More than 80 militants were killed over the past day in battles in the south of Afghanistan. According to the military authorities in Kabul, the American and Afghan troops fought in the provinces of Uruzgan and Kandahar, where the Taliban has recently acted especially actively.

The so -called “brigade general of Ichkeria” Sharpuddy Amaev was detained in Ingushetia. According to the Chechnya Ministry of Internal Affairs, the special operation was carried out on Saturday by the Chechen and Ingush security forces in the village of Sleptsovskaya. Before the Second Chechen War, Amaev headed the Security Service of the Urus-Martan district.

In Los Angeles at the age of 83, the television producer Aaron Spelling, one of the largest figures of the American television industry, died. He was the producer of many television series who gained wide fame in the United States and beyond - "Dynasty", "Beverly Hills 90210" and others. The spelling account also has more than 140 -A television films.

On Saturday, at the Bangemen brothers, held in Zhukovsky, Moscow, Russian Tatyana Lysenko, set a world record in a hammer throw, sending a projectile for 77.41 meters. Lysenko exceeded the achievement of another Russian woman Gulfia Hanafeeva, shown by her on June 12 at the Russian Championship - 77.26 m.

Andre Agassi leaves the big tennis. He announced this today, adding that the last time he would go to the court in August at the opening US tournament in New York. The 36-year-old American Andre Agassi for the first time became the champion of Wimbledon in 1992 and has since become famous as the winner of many international Tunirs.

16 former employees of the Aktash Mining and Metallurgical Enterprise (Altai Republic) resumed a hunger strike, demanding payment of salary debts. According to Interfax, a hunger strike, interrupted for a day, was continued after Gornyakov did not arrange the results of negotiations with the new owners of the enterprise and representatives of the government of the republic.

In Italy on Saturday, more than 400 illegal immigrants were detained. The Italian coast guard intercepted several ships with migrants. Many of them have been at sea for several days without water and food. Most are immigrants from North Africa.

From prison, 14 prisoners - subjects of Saudi Arabia were released and sent to their homeland. According to representatives of the Pentagon, at least 120 prisoners can be released or transferred to the justice of their countries in the near future. At Cuba in Guantanamo in an American military prison for suspects in terrorism, there are currently 450 prisoners. Many of them have been conducted here for several years without charges.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Frolov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Samara Sergey Khazov takes part. Mikhail Frolov: The Samara Prosecutor's Office sent an idea to the regional court about the prosecution of mayor of Samara Georgy Limansky.

The United States has joined the requirements of Canada and other countries insisting on the feedback of Sad Mortazavi, a representative of Iran in the new Council of the UN Human Rights. The representative of the US State Department said that Mortazavi was involved in human rights violations in Iran - in particular, to the arrest of the Kazemei Zakhra - Canadian journalist of Iranian origin, who died in the Tehran prison in 2003.

In St. Petersburg, in connection with the fire at the State Marine Academy, a criminal case was opened under the article “Causing death by negligence”. As a result of the fire, four cadets were killed - they were poisoned by carbon monoxide. Another 11 students of the Academy are hospitalized with burns and injuries. About 40 people were evacuated. Some managed to get out on their own.

The program from the cycle "Homeland hears ..." - a story about the recently declassified Czech intelligence documents regarding Radio Liberty - free Europe.

In Baghdad, two Iraqi police officers were killed in the explosion of the bombed bomb, three were injured. The explosion occurred in the Shiite district of the city. On the eve of the Iraqi authorities introduced a commandant hour in Baghdad, trying to stop a wave of violence.

Frenchman Richard Gaske became the winner of the Asia -Pacific tournament in Nottingham. In the final, he defeated the Swede Jonas Bjorkman 6: 4, 6: 3.

Bertrand Blier at a press conference on his picture "How much are you worth?" On June 24, a competitive show of films of the 28th Moscow International Film Festival began. On the first day, the paintings of the French director Bertrand Blier "How much are you standing?" And the Croatian film “Sleep, My Golden”, shot by the director Nevenen Khitchic.