Cuba: At morgues and in church services, Cubans are mourning loved ones who died in the country's worst air disaster in three decades. Island authorities say they have identified 20 bodies and recovered all human remains from the field next to Havana's international airport where a passenger jet crashed on Saturday, killing 110 people. Maidi Charchabal's son Daniel Terrero would have turned 22 years old today. She wept at Havana's Institute of Legal Medicine as she waited for experts to complete their identification of his body. Charchabal said she hoped to receive Daniel's body so she could "be able to be with him on his birthday."
Palestinian territories: A 20-year-old Palestinian, Fathi Harb, is in critical condition after publicly setting himself on fire but his motives remain unclear with family believing he was despairing over Gaza's dire living conditions and Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules the territory, alleging personal problems. Suicide is strictly forbidden in Islam and cases are rare in conservative Gaza but dozens were reported last year. Several cases of self-immolation have also been reported in Gaza over the past years. This was the first time, however, that one was filmed and posted online.
United States: The teenagers killed in a Massachusetts car crash were identified as high school track team members with a promising future. The five teens, all males, were traveling in one car in East Bridgewater when it crashed into a tree yesterday. Stoughton superintendent Marguerite Rizzi called the crash "the worst nightmare of any school administrator." Police responded to the scene to find a sedan that had rolled over, and 17-year-old Christopher Desir, of Brockton, 17-year-old Eric Sarblah and 16-year-old Nick Joyce dead. Seventeen-year-old David Bell, of Stoughton died of his injuries on the way to a hospital. The district attorney's office said the 17-year-old driver was being treated at a hospital. His name was not released.
Italy: One of Italy's two main populist leaders said that he and his rival finally have agreed on who should be the next premier — neither of them — in what would be the nation's first populist-led government. Exactly 11 weeks after a parliamentary election with inconclusive results created political gridlock, League leader Matteo Salvini said he and 5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio have settled both on a choice for premier and the makeup of the Cabinet. In that coalition government, which should take power soon, "neither I nor Di Maio" will be premier, Salvini told reporters. He and Di Maio will reveal their pick to Italian President Sergio Mattarella. Italian media say the President is expected to summon the two political leaders to the presidential palace tomorrow.
