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Pheu Thai, Bhumjaithai parties reaffirm coalition unity(CNN) — Donald Trump’s allies are scrambling to save Pete Hegseth after the president-elect’s pick to lead the Pentagon struggled to win over skeptical Republicans in a flurry of meetings on Capitol Hill this week. Trump is still standing by his choice, telling Hegseth he wants to see him fight for votes in the Senate, sources close to both told CNN, though they also acknowledged that the president-elect could withdraw his support at any time. Trump and those around him still see a pathway for Hegseth to be confirmed, the sources said, though they noted the Senate math can change quickly — and some of Trump’s allies are ramping up public pressure on senators who have so far declined to commit to Hegseth. The former Fox News host’s confirmation is in jeopardy amid a series of allegations related to drinking and sexual misconduct that have emerged since he was chosen for the role. While no Republican senators have publicly said they will not back Hegseth, many have said they have concerns that they need addressed before they can get behind him. For Trump — who’s already lost one of his Cabinet picks due to Senate opposition – Hegseth’s fate is poised to become a key early test of his relationship with Senate Republicans. Some of Trump’s allies believe the president-elect cannot give into the pressure from senators over Hegseth, arguing that allowing them to tank another key pick would give lawmakers too much power at a critical time for him. “If he drops Pete because of pressure from establishment Republican senators, all it will do is have the effect of the Senate essentially controlling Trump and not the other way around,” one source familiar with transition talks told CNN. Trump’s continued backing – as of now – is part of the reason Hegseth has appeared more bullish this week while he’s held critical meetings with Republican senators who will ultimately decide his destiny. “I spoke to Trump this morning just a few minutes ago. He supports us fully,” Hegseth told CNN Thursday when he arrived on Capitol Hill. “I’m a different man than I was,” Hegseth said after his meetings wrapped Thursday in response to questions about allegations of alcohol abuse. And on Wednesday, he took to conservative media and X to blast the accusations against him. Sources familiar with the matter argued that the situation with Hegseth is not the same as what unfolded with Trump’s attorney general pick, Matt Gaetz, who withdrew his name last month after Trump told him he did not have the votes to get confirmed. “This is very different than the situation with Matt Gaetz. With Gaetz, you had multiple members who were legitimate hard no’s, whereas with Pete, I don’t think there’s a single actual hard no on the GOP side of the Senate right now,” one Trump world adviser told CNN. Unlike with Gaetz, Trump has not been making a flurry of phone calls directly to senators, sources said. Trump has so far allowed his transition team to handle the backchanneling as it relates to Hegseth rather than personally involving himself, two sources familiar with the discussions said. However, Vice President-elect JD Vance, a supporter of Hegseth and a current Ohio senator, has been talking to his colleagues as Hegseth has been in and out of meetings on Capitol Hill . Trump’s allies on and off Capitol Hill have pushed Republican senators to get in line for Hegseth, noting that President Joe Biden’s defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, received 93 votes . “If you’re a GOP Senator who voted for Lloyd Austin, but criticize @PeteHegseth , then maybe you’re in the wrong political party!” Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., wrote on X . One Trump adviser said that the president-elect’s support for Hegseth could wane if more allegations surface. Trump’s transition team was blindsided by a 2017 sexual assault allegation against Hegseth – and then again after a related police report surfaced. Hegseth has denied the allegation, claiming the encounter was consensual, and no charges were filed. The avalanche of media reports on Hegseth’s alleged past transgressions has caused some around Trump to sour on the pick. Transition team members have expressed frustration at what they said was Hegseth’s lack of transparency and honesty about information that could be used against him, despite having been asked to disclose any potential headwinds on multiple occasions. At the same time, many of Trump’s advisers and close allies were annoyed over reports this week that the president-elect was mulling possible replacements, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, whose vote could be among the most crucial to Hegseth’s chances. Ernst, a combat veteran who’s taken on sexual assault in the military, has not said whether she’ll support Hegseth. The people close to Trump have since lobbied him directly on Hegseth, as well as attempted to quash any interest he might have had in other candidates, including reminding Trump of negative things DeSantis in particular said about him earlier this year when the two were in a heated primary. Sources familiar with the discussions said there is a concern among Hegseth allies that Ernst and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina