israel has struck iran, as the media report, and there are explosions in the province of isfahan. local authorities are talking about the work of air defense, civil flights over tehran have been cancelled. in the kurgan region, residents are being evacuated from flooded areas, leaks have appeared in the dam, in the tyumen region, and the peak of the flood is awaiting. one of the villages is cut off by water, what is the situation in other regions, we are waiting for live broadcast. explosions in the dnepropetrovsk region, dnepropetrovsk itself is under attack, crooked hands and pavel dark, what are the consequences, a billion voters and company. the seven stages of general parliamentary

elections have begun in india, what are the prospects for who is called the favorite, all the details about the beginning of the largest elections, our correspondent in the region will tell you. the head of the russian ministry of defense, sergei shaigu, checked the implementation of the state defense order for enterprises in the omsk region. the plant produces tanks and heavy flamethrower systems, here. recording of this trip, we supply the car as standard with additional protection, last time we were here we looked at sight protection, sight protection, it’s there, yes, yes, of course, we are taking all measures to increase output, which is what we are doing this year. machine, we

surround it in may, carry out a fairly huge reserve, production is not ensured, when we started this large program for additional protection for these, when we were looking for alloys there, we were looking for everything else, we found it all, we did it all, now we need to increase . they said that the inhabited cars have everything, that is , the captain and the new car, we should have this included in the kit, the last time you were here, yes, that’s what we said thermal protection, too, only everything goes, it turns out that depending on the shift, well , 70-80, thanks to you, that last time you

set them a task, the supervisor does this kadvi, kolussky, that is, kadvi started working, he is 30 years old i didn’t do anything, now i finally went, how long i work, what kind of shift, traffic 2:2, 2:2, yes, day and night, well done, guys already.

now we need to significantly increase the additional kits that we need to install on those vehicles that are in combat, that is , what we have today goes into fully equipped, and here we need additional supplies of equipment to the brigades and repair shops that we have on the battlefield.

you know that we have a barbecue installed here, additional body kits are being made, so after all, 280 needs to be learned, 12 units have already been restored, he is already training on it, on the water definitely, the wear and tear of the canal channel to other

topics, in the dnepropetrovsk region of ukraine they thundered. several powerful explosions, local residents post videos on social networks. it is known about attacks in at least three cities, dnepropetrovsk itself, krivoy rog and pavlodar. the consequences are being clarified. explosions occurred in the odessa region this morning. and the night before, a gas pipeline in the kharkov region detonated. the torch of burning fuel rose to a height of 70 m, and asphalt began to melt within a radius of 40 m. the air raid alert in ukraine was announced several times during the night, early in the morning, this regime... spread to the entire territory of the country. and large-scale floods threaten new territories. so in the tyumen region the situation is getting worse every hour. the water in the ishim river rose by more than 2 meters in one day. it happened not far from

city ​​of the same name with a population of almost 70,000 people. and our film crew is now working in ishim. and with us in direct communication. my colleague stanislav bernwalt. stanislav, i greet you. tell me. what are the authorities doing to prevent water from leaking into the city? yes, hello, tatyana, according to the ishimi gauging station, from 8:00 am on april 19 local time, the water level in the ishim river in the city area rose sharply by 228 cm and amounted to 690 cm, there is still 160 cm left to the critical level, but here to make it clearer, let's show it, literally the day before. this water pumping station stood still, there was no water next to it, now the water is coming directly to the dam, the water is approaching in many settlements, and here, for example, in ishim, in the area of ​​​​cleaning facilities,

the dam is now being built up, already the day they raised the dam, well, at least one and a half meters, somewhere more in some places, this work continues almost without interruption, we see that they are involved... a large number of people, this work does not stop here not for a minute, in several shifts, builders, volunteers, employees of the ministry of emergency situations, and the ministry of defense take part in the work here, this is a very important point, despite the fact that the water has really already come close, the work cannot be stopped, because this is critically important moment, i say again that there is absolutely nothing left to the critical point, a meter of 60 cm, let's hope that these are the actions that...

well, the day before the road began to overflow in the kazan region, the road has now been blocked to get to, for example, a village kazanskoye needs to take a detour, it’s about 80 km,

there will only be more such overflows now, because the water is really rising, here ilyinka is the extreme point of the kazan region just before kazakhstan, there today -7 cm points, since yesterday evening evacuation is underway; in the flood zone, eight more populated areas are being evacuated from several microdistricts of kurgan itself. the dam cannot withstand the load and leaks have appeared. the right bank part of the city is flooded. the authorities are trying to defend the residential sector on the left bank, and the tabol keeps coming. level. in the river has already broken the historical maximum of thirty years ago. in tomsk, rivers

