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Official newspapers write about Ilham Aliyev's participation in the opening of a road node in the vicinity of the Olympic Stadium and do not report the loss of life during yesterday's fire in the 16-storey residential building.
Azadlyg writes about yesterday's fire in the 16-storey building in Binagadi district of Baku, which killed 16, injured more than 60 residents of the house, and the causes of this tragedy.
At the hearing of the National Council on the issue of political prisoners it was announced that the arrests were made on the instructions of President Ilham Aliyev.
The newspaper accuses Ilham Aliyev's false statements regarding compliance with the human rights and freedoms.
Express gives a statement of official Baku that those responsible for the fire in the 16-storey building will be punished. Capital Mayor Hajibala Abutalibov stated that the fire victims will be paid high compensation and they will be accommodated in the villas.
Residents of the capital began to unauthorized disruption of cladding on buildings, which became the cause of the fire and high death toll.
Echo writes that the launched struggle against genetically modified products will not bring the expected results.
Bizim Yol writes that 1 square meter cladding on buildings, which became the cause of the fire and the death of people, is 150 manat.
Yeni Musavat
Under investigation, the businessman Nehramli Ibrahim was detained in the Ganja airport while trying to escape from the country.
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An online meeting of civil society activists focused on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, convened on the initiative of the Justice Solidarity Committee, highlighted significant concerns over the detention of journalists, political activists, and opponents of the war. The gathering, held on August 30, coincided with the International Day of Remembrance of the Missing and underscored the ongoing challenges facing both Azerbaijani and Armenian societies in the wake of the Karabakh conflicts.
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No precipitation is expected in Baku and on the Absheron Peninsula; the northwestern wind will change to a southeastern wind during the day. Air temperatures will range from 21-26°C at night and 33-38°C during the day, according to the National Hydrometeorology Service of the Ministry of Ecology.
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A fire has erupted at the Experimental and Testing Production of the Scientific Research Institute of SOCAR (the state oil company) in the Surakhani district of Baku, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. "Thanks to the urgent and necessary measures taken by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the spread of the fire to neighboring areas, including nearby residential buildings, has been prevented," the statement reads. Efforts to extinguish the fire are still ongoing.
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In September, the average monthly air temperature in Azerbaijan is expected to be close to the climatic norm. Precipitation levels will also be near the norm, but in some areas, they will exceed it, according to the September forecast from the National Hydrometeorological Service.
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