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A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16 fighter jet has crashed near a park in the capital Islamabad, killing the pilot.

In a statement, the PAF said the aircraft was carrying out rehearsals for the 23 March national day parade. Police and security forces swiftly cordoned off the site in the Shakarparian area, near several museums, golf clubs and Jinnah Stadium.

The PAF said the pilot Wing Commander Noman Akram died in the crash. What caused it was not immediately clear.

The air force said it had ordered an inquiry.

Footage posted on social media, seemingly shot from nearby buildings, showed the moment the plane came down and smoke and flames billowing into the sky.
«Pakistan Air Force reports with regret that a PAF F-16 aircraft crashed near Shakarparian, Islamabad during the rehearsals of 23 March parade,» the air force said in its statement. It added that «a board of inquiry has been ordered by Air Headquarters to determine the cause of the incident».

Pakistan has a chequered aviation safety record, including a number of airliner crashes.

Last year a small military plane crashed into a residential area near Rawalpindi, which neighbours Islamabad. At least 18 people were killed and several injured .

Police in Chile are searching for members of an armed gang who stole a cash shipment worth about $15m (£11.5m) from a warehouse at Santiago airport.

At least seven men entered the cargo area of the airport where the cash was stored and forced the security guards to hand the money over at gunpoint. They used two vehicles, one painted in the colours and with the logo of courier company DHL.

Police say they suspect the gang had «inside information».

The cash shipment of dollars and euros had arrived from abroad shortly before the robbery and was due to be taken to banks in Chile. An airport security guard was injured after receiving a blow to the head.

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Six RAF fighter jets were scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft as they approached British airspace, the Ministry of Defence has said.

The Russian bombers were tracked heading towards the north-west coast of Scotland on Saturday. It prompted the air force to deploy three pairs of Typhoons from its Quick Reaction Alert programme.

Two pairs left from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, while the third flew from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.

Flying in formation, two pairs approached the aircraft before withdrawing, while the third pair forced them to change course.

The Russian aircraft were later identified as Tupolev Tu-142 Bears, which are used both as strategic bombers and long-range maritime patrol planes.

The total number of Russian aircraft involved in the incident has not been revealed.

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A knifeman has been shot dead by armed police officers in central London.

The man was seen «acting suspiciously» in Westminster, at 23:25 GMT on Sunday, and pulled out two knives when he was challenged by officers on patrol, Scotland Yard said.

Armed officers responded and a Taser and gun were fired. The man was confirmed dead by the London Ambulance Service in Great Scotland Yard but the incident is not being treated as terror related.

No members of the public or police officers were injured and inquires are ongoing, the Met said.
A number of road closures remain in place in the area.

Uniformed police officers manned cordons at Scotland Place, leading to Great Scotland Yard, and on parts of Northumberland Avenue and Whitehall near to Trafalgar Square.

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A suspicious device found in a car in Luton has been deemed «not viable» by a bomb disposal team.

Police were called to Brook Street at about 07:20 GMT to reports of concern for a man in a vehicle.

Officers found a suspicious device in the car in Dunstable Road and the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team was called, Bedfordshire Police said.

A second car is now being checked and two men have been arrested for explosives related offences. The force said one man was arrested at the scene and a second man was arrested shortly afterwards in Brook Street, both on suspicion of offences committed under the explosives act.

Homes and businesses were evacuated and roads closed in the Bury Park area after the device was found and people were advised to avoid the area.

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