Iran is not going to turn his nuclear program - despite the accusations of the development of nuclear weapons. The representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that Tehran would continue to realize his, as he put it, “legal right” to develop nuclear technologies. At the same time, he emphasized that Iran does not intend to create nuclear weapons. A group of inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrives in Iran next week.

In the northeast of Iran, at least 20 people were killed and 11 were injured when the passenger bus fell from the mountain road and fell into the abyss. Some of the victims are in serious condition. Iran occupies one of the first places in the world in the number of road accidents.

The Al-Arabia television channel transferred a new audio recording on Sunday on Sunday, presumably the statements of Ayman Az-Zawakhiri, the closest ally of Usama Bin Laden, who is in second place in the hierarchy of the Al-Caida terrorist group. On the film there is a call to the Pakistanis to overthrow the president of the Musharraf Perevoz and create a government that would defend the interests of Islam and Muslims. There is no independent confirmation of the authenticity of the recording.

The US military is investigating the incident in the Iraqi city of El Falluj, as a result of which two were killed and four Iraqis were injured. Locals say that four people were killed. The American command claims that the soldiers opened fire on a car that did not stop at the checkpoint. After the incident, spontaneous anti-American speeches occurred in El Falluge. Yesterday, a hotel in which American officers live in Baghdad was fired from a grenade launcher. There are no victims.

NATO Secretary General George Robertson and Afghan leader Hamid Karzai discuss the possibility of expanding the area of responsibility of international peacekeepers in Afghanistan beyond Kabul. The meeting, which is unofficial, takes place in Scotland, where Karzai spends a vacation. On Friday, Robertson said that he would soon announce the decision to place military personnel of the international contingent outside the Afghan capital.

In the south of Siberia, an earthquake occurred on Saturday. Its epicenter was 350 kilometers southeast of Biysk (Altai Territory) at a depth of 15 kilometers. The strength of the shocks in the epicenter was 8.5 points on the Richter scale. According to the center, repeated sub -shocks are expected. The underground shocks of various forces were felt in a number of other regions of Siberia. There was no information about victims and destruction.

The wife of US President George Bush - Laura - begins a five -day trip to European countries today. In Paris, she will take part in the ceremony on the return of the United States to the UN organization on the issues of observation, science and culture - UNESCO. The United States left UNESCO in 1984, accusing this organization of poor management and anti -Western policy.

Mikhail Sokolov: "Free topic" from St. Petersburg. In our St. Petersburg studio, deputies of the State Duma of Russia Igor Artemyev, the Yabloko faction, deputy chairman of the banking committee, and Grigory Tomchin, the Union of Right Forces, and the chairman of the Committee on Property. Here are the third-year students of the Faculty of Journalism of St. Petersburg University Oksana Bulala and Yegor Galenko.

The ruling coalition of the Social Democrats and the Green may lose power because of disagreements in the ranks of the SDPG, ”said the leader of this party, Chancellor Germany Gerhard Schroeder. Speaking yesterday in Hanover, Schroeder compared the current situation since 1982, when opponents of the then Social Democratic Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in his own party helped the opposition to shift his government.

The first European spacecraft in history for studying the surface of the moon was launched on Sunday night from Cosmodrome Kuru in French Guiana. The apparatus called smart-1 should reach the moon in December next year. It will conduct studies of the chemical composition of the lunar surface and take up the search for water on the moon.

Nadezhda Pertseva: In the Prague Studio - the author and presenter Yegor Yakovlev and his guest - the former ambassador of Czechoslovakia to the USSR, and then in Russia, and now the Czech Republic of Czech Republic Mr. Rudolf Slain. Good afternoon, gentlemen. Despite the difference in time and the space sharing us, we will begin, Yegor Vladimirovich, as usual, from a brief story about your GOST. Rudolf Slain was born on February 6, 1935 in Prague.

In the north of Italy, mainly the power supply was restored - after mass disconnects throughout the country. The supply of electricity in Rome is completely resumed. Today in the morning most of Italy was left without electricity. More than a hundred trains stopped, dozens of flights at airports were canceled, hospitals switched to reserve energy sources. This is the largest disconnection of electricity in the country in more than ten years.

In Kursk, the mayor and deputies of the city assembly are held today. 9 candidates claim the post of head of the city administration. Among them are the current mayor Sergei Maltsev, three entrepreneurs and State Duma deputy. The applicants will win who will receive a simple majority of votes. For 24 places in the city meeting, 180 candidates are fighting. The minimum level of voter turnout, which is necessary to recognize the elections by the held, is 20 percent.

Viktor Shenderovich: Today, a guest in our studio, poet Yuri Ryashentsev. I wanted to say automatically: a songwriter is such an insulting expression for the poet. Yuri Ryashentsev is primarily just a poet, but the country knows him, of course, as the author of the songs for the film "Three Musketeers." People know a little more resolved that Ryashentsev wrote texts, for example, to the textbook performance of Tovstonogov "Holstomer" to the wonderful music of Mark Rozovsky.

The presidents of the United States and Russia - George Bush and Vladimir Putin - called on Iran and North Korea to stop nuclear developments. In yesterday's negotiations in Kemp-David near Washington, the heads of the two states also discussed the problems of combating terrorism, the situation in Iraq and issues of bilateral relations. Speaking at a joint press conference, George Bush noted that the United States and Russia are allies in the war with international terrorism.