Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry, who is expected to announce his inclusion in the campaign for the presidency, called on his supporters to pray for the salvation of the United States and the nation's recovery from the crisis. “Our father, our hearts cry for America. There is discord in our homes, fear in our markets, anger within the walls of the government. As a people, we have forgotten who created us!” He addressed those gathered with these words. R.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who survived an assassination attempt 2 months ago, has been discharged from a hospital in Saudi Arabia. A source in the leadership circles of Saudi Arabia reported this on condition of anonymity, Press TV reports. According to the source, the President of Yemen went to a temporary residence to undergo rehabilitation treatment. A. Saleh will remain in Riyadh during the recovery period, but its duration has not yet been determined. A.

In the Primorsky Territory, a criminal case has been opened on the fact of a road traffic accident (accident), in which the deputy of the regional Legislative Assembly Eduard Alekseev and members of his family, as well as an investigator from the investigative department of the Investigative Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation for the region, died.

The tent city that supporters of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko set up in the center of Kyiv to protest her arrest will not be demolished. The lawyer of the former prime minister, Sergei Vlasenko, said this in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station. According to him, the court's decision to ban both supporters and opponents of Yu. Tymoshenko from holding mass events on Khreshchatyk will come into force no earlier than 10 days later, unless an appeal is filed. S.

Massive street riots broke out in the Tottenham area of ​​north London. A crowd of about 300 people burned two police cars and attacked a police station, the BBC reports. The cause of the unrest was the murder of 29-year-old Mark Duggan by police, which occurred on August 4. Then, as a result of a shootout with a policeman who was trying to inspect the car in which M. Duggan was, the latter was fatally wounded.

Stock indices of the Middle East countries on the first working day of the coming week - Sunday - show a rapid decline following the downgrade of the US credit rating. Thus, the Dubai Financial Market General Index sank by 5%, after which it regained some of its losses, falling by noon local time to minus 4.4%. Currently, the index decline is minus 3.59%. Other markets in the region are also suffering significant losses.

Deputy finance ministers of the G20 countries discussed in a teleconference format the tense situation in financial markets, the fiscal and debt crisis in Europe, as well as the downgrade of the US credit rating by analysts of the international rating agency Standard & Poor's. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Finance of South Korea Choi Jong-ku. However, he did not provide details of the discussions, Reuters reports.

California Governor, Democrat Jerry Brown called on US President Barack Obama to "respond to the Republicans in a very tough manner" during the upcoming election campaign. According to J. Brown, representatives of the Republican Party have intensified their attempts to remove the current head of the White House from his post. The governor expressed confidence that during the presidential campaign the American president must be “sincere and strong,” the Associated Press reports .

The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation in Moscow opened a criminal case against the senior assistant prosecutor of the capital's Eastern Administrative District (EAD) Sergei Burlachenko. According to the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, he is suspected of committing a crime under Part 6 of Article 290 (taking a bribe on an especially large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Massive street riots broke out in the Tottenham area of ​​north London. A crowd of about 300 people burned two police cars and attacked a police station, the BBC reports.

More than 350 people are taking part in extinguishing a peat fire in the Pavlovo-Posad district of the Moscow region. This was reported by the Mayak radio station with reference to the acting head of the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation Yulia Gavrikova. The peat fire was registered the day before as a result of ground reconnaissance.

A criminal case has been opened against three suspects in an attack on a gas station in Khimki near Moscow. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

Government troops entered the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor in the northeast of the country on the morning of Sunday, August 7. CNN reports this with reference to eyewitnesses. Dozens of tanks and bulldozers entered the city, a stronghold of the Syrian opposition. Army units occupied several urban areas. Explosions and shooting are heard in the city. According to eyewitnesses, residents of Deir ez-Zor have erected barricades in the city and are trying to block the advance of government troops.

Chairman of the Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet expects that the board of governors of the regulator will make a decision on the issue of purchasing Italian government bonds in order to prevent a fiscal and debt crisis in the euro area on the evening of August 7, 2011. This was reported by Reuters, citing informed sources. According to the agency's interlocutor, J.C.

In Khabarovsk, during a fire at an oil refinery (refinery), five people were injured, four of them are in intensive care, the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region reported. The fire signal was received at 23:30 Moscow time the day before. Spilled fuel burned over an area of ​​50 square meters. m and installation of a refinery pumping station. Firefighters responded immediately to the signal and began extinguishing the fire in a matter of minutes.