Light plane crashes into building in Milan, killing eight onboard. UPDATE: One of the victims killed when the private passenger plane carrying six passengers and two crew members crashed into an office building in a Milan suburb has been identified as a Romanian billionaire. When a small single-engine plane crashed into a vacant two-story building near a subway station in San Donato Milanese on Sunday, Dan Petrescu, 68, his wife, and son were among the eight persons killed. On the suburbs of Milan, Italy, a light passenger jet collided with an unoccupied building. On impact, everyone on board died, and the building, which was undergoing restoration, caught fire. On Sunday, the accident occurred on the outskirts of Milan in the southwest. The light plane, a Pilatus PC-12 turboprop plane produced in Switzerland, crashed into an unoccupied building near the San Donato metro station. The plane was obliterated on contact, pouring gasoline that caught fire and ignited the building, according to footage taken shortly after the incident. The crash site was cluttered with debris, which partially blocked an adjacent road. The plane was obliterated on contact, pouring gasoline that caught fire and ignited the building, according to footage taken shortly after the incident. The crash site was cluttered with debris, which partially blocked an adjacent road. According to Italian fire rescue, the crash killed everyone on board, including six passengers and two crew members. The plane crashed into a structure, which was seriously destroyed in the ensuing fire, and multiple parked cars in the area were also burned out. The plane crashed immediately after departure, according to local media sources., "The plane had a smoking engine and it fell down; there were no maneuvers seen, but it just crashed,", an eyewitness told the newspaper la Repubblica. All of the plane's occupants are thought to be French nationals, and it's possible that one of the victims is a youngster. The plane was scheduled to fly from Milan's Linate airport to Olbia, Sardinia, for a private flight. #podcast #airplane #crash #Milan #Italy ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fesJiJ8qRqg

South Koreans face up to atrocities in Vietnam war Nguyen Thi Thanh, a survivor of Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre carried out by South Korean troops fighting alongside Americans, points out the names of relatives at a memorial in the Quang Nam Province of Vietnam, July 13, 2021. Victims are seeking compensation from the Seoul government in the first lawsuit of its kind being tried in a South Korean court. SEOUL: The South Korean marine unit had a reputation for leaving nothing breathing behind when they passed through hostile territory, not even a pig suckling its litter. After the unit swept through Phong Nhi and Phong Nhut, villages in central Vietnam, on Feb 12, 1968, scores of bodies were found, all unarmed civilians, most of them children and women, shot or stabbed with bayonets. "This old man came out of a hiding hole, his hands held up,", recalled Ryu Jin-seong, a former marine attached to the unit who was 22 at the time. The tragedy of the Vietnam War — echoing loudly this past week during the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan — continues to haunt those victims who witnessed and survived the two decades of bloodshed. Nearly a half-century after the war ended, victims of the massacre at Phong Nhi and Phong Nhut are seeking compensation from the Seoul government in the first lawsuit of its kind being tried in a South Korean court. Stung by shocking testimony, South Korean lawmakers and civic groups are also pushing for a special law to investigate long-held allegations that South Korean troops killed thousands of civilians when they were the largest foreign contingent fighting alongside US soldiers during the war. Nguyen Thi Thanh, a survivor of Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre carried out by South Korean troops fighting alongside Americans, visits the massacre site in the Quang Nam Province of Vietnam, July 13, 2021. "I have never been free from the nightmare of the day when South Korean troops came to our village,", said Nguyen Thi Thanh, 61, who lost five relatives, including her mother, sister and brother, and was herself wounded in Phong Nhi in 1968. But as South Korea enjoyed a greater freedom of press in the late 1990s, more outlets began publishing stories about the alleged civilian massacres. The US military investigated what happened just days after the killings occurred, according to declassified US documents. According to the documents, US Marines and South Vietnamese militiamen operating in Dien Ban, Quang Nam province, heard firing and saw huts burning after the South Korean marine unit moved into Phong Nhi and Phong Nhut. They later visited Phong Nhi to find piles of bodies, including a child and pregnant woman shot in the head at close range and “a young woman who was still alive and had her breast cut ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxEl3CVEDKU

Israel: end of Covid vaccine ‘green pass’ Israel's Covid-19 'green pass' system will be phased out soon, along with the immunization card, as officials point to a huge drop in severe cases and the conclusion of the Omicron outbreak. On Thursday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced the move, claiming that "the wave of the Omicron has broken" and that the incidence of serious illnesses has "sharply decreased." "I had a meeting with the Minister of Health and other officials earlier today." "We will no longer use the green pass," he stated in a statement, adding that "in the following days," other measures would be relaxed.. The pass system, which was in operation for much of the past year, required Israelis to produce proof of immunization to enter a large list of indoor public locations, including pubs, hotels, restaurants, gyms, and even places of worship. Bennett advocated for a gradual lifting of limitations during a conference on the future of Israel's pandemic response earlier on Thursday, stating that the coronavirus omicron variety has reached its peak in the country. According to the Jerusalem Post, while the green pass will be phased out fully by March 1, persons entering nursing homes and other high-risk facilities would still be needed to test negative for the virus. The decision to abolish the vaccine pass comes just days after tens of thousands of people flocked to Jerusalem to demand an end to the country's Covid restrictions, with demonstrators dubbing the march a "freedom convoy" similar to those seen in Canada in recent weeks, with some waving Canadian flags. Bennett has pledged to focus on economic recovery since gaining office last June, following two years of tough epidemic restrictions on enterprises. The PM, on the other hand, shut down practically all travel into Africa very immediately when the more transmissible omicron version was discovered, though he has since frequently stated the need to scale back Israel's anti-Covid policies. Thanks for watching. Please consider subscribing to the channel #podcast #Israel #EndCovidPass #news ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcm2EXqQYUc

Macron on use of nukes against Russia. French President Emmanuel Macron has stated that if Russia used nuclear weapons against Ukraine, Paris would not respond with nuclear weapons. His remarks received quick criticism from many who felt he had revealed too much information. In an interview with public broadcaster France 2, Macron said that his nation had a clearly defined nuclear doctrine that was founded on the basic interests of the nation. "These are clearly defined and wouldn’t be directly affected at all if, for example, there was a ballistic nuclear attack in Ukraine," he said. Macron also tweeted on Wednesday that France does "not want a world war." Former French President François Hollande criticized Macron's openness, stating that nuclear dissuasion "relies on not saying anything" about what the nation may do in particular circumstances. #shorts #NuclearWar #ww3 #Macron ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK3S_cdEE-g