Disappearance of an airliner over the Sinai with 212 people on board

The Egyptian air traffic controllers lost contact with an airliner bound for Russia shortly after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh, has learned Reuters from sources close to civil aviation. Two hundred and twelve people, mostly Russian tourists, on board of the aircraft, the sources said. His disappearance has been confirmed by sources close to the security services in the Sinai Peninsula.

Source : RFI

End of the one-child policy in China

China officially announced Thursday the end of the one-child policy and will allow all Chinese couples to have two children, according to a statement from the Communist Party reported by Xinhua news agency.
This decision, of historic significance, follows a relaxation two years ago - Beijing has allowed the Chineses to have two children if one parent was himself an only child - and is designed to correct the alarming gender imbalance (between male and female) and stop the aging of the population.

Source : BFMTV

New shooting at a US campus: 3 serious injuries

Three people were shot and injured Thursday night on the campus of the University of the State of Tennessee in Nashville, reported the municipal authorities. According to a local newspaper, one of the victims is in critical condition. Several fatal shootings have already been held this month in academic forums. Nine people were killed on October 1 in Oregon and two shootings occurred a few hours apart on October 9 on the campus in Flagstaff Arizona and Houston, Texas, killing one person at each site. The proportion of Americans who demanded a tightening of legislation on firearms sales rose eight points from last year, 55% of people now are calling for a strengthening of regulations on the matter.

Source : Ouest-France

42 people died in a collision between a bus and a truck in Gironde

"Friday at 7:30 am, a collision occurred between a truck and a bus, up to the town of Puisseguin on secondary road 123", Sud Ouest relates. The passengers were trapped: there are at least 42 deads.
According to the prefecture reached by BFMTV, there are only eight survivors, five are injured, three are free. They have managed to get out of the bus smashing bus windows.
The bus passengers were elderly who went on a journey in Bearn. Sixty firemen mobilized. The bus was early left this morning from the town of Petit-Palais, Gironde, and went in the Landes. According to Jean-Michel Desplos, head of news items to Sud Ouest, "road conditions were good". Route 123, on which the collision took place, was narrow but it wasn't particularly wet or slippery. "I don't think the weather can explain this tragedy," said the deputy Florent Boudie on BFMTV, which, however, urges caution.
"The French government is fully mobilized on this terrible tragedy," said Francois Hollande, traveling in Greece. Manuel Valls is expected on site in 11 hours, he will be joined by Bernard Cazeneuve. The prefect, he is already there. Alain Juppe, Mayor of Bordeaux, he also went to the scene. This is the worst accident since 1982. At that time, 53 people including 44 children were killed in a bus accident in Beaune, Cote-d'Or.

Source : BFMTV