may soon rise to critical levels. the water level in the tomme river, which has been declining in recent days, has risen sharply, and in several areas at once. according to the latest data, more than 150 houses have already been damaged due to the flood. the situation in the orenburg region remains tense, where the water level in the sokmara river is rapidly rising. several villages are at risk. residents are asked to gather. necessary documents and things and prepare for evacuation. in orenburg itself , the situation is gradually returning to normal; a commission to assess the damage will begin work today. ovor schoolchildren will go to classes for the first time after the forced holidays, and kindergartens will also open. in the samara region, the number of flooded houses exceeded two hundred household plots, more than a thousand, several bridges were flooded, and over a thousand people were evacuated. the water level is rising in bashkiria, vashkadar, bochkarev. and ufa. over the past 24 hours , the number of flooded gardens has almost doubled. areas under water, roads and bridges. in

the altai territory, the state of emergency has been lifted; 23 houses and more than 100 plots remain flooded in the region. temporary accommodation centers have been closed. but several roads are still closed to traffic; restoration work is underway there. israel launched strikes on iran, local media report. explosions occurred near the airport. and a military airbase with fighter jets in isfahan province. in this regard, iranian authorities have temporarily limited civil flights over major cities. air traffic has now been restored. there is no information about the victims. fire trucks drove towards the air base. the iranian military reported that no missiles were used during the strikes on the country's territory; the explosions were the result of repelling an air attack. three israeli drones were allegedly shot down by anti-aircraft weapons. israeli military. us plans

to respond to iran's attack in the next 48 hours. and the united states blocked the resolution recognizing palestine as a full un member. during the security council meeting, the united states exercised its veto power. russian representative vasily nebendya criticized the decision washington and called on the united states to join the efforts of other members.

promised that the country would return to the security council with this issue. before the israeli diplomat's speech, about

half of those present, mostly from arab countries, left. and now let's talk about the economy. konstantin, oil prices are rising. tell me, what is the reason? yes, tatyana, well, the situation in the middle east is having an impact. oil rose sharply today at the opening of trading against the backdrop of a new round of escalation in the middle east. after israel launched strikes on iran, the price of a barrel of brand blend jumped by almost $4, but then a slight correction followed. against this background , today’s currency trading on the moscow exchange opened with the growth of the ruble. in the very first minutes, both the dollar and the euro sank against the ruble. we are monitoring the situation. the international agency snp has downgraded israel's long-term sovereign credit rating. the prognosis is negative. this means that during the next review, which will take place on may 10, another downgrade is possible. as the message says agency, there is concern that the war between israel and hamassa, as well as confrontations with

other groups, may escalate, affecting the economic, fiscal parameters and balance of payments. from israel more significantly than expected, in february the country's rating was downgraded by another international agency of the big three, moody's, which also set a negative outlook and could again downgrade the state's creditworthiness if current conflicts expand and further increase geopolitical risks, surplus russia's current account balance of payments increased in annual terms, according to the central bank's materials, that is, income from foreign trade from steel is higher than spending on the purchase of foreign products and services, while both indicators decreased, but imports decreased more than exports. the decline in exports, by the way, slowed down compared to the same quarter last year following rising oil prices. in other words, we began to sell less, but more expensively. good grain harvest and diversification also supported supplies. imports declined amid high

interest rates, a weaker ruble and, importantly, stockpiles. and stimulating. influenced by growth in domestic demand and reorientation to alternative suppliers. the head of the european commission complained that hundreds of billions of euros flow from europe to the united states every year, which could be used for their own development. ursulie fondelaien's statement came after a two-day meeting in brussels, at which european leaders discussed europe's economic prospects and tried, as they say, putting on a good face when playing poorly. every year, €300 billion of european savings are diverted abroad, mainly to the united states, money that is not enough to grow our companies in the european union, and this is due to the fragmentation of our capital markets and financial system. it was no coincidence that ms. vonderleen emphasized the fragmentation of europe; back in 2012, after

the crisis in the eurozone, they began to develop a project for the eu capital markets union. the authorities wanted to introduce uniform rules for lending and bankruptcy of enterprises throughout the bloc, but then issue eurozone bonds. this project subsequently stalled, although in theory it could have contributed to competition with the united states. at the end of the issue about currencies, the dollar exchange rate today is 94.09, the euro costs 100 rubles. 53 kopecks. and that's all i have for now. tatiana. konstantin, thank you, my colleague konstantin churikov was with the economic news. and now let’s move to india, parliamentary elections have begun there, due to the size of the country, almost billions of voters have divided the voting into seven stages, it will last until june. and in direct contact from our correspondent for india is evgeniy davidov. evgeniy, i greet you. tell us how it’s going, how this voting began, how do you manage to organize all this with

a billion? yes, tatyana, good morning, i greet you. so, india, of course. lives by elections, all other events for the next month and a half have faded into the background, the largest democracy in the world, as indians call themselves, will decide who will lead the country for the next 5 years, where, according to statistics, every sixth inhabitant of the planet lives, or about one and a half billion people, in general , polling stations are open throughout the country, in the most remote settlements and...

which lasts for 2 weeks, an indelible mark, this is done so that it is impossible to vote twice, well , then the person goes into a special booth leaves his vote, and another interesting point is that, of course, ballots are paper ballots that are unusual for us, here they are an electronic device, somewhat reminiscent of something between a tablet and an intercom. various parties are depicted there in the form of symbols, these are plants, animals, household items, this historically happened so that even those voters could vote.

