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Jan 2025
47m 23s

No survivors after US plane crash

Bbc World Service
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Emergency teams in Washington said they don't expect to find any survivors from the mid-air collision between a passenger plane and a US military helicopter.

Also on the programme, Israel have released more than a hundred Palestinian prisoners and Hamas have released two Israeli civilians and five Thai nationals as part of a ceasefire agreement; and, how a Brazilian film became the first to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.

(Photo: Emergency workers recover debris from the Potomac River in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter, as seen from Virginia, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

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