Columns of military trucks, armored personnel carriers, ambulance vehicles, stained in protective color, combat helicopters circling over the roads-due to the abundance of equipment and troops, some areas of Normandy resemble the frontline lane on Sunday, RIA Novosti reports. Extraordinary security measures were taken by the French authorities in connection with the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the landing of the Union forces in Normandy.

The fire in Kamchatka covered more than 1,400 hectares of forest and tundra. According to RIA Novosti in the service of the Forest Aviations, last day a new fire on an area of ​​over 390 hectares was discovered near the district center of Milkovo. The mainly agricultural lands are burning, but the fire has already begun to extend to the forests of the Federal Forest Fund.

Today, the ambulance took two miners participating in a hunger strike in the city of Shakhty of the Rostov Region. One starving was sent to the hospital with a diagnosis of intestinal spike, with the other, a woman, a hypertensive crisis happened. The hunger strike is continued by another 40 employees of the plant of mining equipment and construction and installation management No. 1.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is convinced that his plan for the withdrawal of troops and the evacuation of settlers from the Gaza sector will be approved today by the government. Last Wednesday, he assured the journalists that the plan would be adopted, despite the opposition from some ministers from the Likud party headed by him and the right -wing parties entering the ruling coalition.

In Minsk, the film crew of the Russian Ren-TV television channel was detained: correspondent Elena Slav and operator Alexei Pokrovsky. They were detained during an interview with representatives of the opposition on Oktyabrskaya Square, opposite the residence of the President of Belarus. The group was delivered to the central police department, and then released.

The wife of the famous pilot Kora Schumacher made their debut today in car racing. As ITAR-TASS reports, the bark took part in the competitions of the Mini-Chenge class in the German Lausitus. In this sport, cars reach speeds over 200 kilometers per hour. 27-year-old Schumacher showed the 12th result.

Russia requires the UN mission and forces for Kosovo urgent and effective actions to restore order in the region. This was announced today by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexander Yakovenko, in connection with the tragic incident in the ruler, where the 17-year-old Serbian young man Dimitri Popovich was shot from automatic weapons on June 5.

In the west of Sudan, 16 UN employees were released, RIA Novosti reports, referring to the Katar television channel Al-Dzhazira. Employees of the international organization were stolen in Darfur on Saturday.

In Paris , mass protests against US President J. Busha were held in Paris. According to the police, 12 thousand people took part in the shares, the organizers of the action estimate the number of participants at 25 thousand people. The demonstrations were held under the slogans “Bush - Terrorist number one” and “Bush - the enemy of democracy”. There were no incidents during the shares, reports RBC .

The Foreign Minister of Ukraine Konstantin Grishchenko will visit Yuzhnaya Korea with an official visit from June 6 to 8. As stated in a press release posted on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Korea, during a trip, Grishchenko will meet with the head of the South Korean foreign policy of Pan Hi Muna. According to the ministry, it is supposed to discuss issues of cooperation between the two countries in the fields of science, culture and trade.

According to the Al-Juzira television channel, 150 Palestinian officers and soldiers who are employees of the National Security Service turned to Yasir Arafat with a letter in which they demand from him to understand corruption and financial abuses in the forces of Palestinian security. According to them, in the power of security, the self -will of the commanders reigns, who are unaccountable and enjoy the powers exclusively in their interests.

The Minister of Environment of Spain, Christina Narbonna, promised to take measures to limit predatory methods of fishing, causing harm to the fauna and the flora of oceans, as well as environmental disasters similar to the Prestige tanker. The Minister made this statement at the First World Forum of Cultures of Barcelona 2004, dedicated to the International Environmental Protection Day, RIA Novosti reports.

Jose Mourinho is close to the end of her first transfer as a mentor of the London Chelsea. His first acquisition will be the defender of his former club, Portuguese Porto, Paulo Ferreira, writes Sport-Express . “I can confirm that Paulo Ferreira is leaving our club, although there are several more details that are settled,” said the Porto President Horge Nunu Pintu da Kosta in an interview with a bla.

In the UK, on ​​Sunday, the championship of the chicken of tubes will be held. According to RIA Novosti, the organizers of the event, a similar championship is held for the ninth time. He will be held at the Old Silchillians club in the city of Noule of the County West Midlands in Central England. About 50 pipes of tubes from different cities of Great Britain will compete in who can maintain combustion of tobacco in the tube for the longest.

By orders of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, the flags of the ground forces and the air forces were established . This was reported in the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense today, Rosbalt reports. The flag of the ground forces is a double -sided panel of red. In the center of the panel is an image of a small emblem of ground forces (gold glowing grenada against the background of two crossed swords). The ratio of the flag width to its length is two to three.