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Palestinian firefighters have joined international efforts to
put out
the huge forest fire in northern Israel. In a rare phone call on Saturday, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for his support. Here's Shahzeb Jillani.
The two leaders are not believed to have spoken since the end of September when peace talks between the two sides were suspended over Mr Netanyahu's refusal to halt Jewish settlement construction.
Israeli officials described Saturday's conversation as warm and friendly. They quoted Mr Netanyahu as telling the Palestinian leader that neighbours should always help one another. For Israel, these fires are a huge disaster, and it says it can use all the help it can get.
A Russian airliner has made an emergency landing in Moscow, colliding with buildings and splitting into two parts, but only two people were killed. Here's Steve Rosenberg.
The Tupolev-154 jet took off from Moscow's Vnukovo airport. It was
bound for
the Russian Republic of Dagestan in the North Caucasus. But half an hour into the flight at 30,000 feet, the aircraft suffered a sudden and dramatic system failure. All three of its engines are reported to have cut out one after the other. The Dagestani airline's plane, with more than 150 people on board, was forced to make an emergency landing at another Moscow airport, Domodedovo. As it neared the ground, it lost power. Its