are working to sink Hegseth so that Ernst could be considered as a defense secretary candidate instead. CNN has previously reported Ernst’s name was floated as a replacement for Hegseth. An Ernst spokesman called the speculation around her motives “absolutely not true. Ernst is not seeking the position, full stop.” Graham said the claims were “complete crap.” Some close to Hegseth believe that if he can survive over the next week, he will be Trump’s nominee, though he still will have to get through his confirmation hearing early next year. Trump’s team has been watching Hegseth’s meetings with senators very closely to gauge where they stand — with a particular focus on female senators like Ernst. Hegseth has repeatedly denied the allegations that have imperiled his confirmation and his attorney Timothy Parlatore argued to CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday that they were “anonymous.” On Wednesday, Hegseth’s mother made a plea to these female senators during an interview with Fox News. “I am here to tell the truth, to tell the truth to the American people, and tell the truth to the senators on the Hill, especially our female senators. I really hope that you will not listen to the media, and that you will listen to Pete,” said Penelope Hegseth, who sent an email to her son in 2018 that sharply criticized his treatment of women, The New York Times reported last week. (She told the Times that she had immediately apologized to her son and that her own characterization in the email “has never been true.”) Pete Hegseth met with Ernst on Wednesday, but the senator declined to throw her support behind him. The Iowa Republican confirmed during an interview on Fox News Thursday that she was not yet ready to back him. “It doesn’t sound in your answer that you got to a yes?” host Bill Hemmer asked. “I think you are right,” Ernst responded. “I think, for a number of our senators, they want to make sure that any allegations have been cleared and that’s why we have to have a very thorough vetting.” Another Republican on the Armed Services Committee, Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, said after his meeting with Hegseth Thursday that he still sees a path for him, but is not ready to commit to backing him – yet. “I really do see a path forward for him to be successful in being accepted by the Senate for this position, but he’s got more work to do,” Rounds said. “I think he’s capable of doing that and I think the open hearings will help, so that he can respond publicly to the allegations that have been made – and, as near as I can tell, the vast majority of them anonymously.” Senate Democrats, meanwhile, are considering how hard they should press to dig up more information about Hegseth while they still control the chamber. Democrats on the Armed Services Committee are weighing whether to subpoena Concerned Veterans for America, where Hegseth was president from 2013 to 2016, for a whistleblower report from former employees, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The report, described in The New Yorker , alleged Hegseth was repeatedly intoxicated at work events and gatherings with staff. It also alleges that he sexually pursued female staffers, and that the organization ignored another staffer’s alleged sexual misconduct, according to the magazine. Hegseth has denied the allegations, with his lawyer calling them “outlandish claims” from a “disgruntled former associate.” Democrats have just weeks before the committee will fall into GOP control, when they would lose that subpoena power. As CNN reported earlier this week, incoming Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, has said he believes he’ll eventually see the report. Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who sits on the committee, asked the leaders of the panel to demand that two veterans groups that Hegseth led “preserve and produce” records related to him — including credit card transactions. “It’s very interesting what the press likes to dub a whistleblower report, which some others might clarify as an email from a disgruntled employee, one might say,” Hegseth told CNN’s Manu Raju on Thursday when asked if he’d support the release of the report. The focus on Hegseth on Capitol Hill this week has taken some of the scrutiny off of Trump’s other Cabinet picks. For many of them, Hegseth has served as “heat shield” while they take meetings on the Hill, a source close to the transition said. CNN’s Danya Gainor, Kit Maher, Andrew Millman, Manu Raju, Paula Reid, Morgan Rimmer and Haley Talbot contributed to this report. The-CNN-Wire TM & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jacob Ognacevic's 20 points helped Lipscomb defeat Southeast Missouri State 78-60 on Thursday. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jacob Ognacevic's 20 points helped Lipscomb defeat Southeast Missouri State 78-60 on Thursday. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jacob Ognacevic’s 20 points helped Lipscomb defeat Southeast Missouri State 78-60 on Thursday. Ognacevic added seven rebounds for the Bisons (6-4). Gyasi Powell scored 19 points, going 6 of 9 (5 for 8 from 3-point range). Dylan Faulkner shot 5 of 8 from the field and 3 for 6 from the line to finish with 13 points, while adding nine rebounds. Troy Cole Jr. finished with 10 points and six rebounds for the Redhawks (3-5). ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. 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Memphis fights off No. 2 UConn in OT in Maui Invitational thrillerEven as a storm brought freezing temperatures and a foot of snow to Santa Fe on Nov. 7, Margaret Acton knew she couldn't wait a single day more. After six long years, her mother was moving back into the family home. “She left to go to church and she never came back until last week," Acton said in a November interview. It was 87-year-old Eloisa Bustos' dying wish to be able to move out of an assisted living facility and back into her home. She is now in hospice care. "We’re just going to be happy every day and share the love" for as much time as she has left, Acton said. Bustos, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, could still rattle off the full address of her home on Don Cubero Avenue when she walked up the ramp to the front door Nov. 7, supported by her son-in-law Doug Acton and a walker. She was able to return after renovations that came with high costs and some bureaucratic headaches. "I'm so happy to be here," Bustos said in a video Acton took to document the occasion. "You don't know how happy I am. Thanks be to God." For a long time, "happy" is a word the family didn't hear from Bustos very often. The devout Catholic went to Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi one day six years ago and had a medical emergency, tearing her aorta and collapsing in a pew. She was taken by ambulance to a hospital where she underwent intensive surgery, Acton said, and the family was told she had only three years to live. Bustos beat that prediction but cycled through several senior living facilities because she had become too frail to live in her historic home unaided. Bustos spent two years at Brookdale Senior Living, which cost the family $5,500 a month. They transferred her to Pacifica Senior Living, which at $4,500 was one of the most affordable facilities in the city — but, the family discovered, also was beset with problems. The troubled facility announced in the spring it was transitioning to a 55-plus independent living community — now called Sierra Blanca Apartments — giving most of its residents just a short time to find other housing arrangements. Bustos' family moved her to MorningStar Assisted Living & Memory Care of Santa Fe. Acton spoke highly of the center but said it was a steep jump in cost: "We went from paying $4,500 a month for a suite at Pacifica to $6,700 for a room." In the meantime, work was underway to make the home Bustos and her late husband had purchased in the early 1970s livable for her again, which took a tremendous amount of work. “I could have bought everyone in my family a brand-new car” for what it cost to remodel the house, Acton said, estimating the total at more than $300,000. She credited Doug Acton's work as a paramedic in the film industry for keeping the family afloat financially. "If it wasn't for him, none of this would be possible," she said. Work included fixing the basement after the radiator broke, causing flooding; installing a new HVAC system; converting the shower into a bathtub; installing a ramp; and redoing the stucco, which had begun to crack so much a gap in the front room was almost large enough to see through. Along with the cost, Acton said the family ran into problems with the city of Santa Fe's Historic Preservation Division, which she said initially refused to give the family permission to install a ramp because it would alter the facade of the historic home. Built in the 1950s, the home is designated as a "contributing" property under city ordinances regulating buildings in historic districts. "I was like, 'Can I charge admittance?' ” Acton recalled thinking at the time. The ombudsman for the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Service Department wouldn't allow Bustos to leave MorningStar unless a ramp was installed outside her home. Department spokesperson Joey Long said the ombudsman's office, previously housed in the Care Transitions Program, is now managed by Adult Protective Services. The program helps residents living in long-term care facilities safely transition back into community settings, Long said, or into another residential facility. Ombudsmen serve as "dedicated advocates for residents’ rights, ensuring that residents’ voices are heard and their needs are met," Long wrote in an email. Acton said the state ombudsman also wouldn't release Bustos from MorningStar unless the family could show they had around-the clock medical care, which would have cost more than keeping her at the center. However, because Doug Acton, a retired Santa Fe Fire Department deputy fire chief, is a licensed paramedic and the Actons are now living in the home with Bustos, the state agreed to release her after the ramp was finally installed. Acton said she was frustrated by the holdup the city created in moving Bustos back into her own home, which forced the family to spend thousands of dollars at MorningStar for each additional month of delay. "That isn't a call the city of Santa Fe should make," she said. The family eventually got permission to install the ramp, but Acton said the experience has soured her on the city's oversight of