Iran successfully launched tactical missiles during the Beit ol Moghaddas 28 ground exercise. This was announced by a senior Iranian military commander, General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, reports . Press TV According to him, during the first day of the two-day exercise, the Iranian ground forces successfully tested the short-range missile N-6, N-10 Naze'at and Fajr 5. It is noted that all missiles were produced in Iran.

An observer at the United Russia primaries on Sakhalin spoke about the attack. According to her, she was attacked by the head of the enterprise where, in violation of the rules, a ballot box was taken Photo: Egor Aleev/TASS Observer Anna Petrova, representing one of the candidates for mayor of the Makarovsky district at the United Russia primaries, told Sakhalin.info that she was beaten at the Rybak LLC enterprise for trying to record a forced vote.

Zookeepers in the Chilean capital Santiago killed two lions to save a man in his enclosure who was believed to be suicidal. This was reported by The Associated Press with reference to zoo workers. The incident occurred during the day when there were a large number of visitors at the zoo. It is reported that a 20-year-old young man broke into the enclosure, took off his clothes and approached the lions, who attacked him.

A Dutch citizen and an Australian citizen died while descending from Everest, reports The Associated Press . Presumably, the cause of death of the climbers was altitude sickness. According to the agency, 35-year-old Eric Arnold had an adequate supply of oxygen with him, but complained of weakness. He died Friday evening near the South Col Pass before reaching a lower altitude. Australian Maria Strydom also died during the descent. She was on the same team with Arnold.

British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed doubt that Turkey will be able to join the EU before 3000. He recalled that the country submitted an application back in 1987 Turkey will not be able to join the European Union before 3000 if the current pace of negotiations with EU member countries is maintained. This opinion was expressed by British Prime Minister David Cameron in an interview with ITV. “Even in plans, there is no likelihood that Türkiye will soon become a member of the EU.

The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, promised observers to “open all doors” at the State Duma elections, which will take place in the fall of 2016. He made a corresponding statement during the United Russia primaries on May 22, Interfax reports .

Binali Yildirim, an ally of current President Tayyip Erdogan, became the new Prime Minister of Turkey. The head of state has already instructed him to form the composition of the new government Binali Yildirim (Photo: Reuters/Pixstream) Transport Minister Binali Yildirim was unanimously elected as the new leader of the ruling party in Turkey, and he, accordingly, will become the country's prime minister, Reuters reports .

Egypt sent a submarine to search for the “black boxes” of the crashed A320 aircraft, the country’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said. The day before, sources reported that the location of the flight recorders had been determined. reports citing the country's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Egypt sent a submarine to the site where the EgyptAir A320 crashed in the Mediterranean Sea, Tahrir News . According to him, the purpose of this is to search for the “black boxes” of the airliner.

The Iraqi army asked residents of Fallujah (Anbar province) to leave the city, Reuters reported, citing state television. Previously, this city was captured by militants of the Islamic State (the organization is recognized as terrorist and is banned in Russia). The agency notes that the Iraqi army's request is likely related to a possible attack on militant positions in the city. It is noted that the military asked citizens to leave Fallujah through secret routes that will be announced later.

In Moscow, police detained an 81-year-old pensioner who is suspected of fraud on an especially large scale. This was reported by the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to investigators, the woman introduced herself as an employee of a social organization and offered to buy an apartment at a big discount. A 39-year-old resident of the Pechatniki district contacted law enforcement agencies with such a case.

An Aeroflot airline Airbus A320, flying from Moscow to Hannover (Germany), made an emergency landing at Kaliningrad Khrabrovo airport. The airport management reported this to TASS . According to the agency's interlocutor, the plane landed as normal. “The plane landed safely, taxied to the parking lot, and there were no injuries,” an airport spokesman said. He clarified that the Airbus commander asked for permission to make an emergency landing at 12:10 Moscow time.

British director Ken Loach received the Palme d'Or at the 69th Cannes Film Festival for his film I, Daniel Blake. The Palme d'Or at the 69th Cannes Film Festival went to I, Daniel Blake, directed by British director Ken Loach. This is his second Palme d'Or: earlier, in 2006, he already received the festival's highest award for the film The Wind That Shakes the Heather.

In the first quarter of 2016, beer production unexpectedly increased in Russia. But the growth is explained by the implementation of the Unified State Automated Information System system in the beer market, due to which illegal producers were forced to come out of the shadows Photo: Jaroslav Ozana\Zuma\TASS The foam is growing In the first three months, Russian brewers produced 1.57 billion liters of beer, according to Rosstat data. This is 5.5% more than in the same period last year.

The Russian economy is in a difficult situation, but has managed to adapt to “the most difficult challenges.” This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov in the program “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” on the TV channel “Russia 1” (VGTRK). “We are going through difficult times, but we see that the economy has already adapted to the most difficult challenges,” he said (quoted by Interfax).

The governor of the Samara region, Nikolai Merkushkin, withdrew from the United Russia primaries, the press service of the regional government told Interfax. Merkushkin was going to run as part of the party list in the elections to the Samara Provincial Duma. The government explained that he made the decision to withdraw his candidacy together with the leadership of the regional branch of United Russia on May 20.