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Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party wins crucial Delhi state elections

BJP won most seats in territory that includes the capital for first time in more than 25 years, ousting AA party

Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has won the most seats in the high-stakes state legislature election in India’s federal territory for the first time in more than a quarter-century.

Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) won 47 seats in the 70-member assembly that includes India’s capital, New Delhi, ousting the Aam Aadmi party (AAP), which has ruled it since 2015. The AAP won 22 seats. The outcome of the race in one remaining seat had yet to be declared, according to the Election Commission of India.

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© Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

© Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

Alaska plane crash: remains of all 10 victims have been recovered, authorities say

Ten people died in the crash on Thursday, and authorities are still trying to piece together why the aircraft went down

The remains of all 10 people killed when their small plane crashed into ice on the Bering Sea have been recovered, authorities said.

The Nome Volunteer Fire Department made the announcement on its Facebook page Saturday afternoon. Recovery crews had been racing to recover the bodies before a winter storm was expected to hit the region.

“All 10 individuals aboard the Bering Air plane have been officially brought home,” the fire department wrote in the social media post at about 3pm.

Crews were still working on recovering the aircraft, the fire department said.

The Bering Air single-engine turboprop plane was traveling from Unalakleet to the hub community of Nome when it disappeared on Thursday afternoon. It was found the next day after an extensive search with all nine passengers and the pilot dead.

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© Photograph: AP

© Photograph: AP

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