Throughout Bahrain, due to the accident at the main power station, electricity turned off in the morning. The population in the heat of more than 50 degrees was left without air conditioners, fans and refrigerators. People are saved in stores, airports and other places where there are autonomous generators. Many are sitting in cars with air conditioners. On the roads - traffic jams, because all the traffic lights turned off. ATMs and most gas stations do not work.

A military plane crashed in Venezuela on Sunday. All 25 people on board were killed - the crew and passengers. The plane crashed uphill near the capital of the country of Karakas. According to experts, a lightning blow could be a possible cause of the disaster.

In Sochi, negotiations of the presidents of Russia and Belarus - Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko will be held today. The meeting will discuss the issues of bilateral economic cooperation, in particular, the supply of Russian gas, and the formation of a single economic space. In addition, the leaders of Russia and Belarus will talk about the ways of resolving regional conflicts in the North Caucasus.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. Correspondents of Radio Liberty Kirill Kobrin, Semyon Mirsky, Evgeny Bovkun take part. Andrey Sharogradsky: The main theme of this hour is the situation in Iraq. In the city of A al-Udzhaf, the confrontation continues between supporters of the radical Shiite leader of the Moktada of al-Sadra and the American troops, which are supported by the government army and the Iraq police.

The Moscow Arbitration Court upheld the decision to arrest the shares of 4 subsidiaries of the Yukos oil concern - the company "Geofit", Tomsknefteheophysics, Khantmansiisknefteprodukt and Novosibirsknephteprodukt - on the expense of tax debt. Yukos shares today in the first minutes of trading on the Moscow Interbank Monetary Exchange fell by 8 and a half percent.

In the Iraqi city of An-Snujaf, there are fierce street battles between Shiite rebels and US military. On Monday night, American aviation again struck the positions of the rebels. According to the representative of the radical Shiite leader of the Moktada of AS-Sadra, as a result of the air strike, one of the walls of the Imam Ali mausoleum was damaged. American troops and armored vehicles squeeze the encirclement around this Shiite shrine, where supporters of the AS-Sadra are hiding.

Maryana Torocheshnikova: This is the question of the transmission not about the courts at all, but about the activities of the service that helps the exercise of justice and partly contributes to the pre -trial resolution of conflict situations and disputes between citizens. Today we will talk about the service of local police inspectors.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit the neighboring Pakistan today. At a meeting with the President of the country, Peresa Musharraf will discuss the economic cooperation of the two countries, in particular, the post -war restoration of Afghanistan, the problems of combating terrorism and the issue of the liberation of Pakistani prisoners from Afghan prisons.

In the Meshchansky Court of Moscow, where the consideration of the case of the largest shareholders of the Yukos continues, the former head of the concern Mikhail Khodorkovsky asked to change the procedure for communicating with protection. According to him, one day a day a week for meetings with lawyers is not enough. In addition, the convoy forbade the defendants to transfer documents during the process.

In Mexico, the drug dealer Hilberto Iger Herrero was arrested, for the capture of which the United States appointed a reward of $ 2 million. Herrero is believed to be responsible for the smuggling of half of illegal drugs in the United States.

In Kabul, the trial of three Americans continues, who are accused of having arranged a prison in a private room, where they tortured suspects in terrorism. At today's meeting, the accused presented evidence that they acted with the permission of the Afghan authorities.

The program is conducted by Vladimir Baburin. The Radio Liberty correspondent Maryana Torocheshnikov takes part. Vladimir Baburin: The Moscow Arbitration Court upheld the decision to arrest the shares of four subsidiaries of the Yukos -Yukos -Geophyt, Tomskneftegeophysics, Khantmansiisknefteprodukt and Novosibirsknefteprodukt. On Monday, on Monday, in the first minutes of trading on the Moscow Interbank Monetary Exchange, 8.5 percent fell.

The Olympics is a spectacle first of all. The last 10 years, this is equally true for both sports and television. For the second week, billions of spectators are pouring to the screens. Television companies around the world spend millions and millions of dollars are not “serving” games for a television table. Someone has an exclusive serving. The American "En-Bi", for example, paying an unprecedented amount-800 million-for the right to broadcast, is a report on all 28 sports.

In the Iraqi city of A al -Sadzhaf, the forces of the coalition resumed the offensive - explosions are heard, fierce shooting is underway. At night, at the positions of the rebels-shiites around the mausoleum of Imam Ali, attacks were struck. The fighters of the radical leader of the MOCTADA of AS -Sadra continue to hide in the Mausoleum itself - one of the main Shiite shrines.

North Korea refuses further negotiations with the United States under his nuclear program. As the official representative of the DPRK Foreign Ministry said today, Washington continues to "show hostility" in relation to Pyongyan. The next round of six -way negotiations - with the participation of North and South Korea, the USA, China, Russia and Japan - was planned for September. The United States demand that Pyongyang completely abandon the development of nuclear weapons.