historic buildings. "Don't make it so hard that when you're elderly, that you can't get back home," she said. "Because that just defeats the purpose of working so hard to own your home.” A city official asked if the family planned to remove the ramp after Bustos died, she added, a question she found insensitive. Santa Fe Planning and Land Use Director Heather Lamboy said the request to install Bustos' ramp went through an administrative approval process in October. Staff determined the family did not need a construction permit to install it, but did require a safety inspection, which has yet to be scheduled. "We told them to go ahead and install it and schedule an inspection so we know everything is safe," she said. Enforcing historic regulations with consideration for accessibility requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act is a balancing act, Lamboy said, and city staff work to find solutions that meet everyone's needs. "With historic buildings, the intent is not to change what we call primary facades or the facades that have been designated by the [Historic Districts Review] Board as having the most historic interest," she said. The youngest of eight, Bustos worked for the National Park Service for 30 years and then worked 17 years as an office manager at the cathedral, retiring at 79. When this year’s Fiesta Court visited MorningStar in September, Acton said they immediately flocked to Bustos. "They all wanted a blessing; they all wanted hugs," Acton said. "All the people [at MorningStar] were like, 'Who's your mom?' And I said, 'She's someone special.' ” Despite all the challenges of moving her mother back home, Acton said she wouldn't trade it. One day in April, when Bustos was still living in a suite at the former Pacifica Senior Living, she had sat quietly, not appearing to have much awareness of her surroundings, while others spoke about their frustrations with the troubled facility. It was a far cry from her affect on a day in mid-November as she visited with family in her own home, occasionally interjecting into the conversation and smiling as Acton's dogs Mister and Shug scampered around the room. Once a week, a nurse and a social worker from the hospice care agency Compassus come by to check on Bustos, and another woman comes to shower her twice a week. A spiritual adviser also comes by every week, who prays with her and gives her Communion. The experience has brought a tremendous amount of peace to the family, Acton said. "It should be like that for every elder, if you ask me," she said. "They earned it." Now that her mother has entered hospice care, Acton senses she doesn't have much more time, something she said she's trying to prepare herself for emotionally. "I've been a little nervous because I know it's coming, and I know it's coming soon," Acton said, starting to tear up. "But at least I got her home, and that's what matters. I got my mom home."
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President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday he would work to end the "inconvenient" custom of moving clocks forward one hour every spring, which he said was imposing an unnecessary financial burden on the United States. "The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn't! Daylight Saving Time (DST) is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation," Trump posted on his website, Truth Social. DST was adopted by the federal government during World War I but was unpopular with farmers rushing to get produce to morning markets, and was quickly abolished. Many states experimented with their own versions but it wasn't reintroduced nationwide until 1967. The Democratic-controlled US Senate advanced a bill in 2022 that, like Trump's plan, would bring an end to the twice-yearly changing of clocks, in favor of a "new, permanent standard time." But The Sunshine Protection Act called for the opposite switch -- moving permanently to DST rather than eliminating it -- to usher in brighter evenings, and fewer journeys home in the dark for school children and office workers. The bill never made it to President Joe Biden's desk, as it was not taken up in the Republican-led House. It had been introduced in 2021 by a Republican, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who is about to join the incoming Trump administration as secretary of state. He said studies had shown a permanent DST could benefit the economy. Either way, changing to one permanent time would put an end to Americans pushing their clocks forward in the spring, then setting them back an hour in the fall. Colloquially the practice is referred to as "springing" forward and "falling" back. The clamor has increased in recent years to make DST permanent especially among politicians and lobbyists from the Northeast, where frigid conditions are normal in the early winter mornings. "It's really straightforward. Cutting back on the sun during the fall and winter is a drain on the American people and does little to nothing to help them," Rubio said in a statement ahead of the vote. "It's time we retire this tired tradition." Rubio said the United States sees an increase in heart attacks and road accidents in the week that follows the changing of the clocks. Any changes would be unlikely to affect Hawaii and most of Arizona, the Navajo Nation, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, which do not spring forward in summer. ft/nroPalvella Therapeutics Announces Closing of Merger with Pieris Pharmaceuticals and Concurrent Private Placement of $78.9 Million
