Germany, which has so far refused to send battle tanks, is instead promising 40 lighter Marder infantry fighting vehicles. As the country producing Leopard battle tanks, Germany has the final say on whether any of those reach Ukraine.

A Pakistani helicopter deployed as part of the UN's peacekeeping mission in the DRC has crashed with eight people on board. The Congolese army says rebels in the country's east shot the aircraft down.

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More facts emerge as eyewitness recount moment of helicopter crash in Lagos

US investigators have said the helicopter involved in the crash which killed basketball superstar Kobe Bryant did not appear to suffer engine failure. The pilot allegedly came within 30 meters of clearing the clouds.

Kobe Bryant is remembered as a basketball great, but a sexual assault charge in 2003 remains a part of his legacy. Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020.

Singer Troy Gentry, of country music group Montgomery Gentry, died in a helicopter crash in New Jersey on Friday, the band's website said. The singer was 50.

Six people aboard an emergency rescue helicopter are killed in a crash in central Italy, according to local television.