A day off to one of its fighter jets was downed. Iran marks thirty nine years since the Islamic Revolution president has sound rouhani calls for a year of unity. And another display of harmony in seoul south koreas president strikes a cautious note about his invitation to visit the north. But we begin with the latest on the story weve been following out of russia all seventy one people on board a passenger plane that crashed near moscow off to takeoff have died. The short haul plane took off from one of the russian capitals busiest airports on sunday it was just a few minutes into its johnny from. To the city of or squint it went missing from the right the plane is thought to have crashed near the village of our good nova which is near the capital moscow witnesses say they saw a burning aircraft fall from the sky b. To shop reports the antonov airliner with sixty five passengers and six crew onboard came down five minutes after takeoff in bad weather conditions wreckage was scattered a
In the Ural Mountains when it came down near the village of argunovo shortly after first taking off. Sarah rainsford reports. The remains of flight 703 are scattered in the snow in fields just outside moscow, the fragments of a plane that plunged to the ground minutes after take off. Everyone on board has been killed. The aircraft was an antonov148 operated by the regional saratov airlines. It says the plane itself, shown here, was just eight years old and the pilot was experienced. The flight took off from moscow, heading for orsk in southern russia. It disappeared from radars moments later. There was no emergency call from the crew. In orsk tonight, there is despair. Relatives of the 71 passengers and crew have been gathering but they have been told theres no hope of any survivors. Medics have been sent to help calm and comfort them. At the crash site outside moscow, the debris is spread over a wide area. It was mid afternoon and people in nearby villages say they saw the plane fall
Good morning. Its 9am in singapore and 1am in london. We begin the programme with an update on the shocking Measles Outbreak in indonesia which has killed at least 72 people many of them children. The indonesia government says the outbreak in the remote province of papua, is now under control. But hundreds of other children are malnourished. As Rebecca Henschke reports from papua, the Health Crisis has put the spotlight on a region closed off to journalists for decades, and revealed serious government failings. A warning, you may find some of the images disturbing. Just two months old, yulitas life has already been brutally hard. Her mother died in childbirth, the father rejected her. Translation her father did not want her. In a cloud of grief, he wanted to hit her and bury her with her mother. We said we would take care of her, but we are struggling to keep her alive. They had to make a two dayjourney on a speed boat up the river to get medical help. This is the only hospital here in
With a hard fought victory against france. And on the run from the police in mexico the travel show explains more in half an hour on bbc news. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The government has warned it will cut funding to oxfam if it cannot fully explain its handling of reports of Sexual Misconduct by aid workers in haiti. The International Development secretary, penny mordaunt, says the charity had failed in its moral leadership and lied to her department. Shell meet oxfam representatives tomorrow. In response, theyve announced new measures for the prevention and handling of Sexual Misconduct cases. Angus crawford reports. First haiti, now chad, one of the poorest countries on earth. New allegations that oxfam workers paid local women for sex. The charity says it is shocked and dismayed, but cant confirm the reports. The head of the mission at the time, roland van hauwermeiren, was the same man who five years later in haiti resigned after admitting using prostitutes. Four othe
We will speak to ravi ragbir and look at how federal judges across the country are resisting the Trump Administrations deportation orders. Then we remember asma jahangir, pakistans leading human rights attorney. She died this weekend at the age of 66. Youheres something inside telling you to do it. And it comes because you have heart. Up. The courage to stand amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Tensions across Northern Syria have escalated sharply, amid a series of clashes between external powers, including israel, iran, turkey, and the Syrian Government. On saturday, israel shot down what it claims was an iranian drone that had entered israels airspace after being launched in syria. Israel mounted an attack on iranian command center in syria from where the drone was launched. One of the israeli f16 military jets was then downed by a Syrian Government antiaircraft missile. Israel then carried out a se