The Arab-Israeli conflict may reach a new round if Palestine appeal to the UN with a request to recognize the independence of his country On July 5, a meeting of the Palestine delegation with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet in Moscow. The topic of negotiations will be the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict . Representatives of Palestine arrived in Moscow the night before.

Denmark on Tuesday by 50 people increased the number of border guards both at sea and on the land border with Germany. The decision is caused by the need to combat illegal immigration. The ruling in Denmark the legalist coalition took this step under the pressure of the populist People's Party.

According to the latest data from the Russian Emergencies Ministry, no one died during the collapse of a passenger helicopter in the Irkutsk region. Three victims are in serious condition and taken to the hospital. Earlier, two dead and 14 wounded were reported. The Mi-8 passenger helicopter Utair flew out of the city of Ust-Kut to the Burovaya station this morning. On board were oil workers working on a rotational basis. He made a rigid landing, not reaching the destination.

In Mexico, the authorities reported this week about the arrest of one of the leaders and the founders of the Setas drug cartel. Hesus Enrique Rehon Agylar was wanted, including in connection with the murder of an agent of the US immigration and customs service in February this year, Haima Sapata and the wound of an American partner. For information capable of leading to the arrest of suspects in this crime, the US government promised a reward of $ 5 million.

Inflation in Russia in June amounted to 0.2%, and for the first half of the year - 5%, the Federal Statistics Service said. For comparison, last year, for the same periods, consumer prices in the country increased by 0.4% and 4.4%, respectively. In the annual calculus - that is, by June 2010 - inflation was 9.4%.

In Belarus, six journalists have been sentenced to various terms of administrative arrest - from three to 12 days, ”the independent Belarusian Association of Journalists (Bazh) said today. According to her, the courts of journalists went to Grodno. They were convicted of participating in “silent” protests organized by the “Revolution through Social Network” group. In protest, two convicts - Igor Banzers and Ales Denisov - announced a hunger strike.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Dmitry Medvedev said that he considers useful the practice of holding output meetings of the Human Rights Council similar to that took place on Tuesday in Nalchik. “Human rights activists are engaged in difficult work, far from understanding with power does not always arise, and therefore it is important that this work is close to life so that it does not pass only in the silence of Moscow offices,” Medvedev said.

Moody's rating agency on Tuesday reduced the credit rating of Portugal to the “garbage”. According to the analysts of the agency, the risk is growing that the country may need a second package of financial assistance. The agency also expressed concern that Lisbon would not be able to reduce the budget deficit to indicators, the achievement of which the European Union and the International Monetary Fund was set as a condition for the country's financial assistance in the amount of $ 112 billion.

Conflicting information comes from the scene of the helicopter crash in the Irkutsk region. According to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies, two people were killed as a result of the tragedy, presumably, these are pilots. Their bodies are left at the scene of the accident before the arrival of investigators. Another 14 people are injured. Earlier, the same department of the Ministry of Emergencies reported that there were no dead during the crash.

tennis Tournament WTA. Bastad. first Vera Dushevaina (Russia) - Monna Bartel (Germania) - 6:2, 7:6 Tournament ATP. Newport. first Jimmy Van (Taiwan) - Igor Kunitsa (Russia) - 4:6, 7:5, 6:2 Tournament WTA. Budapest. first Alexandra Krunich (Serbia) - Nina Bratchikova (Russia) - 7:5, 1:0 – refuse

David Cameron British Prime Minister David Cameron, on a visit to Afghanistan, was forced to refuse to visit the city of Lashkargs. The reason for this is called the murder in the province of Hilmain, the main city of which is Lashkargs, a British soldier. On Monday, the soldier unexpectedly disappeared during combat duty, later his body was found with traces of firearms. The Taliban took responsibility for what happened.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Buvant Arink is proud of mass arrests An unprecedented scandal is flared up in Turkish football. Dozens of people were arrested on suspicion of organizing contractual matches in the National Championship. At the center of the trial is the Fenerbahce Turkish champion. At the same time, Yuri Krasnozhan, dismissed from the Moscow Lokomotiv after the “strange games”, received an impressive appointment. “This is a huge shock for a Turkish football family.

The delegation of the Russian Gazprom visited North Korea. According to the North Korean Information Agency of CST, the delegation was headed by the deputy chairman of the board of the company Alexander Ananenkov. At the same time, the details of the negotiations are not reported. Reuters draws attention to the fact that in May a senior representative of the Russian special services discussed the prospects for economic cooperation with the DPRK and South Korea in Pyongyang.

Ravil Geniatulin Irina Lagunina: Today we continue the cycle of conversations "Russian regions" - an analysis of the economic state and state of power and society. Transbaikalia. The search for news in the regions of Russia in recent days, unfortunately, gives only very alarming reports about forest fires. And Transbaikalia is no exception. And since there is little news, I will go immediately to the participants of our discussion.