US Secretary of State John Kerry has been taken to hospital in Switzerland after a biking accident in the nearby French Alps.

The co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings plane, Andreas Lubitz, had received treatment for suicidal tendencies before getting his pilot license

Five days after Germanwings flight 4U 9525 crashed in the French Alps killing all 150 on board, investigators say they have isolated 78 DNA strands.

The father of a British man,Paul Bramley, killed in the Alps air crash urges airlines to look after their pilots "properly".

The co-pilot suspected of crashing a German airliner into the French Alps, killing himself and 149 others, knew the region from gliding holidays

The co-pilot of the Germanwings plane that crashed into the French Alps on Tuesday appears to want to "destroy the plane"

Relatives and friends of the 150 passengers and crew on Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 are due to go to the crash site high in the French Alps.

Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashes in a remote area of the French Alps. All 148 passengers and crew members are feared dead.