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India-Pakistan Tensions Escalate As Jet Is Shot Down

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02/27/2019

02/27/2019

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India-Pakistan Tensions Escalate As Jet Is Shot Down

Top News: Pakistan claimed it shot down two Indian fighter jets and arrested one pilot as tensions between the two nuclear powers escalate. India stated that it had lost one aircraft, and had shot down a Pakistani jet in return. Islamabad has denied that it has lost any planes.

Pakistan has closed its airspace to all commercial flights, causing disruptions to flights to and from the country.

The incident comes just one day after India said it had launched airstrikes in Pakistan targeting alleged militant training camps, the first such incident since the 1971 India-Pakistan war.

Vietnam: U.S. President Donald Trump’s second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began in Hanoi, Vietnam today. The two leaders opened the summit by shaking hands in front of a pool of press photographers before sitting down for a private dinner and further talks.

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AFRICA

•  At least 25 people have been killed at a fire in the main train station in Cairo, Egypt.

•  Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected as President of Nigeria.

•  Tens of thousands of students have taken to the streets in Algeria to protest President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's decision to run for a fifth term in office. It is the fifth straight day of protests and a rare public display of dissent in Algeria.

AMERICAS

•  President Trump’s former personal lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen is set to appear at an open congressional hearing today where he is expected to testify that the U.S. President is a “con-man,” a “racist,” and a “cheat,” according to an advance copy of his opening statements.

•  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has withdrawn an executive order which would have increased the number of officials able to keep government documents and data secret. The proposal had raised fears that it would diminish government transparency.

•  Thousands of migrant children have reported allegations of sexual assault while in U.S. custody between 2014 and 2018. Most of the complaints regarded claims of one minor assaulting another, but at least 178 allegations involved shelter staff.

ASIA

•  Australian Cardinal George Pell, who stands accused of multiple accounts of sexually assaulting minors, was taken into custody after withdrawing his bail application. The Vatican announced on Wednesday that it will conducted its own investigation into Pell’s conduct.

•  A baby boy—born weighing just 268 grams (9.45oz)—has been sent home from hospital in Japan, becoming the world’s smallest surviving baby boy.

•  U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House advisor Jared Kushner has arrived in Turkey for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which are expected to focus on his Middle East peace plan.

EUROPE

•  A report by the London Mayor’s office found a 63 percent increase in domestic abuse offences between 2011 and 2018.

•  A fat rat was rescued by volunteer firefighters in the German town of Bensheim after getting wedged into a manhole cover.

•  Soldiers in Belarus have exhumed 730 bodies from a mass grave in the city of Brest. The remains are thought to belong to Jews who were shot by Nazis during World War II.

MIDDLE EAST

•  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has rejected the resignation of his Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.

•  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow today amid tensions between the two countries over Moscow’s support for Iran and the war in Syria.

•  A former Israeli government minister has been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for spying on behalf of Iran.

- By Amy Mackinnon

(Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images)

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