plane crashed in nepal. the yeti airlines flight came down close to the tourist town of pokhara. it s thought a number of foreign nationals are among the dead. nepalese airlines have a poor safety record and are banned from european union airspace. caroline davies has the latest, and a warning there may be distressing images here. believed to be the final moments before the crash, flying low and the sound of the impact. this video appeared on social media, reportedly showing the yeti flight. shouting. at the site, chaos and confusion as smoke and flames engulf the charred crater where the plane crashed. this is only 1.5km from the flight s destination, pokhara airport. the crowds step around what s left tangled metal and plastic. among the passengers, 53 were from nepal, five from india, four russians, two koreans and one passenger each from ireland, australia, argentina and france. the plane took off at 10.32 this morning from kathmandu. an airline commander said the incid
sports. hello and welcome. we begin in washington where the us house of representatives has adjourned in disarray after three failed attempts to elect the republican kevin mccarthy as speaker. it s the first time in a century the procedure has a small number of hardline republicans are refusing to support mr mccarthy. nothing can go ahead in the house until a new speaker is elected. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the story. the heart of us government deadlocked because its members can t agree on who will be the next speaker. the house of representatives is meeting for the first time at the start of the new congress, with the republicans in charge. pursuant to law and precedent, the next order of business is the election of the speaker of the house of representatives for the 118th congress. with a slim majority, the republicans have the votes chris to select the next speaker, but only if most of them agree. kevin mccarthy is the front runner. the republican le
hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian air base hundreds of kilometres from ukraine has come under attack for the second time in less than a month. the russian defence ministry says the engels base in the southern saratov region was targeted by ukrainian drones during the night. russia says it shot down the drones, but that three of its servicemen were killed by falling debris. the base is host to long range russian strategic bombers, the type of which have launched numerous missiles strikes on ukraine. from moscow, our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. caught on cctv. an explosion at a russian airbase. russia says it shot down a ukrainian drone but that three russian soldiers were killed. engels airbase is deep inside russian territory, hundreds of miles from the ukrainian border. the base hosts long range bombers which are believed to have launched missile attacks against ukraine. state tv reacted to the news with a familiar warning to kyiv. russia, she says, will
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