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From the Gaza strip into Israel a rocket was fired. Information about this appeared in Twitter, the IDF (Israel defense forces) on 23 July. According to the report, the rocket exploded in the air, as a result of incident nobody has suffered. Newspaper the Times of Israel notes that in connection with the incident, the alarm has not been announced, as the missile detonated at the initial stage of the flight. The Times of Israel also indicates that the attempted attack was made on the backdrop of the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. On 14 July, the Israeli police shot and killed three Palestinians staged a gunfight on the Temple mount in Jerusalem. The criminals tried to escape on the territory of the al-Aqsa mosque, after which access was blocked by security forces. Believers started to put the mosque three days later, however, on 21 July it became known that

Joseph Dunford The Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the Armed forces of the United States Joseph Dunford said that Russia has the greatest potential in the military sphere among all States that pose a threat to Washington. This statement reports TASS, it was made on Saturday, July 22, during a speech at a security conference in aspen. The General noted that “Russia is the most serious threat” from those faced by the United States.” Among the countries that pose a threat, he has ranked North Korea, Iran and China. Dunford explained that among these States, Russia has the greatest potential in the military sphere and has “the largest cumulative capabilities” in this area. In particular, he pointed to Moscow’s nuclear potential and capability to act in cyberspace. According to Dunford, the US does not have the ability to concentrate only on one of those threats, adding that

Mike Rogers The head of homeland security and the US cyber command Admiral Michael Rogers believes that now is not the time to create a joint Russian-American group on cyber security. Such opinion as transfers RIA Novosti, he said during a forum on security organized by the Aspen Institute. “If to speak about my views on the matter, I would say that now is probably not the best time to do it”, — he stressed. While Rogers added that the creation of this group in the future may not be the worst thing. Earlier at the same forum, the Director of the CIA Mike Pompeo said that Russia has no plans to leave Syria, and will continue to interfere in the Affairs of the United States. He noted that Moscow was trying to influence the presidential campaign in the country.

The UN Security Council on Monday, July 24, will hold an extraordinary meeting on the situation in Jerusalem, where the clashes between the Palestinians and the Israelis killed several people. About this TASS said a diplomatic source in the headquarters of the world organization. According to him, the discussion will take place behind closed doors after the morning session of the Council. The meeting is expected to take part, the special coordinator middle East peace process Nikolay Mladenov. Previously with a call to discuss possible steps to de-escalate the situation in Jerusalem was made by the security Council members, Egypt, France and Sweden. On Friday, July 21, Halliche located on populated mainly by Palestinians in the West Bank of the Jordan river, killing three Israelis. The criminal with a knife broke into the house and attacked the occupants. A man was killed 60 years, a woman of the same age

Dmitry Peskov The Kremlin is “very negative” to assess the bill on sanctions against Russia and Iran, which is considered in the U.S. Congress. On Saturday, July 22, told RIA Novosti press-Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov. “Extremely negative”, — he said in answer to the question, how do you evaluate this bill in the Kremlin. Earlier on Saturday on the website of the U.S. Congress published the text of the bill. Measures should relate to the oil and gas and banking sectors of the Russian economy. The document, in particular, provides resistance to the project “Northern stream-2”. A number of major us financial and industrial conglomerates, including BP, Exxon, MasterCard, Visa, Citigroup, Ford, Dow Chemical, Procter & Gamble, General Electric and Caterpillar, have criticized the draft of the new restrictions. Also dissatisfaction expressed by the European Union, stating that in the case of a law can be consequences that

Syrian army and militia groups on Saturday, July 22, beat out terrorists from the settlements Dahila and es-Sabha to the East of Raqqa, where is the Outpost of the “Islamic state”. About it reports TASS. In the result, the troops came to the South Bank of the Euphrates river, threatening the ISIS gangs, osdevcon Deir-ez-Zor, which is located 420 kilometers from Damascus. Liberated villages Dahila and es-Sabha are close to gas fields, Sabhava, returned under the control of government forces. Army and militia from the beginning of July has released more than 40 oil and gas production facilities in the Syrian desert to the South of Raqqa. Among them, the oil fields Dobson, Dalaa, Rumeilan, S. Saura, and El-Wahhab. The terrorists are in retreat blew up the part of wells. “Islamic state” in Russia included in the list of terrorist organizations, for participation in activities which provide for criminal liability.

Emmanuel Macron The rating of the President of France Emmanuel Makron a month had lost 10 percentage points and is 54 percent. Such data are cited by the Journal du Dimanche, citing a survey of Ifop center. As noted, this is the strongest decrease of public confidence in the President after three months in power, not counting the loss of 15 points from Jacques Chirac in may-July 1995. The publication notes that such dynamics is caused by problems with the adoption of the military budget, concerns related to reforms of pensions, labour law, taxation. The rating of Makron is still at a high level, when compared with the predecessors. In September 1981, Francois Mitterrand rating is at 48 percent, Francois Hollande — 56 percent in July of 2012, and only Nicolas Sarkozy indicator is much better — 66 percent in July 2007. May 7, France was the second round of

The President of the United States Donald trump took part in the commissioning of the new aircraft carrier “Gerald Ford”, reports Associated Press. The ceremony was held in Norfolk, Virginia. Speaking on Board the vessel, trump criticized the previous administration, which made the lack of investment in new military technology. In this regard, trump has called on Congress to “do its job” and to increase funding for the military. The President called the carrier “a 100,000-ton message to the world”, indicating American military power. “Wherever the ship cuts through the horizon, our allies will be relaxed, and our enemies will tremble with fear because everyone will know what America is, and America is strong,” he said. The new generation of aircraft carrier “Gerald Ford” was officially transferred to the naval forces of the United States in early June. This is the first nuclear aircraft carrier of the new type entered

The European Union considers new sanctions against Russia and Iran, the bill which is considered in the U.S. Congress, can damage the economic and energy interests of the EU to entail “broad and indiscriminate” “unintended consequences,” especially in efforts to diversify energy sources from Russia, reports Reuters. The EU urged Washington to continue to coordinate with its partners of the “group of seven” and warn about unintended consequences. In Brussels stressed the importance of “all possible new measures be coordinated among the international partners to maintain unity on sanctions, which underlie the efforts towards the full implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The European Commission has warned about possible “broad and indiscriminate” “unintended consequences”, particularly in relation to the EU’s efforts to diversify energy sources from Russia. It is noted that the intention of the US to accept the bill due mainly to internal reasons. Germany has already warned of possible

The Pechersky district court of Kiev did not arrest the activist of the movement Femen angelina Dias, laid bare before the presidents of Ukraine and Belarus, Petro Poroshenko and Alexander Lukashenko. On Saturday, July 22, on his page on Facebook said her lawyer Yaroslav Yatsenko. “Angelina preventive measure in the form of personal commitments with the delivery of the passport”, — he wrote. On 21 July, the lawyer said that his client is charged with part 3 of article 296 UK of Ukraine (“Hooliganism with resistance”). According to the legislation, to it threatens till five years of imprisonment. The incident involving Diaz occurred the afternoon of July 21, the signing ceremony of bilateral documents in Kiev, which was attended by Poroshenko and Lukashenko. Half-naked black woman shouted the slogan “long live Belarus!” it was written all over her body. Later one of the founders of Femen Anna Gutsol explained that