Indonesian Plane Crashes

Indonesia’s disaster agency says a Lion Air passenger jet crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Jakarta and was carrying 188 passengers and crew.

The far right candidate Jair Bolsonaro has won a sweeping victory in Brazil's presidential election. He won around fifty-five percent of the vote.

Germany's governing parties have fared poorly in elections in the western state of Hesse -- and Chancellor Merkel's partners have warned that the future of the coalition may be at stake.