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Data from the Flight Data Recorder seems to co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately put Germanwings Flight 9525 into a descent that ended when the plane crashed into the side of the French Alps. All 150 on board including two Australians were killed. Investigators say Lubitz modified the automatic pilot system several times to increase the speed of descent. The Cockpit Audio Recorder captured his calm breathing while in the background the pilot desperately banged on the locked door of the flight deck.
Britain spied on Argentina from 2008 to 2011 because of fears over the Falkland Islands, according to documents revealed by US whistleblower Edward Snowden. Argentine newspapers reports that a British agency called the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group conducted espionage on military and government leaders, and attempted to disseminate pro-British propaganda in Argentina. Britain defeated Argentina in a brief but bloody war over the Falklands in 1982, but Argentina has never given up its claim on the islands it calls “Las Malvinas”.
Iran’s president is vowing to uphold its end of the agreement to reduce his country’s nuclear program. President Hassan Rouhani says the preliminary pact with the six major world powers signals a fresh start with the international community. Israel is opposed, but the agreement’s chief sponsor – US President Barack Obama – says it eases fears over Tehran getting a nuclear weapon by mandating inspections.
Police in Kenya arrested five people in connection with the Al Shabaab attack at a university that killed 148 people. But Kenyans are much more concerned with reports that authorities knew that an attack on a university was imminent, and yet there was no added security at the Garissa University campus. Other schools warned students as early as 25 March that trouble was brewing. President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered police to speed up the training of 10,000 recruits to deal with a national security personnel shortage.
Six people who survived the terrorist attacks in Paris in January are suing French news media outlets for nearly getting them killed. The six were hiding in the freezer of the Hyper Cacher kosher food store when Islamist gunman Amedy Coulibaly raged outside, eventually killing four people. In mid-seige, the BFM-TV news network revealed the group’s location – and that there were small children among them. Luckily for the six, Coulibaly was shot and killed by police before learning what everyone else in France knew.
An Australian evacuated from Antarctica is finally in hospital in Hobart, in serious but stable condition. The unidentified man fell ill last month after the Aurora Australis had departed Davis Station. The ship had to turn around and cut through heavy ice to get into position for a helicopter rescue. Little was being said about the man’s condition, other than it was not preexisting and not caused by an accident at Davis Station.
Japan’s defense forces have never had to battle a space alien invasion. That reassuring declaration comes from Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, who is known for being pretty serious and level-headed. He was answering questions in the Upper House posed by Antonio Inoki – a former pro wrestler known for his big, giant chin and 1970s match with then-heavyweight boxing champion Muhammed Ali, but not for being serious and level-headed.