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Jan 2024
27m 17s

Five people die in Japan Airlines plane ...

Bbc World Service
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<p>Hundreds of passengers have been evacuated after the aircraft crashed with a coastguard plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. We explore plane safety with our correspondent. Plus, Iran has sent a war ship to the Red Sea after the US Navy destroyed three small boats and killed ten Houthi militants who attacked a container ship belonging to the Danish shipping ... Show More
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