Brazil Congress expels ex-speaker Cunha on graft

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

• The Syrian army says it has shot down an Israeli warplane and a drone following Tel Aviv’s attacks on Syria’s Golan Heights. Israel denies the report.
  
• The Qatari military announces the death of three of its soldiers during fighting in Yemen, hours after six Saudi troops were killed in retaliatory strikes by Yemeni fighters.
  
• The former speaker of Brazil’s lower house, who spearheaded an impeachment drive against ousted president Dilma Rousseff, is fired from Congress for corruption.
  
• Two American aircraft, capable of carrying nuclear bombs, fly over South Korea following the recent nuclear test by Pyongyang.
  
• The Philippine president says US troops, stationed in the country’s south, could complicate Manila’s anti-terror drive, urging their immediate withdrawal.

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