Our breaking news, a cruel and stunning new twist to a horrific catastrophe. The airliner crash that killed 150 people in the french alps is now being called deliberate. The french Prosecutor Says the copilot wanted to destroy the aircraft. Based on chilling cockpit audio, officials now say the copilot locked the captain out and ignoring the pounding at the door and the screaming that was going on put the plane into a descent that took it into a mountainside. The fbi has been called into the crash investigation and u. S. Officials say intelligence agencies are still looking for a possible possible terror link. Our correspondents analysts and guests are all standing by with the latest developments. But lets begin with our Senior International correspondent, Nic Robertson. Hes near the crash scene and has the latest. Nic . Reporter well this was a day where the family members of the victims of that crash got a chance to get close to that site. They couldnt get all the way there. The Germ
Ship operators face prolonged disruption as Yemen-based Houthi militants attack vessels travelling on one of the world s busiest routes, causing costly redirections around Africa.
Red Sea: Instead of passing through Egypt’s Suez Canal, hundreds of vessels since mid-December are sailing around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope — a detour that adds at least a week to the journey between South Asia and northern Europe.
The attack follows an uptick in assaults launched by the Houthis in recent days after a relative lull in their months-long campaign over Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.