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Friday January 10th, 2020 night edition

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The Ukrainian flight that crashed just outside the Iranian capital of Tehran was struck by an anti-aircraft missile system, a Pentagon official, a senior U.S. intelligence official and an Iraqi intelligence official told Newsweek.

None of the officials was authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

The aircraft is believed to have been struck by a Russia-built Tor-M1 surface-to-air missile system, known to NATO as Gauntlet, the three officials told Newsweek.

One Pentagon and one U.S. senior intelligence official told Newsweek that the Pentagon's assessment is that the incident was accidental.

"Well, I have my suspicions," President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House following Newsweek's report.

"It was flying in a pretty rough neighborhood and someone could have made a mistake.".

Later Thursday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed that his officials have received "intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and our own intelligence" indicating "that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile.". »

Jussie Smollett's Empire Return: Fox Boss Says It's Not Happening

Authored by tvline.com

Last Man Standing Sneak Peek: The Cards Are Stacked Against Mike 9-1-1: Connie Britton Eyed to Return as Abby for Multiple Episodes.

The question surrounding Jussie Smollett‘s potential return to Empire for the Fox drama’s series finale this May can now be definitively answered.

“We’re not going to bring Jussie back to the show,” Fox entertainment president Michael Thorn tells TVLine. »

Facebook again refuses to ban political ads, even false ones

Authored by apnews.com

Facebook has decided not to limit how political ads can be targeted to specific groups of people, as its main digital-ad rival Google did in November 2019 to fight misinformation.

Google has decided to limit targeting of political ads, while Twitter is banning them outright. »

Iran plane crash: Trudeau believes that missile downed jet

Authored by bbc.com

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Trudeau: "Evidence indicates the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile".

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Mobile phone footage appears to show the plane in the moments before it came down.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Asked about the cause of the plane crash, President Trump said: "I have my suspicions". »