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A Learjet 45 aircraft carrying Ajit Pawar, the deputy chief minister of India’s Maharashtra state, crashed while attempting to land at Baramati airport on the morning of  28 Jan 2026. The country’s aviation regulator confirmed that Pawar and four others on board, including two crew members and two of his staff were killed in the accident, and there were no survivors.

The Spanish government has announced a plan to legalise the status of undocumented migrants, a measure expected to benefit at least half a million people, BBC reported. 

Regularisation will be available to foreign nationals who do not have a criminal record and can prove they lived in Spain for at least five months prior to 31 December 2025.

"This is an historic day for our country," said Elma Saiz, Spain's minister of inclusion, social security and migration, according to BBC. 

An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India's West Bengal state has sparked concern in parts of Asia, with some tightening screening measures at airports, BBC reported. 

Thailand has started screening passengers at three airports that receive flights from West Bengal. Nepal has also begun screening arrivals at Kathmandu airport and other land border points with India.

Two cases have been confirmed in West Bengal since December, reportedly in healthcare workers. Some 196 people who were in contact with them have been traced and tested negative for the virus, India's health ministry says, according to BBC. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned as "terrorism" a Russian drone attack on a passenger train that local officials say killed at least four people, BBC reported. 

Zelensky said another four people were missing after the train with more than 200 people on board was hit in Ukraine's north-eastern Kharkiv region on Tuesday.

Earlier, officials in Ukraine's southern port of Odesa said three people were killed in an overnight Russian drone attack, according to BBC.