An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers collided in mid-air with a military helicopter with three US Army soldiers aboard.

The plane, carrying 60 passengers and four crew, crashed into the Potomac River after colliding with a helicopter.

Moscow had moved columns of military vehicles to the port after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

The aircraft collided with a military helicopter that was on a training flight as it approached the runway.

Two separate avalanches killed four Norwegians and one Swiss skier.

The former chancellor's comments come after the CDU put forward a proposal which was supported by the far-right AfD.

The victim was a 32-year-old nurse who died from multi-organ failure, the health ministry says.

Israel's military said last August that it had killed Deif - who was the second-most senior Hamas leader.