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Saudi Arabia: Turkey and Pakistan to deploy troops to the kingdom in the face of the Houthis
Meeting in emergency session in Riyadh, the members of the Mecca defence pact activated their collective commitments after Houthi attacks on the kingdom. The role of Turkish and Pakistani troops was not specified, as Yemeni forces advanced on the Bab al-Mandab strait.
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Spain: Pedro Sánchez calls a snap general election for November 29
After the PP, Vox and Junts voted down his housing decrees, the Socialist prime minister dissolved parliament. Trailing in the polls, he is making the housing crisis the central issue of a vote that could bring the far right into government.
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Brazil: Flávio Bolsonaro edges ahead of Lula in the first round, runoff set for October 25
Defying the polls, far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro came first with 47.06% of the vote, ahead of Lula (45.12%). The two will face off on October 25; markets cheered the result and Javier Milei congratulated Jair Bolsonaro's son.
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Brazil: Lula faces Flávio Bolsonaro in a neck-and-neck first round of the presidential election
More than 158 million Brazilians vote on Sunday. President Lula, 80, and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son, are neck and neck in the polls, in a campaign shaped by relations with Donald Trump's United States.
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Flydubai flight: the UAE calls it a "terrorist act", the co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain with an axe
The UAE attorney general says the co-pilot of the Dubai–Tel Aviv flight attempted a "terrorist act" with the cockpit crash axe. The suspect, an Omani, had reportedly been removed by Oman Air over radical views; Australia and Israel are examining security failures.
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North Korea fires a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan after Seoul demands an apology over DMZ mines
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Saturday morning that flew more than 700 kilometres toward the Sea of Japan. The launch follows Pyongyang's refusal to apologise for a mine blast that wounded South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone.
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France: high school students call for an "act 3" on October 6 as the government promises replacement teachers and targets parents over damage
After a week of blockades and clashes, French high school organisations are calling for further protests on October 6. The education minister announced a plan to replace absent teachers, while the justice minister wants parents of minors involved to pay for the damage.
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France: high school protests turn violent, nearly 2,000 arrests and more than 400 schools closed
What began as school blockades over run-down buildings turned into clashes, fires and nearly 2,000 arrests on Thursday. The government speaks of "urban violence" and blames LFI and the far left, which the party disputes. More than 400 schools are closed on Friday.
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Flydubai Dubai-Tel Aviv flight: a pilot stabs his captain and the plane makes an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia
Flydubai flight FZ1073, carrying more than 160 Israeli passengers, made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday after a pilot stabbed the captain. Israel calls it an attempted attack; passengers and a relief crew regained control of the aircraft. Flydubai has suspended its flights to Israel.
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Kaliningrad: Russia threatens NATO with its "entire arsenal" if the exclave is cut off
In a document delivered to NATO headquarters in Brussels, Moscow says it is ready to use its "entire arsenal" if Alliance countries try to cut off Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania. NATO confirmed receiving the warning, which several outlets read as a nuclear threat.
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Tennessee: Christa Pike's execution fails after two lethal injections, governor halts executions
Convicted of a murder committed in 1995 at age 18, Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital at Riverbend prison in Nashville on Wednesday and was taken to hospital. She would have been the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years. Governor Bill Lee has halted the executions planned for this year.
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