You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Thursday the 30th of January.

A US military helicopter has collided with a passenger plane above the Potomac River in Washington.

More than 60 people are feared dead.

Eight hostages, including three Israelis, have been freed in Gaza,

but Israel has suspended the release of 110 Palestinians in exchange.

And a warning that the fighting in Congo could reignite ethnic tensions seen during the Rwandan genocide.

Also in this podcast,

the Brazilian film that's making history.

Reagan National Airport sits just across the river from Washington, D.C., a seven-minute drive from the White House and right next to the Pentagon.

Being so close to the U.S. Capitol, it is very busy. In fact, it has the single busiest runway in the country.

But as we record this podcast, it remains closed after a military helicopter collided with a passenger jet coming into land just before 9 o'clock last night.

The moment was recorded by air traffic control.

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Well, webcam footage from the nearby Kennedy Center

showed a huge explosion at the moment of impact.

Both the plane and the helicopter then plunged into the icy waters of the Potomac below.

In the past few hours, the authorities have been giving an update.

John Donnelly is a fire and emergency medical services chief.

These responders found extremely frigid conditions.

They found heavy wind.

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