BREKKIE WRAP: Women take giant leap to greatness Valentina Tereshkova, first woman cosmonaut, born 1937, now wants to complete one last mission - to Mars ... and she is happy to stay there. THE first woman in space, now aged 76, said she is willing to undertake one final mission - travelling to Mars ... and she is prepared to stay there. Russian Valentina Tereshkova became a national hero when in 1963 at age 26 she completed a solo space flight on board the spaceship Vostok VI. We know the human limits. And for us this remains a dream. Most likely the first flight will be one way. But I am ready. It was a night where women were capturing headlines all over the world. Whether they were becoming princess brides like Sweden's Princess Madeleine, who married New York banker Christopher O'Neill, or being compared to French royalty, as was the case for Serena Williams who at 31 became the oldest woman to ever capture the French Open title which she did by beating Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4. Serena Williams of the US, right, holds the trophy after defeating Russia's Maria Sharapova, left, in two sets 6-4, 6-4, in the women's final of the 2013 French Open tennis tournament. Then there were those in mourning like former Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri whose husband and fellow politicianTaufiq Kiemas died in hospital at age 70. Taufiq Kiemas and Megawati Sukarnoputri. Kiemans has died at 70. Elsewhere, US Major General Michael Harrison has been suspended for allegedly failing to report or investigate sexual abuse claims, Nelson Mandela is back in hospital with a lung infection but is in a serious but stable condition, thousands are continuing to protest in Turkey against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, French President Francois Hollande says the eurozone crisis is over and 12 people have died after a bus fell off a cliff in the Philippines. Protesters sleep in Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, as protests against Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan continue. Meanwhile a Russian TV station has pulled a spoof of President Vladimir Putin registering on an online dating website following the announcement of his divorce from his wife of 30 years, police have arrested 18 people in India after the hacked to death a man they believed to be a sorcerer and the US and China are holding talks about cyberspying as internet users around the world said they pretty much expect that governments are spying on what they do online. A picture taken on April 15, 2001, shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila attending an Orthodox Easter service. In entertainment news, Paris Jackson is reportedly to be taken out of school after suggestions that she is being bullied over recent child molestation allegations against her late father, Arnold Schwarzenegger's son Patrick is showing his Twitter followers that he is a chip of the old block, Beyonce has released a rare photo of her and daughter Blue Ivy in a tender moment and Rihanna reportedly turned up two hours late to her own concert and was said to be 'drunk and stoned' when she finally started playing. Beyonce releases a picture of her holding daughter Blue Ivy. In sport, Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the Weber Open to rest before Wimbledon starts, the Aussies have lost to England in the opening Champions Trophy game, Sebastian Vettel has claimed pole for the Canadian GP, Samoa has won their first ever rugby game against Scotland and cyclist Samuel Sanchez has won the seventh stage of the Criterium du Dauphine, dedicating his victory to two friends who died in the past year. Spain's Rafael Nadal makes a point.