Queen Elizabeth has led the largest river pageant in London for more than 300 years as part of celebrations to mark her Diamond Jubilee. Thousands of people braved cold and rain to line the banks of the River Thames to see the royal barge at the head of a flotilla portraying Britain's nautical history. Queen Elizabeth is the first British monarch to celebrate a reign of 60 years since Queen Victoria in the 19th century.

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A passenger plane has crashed in Nigeria's biggest city Lagos, killing all 150 people on board. The airliner, operated by the Indian-owned Dana Air, was on a flight from the capital Abuja when it came down. From Lagos, Will Ross reports.

一架客机在尼日利亚最大城市拉各斯坠机，机上150人全部遇难。这架客机由印度丹纳航空公司运行，坠落之前由首都阿布贾出发航行。威尔·罗斯在拉各斯报道。

On crashing, the plane burst into flames, and there were chaotic scenes as people rushed to the area, black smoke billowing in the air. There were at least 150 people on board. None of them survived. The plane first tore into a printing works before hitting residential buildings. It's not yet clear how many people died on the ground. It's not known what caused the crash, which happened in overcast weather. Last month, a similar Dana airplane, possibly the same one, developed a technical problem and was forced to make an emergency landing in Lagos.