In the Kurgan region, forest fires are raging, the area of which is already more than four thousand hectares. Seven people died in the village of Chashinsk. 377 houses burned, more than six hundred local residents were evacuated from the distress zone. Fire quickly spreads due to hot weather and strong winds. Minister of the Ministry of Emergencies Sergey Shoigu arrived at the place of natural disaster.

The Israeli helicopter dealt this morning a missile blow to the headquarters of the radical group "Islamic jihad" in Gaza. The building is destroyed, there are wounded. According to Palestinian sources, the leader of the group Mohammed al-Hindy was not injured. The Israeli army began to demolish houses in the city of Rafach yesterday - in the south of the Gaza sector.

The Council of Europe will continue to interact with Russia in the field of human rights in Chechnya, ”said Valter Schwimmer Secretary General, on a visit to Moscow. Speaking today at a press conference, Schwimmer emphasized that the European Council is still preoccupied with a lack of pluralism in the media of Russia, especially in electronic media. Schwimmer noted, however, that in general in Russia they began to better protect the rights of citizens, largely thanks to judicial reform.

The program is conducted by Vladimir Baburin. Olga Bakutkina, Mikhail Sokolov and political analyst Andrei Piontkovsky take part. Vladimir Baburin: Unpleasant news for the head of the Saratov administration: the prosecutor's office of the region opened the day before a criminal case against Dmitry Ayatskov under part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code "Excess of powers". This was reported to reporters on Friday by the prosecutor of the Saratov region Anatoly Bondar.

The commander of the American troops in Iraq, General Ricardo, banned strict methods for conducting interrogations and treating prisoners in military prisons. It is not allowed to deprive the prisoners of sleep, put the hoods on their heads and force them to sit or stand in uncomfortable poses. Yesterday, the first group of prisoners was released from the Abu -Graib prison in the center of the scandal about the mockery of prisoners - more than 300 people.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy the Second will perform a worship at the Butovo training ground in Moscow today. In the 30s, about 30 thousand people were destroyed by Soviet punitive bodies. In 1996, a wooden church was built in the name of the new martyrs and confessors of Russian. Today will be a laying of a stone temple. At the liturgy and solemn ceremony, a delegation of the Russian foreign church, led by Metropolitan Lavr, will be present.

The General Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Magate) said that North Korea is the most serious problem for international security. Mohammed El Baradey noted that the DPRK sends an extremely dangerous signal to the potential violators of the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, actually calling them to unilateral actions.

In the Iraqi city of Mosul, at a mortar shelling of the center for a set for a new Iraqi army, at least four people were killed, 17 - injured. The armed confrontation in the cities of Karbal and An-Uzhaf continues. In Karbala, in clashes with American soldiers today at least two fighters of the radical leader of the Shiites of the Moktada of As-Sadra were killed today. In the Angajaf, Iraqis also suffer losses: there are killed, dozens of wounded.

In Iraq over the past day, the American army lost five troops. Three - died during shelling and explosions, one - as a result of a road disaster, another died of illness. The armed confrontation in the cities of Karbal and An-Uzhaf continues. In Karbala, in clashes with American soldiers today at least two fighters of the radical leader of the Shiites of the Moktada of As-Sadra were killed today. In the Angajaf, Iraqis also suffer losses: there are killed, dozens of wounded.

Additional rescuers arrive in the Kurgan region to combat forest fires, because of which seven people have already died, including one child. At least a hundred people received burns and injuries, about a thousand lost housing. Hundreds of people are evacuated from the distress zone, including about 130 children from special schools for young criminals in the village of Stary Generative and the Chashinsky orphanage.

In the Vedensky district of Chechnya, two military personnel were killed in a battle with the Mujahideen, four were injured. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, a military car was blown up in a Shatoysky district on a mine - one person died, three were injured. In the Gudermes district of the republic, the Mujahidean base was liquidated. Five Chechens were killed, five more managed to hide.

In the battles with the coalition troops over the past day, dozens of armed supporters of the radical Shiite leader of the Moktada of As-Sadra were killed over the past day. 5 US troops were killed. The clashes occurred in Baghdad, Karbala, Amar and Anga. The commander of the coalition forces in Iraq Ricardo Sanchez demanded an immediate cessation of the armed uprising of the supporters of the AS-Sadra.

The United States, Great Britain, Italy and Japan said that the troops would withdraw from Iraq if they were asked by the Provisional Government of the country, which is planned to transfer power on June 30. Earlier, the head of the Provisional American-British administration of Iraq Paul Bremer made a similar statement.

In Istanbul today will be the final of the annual Eurovision Musical Competition. Pop performers from 24 countries participate in it. This time the competition is held in Turkey, since last year the Turkish singer Shererer won in it last year. The Eurovision competition has been held since 1956. His most famous winner was 30 years ago, the Swedish group of Abba.

The Israeli helicopter was inflicted in the morning a missile blow to the house of Mohammed Sheikh Khalil - the head of the Islamic Jihad group in the Gaza Strip. There are no victims - apparently, there was nobody in the house. Another blow from the air was destroyed by the Islamic jihad office. There are wounded. The Israeli army began to demolish houses in the village of Rafach - in the south of the gas sector.