Air India plane with 242 on board crashes

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By Kate Turton

Hello. A London-bound plane crashes at India's Ahmedabad airport, the US will pull some personnel from the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran, and Marines to deploy on LA streets with authority to detain civilians.

Plus, a special report on what happened when Russia recruited a teenage spy.

Today's Top News

Rescue team members work as smoke rises at the site where an Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave

An Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from India's western city of Ahmedabad the airline and police said, and India's federal health minister said that "many people" were killed. Follow live.
Middle East leaders and their Western allies have been warning that Islamic State could exploit the fall of the Assad regime to stage a comeback in Syria and Iraq, where the extremist group once imposed a reign of terror over millions.
President Donald Trump said US personnel were being moved out of the Middle East because "it could be a dangerous place". Foreign Policy Reporter Idrees Ali joins the daily Reuters World News podcast to talk regional tensions - listen now.
US Marines will join National Guard troops on the streets of Los Angeles within two days, officials said, and would be authorized to detain anyone who interferes with immigration officers on raids or protesters who confront federal agents.
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s surprise ouster of a national vaccine advisory board, claiming it was "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest," puts scrutiny on the group that recommends which shots should be administered to the American public. He has since named eight members to serve on the panel, including several who have advocated against vaccines.
Masked youths in Northern Ireland set fire to a leisure center that had been sheltering migrant families, but a third night of anti-immigrant violence was smaller in scale in the primary flashpoint of Ballymena.
Austrian investigators were slowly piecing together the character of the man who carried out the country's worst school shooting this week, with officials struggling to reach anyone who knew the deceased 21-year-old well.

Business & Markets

Britain's economic output fell sharply in April, reflecting shockwaves from Trump's tariffs and the end of a tax break on property sales, official data showed.
China affirmed a trade deal announced by Trump, saying both sides needed to abide by the consensus and adding China always kept its word.
The dollar neared a 2025 low, while stocks eased from record highs, as a cocktail of rising Middle East tensions and concern over the fragility of a trade truce between Washington and Beijing drew investors into safe-haven assets.
Oracle shares surged nearly 8% in premarket trading after the company raised its annual revenue forecast, driven by strong demand for its AI-related cloud services. The stock has risen nearly 6% so far this year.
Shares of planemaker Boeing fell 8% in premarket US trading on Thursday after an Air India aircraft with 242 people crashed minutes after taking off from India's western city of Ahmedabad.
Japan's labor shortage is forcing its conservative lawmakers to consider overhauling decades-old social welfare rules originally designed to encourage married women to spend more hours looking after the home.

Russia recruited a teenage spy. His arrest led to a crypto money trail

Russia has resorted to using untrained spies after its diplomats and operatives were expelled from Europe in response to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The case against a Canadian teenager now jailed in Poland reveals how Moscow conducts the operations, and how cryptocurrency funds them.

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And Finally...

Jason Sudeikis attends the Apple Original Series "Ted Lasso" Season 3 Red Carpet Premiere at Westwood Village Theatre, Los Angeles, REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo

The creators and stars of award-winning comedy series "Ted Lasso" were among those expressing hope that the Soccer World Cup would bring people together at an event in Los Angeles marking the one-year countdown to the tournament.

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