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Search and rescue operation under way after plane carrying at least 64 people collides with military helicopter. Plus, how Serbia’s students rose up
Good morning.
A regional American Airlines jet carrying at least 60 passengers and four crew members has crashed after a midair collision with a US army Black Hawk helicopter while landing at Reagan national airport near Washington DC, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the Potomac River.
What do we know so far about fatalities? At least 18 bodies have been recovered, according to CBS News, citing a police official, and scores more are feared dead.
What happens next? Search and rescue operations are continuing. Pete Hegseth, sworn in just days ago as Donald Trump’s defense secretary, posted on social media that an investigation had been launched by the army and the defense department.
This is a developing story. Follow our live blog here.
What’s the latest on displaced Palestinians in Gaza? For a third straight day, thousands of Palestinians in southern Gaza trekked by foot, motorbike and animal-drawn carts back to their homes in the war-ravaged north. The UN estimates more than 376,000 Palestinians have reached northern Gaza.
Continue reading...First Nations to fight for billions in treaty payments in Canadian court
Group in northern Ontario argues crown failed to honour agreement and capped annual payments in 1874 at $4
A group of First Nations in Canada is turning to the courts in the hope of securing billions of dollars in compensation, after accusing the government of failing to engage in “meaningful negotiations” for money owed under a 175-year-old treaty.
“The governments’ refusal to come to grips with their treaty obligations has continued 175 years of broken promises, lies and neglect,” Wilfred King, chief of Gull Bay First Nation, said in a statement announcing plans to seek compensation that is “just, liberal, generous and honourable”.
Continue reading...Germany: Angela Merkel chides own party over far-right help – DW (English)
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- Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote with far-right support The Associated Press
- German bishops’ conference distances itself from migration statement Catholic News Agency
- Merkel says Merz ‘wrong’ for pushing though German migration proposal with far right in rare criticism of successor – Europe live The Guardian
- Germany’s far right crashes through the firewall POLITICO Europe
SoftBank ‘in talks’ to invest up to $25bn in OpenAI
Reported move would make Japanese group largest financial backer of US startup behind ChatGPT
The Japanese investment group SoftBank is reportedly in talks to invest up to $25bn (£20bn) in OpenAI in a deal that would make it the biggest financial backer of the startup behind ChatGPT.
The lender is considering putting a sum of between $15bn and $25bn into the San Francisco-based company, according to the Financial Times.
Continue reading...Video: What’s happening in DR Congo?
Hospitals in eastern DR Congo are struggling to cope with casualties as rebel group M23 battles government troops
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Man who burned Quran ‘shot dead in Sweden’
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Russia focuses on seizing Ukraine’s Pokrovsk amid reports of heavy losses
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DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi vows ‘vigorous’ response to M23 rebels in Goma – BBC.com
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- Congo says it will seek to recover lost territory as Rwanda-backed rebels advance south NBC News
- Protesters attack French, US, Rwandan embassies in DRC Al Jazeera English
DR Congo president vows ‘vigorous’ fight to halt M23 rebel advance
DR Congo's leader says the country "will not let itself be humiliated" after rebels seized the city of Goma.
Ukraine says Russian drone strike killed four people in Sumy
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Rosebank oilfield go-ahead decision ruled unlawful by Edinburgh court
Court says UK government green light for Rosebank and Jackdaw permits does not take into account CO2 emissions
The decision to greenlight a giant new oilfield off Shetland has been ruled unlawful by the courts in a major win for environmental campaigners.
The proposed Rosebank development – the UK’s biggest untapped oilfield – had been given the go-ahead in 2023 under the previous government.
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