In the Syrian city of Homs, a bomb hidden into the car exploded on Saturday, at least eight people, including women and children, died, reports Associated Press . Syrian state television channels reported that the mined car exploded on the southern outskirts of the city, where Shiites were mainly living. According to preliminary information, at least 100 kilograms of explosives were in the car. Reporters convey about eight dead and at least ten wounded.

The World Food Program (WFP) UN approved a plan of $ 200 million for two -year food assistance to residents of North Korea, Renhap reports . In the first year alone, 206.8 tons of food will be purchased with this money to be sent to North Korea. Mostly food assistance will be nutritious cookies for 1.9 million children and a balanced diet for 500 thousand pregnant and lactating women. The first deliveries will begin in July.

The Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova could not protect the title of the winner of the French open championship in tennis, losing to the final meeting “Roland Garros 2013” ​​to American Serena Williams, Tennis.com reports. On Saturday, in the final match of the second tournament of the Grand Slam series in the season, Maria Sharapova in a stubborn struggle with a score of 4: 6, 4: 6 lost to the first racket of Williams Jr. The duel lasted 1 hour 46 minutes.

The UN refused to accept peacekeepers from Russia to the Golan Heights, explaining this condition for the separation and the protocol between Syria and Israel, which do not allow the presence of the UN Security Council in the region, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the official representative of this organization Martin Nesirka. Meanwhile, if Syria and Israel agree to change existing agreements, the Russian contingent can be introduced into the Golan.

The leadership of public television (OTR) took off the air one of the issues of the Social Network, due to a comic plot on the divorce of Vladimir and Lyudmila Putin, the host of the program Vladislav Sorokin said on Facebook . The presenter explained that in June 7, the release of the “ social network ” contained a plot about what photos Vladimir Putin could post on dating sites after a divorce from his wife, which he announced on June 6.

In Makhachkala, the court decided to place under house arrest the head of the Kayakent district of the Republic Ilmutdin Gamzayev, accused of abuse of authority, Interfax reports with reference to Dagestan. The federal sentence service will control the finding of Gamzaev with the help of a special electronic bracelet. Ilmutdin Gamzaev was detained on June 6. Then he was charged with abuse of authority and official forgery in the implementation of the program to ensure the apartments of orphans.

The Gabt leadership notified the prime minister of the Bolshoi Theater Nikolai Tsiscaridze of the refusal to extend the fixed-term employment contract, Interfax reports with reference to the theater press service. The corresponding notification was transferred to the artist on June 7. The term of the current employment contract with it expires on June 30.

The Russian national team players could not avoid defeat from Portugal in the match of the qualifying stage of the 2014 World Cup. The meeting, held in Lisbon, ended with the victory of the Portuguese with a score of 1: 0, and the hosts spent their goal in the ninth minute. His author was Elder Plantig. After this match, the Portuguese team rose in group F from second place to the first, and in the opposite direction, Russians followed. Portugal has 14 points, Russia has two points less.

Earlier on Saturday, the search and rescue units of the Ministry of Emergencies from the air discovered the fragments of the Mi-8 helicopter. Fragments of the aircraft were noticed at 4:40 Moscow time 37 km northwest of the village named after Polina Osipenko. Rescuers said that the wreckage was very burned, and the entire crew was most likely to die. Mi-8 did not communicate at about 15:10 Moscow time on June 6.

Vladimir Putin signed a law that introduces students of students to use drugs and psychotropic substances, the press service of the President of Russia reports on Saturday. According to the law, testing of schoolchildren who has not yet been 15 years will be carried out with the consent of the parents. From the age of 15, adolescents must decide on their own. In case of suspicion, adolescents will be sent to a specialized medical organization that provides assistance in the "narcology" profile.

The artistic director of the ballet of the Bolshoi Theater Sergei Filin, who was spilled in the face of sulfuric acid in Moscow on January 18, made the eighteenth operation before our eyes. This was reported in a letter of the dancer, who was published on Saturday on Facebook by his wife Maria Prorvich. “Today, the 18th operation on both eyes, which lasted almost 5 hours, has passed,” the letter says. In his appeal, Sergei Filin thanked everyone who is worried about his health.

Thousands of people, despite the reinforced police barriers, take part in the anti -government protest in Istanbul on Saturday, the American newspaper The Washington Post reports. For the ninth day in a row, protesters gather in Taxim Square in the center of Istanbul, thereby expressing disagreement with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who the day before stated that the protests in the country are bordering lawlessness and should stop immediately.

In the city of Udomli of the Tver region, about 400 people participated in the so -called "popular gathering", which local nationalists gathered in connection with the interethnic conflict that happened in the city on June 1, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the municipal police. The police detained the organizer of the rally, it turned out to be a member of the Coordinating Council (COP) of the opposition, one of the leaders of local nationalists Nikolai Bondarik.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, the rescuers of the Ministry of Emergencies discovered the wreckage of the Mi-8 helicopter, which disappeared on June 6, Interfax reports. Fragments of the fallen helicopter were discovered from the air at 4:40 Moscow time 37 km northwest of the village named after Polina Osipenko. According to rescuers, the wreckage was very burned, and the entire crew, most likely, died.

June 7, 2013 at 18:37:59 UTC (22:37:59 Moscow time) from the launch settings No. 4 of the site No. 43 of the Cosmodrome Plesetsk combat calculations of the airborne defense troops, the Soyuz-2.1B launch vehicle with a military spacecraft of a military purpose was launched. Nine minutes later, the companion separated from the carrier and went into near -Earth orbit, reports Cosmonautics News .