More than 500 species of plants have disappeared in the past 250 years - more than twice the number of birds, mammals and amphibians recorded as extinct, according to a new study.

ALL 21 people aboard a military plane that crashed in the Pacific Ocean near Chile’s remote Juan Fernandez islands died, the Chilean government said.

A Chilean air force plane with 21 people aboard, including a popular TV presenter, crashed in the Pacific near the Juan Fernandez islands.