Two British Airways jets, including a massive Airbus A380 Superjumbo, that were forced to divert to Shannon Airport earlier have continued their journeys.

RAF jets were scrambled more than 50 times in six years to intercept Russian military aircraft.

Suspected Russian war planes have bombed the outskirts of Palmyra, sending smoke rising out of an area that includes a historic castle overlooking the Syrian city’s Roman ruins, activists said.