Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. November 5th. New information on the crash of the jet in the sinai peninsula. The plane was most likely brought down by a bomb planted by isis or one of its an fill yacht. That is what several officials are telling cnn. That is backed up bring British Forces and similar officils using similar language. One tells cnn the bomb may have had assistance from inside the airport itself. Lets get latest from cnns barbara starr. Reporter it is possible that someone in the airport at Sharm El Sheikh may have been involved in trying to get a bomb on board the aircraft. Where it stands now is it is not absolute. It is not a final assessment. The u. S. Intelligence Community Increasingly believes it may have been a bomb that brought down the airplane killing all 224 souls on board. A u. S. Official telling me and i quote, there is a definite feeling it was an explosive device planted in luggage or somewhere on the plane. The u. S. Has bee
Deal with the eu after brexit. Thousands of nurses in Northern Ireland have begun a 12 hour strike over pay and staffing levels. Thousands of appointments and procedures have been cancelled. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iran has carried out a Ballistic Missile attack on two us bases in iraq in retaliation for the killing of general qasem soleimani. More than a dozen missiles were launched from iran in the early hours of the morning. They struck air bases housing us forces in al asad, west of baghdad, and irbil in the north. Its unclear if there have been any casualties. President donald trump tweeted that all is well. He wrote assessment of casualties and damages taking place now. So far, so good . He is expected to make a statement later today. Irans foreign minister tweeted we do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression. Our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, in baghdad says this appear to suggest that iran wishes to draw a line under
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