 Russia says it's grappled fighter jets to prevent two US strategic bomber planes from violating its border over the Barents Sea in the Arctic. It said the American crews then made a U-turn and didn't cross the frontier. Parts of power-starved northern Iraq are getting a much-needed boost. A new line bringing electricity from Turkey has started operating. 100 kilometres long, the line supplies power to the three Iraqi provinces of Nineveh, Salah al-Din and Kirkuk.