until june 1, summing up the results on june 4, and according to local media this is the longest universal

vote in the world, here is another world record, as they say the central election commission of india, citizens who have reached 18 years of age can vote here, the exact number of those who can vote is 968 million people, well, almost a billion, the biggest...

championship match. russian chess player, ian nepomnyashchy, played a draw in the twelfth round at the candidates tournament in toronto. the opponents were indian representative ramesh babu. as a result , nepomnyashchy lost sole leadership and took first place along with two more players, the american nakamura and another grandmaster from india gukesh. everyone has 70 points. the next person ian nepomniachtchi will play against will be a direct competitor for the first line. the same nakamura, this will already be the thirteenth tour of planned fifteen. the day before , the semi-finalists of two more european football cups were determined: the europa league and the

conference league. italian atalanta, together with russian national team player alexei mirnchuk , beat liverpool on aggregate. bayern set a 20th century record for the number of matches without defeat in all tournaments among the top five european leagues. the forty-fourth match of this kind was with westham, in which bayern fought back in... in the last minute, moving on, roma dealt with milan, and marseille with benfica. atalanta in the europa league semi-finals will meet with marseille, and bayern with roma. the first matches of this stage of the tournament will take place on may 2. in the conference league , aston villa, suna emiri reached the semi-finals, and spider with magomed azdoev were eliminated from brugge. fiorentina put the finishing touches on victoria pylzeni, olympiacos turned out to be stronger than fenerbahce. as a result, in the semi-finals, which also starts on may 2, fiorentina will play against bruges. while aston villa will face olympiacos. now nikita kucherov is definitely the top scorer of the nhl regular season this

season. for the second time in kucherov’s career wins the artos trophy, which is awarded for such an achievement. malkin once received this award twice, once ovechkin. this season, kucherov scored 144 points, becoming the third player in league history to reach this mark. only ahead. and colorado won 5:1 against edmonton. the opening match of the final playoff series of the continental hockey league has ended in magnitogorsk. at home, the metallurgist began the fight for the gagarin cup with yaroslavl lokomotiv. my colleague will tell you who won and how it happened. magnitogorsk residential and the industrial area is divided by the ural river, which is considered to be the border between europe and asia, and even has a corresponding sign.

the border, however, is very arbitrary and blurry; in the urals, in every city, they will definitely tell you that the border between the west and the east passes right there. before this season in the continental hockey league, this border had the outline of almost a wall. in the playoffs of the gagarin cup until the very final. east and west could not meet. cross-playoffs stir up intrigue in the fight for the title so that in the finals there are teams that few expected in the main series of the season. although this is the first metallurg in the east, and the third locomotive in the west. the yaroslavl players, playing in four matches, ran over a chelyabinsk tractor in one second and did not play for more than a week before the start of the final; magnitka ended its series with the motorist less than three days ago. i don’t know, it makes sense to base this on the final, here it’s simply a fact that we played poorly for two periods, so we can with... well

, say that there’s a pause, it could have been that metallurgist in the rhythm of the game, what difference does it make here? the gagarin cup, the coveted trophy of the continental hockey league, is in the first match of the final series between magnitogorsk metallurg and yaroslavl lokomotiv, the name of the magnet is twice on this cup, and in general magnitogorsk is playing in the final of the ggagarin cup for the fifth time, for lokomotiv this is the second attempt to win trophy. for 15 years lokomotiv... was not in the khl finals, magnitogorsk reached the decisive series the season before last, despite the press and experts unanimously call it the favorite of railway workers. the fact that we are called underdogs does not affect us in any way. the teams spend the first two periods carefully, of course, looking for happiness at someone else's goal, but first of all they think about defending their own. too much is at stake, and the best goalkeepers of the playoffs are ilya nabokov from metallurg and daniil isaev from lokomotiv with

three clean sheets. they are able to maintain an advantage in the league, but this is the magic of the gagarin cup final. almost instantly the hosts came back and scored nikita mikhailis. we understood that we had conceded, we had to make up for it, somewhere we had already gone there in bulk, and before that there were chances to score, somewhere there the pitman licked the puck , we couldn’t finish it off, it’s good that it happened that way, sanya made an excellent pass, driven stands forward, the metallurgist earned a majority at the end of regulation time, which was converted by alexander petunin, 2:1,

winning the first match of the series up to four wins. the hosts even opened the dressing room to the press in the first match of the final, an unprecedented boldness self-confidence of one of the finalists. while we are in the rays of glory, why not buy into it, it’s just that sometimes it smells bad and they swear, so sometimes you can get punished, so don’t be offended if you were sent. not in the direction you want. the second game of the series will also be held in magnitogorsk on saturday, and then will move to yaroslavl for the final. stas redikultsev, ivan lavrikov and alexander stalmashevsky, news from magnitogorsk.