project "New Russian Question" Gennady Sharain. Project manager - Elena Kuznetsova.