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• OUISTREHAM, France (AP) -- A day before his inauguration, Ukraine's incoming president was attending the same D-Day commemorations as Russian President Vladimir Putin, with all eyes on the possibility that the two men might meet.
• Deadly violence in eastern Ukraine is in many minds at the gathering in France to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that helped defeat Hitler. Ukrainian officials say nearly 200 people have died -- a figure which can't be independently confirmed -- in fighting in recent weeks between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian rebels.
• Putin and Ukrainian president-elect Petro Poroshenko were expected to have some sort of interaction although an official meeting was not planned.
• Candy magnate Poroshenko, who is to be sworn in as Ukraine's next president on Saturday, has promised a comprehensive plan to put an end to the hostilities in the east as soon as he assumes office.
• Putin held his first face-to-face meetings with Western leaders in France this week since pro-European protesters pushed out Ukraine's Russia-friendly president in February, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula, and the U.S. and EU imposed sanctions in response.
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• BERLIN (AP) -- A U.S. military hospital in Germany where Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is receiving treatment says it currently has no plans for a press briefing or any interviews.
• Bergdahl arrived on Sunday at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center following his release from nearly five years as a captive of the Taliban in Afghanistan. It remains unclear when he will continue to the United States but the facility in a statement Friday reiterated information released by the Pentagon that Bergdahl's health is improving daily.
• Bergdahl has made no public appearance since his handover to the U.S. military on Saturday.
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