On Monday, October 8, in the Moscow sports complex Olympic, the 17th Tennis tournament "Kremlin Cup" starts. This is the first in the history of Russia an international professional tournament, founded in 1990 by the Swiss businessman Sason Cashuri. Now this competition is one of the tournaments of the Association of Professional tennis players (APR) in the International Series category.

The bad weather does not allow diving work in the area of ​​the probable location of the Mi-2 helicopter, which crashed off the coast of Kamchatka on Thursday, the press secretary of the regional administration of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies Olga Mikhailova told RIA Novosti.

The defender of Milan Alessandro Nesta stated that he would be happy in the event of the transition of Alessandro del Pierro to the Rossoneri camp. The negotiations between the Turin Juventus and the long -term leader of the team Alessandro del Pierro regarding the extension of the football player’s contract. This gave rise to a wave of rumors that the famous striker would leave the ranks of the "old Signora", having moved to "Milan".

Today in Shanghai the stage of the championship in car racing in the class "Formula 1"-"Grand Prix of China" will take place. The 22-year-old McLaren pilot Lewis Hamilton, leading in the personal standings, has a chance to win the title ahead of schedule and become the youngest champion in the history of "big prizes". To do this, the British needs to either win in Shanghai or finish in front of his partner Fernando Alonso.

New appointments were made in the leadership of the apparatus of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic told Interfax on Sunday. According to him, in particular, Magomed Gutiev was appointed to the post of deputy minister, chief of public security police. In addition, the new First Deputy Minister and the head of the personnel department, as well as a number of other permutations, were appointed.

In the EU member countries there are more elderly people than children, the European Statistical Agency Eurostat said. According to the data published by him, as part of the EU population, the share of children under the age of 14 is only 16.2%, and older people aged 65 years or more - 16.6%, RIA Novosti reports. Over the past 25 years, the total number of young people in the EU states has declined by 23 million (21%, of which 10% only over the past decade).

This afternoon, October 7, a plane crash occurred near Damascus (Syria). At the time of publication of this message, it is unclear whether it is a civil or military aircraft, reports Newsru Israel. The first message about the plane crash near Damascus was transmitted by Reuters. According to the agency, the disaster occurred in the Muadamet Ashham area, about 7 km west of Damascus.

On one of the beaches of Portugal, traces of four months ago four -year -old Madeleine McCan were discovered. The traces were discovered by a former police officer Dani Krugel, reports Echo of Moscow . Madeline McCan’s body could be temporarily hidden on the beach in the prowe-da-louse, or is still there, Krugel said. These conclusions, as he himself said, are based on a combination of DNA samples and satellite technology GPS.

Additional security measures will be taken on Sunday in the center of Moscow. This is due to the celebration of the 55th anniversary of Russian President Vladimir Putin and rallies in the memory of Anna Politkovskaya, organized by the opposition. In the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate, it is reported that about 2.5 thousand police officers and 500 people's warriors will ensure the safety of mass shares, which will be held on Sunday in the center of Moscow.

The Taiwan Typhoon, which fell on Saturday, took off the lives of four people, two more are considered missing, reports AP agency with reference to representatives of the Center for Assistance in Emergency Situations. Moving towards the Chinese coast, Crowe weakened to a tropical storm with a wind speed of about 108 kilometers per hour. Earlier, due to bad weather conditions, several flights were canceled and water message stopped.

In the match of the ninth round of the English Premier League, London Arsenal won with a score of 3: 2. Twice in the winners Van Persia distinguished himself, another goal was spent by Senderos. On the goal, Wallace and Jones held the "gunners". Already in the sixth minute, the most beautiful blow to Diabi delivered the ball to the upper corner of Gordon’s gate.

In the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine, on Sunday night, near the Verkhovtsy station, a freight train and a locomotive of the passenger train Sevastopol-Kyiv collided. As a result of the accident, an employee of the railway station was killed, there are no injuries, Interfax told by telephone the employee of the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine. According to him, as a result of the accident, three carriages of the cargo train left the rails, 50 m of the railway track were damaged.

The Chinese rescue vessel Dunfan Zyu 111 will be on duty all night near the afflicage of the Aladdin Dream cargo ship and is ready to take its crew if the Aladdin Dream starts to sink, Sinhua agency reports on Sunday evening with reference to the headquarters of the rescue operation.

Representatives of Greenpeace Russia do not know about their participation in the Ecological Council under the Organizing Committee of the Olympiad, the creation of which was previously stated by the chairman of the State Duma Committee Vladimir Grachev. “We sent an official letter to Grachev with a request to clarify his statement and information that Greenpeace entered the Council,” the Greenpeace spokeswoman Evgenia Belyakov said on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio station.

The number of victims of the fire that occurred on October 2 at the Moscow Institute of State and Corporate Administration reached ten people. As Interfax told a source in the medical circles of the capital on Sunday afternoon in the 33rd hospital, a girl who was in extremely serious condition died, with burns and bruises. Thus, the number of victims of the fire reached 10 people.