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By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Footage from the BBC news channel has shown someone jump out of the plane's cockpit window, then jump to the floor, before running as fast as possible away from the hijacked plane in Cyprus. See video below

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor UKIP leader Nigel Farage has come under fire and been called “disgusting” for “cheap political point scoring,” after he used the carnage in Brussels to back his Brexit campaign. The controversial figure has been branded as “disgusting” for using the deadly Brussels attacks as a reason to quit the European Union. He was called “shameless Brexit scum” after he retweeted a message on Twitter whilst explosions were killing scores of people in the Belgian capital. Allison...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Europe was rocked again this morning after a series of explosions across the Belgian capital Brussels. There were two explosions at around 08:00 (07:00 GMT) at Zaventem airport as people queued to check in. Belgian broadcaster VRT says at least 13 people were killed and 35 were wounded at the airport Shots were heard before the explosions, and shouts in Arabic, which appear to have struck near the American Airlines and Brussels Airline check in...

By Oli Ward @oli_ward_1 Obama arrived in Havana on Sunday for the beginning of historic talks with Cuban President Raul Castro. One issue certain to be on the discussion table will be the territorial handover of Guantanamo Bay, the correctional U.S. facility on the South-East of the island. While the U.S has an indefinite lease on the territory, paying Cuba $4,000 a year in rent, thawing US-Cuban relations and Obama's final attempts to close the facility mean the handover of Guantanamo...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The most heartwarming story of 2016 so far, comes from a beach in Brazil. A South American Magellanic penguin who swims 5,000 miles each year to be reunited with the man who saved his life. Joao Pereira de Souza, 71, lives in an island village just outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, found the tiny penguin, covered in oil and close to death, on his local beach in 2011. He cleaned the oil off the penguin’s feathers...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The pentagon has said that a US air strike has killed over 150 al-shabab militants in Somalia. Military spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said the strike hit a training camp where a "large-scale" attack was being planned. Davis said: "We know they were going to be departing the camp and they posed an imminent threat to US and forces. Initial assessments are that more than 150 terrorist fighters were eliminated.” Al-Shabab, an affiliate of al-Qaeda, was pushed...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Home Secretary Theresa May has won a case to return hundreds of people back to Afghanistan. The failed asylum-seekers, which also includes former child migrants, will be returned to Afghanistan. The Court of Appeal decided that deportations can now go ahead. Since last August there had been a total ban on deportations to the country, which has suffered immeasurable hardship, due the ravages of war. The Taliban now control swathes of territory in the country and...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Emmanuel Macron, the French finance minister, has warned that if the UK left the EU it could lead to migrants crossing the channel “unchecked.” He believes the British withdrawal from European project would bring to a close the 2003 treaty that allows UK border guards to be stationed in Calais. It has been widely reported that the area around the coastal conurbation is the makeshift home to thousands of migrants aiming to enter the UK...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Disappointing news has emerged that ISIS are not being damaged and pushed back by air strikes in Syria, despite the addition of British fire power. Now the UK government is worried the terrorist organisation is also growing in influence in Libya. Michael Fallon, Defence Secretary said: “Daesh are being pushed back in Iraq, there’s no doubt about that – they’re being pushed up the Tigris and they’re being pushed back West along the Euphrates. “In...