Russia, Estonia and the jets
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Air force fighter jets from Germany and Sweden were scrambled Sunday to intercept and track a Russian surveillance plane that was flying unidentified over the Baltic Sea, military officials said. Two Swedish Gripen jets and two German Eurofighter jets deployed in international airspace to monitor and photograph the Russian IL-20
Comments from education secretary Bridget Phillipson are the lead story for the Guardian, after the MP said that the two-child benefit cap was "spiteful" and "pushed children into hardship". The paper reports that abandoning the "controversial" cap is "on the table",
Estonia's government reported that three Russian MIG-31 fighter jets violated its airspace on Friday, remaining for twelve minutes, prompting a formal protest to a top Russian diplomat. The Estonian Defence Minister condemned the intrusion as 'unprecedentedly brutal'.