who died when their plane came down on wednesday. the kremlin has denied ordering the assassination of mr prigozhin, who was a former close aide of president putin. us officials say three us marines have been killed, and at least 20 injured, after a military aircraft crashed during exercises in australia s northern territory. 23 people were on board. five people have been transferred to darwin for treatment. zimbabwe s president emmerson mnangagwa has rejected criticism from international observers about the country s recent electio, about the country s recent election, after being declared the winner and securing a second term. the opposition party has labelled the vote a gigantic fraud , and observers say the vote fell short of international standards. now on bbc news — hardtalk.
of your great country zimbabwe. i am so happy that the vote was won fairly in broad daylight. three us marines have been killed and 20 others injured after a military helicopter crashed during exercises in australia. their aircraft crashed in the northern territory capital darwin. the incident is the second fatal military helicopter crash in the area in less than a month. the australian prime minister, anthony albanese, said what had happened was a tragedy . the initial reports suggest that the incident involves just us defence force personnel, that there are no members of the australian defence force involved in this incident. our focus as a government and as a department of defence
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defences. they stopped short of pointing the finger of blame at the kremlin directly, but that is one popular theory circulating among the commentators on russian social media. ~ ., media. we will leave it there, vital , media. we will leave it there, vitaly. thank— media. we will leave it there, vitaly, thank you _ media. we will leave it there, vitaly, thank you very - media. we will leave it there, vitaly, thank you very much. | us officials say three marines have been killed in a military aircraft crash in northern australia. 23 people were on board osprey military aircraft, which was taking part in exercises near the remote melville island, off the coast of darwin, in the northern territory. five marines have been transported to darwin in a serious condition. here s the australian prime minister anthony albanese. the initial reports suggest that the incident involves just us defence force personnel, that there are no members of the australian defence force involved in this incident. our focus as a government and as a department of defence is very much on incident response and on making sure that every
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lots of questions about his mental health history as well as possibly missed warning signs. mike: heartbreaking story. many thanks. the u.s. marine corps aircraft crashed on a remote island during an exercise killing three marines. transported to a hospital in serious condition. alexandria is live with the latest. >> these three marines have lost their lives. they have now been identified at this point. this happened up australia. 35 miles off the coast. no civilians were injured. australian officials say to work taking off from darwin to head to the islands on a report of a crasher came in. >> they have a long and established relationship with
crash is still under investigation. general jack keane with this earlier today. >> i have lost far more troops and noncombat operations than i have in combat operations. what has taken place here, these troops are on the front line and establishing deterrence against china they are conducting force on force exercise. that means they have an opponent they are working against. arthel: so said alexandria hoff has more. alexandria? >> on top of the three who have died we know five marines were transported to the hospital in serious condition. others receive treatment right there on the ground for the crash happened at 9:30 a.m. local time on millville island is about 35 miles off the darwin coast. no civilians were injured. austrian official site to u.s. marine offspring at take off from darwin headed to the islands when reports of a crash came in. wesley acknowledges the terrible
for 72 hours because of a mental health emergency. the sheriff said today though they knew of no red flags and that there was nothing in his background check that would have kept him from buying those guns legally. jon? jon: bryan llenas, thanks. finish the three u.s. marines are dead after their aircraft crashed in australia. 23 the marines were onboard during a training exercise. investigators are a trying to figure out what went wrong. al sand i drink ya of has that story. >> reporter: on top of the 3 who have died, we know that 5 marines were transported to the hospital in serious condition. others received treatment right there on the ground. the crash happened at a 9:# 30 a.m. local time on melville island about 35 miles off the darwin coast. no civilians were with injured. australian officials say that two u.s. marine osprey had taken off head toward the tiwi islands when reports of a crash came in. >> we acknowledge that this is a
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concerns for these brave marines participating in training exercises up there in the northern territory, where the marine rotational force based in darwin is there on a semi-permanent basis. now, as i said, information is just coming out. we just moments ago got this statement from the u.s. defense department, saying that these three marines had sadly died. australians, as i mentioned, very concerned about this. this happened just weeks after an australian helicopter went down in joint training with the u.s. in queensland, killing australians onboard there, too. so a tragic time in australia right now. thoughts with the families of the three marines who died. >> all right. we ll stay on this story. and bring more updates as we get them. cnn s an gust watson in sydney, australia. thank you so much. well, three people are dead after a mass shooting in jacksonville, florida, that