7 hours ago Russia tried to make Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in the sea by refusing permission to land after missile attack, then jamming its navigation to force hero pilot over water before crash killed 38

A Russian surface-to-air missile struck the flight on Christmas Day, causing the airliner to crash in Kazakhstan - a tragedy which claimed the lives of 38 people.

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9 hours ago Elderly TV star, 80, left with black eye injury on Christmas Day after horror fall

Talk show panel host Derryn Hinch, who helmed the show Beauty and the Beast in the 1980s, suffered a horror fall just before Christmas - leaving him battered and bruised

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10 hours ago Victim of horror Christmas Day stabbing heard screaming 'I can't breathe'

Two women died at the scene, while a man and a teenage boy are in a stable condition in hospital. Shocked neighbours heard screams of "I can't breathe".

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15 hours ago Bus carrying 70 people crashes into lake in horror Boxing Day incident

The extent of the damage is currently unclear.

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15 hours ago Bus carrying 70 people plunges into lake with deaths reported in horror Boxing Day crash

The total number of fatalities is unknown after a bus in Norway plunged into a lake with dozens of people onboard - a hospital in the region has been alerted about the situation

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17 hours ago Christmas Day horror as two women aged 24 and 38 are knifed to death and man and teenage boy are seriously injured in stabbing attack

Two women, aged 38 and 24, have died and a man and a teenage boy suffered serious injuries following reports of a stabbing in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, on Christmas Day.

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18 hours ago Man in his 20s is arrested after woman in her 80s is killed in crash that closed motorway on Christmas Day

A man in his 20s has been arrested after a horror Christmas Day motorway crash left a woman in her 80s dead and another elderly man hospitalised in a serious condition.

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19 hours ago What is known about a plane crash in Kazakhstan that killed 38 of 67 people on board

The crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan has killed 38 of 67 people on board

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19 hours ago Azerbaijan observes day of mourning for Kazakhstan plane crash victims as speculation mount about its cause

Azerbaijan is observing a nationwide day of mourning for the victims of the air crash that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured on Christmas

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28 hours ago Harrowing videos from inside Azerbaijan Airlines plane show passengers' 'final calls to loved ones'

Footage shows survivors emerging from the wreckage of a plane crash in Kazakhstan which has killed 38 people, amid rumours it may have been shot down by Russians

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