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One child and two adults have been critically injured after a plane crashed and overturned while landing at Toronto Pearson airport in Canada, according to emergency services. Images shared on social media show a plane flipped over and lying on its roof on the snow-covered tarmac. It appears to be missing at least one of…

Police in South Africa are “hot on the heels” of the suspects behind the killing of Muhsin Hendricks, dubbed the world’s first openly gay imam, Deputy Justice Minister Andries Nel has said. The 57-year-old was in a car when he was shot dead in broad daylight in the coastal city of Gqeberha on Saturday. CCTV…

Mauritius’ former Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has been released on bail following his dramatic arrest on Saturday on money laundering charges. He had been detained along with three others after the anti-corruption agency said it had seized suitcases of cash and luxury watches in raids on 10 locations, including Jugnauth’s home. The former prime minister’s…

France’s President Emmanuel Macron welcomed European leaders at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday for an emergency summit on the war in Ukraine. Peace talks on ending the war are set to take place in Saudi Arabia between the US and Russia, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there was no role for…

Emergency teams are responding to a plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The airport says it is aware of an incident involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis and says all passengers and crew are accounted for. Three people are currently being transported to hospitals to be treated for critical injuries, including one…

Joe Pike Political investigations correspondent Watch: “Europe must have a secure future,” said UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has said any Ukraine peace deal would require a “US backstop” to deter Russia from attacking its neighbour again. Speaking after a hastily convened meeting with European leaders in Paris, the prime minister repeated that he…

The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, according to the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) union, weeks after a fatal mid-air plane collision in Washington DC. Several hundreds of the agency’s probationary workers – who have generally been in their positions for less than a year – received the…

When US President Donald Trump wanted someone to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin last week to open negotiations for a potential deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, he didn’t dispatch his secretary of state. The man he sent to the Kremlin to handle a titanic geopolitical challenge does not even have a diplomatic background. Instead…

Getty Images This could prove a defining week for the war in Ukraine, with two sets of hastily arranged talks taking place in Paris and Riyadh. European leaders are meeting in France as they scramble for a response to Donald Trump’s plan to open negotiations with Vladimir Putin for an end to the conflict. On…

At least ten people have died after a powerful storm caused flash flooding and toppled trees across south-eastern states of the US. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said nine people have died in his state, after making an emergency disaster declaration. Another person died in Georgia, where a man lying in his bed was struck by…