Russia says it has flown 11,000 tourists home from Egypt in the past 24 hours, and more will return on Sunday.

The Russian airline Kogalymavia blames "external influence" for Saturday's Sinai plane crash which killed 224 people.

The bodies of 144 of those killed in Saturday's air crash in Egypt are flown back to the Russian city of St Petersburg as an investigation into the cause continues.

An investigation is under way after a Russian airliner crashed in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board.

A Russian airliner crashes in central Sinai killing all 224 people on board, Egyptian officials say.