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Israel refused to stop the construction of housing in Eastern Jerusalem, which, according to local media reports, insist the United States. As the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a meeting of the Israeli government, he does not accept the idea, as he put it, that "Jews will not have the right to live and buy housing anywhere in Jerusalem." He emphasized his position that the One Jerusalem is the capital of the state of Israel.

In New York, a charity gala concert was held in honor of Nelson Mandela, who was 91 years old on Saturday. The concert was attended by Arets Franklin, Stevie Uander, Karl Bruni Sarkozy and other famous performers. The first lady of France, who previously declared the rejection of public speaking, agreed to speak, as reported, only in connection with the charity appointment of the concert - the funds from it will go to the fight against HIV infection.

In Afghanistan, the Russian transport helicopter Mi-8 crashed. 15 people were killed. In total, there were 17 passengers and three crew members on board. The victims are hospitalized, the representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency said. The helicopter belonging to the Vertical Airlines crashed when taking off from the airfield in Kandahar. The reasons for the crash are clarified.

In Indonesia, the police said that she identified one of the suicide bombers who made explosions in hotels in Jakarta on July 17. The representative of the police department said that the examination of the remains of the second suicide bomber is still ongoing. It was established that both criminals were members of the “al-Qaeda” of the extremist group “Jema Islami”. As a result of explosions, in addition to two suicide bombers, at least six people were killed, dozens were injured.

The rival Palestinian groups of Hamas and Fath today decided to postpone negotiations until August 25 on the formation of the government of "national unity". According to the German agency DPA, citing an anonymous Palestinian source, both sides, as well as the Egyptian intermediaries agreed that it was advisable to hold further contacts after a meeting of the General Assembly of the Fatch group, which is scheduled for August 4.

Zurab Sotkilava Oleg Kusov: Our guest is Zurab Sotkilava, a soloist of the Bolshoi Theater. And as Stanislav Belza said, a fantastic tenor. He is asked questions-Deputy General Director of Azerros Media Holding Rauf Verdiev and the Moscow correspondent of the Abkhaz newspaper “necessary” Alexei Vashchenko. By tradition, I will read out the brief biography of our guest. Zurab Lavrentievich Stekilava was born on March 12, 1937 in Sukhumi.

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Oleg Orlov: In Chechnya, human rights activists equated the keyword of this week - "animal" to terrorists - "animals"

Freedom in the club "John Donn" Elena Fanailova: Freedom in the John Donn club is a new institution, Anglo -man and football, people are going to watch football on large screens, drink beer and indulge in all the charms of life that are associated with the life of football fans, football fans. And our topic today is football fans.

Maxim Moshkov Veronika Bode: Today we will talk about the fact that the fears and phobias are common in Russian society. Our guest is the director of the Levada Center Lev Gudkov and psychologist Andrei Yurevich, Deputy Director of the Institute of Psychology, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. I asked the listeners on our forum on the Internet the following question: what are you afraid of the most?

The issue is the People's Artist of the USSR, the opera singer Zurab Sotkilava.

Wandering melodies: Bitles music from other performers. Who and when began to play the Beatle songs? What did jazzmen do with their melodies? How did the Bitles musical heritage rethink such composers and performers as Chick Korea, John Cage, Count Bacei, Philip Rzhevsky? The guide around the musical world will be the Moscow collector and publisher Andrei Gavrilov.

Sevastopol International Film Festival will begin work on Sunday. According to the organizers, the forum, celebrating this year, serves as excellent evidence that the cultural ties of Russia and Ukraine are inextricable. One of the honored guests of the festival in Sevastopol this year will be the world -famous Polish director Krzyshtof Zanussi - as part of the festival, a retrospective of his films will be shown. In addition, Zanussi will hold a master class for beginner filmmakers.

In the south of Lebanon there were clashes between local residents and military personnel of the UN peacekeeping forces. The incident occurred in connection with the attempts of peacekeepers to examine the place of the recent explosion, which, according to a number of messages, occurred in the former warehouse of ammunition of the radical Shiite group "Hezbollah". Supporters of the group tried to block access to the place of explosion and began to throw stones at the soldier.