Saudi Arabia is going to hold peace negotiations on the end of the war in Ukraine, in which representatives of Western states, key developing countries such as India and Brazil, as well as Ukrainian diplomats, will take part, The Wall Street Journal reports with reference to their sources. According to diplomats participating in the discussion of the meeting, she will be held in Gidda on August 5-6.

At least 40 people were killed and another 200 were injured as a result of a terrorist attack arranged by a suicide bomber in Pakistan during the Congress of the Conservative Party “Collection of Islamic Theologians”. The head of the healthcare department of the district Bajaur Faisal Kamal said that more than 150 wounded were delivered to the district hospital of the district, and those who are in critical condition were transferred to the hospital in Peshavar.

Thousands of supporters of the junta, who seized power in Niger, walked along the streets of the capital of the country, Niamey. They waved Russian flags, carried posters in support of Putin and condemned “French colonialism”, reports Associated Press. On July 30, an emergency meeting of the economic community of Western Africa (ECOWAS) should be held, at which the situation in Niger will be discussed.

The Pope Francis turned to the Russian authorities. He asks to resume a grain deal and start the export of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea ports again. The agreement was terminated by Moscow in mid -July. “I urge my brothers, representatives of the Russian authorities, to resume the Black Sea initiative so that it is possible to safely transport grain,” said Pontiff in his appeal to believers in the Vatican.

A group of South Korean scientists published preprints ( Article 1 , Article 2 ) that they managed to observe superconductivity at room temperature and normal atmospheric pressure. In the work, scientists “modestly” say: “We believe that our new result will be the latest historical event, which will open a new era for humanity.” So far, however, the work has opened a wide discussion.

The Kherson Art Museum named after Shovkinenko accused the Russian military of theft of three paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky. We are talking about the paintings “The storm leaves”, “The view of Odessa on the Moon Night” and “Sea”. The new newspaper Europe drew attention to the publication.

Crimea attacked 25 drones, says the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. It is reported that they were all intercepted. The department writes that 16 drones were destroyed by fire with air defense systems, while the other nine suppressed the radio electronic warfare. The latter, without achieving their goals, fell into the Black Sea near Cape Tarkhankut. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, there are no injured and destruction as a result of the attack.

The leaders of the economic community of Western Africa (ECOWAS), a regional group consisting of 15 countries, approved a sanction against the leaders of the junta in Niger at an emergency meeting, France 24 reports . Chairman of the Council of Heads of Ecowas countries, President of Nigeria Bola Tinbu condemned the coup in Niger and the “violation of the constitutional order” in the country.

The teacher of the Russian language and literature-51-year-old Tatyana B. was detained in Crimea for trying to arson the military enlistment office. She threw a bottle of incendiary mixture into the building of the military registration and enlistment office in Feodosia. However, the fire did not cause any damage - near the military registration and enlistment office, only a little asphalt was burned, writes Baza.

The authorities of the Czech Republic arrested the property of Vladimir Yevtushenkov. According to the Czech media, the Russian oligarch secretly controls the company for the production of electric dryers and owns the Savoy Westend (Karlovy Varya hotel. Evtushenkov property in the city is estimated at $ 23 million. The oligarch was included in the sanctions list of the Czech Republic in June 2023.

Nevertheless, TASS, with reference to emergency services, said that his guard was injured in the OKO-2 tower, as well as that glasses were knocked out in it from the first fourth floor. The IQ-Quarter building has damage in the area of ​​the fifth and sixth floors.

Japan, as an exception, issued long -term visas to the two Russians who left the Russian Federation in protest against the war in Ukraine, Kyodo News reports . They were allowed to receive student visas without returning to Russia, as required by the legislation. We are talking about girls from Eastern Siberia who left the Russian Federation in September after the beginning of a “partial” mobilization, fearing that they can be called.

The Pentagon will purchase Starlink terminals for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the work of which Ilon Musk will not be able to limit, reports The New York Times with reference to his sources. According to the publication, we are talking about the purchase of 400-500 satellite Internet stations with a special package of services, the acquisition of which was approved by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Ostin.

Judge Bolshakova and deputy Chizhov In Vladimir, the local blogger Denis Ivanov is judged under an article about slander. Ivanov wrote on Instagram that the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Vladimir Region, United Russia Oleg Chizhov, being the director of the Monostroy construction company, supposedly engaged in the forgery of documents, financial frauds and the creation of one-day firms to avoid taxes, writes the Telegram channel “Association”.

News CNN showed the sea drones of Ukraine, according to the channel, it was precisely these who recently hit the Crimean bridge July 30, 2023 CNN published a plot about the sea drones of Ukraine. According to the television channel, it was precisely these that were used in the attack on the Crimean bridge in July 2023. CNN notes that the drones were used at least twice in attacks on the annexed Crimea. Medusa drew attention to the plot. The length of the drone is about five meters.