US sends investigators to help establish cause of South Korea plane crash

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Team from NTSB, FAA and manufacturer Boeing to assist investigation of Jeju Air crash that killed 179

The US is sending air accident investigators to South Korea to help determine what went wrong with the Jeju Air plane that crash-landed at Muan airport and skidded into a barrier early on Sunday, killing 179.

The team of investigators includes the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing, which manufactured the 17-year-old aircraft.

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IDF: 19 terrorists, no known civilians, killed in Gaza hospital raid; Hamas said 50 dead – The Times of Israel

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  1. IDF: 19 terrorists, no known civilians, killed in Gaza hospital raid; Hamas said 50 dead  The Times of Israel
  2. Gaza hospital director held at notorious Israeli military detention center, recently released detainees say  CNN
  3. LIVE: Israel attacks two more hospitals as winter adds to suffering in Gaza  Al Jazeera English
  4. IDF says it won't allow Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital to operate after mass arrests in area  Haaretz
  5. Gaza City's Wafa Hospital damaged in Israeli airstrike which killed seven people  Yahoo! Voices
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New elections could take up to four years, Syria rebel leader says – BBC.com

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  1. New elections could take up to four years, Syria rebel leader says  BBC.com
  2. Syria’s de facto leader says it could take up to 4 years to hold elections  The Associated Press
  3. Syria's new leader vows to block operations of terrorist PKK/YPG  Anadolu Agency | English
  4. New Syrian leader hopes Iran will reconsider regional intervention - analysis  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Opinion | Syria’s Rebel Leader Is No Moderate  The Wall Street Journal
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Republican congressman says party should drop ‘food fight’ over leadership

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Mike Lawler says Mike Johnson should remain speaker as cracks appear between Trump’s team and far right

The US House member Mike Lawler attempted on Sunday to tease out two pressing issues facing the new Congress beginning in 2025, telling an American political talkshow that this was not the moment for his fellow Republicans to have a “food fight” over leadership in Capitol Hill and that the country “needs an immigration system that works”.

Both issues have dominated political headlines in recent days, as potential policy splits become apparent between far-right congressional Republicans and the executive team being assembled for their party leader Donald Trump’s second presidency beginning in January.

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Finland finds drag marks on Baltic seabed after cable damage – Reuters

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  1. Finland finds drag marks on Baltic seabed after cable damage  Reuters
  2. Finland Finds Anchor Drag Marks Left by Tanker That Broke Cables  Bloomberg
  3. Has Russia’s Shadow Fleet, Built to Evade Sanctions, Added Sabotage to Its List?  The New York Times
  4. Russia-linked cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland ‘was loaded with spying equipment’  Lloyd's List
  5. German foreign minister warns of Russian 'shadow fleet'  DW (English)
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Israel orders remaining residents of Beit Hanoun to leave

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Order triggers new wave of displacement and there are reports of damage to two more Gaza hospitals

Israel has issued new evacuation orders for all remaining civilians to leave Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza as part of a blistering three-month-old campaign that Israel denies is aimed at depopulating a third of the Palestinian territory, amid reports Israeli attacks have damaged two more struggling hospitals in Gaza City.

The Israeli army forcibly evacuated Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia on Friday, leaving the northern third of the strip, which is cut off from the rest of Gaza, with just one small functioning medical centre, al-Awda, in nearby Jabalia. On Sunday, everyone remaining in Beit Lahia was ordered to leave after Palestinian militants launched five rockets from the area that targeted Israeli territory.

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