ISTANBUL Here is a rundown of all the news that you need to start your Thursday with, including a plane colliding with a military helicopter outside of Washington, D.C., Syria naming Ahmed al Sharaa as the country’s transitional president and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosting a delegation from Hamas. TOP STORIES Plane collides with military helicopter in mid-air outside US capital A regional plane collided in midair with a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport