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Deadly Plane Crashes
THE US AND BRITAIN SAID THE SINAI PLANE CRASH WAS PROBABLY A TERRORIST ATTACK
But Egypt wouldn't concede that the passenger jet was downed by a bomb

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This weekend the British and US governments, and crash investigators in Egypt, said the Sinai plane crash was mostly likely caused by a bomb.

Russia grounded its flights to Sharm el-Sheikh, but Egyptian authorities would not concede the crash was caused by terrorists.

One senior US official told CNN on Saturday that they were "99.9 percent certain" that the Russian passenger jet was brought down by a bomb.

David Cameron said it was "more likely than not" that a bomb brought down Russia-bound Metrojet Flight 9268, which crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last weekend, killing all 224 people aboard.

Crash investigators in Egypt told Reuters that they were "90 percent sure" a bomb brought down the Russian jet.

Egypt refused to concede that a bomb had destroyed the jet, and their foreign minister, Sameh Shoukry, complained that foreign security agencies had not shared their intelligence on the crash with Egypt.

Tens of thousands of tourists from Russia, Britain and other countries remain stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh awaiting special repatriation flights.

Election News
MYANMAR VOTED IN THE FIRST FREE ELECTION IN 25 YEARS
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party is expected to win

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Myanmar went to the polls this weekend in the country's first free and democratic election in 25 years, which is expected to see Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party receive the largest number of votes.

Suu Kyi, a previous political prisoner of the country's military junta and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, will be barred from becoming president herself – a rule of the country's army-drafted constitution – even if her party wins the most number of votes.

Some 10,000 observers were in the south-east Asian country, which is unfamiliar in organising elections after decades of military rule, scrutinising the election on Sunday.

Results of the election are expected to be known on Tuesday.

Refugee Rifts
SYRIANS ENTERING GERMANY WILL NOT BE GIVEN REFUGEE STATUS
According to the German interior minister

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Syrians entering Germany will only be allowed to stay for one year and their family members will not be able to join them, the German interior minister said this weekend, in a split from Angela Merkel's open-border policy.

"Other countries are only guaranteeing a limited stay," the German minister of interior Thomas De Maizière said. "We'll now do the same with Syrians in the future. We're telling them, 'You will get protection, but only so-called subsidiary protection that is limited to a period and without any family unification.'"

Showing major rifts between different wings of the coalition government, a spokesperson was forced to clarify that Germany's refugee policy hadn't changed, while lawmakers in Bavaria – which has received large numbers of refugees – said they supported Maizière's proposals.

Military Interventions
JEREMY CORBYN COMPLAINED OF 'POLITICAL INTERFERENCE' FROM THE HEAD OF THE UK'S ARMED FORCES
General Sir Nicholas Houghton said Corbyn's stance against nuclear weapons made him unfit to be prime minister

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This weekend, Jeremy Corbyn accused the head of the UK's armed forces, General Sir Nicholas Houghton, of unacceptable "political interference" after he said the Labour leader's views against nuclear weapons made him unfit to be prime minister.

"It is a matter of serious concern that the chief of the defence staff has today intervened directly in issues of political dispute," Corbyn said, adding: "It is essential in a democracy that the military remains politically neutral at all times."

Gen Sir Nicholas Houghton told the BBC that a prime minister who said they wouldn't launch nuclear weapons would "seriously undermine" Britain's "deterrent"; he said he would be worried if such a view "translated into power".