In the east of Moscow, the Vernissage market is on fire, RIA Novosti reports . The capital's fire service reported that the area of ​​the fire exceeds a thousand square meters, and it was assigned the fifth, maximum degree of complexity. The fire started at about 13.30 in a building located at Izmailovskoye Shosse, building 73 "zh". The fire quickly engulfed the wooden structures and, due to strong winds, spread to a neighboring building. The column of fire reaches 10 meters in height.

On Friday, Colombian police discovered a homemade submarine that could have been used to smuggle more than $200 million worth of cocaine abroad, Reuters reports. Police acted on a tip and found the submarine near the border with Ecuador. The ship, which apparently began construction six months ago, could transport up to 10 tons of cocaine. Law enforcement has not said where the boat was headed or how far it may have gone.

Russia will switch to daylight saving time this coming night. On March 27 at 02:00 local time, clocks across the country will be moved forward one hour. This was reported by the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology of the Russian Federation. “In accordance with the procedure for calculating time determined by the government of the Russian Federation, “summer” time is established in the country for the period from March 27, 2005 to October 30, 2005,” the agency reports.

The new authorities of Kyrgyzstan are ready to guarantee the immunity of the country's President Askar Akaev, RIA Novosti reports . The country's acting president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, said that there was a law that guaranteed the immunity of Akaev as the first president of Kyrgyzstan. “We must work within the framework of this law,” Bakiyev said. “On my part, there are no intentions to persecute Akaev,” Bakiyev emphasized.

On Saturday, the upper house of the old parliament of Kyrgyzstan withdrew the signature of its vice-speaker from the memorandum recognizing the legitimacy of the new, unicameral parliament, RIA Novosti reports . “We revoked the deputy speaker’s signature on the memorandum because no one authorized him. The resolution was adopted unanimously,” said Valery Bil, chairman of the committee on government structure and legislation of the upper house.

Demonstrators moving towards Bishkek from the Kemin region were stopped outside the capital of Kyrgyzstan on Saturday, the Kyrgyz national news agency KABAR reports . According to official data, representatives of law enforcement agencies and the security service of Kyrgyzstan met with the demonstrators, who, after negotiations with the organizers of the march, convinced them not to go to Bishkek.

A column of 500 Akaev supporters is moving towards Bishkek, the Kyrgyz national news agency KABAR reports , citing reliable sources from law enforcement agencies. Akayev's supporters held a rally in the village of Kemin and then moved towards Bishkek. According to unconfirmed data, they have already reached the regional center of the Chui region - the city of Tokmok. They travel by car, horse and cart.

On Saturday, a meeting of both houses of the old, bicameral parliament of Kyrgyzstan, as well as the new, unicameral parliament, began in Bishkek, reports RIA "News" . The agenda of the upper house of parliament includes approving the cabinet of ministers of the interim government and setting the date for the presidential elections. The Lower House is discussing behind closed doors the possibility of introducing a state of emergency.

On Friday evening, a gas explosion in a residential building in the suburbs of Barcelona killed two people and injured nine others, Europapress reports. The explosion, which also damaged three nearby buildings, occurred around 20:30 local time in the suburb of the Catalan capital Sabadell. The identities of the victims, whose bodies were recovered from the rubble of the house, have not yet been established. Most of the victims received minor injuries, local police said.

Security guards at the Bucca camp for Iraqi prisoners discovered a tunnel through which prisoners were planning to escape to freedom, AP reports. The tunnel, dug using homemade tools, was located at a depth of approximately 4-5 meters and came to the surface outside the grate surrounding the camp. Officials say they found him before any prisoners could escape from the camp. Camp Bucca, located near the city of Umm Qasr, houses 6,049 people, almost two-thirds of all prisoners in Iraq.

The leadership of the Ministry of Sports of Dagestan and the Freestyle Wrestling Federation of the republic refused to send their athletes to the centralized training camps of the national team. The reason for the demarche was the decision of the Russian Wrestling Federation to update the coaching staff of the national team, writes Kommersant . Last Thursday, the situation that arose was discussed by the expanded composition of the bureau of the Russian Wrestling Federation.

A strong explosion occurred on Saturday evening in the Lebanese capital Beirut, reports Reuters. According to eyewitnesses, the explosion occurred in the eastern part of the city in the Dikweneh area, populated mainly by Christians. A strong fire started in the building where the explosion occurred. Ambulances and firefighters arrived at the scene, and the area was cordoned off by police.

Four American soldiers were killed by a mine in Afghanistan. The incident occurred on Saturday morning in the southeastern Afghan province of Logar. RIA Novosti reports this. As stated on Saturday, March 26, a representative of the US Army command, Lieutenant Cindy Moore, in the southeast of Afghanistan, as a result of a mine explosion on a military vehicle, 4 American soldiers were killed.

On Friday, actress Jennifer Aniston filed for divorce from actor Brad Pitt, AP reports. Aniston's statement cited "irreconcilable differences" with Pitt as the reason for this decision. The actress intends to return to her maiden name - after marriage she officially became Jennifer Pitt, although she continued to act under her previous name. Let us remember that back in January, Aniston and Pitt announced that they intended to separate.

The government of Kazakhstan has decided to cancel the transition to summer and winter time on the territory of the republic, RIA Novosti reported on Saturday . As the government press service explained, this was done because the energy savings achieved by changing clocks in the spring were insignificant and usually negated when returning to winter time. The Government of Kazakhstan also took into account international experience.