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A day after an Egypt airplane dropped off the radar close to Cairo. No debris has yet beendiscovered. Rescue teams are continuing to search the East Mediterranean for rackage.Egyption officials initially thought part of the plane have been found, later admitted they hadbeen mistaken. Kevin Conelly reports from Cairo, Greiving family members of the lostpassengers have come from France, from Kuawait, and from far-flung desert towns of villagesin Egypt. Their arrival will intensify pressure on Egyption government to demonstrate theyrespond to the latest aviation disaster. It's both competent and compassionate. Theretraction of the claim that the rackage of the plane had already be found is something of anembarrasement, one official said simply we got it wrong.
The Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has announced his resignation and reports thatthe Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahu wants to bring a hardline party into his governingcoalition. On Thursday, Mr Yaalon addresed a meeting of Youth group leaders, saying Israel hadlost its moral compass. Israeli media say Mr Nethanyahu has already offered the defense postto the right-wing politician ofAvigdor Lieberman.
The Nigerian military's senior spokeman says he is optimistic that all the girls kidnapped byBoko Haram militants more than two years ago from Chibok school will be rescued. The officerCol.Sani Usman spoke to the BBC after second Chibok girl was freed this week during aclearance operation. She was part of a group of nearly 100 women and children.
The most prominent surviving memeber of the group that carried out the Paris attack, SalahAbdeslam is due to be questioned by French judges today. Abdeslam is thought to played a keyplaning role in the November attacks in which 130 people were killed. World news from the BBC.
Officials in Shri-Lanka said the number of people killed in floods and mudslides has risen to morethan 60, with over 130 still missing. Days of torrential rain have flooded large parts of theisland, three hillside villages have been burried by thick red mud. Hundreds of soldiers aresearching for survivors.
The San Francisco police chief Greg Suhr has resigned hours after an officer shot and killed ayoung black woman, who is driving a suspected stolen car. The resignation was announcedby the mayor. The San Francisco police department and its chief had recently come under fiercecriticism over the death of several black suspects and reports that a number of officers hasexchanged racist text messages.
All new packets of cigarette sold in Britain from today must have the same plain packaging.This follows a final ruling by court in London on Thursday, striking down a challenge by fourof the world's biggest tobacco company. The British government says it hopes to deter youngpeople from starting smoking. Sangeeta Moisco reports. Packs will be uniformally green withlarge image, showing the harmful affects of smoking, henceforth, the brand name will berestricted to standardize font and color. From 2020, all Menthol cigarettes will also be banned,tobacco company have been given a year to sell out stock and and fully the implement thechanges onto the EU directive. It's estimated that across the European Union, around 700,000people died prematurely as a result of smoking.
Scientists in the United States have developed a tiny drone the size of a small coin. The flyingrobot has insect-like flapping wings and an electrostatic pad that allows them to land on theceiling. That way they can purge and conserve energy before continuing their flight.Developers hope that sworms of this small drones with sensors can help to map out the area ofnatural disasters. BBC news.
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