British Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to fire Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson if he refuses to support the government-approved Brexit strategy, writes . The Times newspaper According to the publication, the prime minister sent a letter to the ruling Conservative Party in which she made it clear that ministers who do not agree with the adopted strategy will be dismissed.

NATO countries fear that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin may reach agreements at the upcoming summit that are not consistent with the interests of the North Atlantic Alliance. Peter Bayer, coordinator of the ruling coalition of Germany for transatlantic cooperation, spoke about this, reports . Reuters “There are great concerns within the alliance about what kind of agreements Trump and Putin might reach,” Bayer said.

An agreement has been reached with militants in the southern Syrian province of Daraa to cease hostilities and surrender heavy and medium weapons, the Russian Defense Ministry reports . In addition, agreements have been reached on settling the status of militants. For members of armed groups who disagree with this, evacuation to Idlib province will be organized along with their families.

On behalf of President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will lead the Russian delegation at the inauguration of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 9 in Ankara, the government reports . In addition, from the Russian side, the LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky will attend the inauguration ceremony of the Turkish president, the party’s press service reported. Erdogan won the Turkish presidential election with 52.59% of the vote.

The Swedish football players and coaching staff were briefly evacuated from a hotel in Samara on Saturday due to a false fire alarm, Swedish Football Association President Karl-Erik Nilsson told TASS. The evacuation began at approximately 8.30 am local time. “Most of the team was sleeping at that time. It was just a minor technical problem and we were back at the hotel almost immediately,” Nilsson said.

The Russian team lost to the Croatian team in the quarterfinals. The game ended with a score of 2:2. The Croatians won the game thanks to a series of post-match penalties. In regular time, goals were scored by Russian national team player Denis Cheryshev and Croatian national team player Andrej Kramaric. In extra time, goals were scored by Croatian footballer Domagoj Vida and Russian player Mario Fernandes. The home World Cup was the most successful for the Russian team.

On Saturday, July 7, the Russian national football team played in the quarterfinals of the World Cup. The opponent was the Croatian team, which has never lost in this tournament. The match took place in Sochi. Vedomosti reports on the most interesting events that took place in Sochi and around the match. 23.53 Well, it's a shame, but it was a historic match anyway. That's where we'll end the broadcast. Thank you for being with us. 23.52 The match is over.

North Korea expressed regret over the US position on denuclearization, which was outlined by the American side during talks this week. This was stated in a statement by an unnamed representative of the DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yonhap news agency reported , citing the Korean Central News Agency. The statement came a few hours after the end of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's two-day visit to Pyongyang.

England beat Sweden 2-0 at the World Cup to reach the semi-finals. Defender Harry Maguire and midfielder Dele Alli scored goals against the Swedes in the 30th and 59th minutes. The Swedish national team players created several dangerous chances at the opponent's goal, but were unable to convert them. The match took place at the stadium in Samara. England could not reach the semi-finals of the world football championship for 28 years.

The wife of the arrested head of the Serpukhov district, Alexander Shestun, Yulia Shestun, submitted documents to nominate her for the election of the head of the district. Shestun’s lawyer Pavel Bespalov announced this. This step was taken in the event that Shestun himself, under some pretext, is not allowed to participate in the elections, the defender clarifies.

The founder of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, said that he and cavers are discussing options for rescuing teenagers trapped in a cave in Thailand. “We are discussing with them an escape capsule that would be safe enough. Also – installation of an inflatable pipe with air locks. [The second option] is less likely given the difficult terrain, but great if it works,” Musk wrote on his Twitter page.

Former Dagestan Health Minister Tanka Ibragimov has been detained in Makhachkala, TASS and Interfax report, citing sources. According to their information, Ibragimov was detained in his own home in the capital of the republic after searches were conducted. The former official was detained in connection with the theft of budget funds allocated for the purchase of medical equipment. Ibragimov headed the regional Ministry of Health from February 2013 to April 2018.

Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, convicted in Russia for terrorism, wrote a letter from the colony to actress Rimma Zyubina, in which he spoke about his well-being. Zyubina published the text of the letter on her Facebook page . “I feel fine, despite 51 days [of the hunger strike], of course not as great as some authorized human rights activists might think, my health – everyone sees what they want to see,” Sentsov wrote. The letter is dated July 3.

The Main Directorate for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee (IC) opened a criminal case against the head of the fire extinguishing service of the first detachment of the fire service of the Kemerovo region, Andrey Bursin . He was charged under the article “negligence” ( Part 3 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). this .

The Chairman of the Party of Change (formerly “Civil Initiative”), ex-State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov, was denied registration as a candidate for mayor of Moscow. This decision was made by the Moscow City Election Commission on Saturday, Interfax reports.