• Nepal plane crash kills 18 • Secret Service chief resigns
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00:0018 people have been killed after a plane crashed during takeoff in Nepal.
00:19The only survivor was the pilot, who has been taken to hospital with injuries to his eyes.
00:25A local doctor said he is not in a critical condition.
00:29The Sauria Airlines plane was heading from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu,
00:35which is the main airport in Nepal for international and domestic flights, to the resort town of
00:41Pokhara.
00:43But it slipped off the runway during takeoff and caught fire.
00:47Oh, thank you.
00:51Oh, shit.
00:54Oh, my God.
00:58Oh, my God.
01:11Gathered at the site of the tragedy, crowds of locals could only look on in anguish, as
01:16rescuers desperately tried to search for survivors.
01:20Digging with shovels or their bare hands, they were putting their own lives at risk.
01:25Earlier in the day, rescue efforts had taken a turn for the worse, after locals who rushed
01:30to help were buried by a second landslide.
01:34Over 200 people were killed, making it the deadliest landslide in the country's history.
01:47Scenes of destruction following an Israeli drone strike in the West Bank city of Talqarim.
01:53The strike targeted two senior terror operatives, Ashraf Nafi, the head of Hamas in Talqarim,
01:59and Mohammed Abu Abdo, the head of Fatah-linked Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the same city.
02:05The IDF says that Nafi was responsible for preparing and planting explosive devices to
02:10be detonated against Israeli troops, as well as being involved in recruiting Hamas operatives.
02:16While Abu Abdo was involved in shooting attacks and raising money for the terror activities
02:20in Talqarim, the joint counter-terror operation carried out by the IDF, Shin Bet and Israeli
02:26border police used a ruse to draw the terrorists to an open area where they could be targeted
02:31by the strike.
02:41Russia claims its forces have shot down 21 Ukrainian drones over occupied Crimea and
02:48the Black Sea, as residents in the northern part of the territory report hearing explosions.
02:56The region's governor says the drones were attacking a ferry at the port of Kavkaz in
03:01the Kerch Strait, although this has not been verified.
03:05The ferry crossing is a key connection between the occupied peninsula and mainland Russia.
03:20U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheadle resigned on Tuesday over security failures
03:25surrounding an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
03:30In her resignation letter, Cheadle, who had led the service since 2022, says she made
03:35a decision with a heavy heart and that she takes full responsibility for the security labs.
03:40Cheadle faced calls from both Democrats and Republicans to resign after appearing before
03:46a House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing on Monday, where she refused to answer
03:51questions about the shooting at Trump's outdoor campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania,
03:56frustrating the lawmakers.
04:01In the Philippines, Typhoon Gaimi brought Manila to a standstill on Wednesday as heavy
04:10rains triggered severe flooding and landslides.
04:13Regional authorities have cancelled most work in government offices and shut schools.
04:17Gaimi merged with another tropical storm last week in the south, leaving seven people dead.
04:22The storm is now heading towards Taiwan, where 21 cities and counties have already announced
04:27school and office closures.
05:01Australia's athletes are arriving in Paris proudly wearing green and gold, but they're
05:18being warned against appearing in team uniform if they venture outside the team village after
05:23violent incidents in the past two days.
05:26Two Channel 9 tech workers were assaulted during an attempted robbery in the northeastern
05:30suburbs of Paris, but escaped injury.
05:33And police are investigating claims that an Australian woman was raped by five men 24
05:39hours earlier in the French capital.