In Kabul, in a clash with security forces, all the militants were killed, preparing the capture of one of the buildings. According to updated data, there were seven militants. The Afghan police managed to deliver a preemptive blow and stormed the house where extremists were located. After the start of the assault, several militants blew themselves up, the rest died in a shootout. A large number of explosives and weapons were seized on the spot.

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Vladimir Putin (left) and David Cameron (on the right) after negotiations went to the judo final In London on Thursday, August 2, the British Prime Minister David Cameron with Russian President Vladimir Putin was negotiated. The heads of state discussed the situation in Syria. At a press conference, after the meeting, Cameron said that the disagreements between the two countries were not overcome about the methods of stopping bloodshed in Syria .

Iran agreed to continue negotiations this month with the international community under his nuclear program. The agreement on this was reached on Thursday in a telephone conversation by the Supreme Representative of the European Union on foreign policy Katherine Ashton and the head of the Iranian delegation at negotiations by Said Jalili. The format of the upcoming meeting is specified.

In Moscow , a promotion was held at the building of the Investigative Committee in defense of the arrested in the case of riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6 . Dozens of gathered, holding hands, completely cordoned off the building of the department. Among the participants in the action was the leader of the "Left Front" Sergey Udaltsov - one of the organizers of the "Million Million" on May 6.

In Egypt today, as expected, a new government will be formed and offered. The cabinet, led by Hisham Gandil, takes office a month after the inauguration of the new president of the country - Mohammed Mursi, who became the winner of the first elections of the head of state after the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. Analysts expect a new office to be technocratic. It will include several ministers of the former government and several Islamists.

The European Central Bank is ready to return to the practice of redemption of the state-owned bonds of the “problematic” countries of the eurozone only if the governments of all its countries agree on how to use the funds of the European Anti-Crisis Fund on the purchase of these bonds and the funds of the Bank of Mario Draga on Thursday, noting that any new actions of the European Central Bank should not be expected earlier than September.

Worship with the participation of Patriarch Kirill in Ukraine Russian bloggers continue to publish photos from the celebration of the birthday of Yevgeny Parhaev, director of the artistic and production enterprise of the Russian Orthodox Church "Sofrino" in the "live magazine". Despite the fact that the author of these photographs-Damir Shavaleev-was forced to remove the pictures from his blog at the request of the culprit of the celebration, the Melancholy-Gay made a repost.

From the building of the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow, where the consideration of the participants of the punk-band Pussy Riot continues on the merits of the case , they will evacuate people in connection with an anonymous call for the laid bomb, the lawyer of the accused Mark Feigin said. Previously, judge Marina Syrova announced a break to make a decision at the next request for her withdrawal, stated today by one of the defendants - Maria Alyokhina.

The worst of all types of PR is a legal PR. It is terrible because it is impossible to tell the truth in it - otherwise the end of a beautiful story. And everything is cute and decent as in a bearded joke: “This, comrades, Lenin’s skull in childhood, is Lenin’s skull in his youth, and this is ... So, Vladimir Ilyich had three skulls? Comrade, do not intervene, the tour is not for you, but you, the Comrades of Chukchi, go to the next hall.” Say, exaggeration? And here is nothing like that.

The judge of the Khamovnichesky court, where the criminal case of the participants in the punk-band Pussy Riot is being considered , once again rejected the petition for her withdrawal. With a request to remove from participation in the process, Judge Marina Syrovu addressed at the beginning of today's meeting one of the defendants - Maria Alyokhina.

Participants in the gay parade in Jerusalem In Jerusalem on Thursday evening, the Pride Parade rally was held, organized by representatives of sex minorities. At 6 o’clock in the evening, several thousand parade participants went through the city center.

Governor of the Tula region Vladimir Gruzdev Four people were injured on Thursday evening in an accident with the participation of the car of the Governor of the Tula region Vladimir Gruzdev. According to the press service of the regional government, on the Crimea highway in the Leninsky district of the Tula region, the Zhiguli car drove into the oncoming lane and collided at first with the escort car, and then with the BMW car, in which the governor rode.