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Flydubai co-pilot in murder-suicide mission trained to fly in Britain, Telegraph says

Hamam al-Hammami, the flydubai co-pilot, trained with L3 Airline Academy, a company that is now part of Acron Aviation, and received lessons at one or more centres in England, the Telegraph said.

Kosovo parliament elects new president, avoiding snap election

The newly elected President of the Republic of Kosovo Justina Shiroka Pula poses for pictures at the parliament in Pristina, Kosovo, October 7, 2026. REUTERS/Valdrin Xhemaj

‘Nobody seems to care’: Russian city shrugs off plague reports

Some residents in Irkutsk questioned whether the laboratory worker had died of plague at all.

Trump to speak to Putin on plague as US, WHO step up pressure on Moscow to be transparent

A satellite image shows the Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, Russia. Media reports say an employee of the institute may have contracted pneumonic plague from a broken test tube.

Sweden police say armed man shot outside royal palace

A police cordon in place after officers shot a man armed with a knife near the Royal Palace in central Stockholm, on Oct 6.

Russia says tanker crew rescued in Black Sea after attack set ship ablaze

Hundreds arrested in French school protests, as Macron summons ministers

A masked student kicking a tear gas canister in France on Oct 6, as nationwide protests over decrepit conditions in French high schools descended into sporadic violence.

British adventurer back on UK soil after 28-year round-the-world walk

Karl Bushby, a 57-year-old former paratrooper, arrived back in the UK on Oct 5, after swimming across the English Channel. He set off for home from Chile in November 1998.

Police officer charged in France after teen loses several teeth to tear gas grenade

In videos of the incident shared on social media, a tear gas grenade is fired at the 14-year-old student’s face, knocking him to the ground.

Russia preparing massive attack, says Ukraine’s Zelensky, citing intelligence

Ukrainian firefighters working at the scene of a Russian air strike on a car repair workshop in Kharkiv on Oct 5.

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