Egypt flights suspended as UK says bomb may have caused Russian crash

Flights from Sharm el-Sheikh to the UK are being suspended tonight amid fears that a Russian plane was brought down by a bomb, Downing Street has announced.

Egypt flights suspended as UK says bomb may have caused Russian crash

Flights from Sharm el-Sheikh to the UK are being suspended tonight amid fears that a Russian plane was brought down by a bomb, Downing Street has announced.

The “precautionary” move is to allow time for a specialist British team to assess security arrangements in the Egyptian resort.

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