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Police launch murder probe as man, 32, dies in hospital after being found will stab wounds at house in northeast London

Police have tonight launched a murder investigation after a fatal stabbing in northeast London. The victim, a 32-year-old man, suffered stab wounds at a house in Lea Bridge Road, Waltham Forest, earlier today.  Police, paramedics and the air ambulance rushed to the scene and the man was taken to hospital in east London. However police say he died shortly after arriving. A murder investigation has now been launched.   A Scotland Yard spokesperson said: 'Police were called at 4.30pm on Sunday, 22 August following reports of a stabbing in a property on Lea Bridge Road, E10. The victim, a 32-year-old man, suffered stab wounds at a house in Lea Bridge Road, Waltham Forest, earlier today. Pictured: Police and paramedics at the scene 'Officers attended with London Ambulance Service paramedics and the London Air Ambulance. 'They found a 32-year-old man with life threatening injuries. 'He was treated at the scene before being transported to an east London hospital. He was pron

Military planes evacuating Afghans drop flares and make 'diving combat landings' amid fears of ISIS missile attacks as TWENTY die including girl, two, at Kabul airport in stampede to escape Taliban before US lifeline ends

Military planes making evacuation runs into Kabul are dropping flares and carrying out nosedive combat landings amid fears that Islamic terrorists may try to shoot one down as Afghans trying to flee the Taliban have described at least 20 civilians being killed in the chaos. US military planes are doing rapid diving combat landings to beat the threat of a missile attack, with video showing a French transport plane yesterday deploying flares designed to confuse heat-seeking technology which may have been stolen by Islamic State in Afghanistan. Taliban forces controlling all access points to Hamid Karzai International Airport are not thought to be attempting to shoot down military aircraft during the Western evacuation effort, as such an action could trigger another American-led intervention in Afghanistan.  It is feared Islamic State in Afghanistan - also known as ISIS-K - could use stolen heat-seeking missiles to bring down a rescue plane carrying hundreds of refugees including women an