A passenger plane crashed in northern Colombia, killing all 15 people on board, according to the country's state-run airline Satena. The crash occurred on Tuesday, and Satena confirmed the "fatal accident" involving its Beechcraft 1900 aircraft in a statement, BBC World reported.
The wreckage was located in a mountainous area in North Santander, Colombia, according to Reuters. Satena stated that contact with the plane was lost 11 minutes before its scheduled landing in the city of Ocaña, near the Venezuelan border, at 12:05 local time, BBC World reported. The official passenger list included lawmaker Diógenes Quintero Amaya and Carlos Salcedo, a candidate in upcoming congressional elections, according to BBC World.
In other news, Waymo, the US driverless car firm owned by Google-parent Alphabet, announced plans to launch a robotaxi service in London as early as September, according to BBC Technology and BBC Business. The UK government plans to change regulations in the second half of 2026 to enable driverless taxis, but has not provided a specific date, BBC Technology and BBC Business reported. A pilot service is scheduled to launch in April, according to Waymo, BBC Technology and BBC Business reported. Local Transport Minister Lilian Greenwood stated, "We're supporting Waymo and other operators through our passenger pilots, and pro-innovation regulations to make self-driving cars a reality on British roads," according to BBC Technology and BBC Business.
Meanwhile, Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, confirmed the cancellation of an oil shipment to Cuba, The Guardian reported. She insisted the decision was a sovereign one and not a response to pressure from the US, after former President Trump said zero oil would go to Cuba, according to The Guardian. Fuel shortages are causing increasingly severe blackouts in Cuba, and Mexico has been the island's biggest oil supplier since the US blocked shipments, according to The Guardian.
In the United States, a five-year-old US citizen named Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos was deported to Honduras on January 11 alongside her mother, Karen Guadalupe Gutiérrez Castellanos, The Guardian reported. Génesis, who had never known Honduras, misses her cousins, classmates, and kindergarten teachers in Austin, Texas, according to The Guardian. Génesis's mother, whose visa application was pending, plans to send her daughter back to the US soon, accompanied by another relative, The Guardian reported.
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