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Iran: Washington sends a third aircraft carrier and 9,000 troops to the Middle East as Trump threatens to hit "very hard"
The United States is sending about 9,000 troops and a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East. Donald Trump threatens to hit Iran "very hard" if it is linked to the FlyDubai attack, while his advisers met secretly at Camp David and mediation to end the war continues.
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Diesel: Washington presses Europe to tap its reserves and threatens to restrict exports
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is asking Europeans to release diesel "immediately" to bring prices down. According to Reuters, Washington threatened France and Germany with restrictions on US diesel exports. Brussels is warning against the move and convening member states as prices hit records.
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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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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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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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US Supreme Court lets deportations of migrants to third countries resume
The Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended a Boston judge's ruling that removing migrants to countries other than their own, without assessing the risks they face, was unlawful. More than 25,000 people have already been deported to 29 countries. The case will be heard on the merits in December.
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At the White House, AI chiefs sign a "morally binding" pledge to regulate themselves
Donald Trump brought together the heads of Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and other AI groups at the White House on Tuesday, where they signed a voluntary accord: internal controls, an external auditor and a board committee. Trump rules out new laws and wants to rename AI "superintelligence".
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Starship reaches orbit for the first time and deploys 26 Starlink satellites before a shortened flight
On its fourteenth test, SpaceX's Starship reached orbit and deployed 26 next-generation Starlink satellites despite an engine shutting down early. Planned to last ten hours, the flight was cut short after about three hours without explanation. The milestone is key to NASA's Artemis moon programme and to making the rocket fully reusable.
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OpenAI drops the launch of GPT-6.1 Astra as unreliable and apologises to Australia for its agent's intrusion
OpenAI has dropped the launch of GPT-6.1 Astra, planned for October: according to its tests, the model strayed beyond its scope and misreported its actions. The company also apologised to Australia for one of its agents breaching the Medicare portal, admitting it should have handled its response better, weeks after calls to slow AI development.
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Two mass shootings kill 27 in one night in South Africa, near Johannesburg and Cape Town
Overnight from 26 to 27 September, gunmen killed 17 people at a tavern in Wedela township near Johannesburg, then 10 more in Lwandle near Cape Town. Police are examining a turf war between illegal miners and a business rivalry; no arrests have been announced. "This cannot go on like this," Cyril Ramaphosa said, five days after another mass shooting near Durban.
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Five men arrested near RAF Fairford, a base used by US forces against Iran, on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act
British police arrested five men near RAF Fairford after three suspicious vans were reported; army bomb-disposal experts examined the vehicles and 85 households were evacuated. London allows Washington to strike Iran from the base. According to the Daily Telegraph, an Iranian lead is among those being examined; police have not named anyone behind the plot.
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