Good evening. A Greek firefighting plane battling wildfires on the island of Evia has crashed, killing two pilots on board. And HSBC has become the first major lender to cut mortgage rates.

A Greek firefighting plane has crashed on the island of Evia, killing the two pilots on board. Footage showed the aircraft clipping a tree before falling nose-first and exploding. 

Officials said the aircraft crashed into a ravine close to where a wildfire started on Sunday. 

“A Greek Canadair plane, with at least two people on board, crashed near Platanisto,” said spokesman Yannis Artopios.