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At least five people were killed after a helicopter carrying foreign tourists crashed Tuesday near Mount Everest in Nepal, and one other person on the aircraft was still missing. The helicopter crashed in the Lamajura area and rescuers had recovered the bodies of five people and were searching for the sixth, said Basanta Bhattarai, the chief government administrator in the area. All five tourists were Mexican nationals and the pilot was Nepalese, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said in a statement. The Mexicans included two men and three women.
Russia warned on Tuesday of "catastrophic consequences" for Europe if the Ukraine war escalates, as NATO leaders prepared to deliver a "positive message" to Kyiv at a summit on its future prospects for joining the military alliance. Moscow has cited NATO's eastern expansion as a key factor in its decision to invade Ukraine nearly 17 months ago. On Monday the Kremlin said that if Ukraine joined the alliance, this would pose a direct threat to Russia's security to which it would react clearly and firmly.