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Media captionFootage shows the devastation following a plane crash near Medellin in Colombia A plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia. Colombia's civil aviation body says only six people survived the crash, blamed on an electrical fault. The chartered aircraft, flying from Brazil via Bolivia, was carrying members of the Chapecoense team. The team had been due to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, against Medellin team Atletico Nacional. Organisers say Atletico Nacional has asked for Chapecoense to be awarded the cup. Brazilian clubs have offered to loan players to them for free for the next year. Colombian aviation officials said there were 21 journalists on board. What happened? The plane lost contact with ground controllers as it approached Medellin at about 22:15 (03:45 GMT), after the pilot reported an electrical fault. It came down in a mountainous area. At least two of the sur

Several large car firms are working together to create a high-powered, electric-vehicle-charging network across Europe. BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen Group, including Audi and Porsche, say they will build 400 charging sites. The plug-in points will provide ultra-fast charging for cars along major roads. Tesla cars will not be able to use the charge points as they use different systems. The network will be based on combined charging system standard technology. Drivers will be able to top up using plugs charging at a speed of 350 kW, which is considerably faster than the current market leader. A statement from the car companies said their goal was the quick build-up of a sizeable number of stations in order to enable long-range travel for battery electric vehicle drivers. "This is fantastic news, exactly what the industry needs," said Ben Lane, director of Zap-Map, an app which plots where electric-car owners can charge their cars in the UK. "As batteries get bigger, t

Bruno Kahl said there was a "kind of pressure on public discourse and democracy which is unacceptable" Germany's foreign intelligence chief has warned that Russia could seek to disrupt next year's German elections with cyber attacks. Bruno Kahl said his agency was aware of cyber attacks with no other purpose than "causing political uncertainty". "Europe is in the focus of this attempted disruption, and Germany in particular," he told Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Russia or groups linked to Russia have been regularly accused of such attacks. Campaigning has yet to start for federal elections in autumn 2017 but Angela Merkel announced last week she would be seeking a fourth term as chancellor. She told reporters that hacking attacks were now becoming commonplace and people should not allow themselves to be annoyed by them. She was speaking after a cyber attack on Sunday left 900,000 Deutsche Telekom customers with their broadband service cut off. The German

Image caption Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), North Korean leader Kim Jung-un (centre) and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will all be absent from the commemoration Fidel Castro was a fixture of international politics for more than 50 years. But his leadership of Cuba divided opinion, and leaders across the world have had to decide whether or not to attend the revolutionary's funeral. In the end, the list of those wanting to pay respect Castro in person appears to be very short, with some notable allies choosing to send representatives instead. Even China - a key partner for Cuba - has yet to reveal whether President Xi Jingping is attending. So who is making the trip to Havana? Staying away Perhaps most surprisingly, considering the two countries' long friendship, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will not be attending. His spokesman said he was too busy to travel to Cuba but that Russia would be sending a representative. Less surprising is

SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY An increasing number of British people are opting for cosmetic procedures. Many are happy with the results - but the £3.6bn UK cosmetic industry is unregulated, leading to concerns about its safety. "As soon as it was done I got in my car and cried my eyes out. I felt like I'd self-harmed." Tina, who does not want to use her real name, is one of the thousands of young women who have turned to facial (also known as dermal) fillers as a quick fix for their self-esteem. It is one of the easiest cosmetic procedures to have done as it does not need to be performed by a medical professional in a registered clinic. Tina, who is 24, paid £75 for the filler in her local hair salon. "It was almost too easy," she says. "Before I knew it, the injection had gone in and I thought, 'Oh my God, I am having a lip job'." "It looked horrendous straight after. Really swollen," she says. TINA "That night I have never been in

Civilians injured in IS attacks in eastern Mosul are being treated at Iraqi military field hospitals Islamic State militants in Mosul have reportedly been killing civilians for not co-operating as the battle for control of the Iraqi city intensifies. The UN says 12 civilians were shot dead on 11 November when they tried to stop militants launching rockets from the roofs of the homes in the Bakir area. Militants allegedly killed 27 others suspected of passing information to Iraqi security forces. The government launched an offensive to recapture Mosul six weeks ago. Special forces and army units entered the city's eastern outskirts at the start of this month. However, their progress has since been slowed by sniper fire, suicide car bomb attacks and the presence of more than a million civilians still living there. A spokeswoman for the UN high commissioner for human rights, Ravina Shamdasani, said reports continued to arrive of serious breaches of international human rights and human

Image copyrightEPAImage captionSyria says its forces were deliberately attacked in the Deir al-Zour strikes The US has admitted carrying out an attack in eastern Syria that killed dozens of Syrian forces fighting so-called Islamic State (IS). The US-led coalition said the "mistake" on 17 September was intended to target IS positions. Coalition aircraft from the UK, US, Denmark and Australia were involved in the attack. Sponsor Link The airstrikes were halted when Russia informed the US they were hitting Syrian forces. "In this instance, we did not rise to the high standard we hold ourselves to, and we must do better than this," said US Lieutenant-General Jeff Harrigian. A spokesman for US Central Command (Centcom), the American military's wing in charge of all its Middle East forces, said the mistake was "regrettable", adding that it was not the intent to target Syrian forces.

A St. Catherine woman angered the parish judge when she appeared in the St. Catherine parish court earlier this week when she attempted to assign subdivisions of severity to physical abuse by a man.  The complainant, Petrina Richards, told the judge that this was the third time that her brother Kevena Bowell was beating her and added: "your honour, him don't beat me like a sister, him beat me like mi a him woman". This off-colour comment angered acting senior parish judge Mrs. Grace Henry-McKenzie who stopped the complainant mid-sentence and explained to her that "under no condition she must differentiate any beatings". "Whether it's brother and sister or baby mother and their spouse. No madam get that thinking out of your head. A man is not supposed to hit a woman and the court takes those matters very seriously," she said. The parish judge suggested mediation. "Your honour the only difference now is that I almost lost my child," Ms. Ri