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a "tragic incident" following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people, but stopped short of acknowledging that Moscow was responsible. Putin's apology came as allegations mounted that Russian air defenses shot down the plane while attempting to deflect a Ukrainian drone strike near Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya. An official Kremlin statement issued Saturday said that air defense systems were firing near Grozny airport as the airliner "repeatedly" attempted to land there on Wednesday. It did not explicitly say one of these hit the plane. The statement said Putin apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev "for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace." The readout said Russia has launched a criminal probe into the incident, and Azerbaijani state prosecutors have arrived in Grozny to participate. The Kremlin also said that "relevant services" from Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are jointly investigating the crash site near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. The plane was flying from Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, to Grozny when it turned toward Kazakhstan, hundreds of miles across the Caspian Sea from its intended destination, and crashed while attempting to land. There were 29 survivors. According to a readout of the call provided by Aliyev's press office, the Azerbaijani president told Putin that the plane was subject to "external physical and technical interference," though he also stopped short of blaming Russian air defenses. Aliyev noted the plane had holes in its fuselage and the occupants sustained injuries "due to foreign particles penetrating the cabin mid-flight." He said that a team of international experts began a probe of the incident at Azerbaijan's initiative, but provided no details. Earlier this week, the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's office confirmed that investigators from Azerbaijan are working in Grozny. On Friday, a U.S. official and an Azerbaijani minister made separate statements blaming the crash on an external weapon, echoing those made by aviation experts who blamed the crash on Russian air defense systems responding to a Ukrainian attack. U.S. President Joe Biden, responding Saturday to a reporter asking whether he thought Putin should take responsibility for the crash, said: "Apparently he did but I haven't spoken to him." Biden made the comment after leaving church in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Passengers and crew members who survived the crash told Azerbaijani media they heard loud noises on the aircraft as it circled over Grozny. Dmitry Yadrov, head of Russia's civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia, said Friday that as the plane was preparing to land in Grozny in deep fog, Ukrainian drones were targeting the city, prompting authorities to close the area to air traffic. Yadrov said after the captain made two unsuccessful attempts to land, he was offered other airports but decided to fly to Aktau. Earlier this past week, Rosaviatsia cited unspecified early evidence as showing that a bird strike led to an emergency on board. In the days following the crash, Azerbaijan Airlines blamed "physical and technical interference" and announced the suspension of flights to several Russian airports. It didn't say where the interference came from or provide any further details. If proven that the plane crashed after being hit by Russian fire, it would be the second deadly civil aviation accident linked to fighting in Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed with a Russian surface-to-air missile, killing all 298 people aboard, as it flew over the area in eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow-backed separatists in 2014. Russia denied responsibility but a Dutch court in 2022 convicted two Russians and a pro-Russia Ukrainian man for their role in downing the plane with an air defense system brought into Ukraine from a Russian military base. Following Wednesday's suspension of flights from Baku to Grozny and nearby Makhachkala, Azerbaijan Airlines announced Friday that it would also halt service to eight more Russian cities. Several other airlines made similar announcements since the crash. Kazakhstan's Qazaq Air on Friday said it would stop flying from Astana to the Russian city of Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains for a month. Turkmenistan Airlines, the Central Asian country's flagship carrier, on Saturday halted flights to Moscow for at least a month, citing safety concerns. Earlier this past week, Israel's El Al carrier suspended service from Tel Aviv to the Russian capital, citing "developments in Russia's airspace."MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a "tragic incident" following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people, but stopped short of acknowledging that Moscow was responsible. Putin's apology came as allegations mounted that Russian air defenses shot down the plane while attempting to deflect a Ukrainian drone strike near Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya. Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference Saturday at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. An official Kremlin statement issued Saturday said that air defense systems were firing near Grozny airport as the airliner "repeatedly" attempted to land there on Wednesday. It did not explicitly say one of these hit the plane. The statement said Putin apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev "for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace." The readout said Russia has launched a criminal probe into the incident, and Azerbaijani state prosecutors have arrived in Grozny to participate. The Kremlin also said that "relevant services" from Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are jointly investigating the crash site near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. The plane was flying from Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, to Grozny when it turned toward Kazakhstan, hundreds of miles across the Caspian Sea from its intended destination, and crashed while attempting to land. There were 29 survivors. According to a readout of the call provided by Aliyev's press office, the Azerbaijani president told Putin that the plane was subject to "external physical and technical interference," though he also stopped short of blaming Russian air defenses. Part of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane lies on the ground Thursday near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan. Aliyev noted the plane had holes in its fuselage and the occupants sustained injuries "due to foreign particles penetrating the cabin mid-flight." He said that a team of international experts began a probe of the incident at Azerbaijan's initiative, but provided no details. Earlier this week, the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's office confirmed that investigators from Azerbaijan are working in Grozny. On Friday, a U.S. official and an Azerbaijani minister made separate statements blaming the crash on an external weapon, echoing those made by aviation experts who blamed the crash on Russian air defense systems responding to a Ukrainian attack. U.S. President Joe Biden, responding Saturday to a reporter asking whether he thought Putin should take responsibility for the crash, said: "Apparently he did but I haven't spoken to him." Biden made the comment after leaving church in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Passengers and crew members who survived the crash told Azerbaijani media they heard loud noises on the aircraft as it circled over Grozny. Dmitry Yadrov, head of Russia's civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia, said Friday that as the plane was preparing to land in Grozny in deep fog, Ukrainian drones were targeting the city, prompting authorities to close the area to air traffic. Yadrov said after the captain made two unsuccessful attempts to land, he was offered other airports but decided to fly to Aktau. People attend a funeral Saturday for Mahammadali Eganov, who died in the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 crash near the Kazakhstan's airport of Aktau at the age of 13, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Earlier this past week, Rosaviatsia cited unspecified early evidence as showing that a bird strike led to an emergency on board. In the days following the crash, Azerbaijan Airlines blamed "physical and technical interference" and announced the suspension of flights to several Russian airports. It didn't say where the interference came from or provide any further details. If proven that the plane crashed after being hit by Russian fire, it would be the second deadly civil aviation accident linked to fighting in Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed with a Russian surface-to-air missile, killing all 298 people aboard, as it flew over the area in eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow-backed separatists in 2014. Russia denied responsibility but a Dutch court in 2022 convicted two Russians and a pro-Russia Ukrainian man for their role in downing the plane with an air defense system brought into Ukraine from a Russian military base. The grave of Mahammadali Eganov, 13, who died in the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 crash near the Kazakhstan's Aktau airport, is seen Saturday in Baku, Azerbaijan. Following Wednesday's suspension of flights from Baku to Grozny and nearby Makhachkala, Azerbaijan Airlines announced Friday that it would also halt service to eight more Russian cities. Several other airlines made similar announcements since the crash. Kazakhstan's Qazaq Air on Friday said it would stop flying from Astana to the Russian city of Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains for a month. Turkmenistan Airlines, the Central Asian country's flagship carrier, on Saturday halted flights to Moscow for at least a month, citing safety concerns. Earlier this past week, Israel's El Al carrier suspended service from Tel Aviv to the Russian capital, citing "developments in Russia's airspace." Get Government & Politics updates in your inbox!
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