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A Russian passenger jet carrying 224 people crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula shortly after takeoff

A Russian passenger jet carrying 224 people crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula shortly after takeoff. The Airbus was headed from a resort city on the Red Sea to St. Petersburg, Russia, but ended up in an area where ISIS-affiliated militants operate. Airliners are avoiding that airspace after ISIS claimed responsibility for the deadly crash even though there's no evidence the extremists were behind it. Allen Pizzey reports from Cairo.

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There’s dramtic new helmet-cam video of the raid in northern Iraq to free dozens of prisoners held by ISIS. Soldiers led by the Kurdish peshmerga are seen raiding an ISIS jail and freeing prisoners as background audio indicates an intense firefight

There’s dramtic new helmet-cam video of the raid in northern Iraq to free dozens of prisoners held by ISIS. Soldiers led by the Kurdish peshmerga are seen raiding an ISIS jail and freeing prisoners as background audio indicates an intense firefight. CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer takes a look.

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