RT News - December 29 2024 (09:00 MSK)

Breaking news. At least 120 people are dead and the number is rising, as a plane erupts in a ball of fire after its landing gear fails to deploy in an emergency landing in South Korea. Vladimir Putin calls his Azerbaijani and Kazakh counterparts and expresses his condolences over a tragic plane crash. Moscow says the incident was triggered by Ukrainian drones. The human toll mounts in Gaza, as Israeli forces take aim, local medics report 48 Palestinians have been killed in relentless attacks over the last day. the Israeli defence minister admits to ordering the assassination of the the Hamas chief in Tehran while pledging to quote 'cut off the hand' of anyone who attacks the Jewish state.