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WATCH 1st footage of plane that crash-landed at Turkish airport Footage showing a plane which overran the runway at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport has been shared on social media and shows the aircraft in flames. The video shows the plane broken in half, and appears to have been recorded from inside a moving vehicle or another plane at the airport. Sabiha Gökçen Havaalanı..Pist dışına çıkan bir uçak yanıyor. pic.twitter.com/RzzJR8lwV9— . (@OlaCak_OlaCak34) February 5, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Other footage gives an even grimmer perspective, as it is clear that the Pegasus Airlines aircraft actually split into three pieces when it overshot the runway and came to a stop on a grassy area nearby. [n...

Romanian centrist govt loses no-confidence vote in parliament Romania’s centrist government led by centrist PM Ludovic Orban lost a no-confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday, a development that raises the prospect of early elections. Lawmakers voted 261 to 139 in favor of the motion proposed by two opposition parties, the Social Democrats and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania. To pass, the motion needed to be supported by 233 lawmakers. The vote was triggered by a disputed bill backed by the government which would introduced changes to the election law, including two-round elections in mayoral races and how Romanians living abroad can cast their votes, AP said. The minority Orban government, led by his center-right National Liberal Party, has only been in po...

Poland to hold presidential election on May 10 as Duda looks for 2nd term The next presidential election in Poland has been set for May 10, with a run-off two weeks later if no one candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, the parliament’s speaker, Elzbieta Witek, said on Wednesday. President Andrzej Duda, who is aligned with the conservative ruling party and has been leading in recent opinion polls, is looking for a second five-year term, AP said. Trailing significantly in second place is Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska with the centrist and pro-EU opposition party Civic Platform, according to the polls. The newly elected president will be sworn in on August 6. Poland to hold presidential election on May 10 as Duda looks for 2nd term