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Turkey shoots down a Russian fighter jet

28/11/2015 GMT

Turkey Shoots Down a Russian Bomber

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Turkey's missile has blasted friendship with Moscow and hit the war on IS in Syria

Turkey's missile has blasted friendship with Moscow and hit the war on IS in Syria.

Turkey destroyed a Russian bomber which it and Nato said had briefly intruded into Turkish airspace. Russia is furious, and reprisals are already under way. How bad is it going to get? Will it affect the anti-IS coalition that France is trying to build? Also, after Brussels emerges from four days in lockdown - what is it like living in a major Western city where not too much is moving? And, Why China won't let Miss Canada attend the Miss World finals it is hosting, and what we should think of the makers of Viagra and Botox merging to save tax.

(Photo: A Russian plane crashes in flames after being shot down by a Turkish fighter jet. Credit: Reuters)

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