A severe storm has left four people dead in Japan and injured many more, with telecommunications and transport affected in the north.

A severe storm has left four people dead in Japan and injured many more, with telecommunications and transport affected in the north.

A sleepy pilot who mistook the planet Venus for an oncoming plane sent his Air Canada jet into a steep dive that bounced passengers off the ceiling, injuring 16, and nearly caused a collision with a real plane flying 1,000 feet lower. Air Canada initially described the injuries to 14 passengers and two flight attendants as the result of "severe turbulence," but a report released this week by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada explains what really happened over the Atlantic Ocean on an overnight flight from Toronto to Zurich on Jan. 14, 2011.

Belgium plans to beef up security on public transport after a fatal attack on a transport inspector brought Brussels trains and buses to a halt.

Chris Smalling, Steven Gerrard and Daniel Sturridge are injured playing for England in the 3-2 defeat by the Netherlands at Wembley.