Polish president in plane crash

Polish President Lech Kaczynski and scores of others are believed to have been killed in a plane crash in Russia. Officials in the Smolensk region said no-one had survived after the plane apparently hit trees as it came in for landing in thick fog. Several other government figures, including the army chief of staff, were also thought to have been on board.

Lech Kaczynski is thought to have been on board with his wife

They were in Russia to mark the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre, when the Soviets killed thousands of Poles. The BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw says the crash is a catastrophe for the Polish people. He says Prime Minister Donald Tusk was reportedly in tears when he was told. Source: BBC News