Putin is on a State visit to Tashkent on May 26-27, where was received by his Uzbek counterpart.

Russia and Uzbekistan have made progress in implementing the road map for cooperation, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev affirmed on Monday at the beginning of talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

447 municipalities are affected and that the water level is expected to rise by approximately 5.50 to 5.60 meters in Porto Alegre

The death toll rose today to 147 and the number of missing persons to 127, due to the heavy rains and floods that have devastated the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul since the end of April.

The fighting that broke out on Friday is taking place in downtown Khartoum.

Clashes between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary forces in the town of El-Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur, have already killed 27 persons and wounded 130, UN sources informed in this capital on Monday.

Impacts from heavy rainfall and flooding were also reported in 92.3 thousand homes.

The climatic calamity caused by the scourge of storms in Rio Grande do Sul state, which has caused 127 deaths and 141 missing persons, marked the end of the week today in Brazil.