The program "Results of the Week" is conducted by Dmitry Volchek. The Tbilisi writer and publicist Yuri Vachnadze take part. Dmitry Volchek: In the first part of the issue, we talked about how step by step, the word by the word over the past days intensified the confrontation between Russia and Georgia because of Abkhazia, and now we will continue the discussion of the current situation.

The Labor Party ruling in the UK suffered a crushing defeat in local elections in England and Wales. According to preliminary data, the Labor gained only 24 percent of the vote, significantly losing to the opposition conservatives, as well as letting forward the liberal democrats. In the elections of the mayor of London, according to preliminary data, Conservative Boris Johnson is ahead of the current mayor, Labor Ken Livingston. The counting of votes continues.

Three Russians affected in the disaster of a tourist bus in Egypt remain in serious condition. This was reported in the Russian embassy in Cairo. The identification of the bodies of the dead continues. As a result of the accident, 9 people died, according to preliminary data, six - Russian citizens. The excursion bus turned over and caught fire on Thursday on the Sharm-El-Sheikh-Cairo highway.

In Canada, for the first time in history, the World Hockey Championship takes place. On Friday, the first matches in two groups were played: Group c USA - Latvia - 4: 0 Canada - Slovenia - 5: 1 Group D Russia - Italy - 7: 1 Czech Republic - Denmark - 5: 2

The Georgian Foreign Ministry denied reports that an armed operation in Abkhazia was prepared in Tbilisi. According to Russian agencies, a source in one of the Russian law enforcement agencies claimed that this operation, developed with the participation of foreign specialists, could begin in the coming days. The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia Harry Kupalba also stated that he had “reliable data” on the impending invasion of the Georgian troops.

On Friday, one match in the Western conference was played on Friday. San Jose hockey players, having won the rivals from Dallas on their ice - 3: 2 in overtime, won the second victory in a row and minimized the lag in the series - 2: 3.

Moscow hosts the International AIDS Conference in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. More than two thousand people from 50 countries take part in the forum. Among them are politicians, public figures, scientists and doctors. Conference organizers - Rospotrebnadzor, united UN/AIDS UN program and a number of international organizations. According to Interfax, more than 416 thousand HIV-infected are registered in Russia.

Russian peacekeepers, who arrived on Thursday in Abkhazia, advanced to the areas of service - the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. Moscow increased the military contingent in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone from two to three thousand people. Tbilisi calls this an act of military aggression. On Friday, the Russian Assembly in Georgia was awarded a note of protest.

On Friday, three matches of the first circle of playoffs were played on Friday. For two pairs, they were the last: "Utah" - "Houston" - 113: 91, "Washington" - "Cleveland" - 88: 105 "Utah" and "Cleveland" won the series - 4: 2 But in the pair of Boston - Atlanta you will need a decisive, seventh match, because after the home victory of Atlanta - 103: 100 account became equal - 3: 3.

In St. Petersburg, a picket participants against homophobia was attacked. After the action was completed, the unknown people ran to the picket participants and hit them several times. Seeing the police, the attackers disappeared. The picket was carried out in silence: several representatives of sex makers sat on benches in a park with sealed mouths and distributed leaflets.

US Secretary of State Kondoliza Rice today begins a visit to the Middle East. In Israel, she will meet with the country's prime minister Ehud Olmert, in Palestinian territories - with the head of autonomy, Mahmoud Abbas. On Friday, Rice participated in London in a meeting of the Middle Eastern Quartet of intermediaries in a peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as at a meeting of countries providing assistance to the Palestinian people.

Olympic fire arrived at the Chinese island of Hainan. Here on Sunday the first stage of the torch trip in the main territory of China will take place - on the way to the Olympic stadium in Beijing, where he should arrive on the opening day of the Games, August 8. Earlier on Saturday, the relay ramp was held in a special Chinese administrative district of Macau. Olympic fire returned to China by visiting all continents except Antarctica.

In the north of Yemen, according to incoming reports, about 10 people died in clashes between government troops and Shiite rebels. On the eve of this area, at least 15 people were killed in the mosque, dozens were injured.

The Turkmen authorities decided to transfer the statue of the former leader of the country Saparmurat Niyazov from the Center for Ashgabat to the outskirts of the capital. According to state media, this decision was made by the current president of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov. The 12-meter gold statue of Saparmurat Niyazov was installed in 1998.