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Cockpit stabbing diverts Flydubai flight to Saudi Arabia

Flydubai flight FZ1073, bound from Dubai for Tel Aviv with roughly 170 people, most of them Israeli, diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday after one pilot stabbed another and apparently tried to crash the aircraft, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. A passenger and an on-duty crew member restrained the attacker after the wounded pilot, Indian national Capt. Smit Machchhar, opened the cockpit door, and other Flydubai crew aboard landed the plane safely; Machchhar was later reported to be in stable condition. Saudi authorities have arrested the attacker and are questioning him as the security investigation continues, but no motive has been established, and the passengers have returned to Tel Aviv.

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NPRPassengers recount chaos on Tel Aviv flight. And, FBI probes employee-data hack BBCWhat we know about stabbing on Flydubai flight to Israel

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U.S., 5 stories

President Trump’s suggestion that expanded Iran strikes could follow the midterms keeps an unresolved war at the center of domestic politics. Tennessee’s halt on executions after Christa Pike survived a lethal injection adds a sharper test of state authority.

05:59 Tennessee halts executions after Pike survives lethal injection Christa Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital during her scheduled execution on Sept. 30 at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville and was taken to a hospital for medical care. Her lawyers said she still had a heartbeat and was audibly snoring after both syringes were administered. Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row, was sentenced to death in 1996 for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. Gov. Bill Lee ordered a third-party review and halted the year's last remaining execution, marking the state's second failed lethal injection this year.

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07:28 Trump says expanded Iran bombing could follow November midterms President Donald Trump said expanded US military strikes against Iran are possible after the November midterm elections, but he did not identify targets or a timetable. In a Time magazine interview published Thursday, Trump said he had rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for ending a blockade on Iranian ports or easing oil sanctions, and he downplayed concerns about US munitions stockpiles. The warning comes as the war enters its eighth month and the administration struggles to find an exit, leaving diplomacy unsettled while higher energy prices strain households. Polls show voters disapprove of Trump’s handling of the war, and the cost of living has overtaken immigration as a leading midterm concern.

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BloombergTrump Says Ramped Up Bombing of Iran ‘Possible’ After Midterms AxiosHow Trump's signature issue fell off voters' radar

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06:58 Cornell Title IX records detail alleged assault; prosecutor reopens case Cornell Title IX records obtained by The New York Times show that a sophomore spent about three weeks processing what she described as a sexual assault involving multiple Chi Phi members and ketamine before reporting to campus police. At the Oct. 19, 2024 party, Jane Doe alleged that multiple men had sex with her after she was given ketamine; she wrote on Nov. 3 that 90% of the encounter was nonconsensual and requested a rape kit on Nov. 7. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten initially declined charges, citing insufficient evidence, but has reopened the case; Cornell's proceedings included at least a dozen hearings, barred Chi Phi from campus and produced suspensions and expulsions. Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit on Sept. 16, 2026, while lawyers for at least three accused men broadly deny criminal wrongdoing; advocates say the parallel campus and criminal systems have different rules, timelines and proof standards, adding to survivors' burden.

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NYTHow a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Seeking Justice BBCCornell case spotlights 'confusing' web of systems for reporting campus assaults

06:00 St. Lucie County finds 14 unpermitted Flock cameras; 11 remain unclaimed St. Lucie County discovered 14 unpermitted Flock automated license-plate cameras while officials were preparing to remove 52 others from county roads along Florida’s east coast. The sheriff’s office identified three as its own but did not explain the missing permits, two other local law enforcement agencies denied owning any, and 11 remain unclaimed, with no public answer on whether they are collecting data or who can access it. The county posted removal notices with Oct. 16 to Oct. 20 deadlines and plans to cover the cameras with plastic bags; Flock said it has contacted county officials to review them. The findings come after Florida revoked permits for automated plate readers on state highway rights of way because of misuse and data privacy concerns.

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WaPoFlorida county discovers mysterious Flock cameras with no obvious owner

05:00 Bipartisan bill would fund nationwide school cellphone bans Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) and Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) filed legislation Wednesday offering funding to states that ban students’ personal devices, including cellphones, smartwatches and tablets, during the school day. The proposal would help pay for lockers, lockboxes or pouches and include exceptions for medical and special-education needs. The bill reflects growing pressure to reduce phone distractions, though research cited by The Washington Post finds limited academic benefits so far.

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WaPoBipartisan bill seeks to ban cellphones in schools nationwide

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The first known meeting between Syrian officials and Hezbollah offers a discreet diplomatic channel after Assad’s ouster, though no agreement emerged. Meanwhile, Washington’s diesel-export threat is turning an energy shock into another test for transatlantic relations.

06:27 Syrian officials and Hezbollah held secret talks in Turkey Reuters reported that Syrian intelligence and foreign ministry officials met Hezbollah representatives face to face in Turkey in September at the invitation of Turkish security agencies, in the first known meeting between the longtime foes. The talks aimed to ease tensions after Bashar al-Assad’s ouster; a Syrian official said Damascus would not intervene militarily in Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah, while Syrian officials asked the group to halt smuggling and dismantle sleeper cells, but no final agreement was reached. The contact could provide a diplomatic channel as Turkey seeks to stabilize Syria, while Iran was absent and Reuters could not confirm whether further meetings occurred or an announcement was planned.

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ReutersEXCLUSIVE: Syrian government officials and Hezbollah held secret talks in Turkey, sources say

06:03 Prabowo appoints Arrmanatha Nasir as Indonesia's foreign minister Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto appointed Arrmanatha Nasir as foreign minister on October 1, 2026, replacing Sugiono, who became coordinating minister for human development. Nasir, a career diplomat and former Indonesian permanent representative to the UN in New York, was sworn in at the State Palace in Jakarta as Prabowo made his second senior cabinet change in less than three weeks. Analysts said Nasir could bring a more assertive, even-handed voice, scrutinize agreements such as Indonesia's 2024 joint statement with China and strengthen Jakarta's role in ASEAN. At his inauguration, Nasir named regional stability and multilateralism as priorities and said Indonesia was monitoring the Board of Peace and a proposed international stabilization force for Gaza.

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07:10 US threatens France, Germany with diesel export ban over reserves The Trump administration told France and Germany to draw down emergency diesel inventories to ease global fuel prices or face a potential US diesel export ban. It asked the EU to release 120 million barrels of diesel within six months, while the European Commission and five national governments discussed a possible release Thursday. The threat could intensify transatlantic trade friction as Europe relies more heavily on US fuel following its ban on Russian imports and supply disruptions from the war in Iran.

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ReutersEXCLUSIVE: US tells France and Germany to release diesel stocks or face US export ban, sources say

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The global bond rout pushed the 10-year Treasury yield to its highest level since 2002 as deficits, heavy borrowing and the Iran energy shock fed inflation fears. Private credit’s rush into AI infrastructure now carries a subtler concentration warning.

07:12 Bond rout pushes 10-year US Treasury yield to highest level since 2002 Update The 10-year US Treasury yield jumped 4 basis points to 5.3338% on Thursday, its highest since April 2002, before easing to about 5.29% as a global bond rout deepened. The 30-year Treasury yield reached 5.6702%, its highest since July 2002, while France’s 10-year yield briefly hit 4.96%, Japan’s reached a three-decade high and Germany’s rose to its highest since 2008. Brent crude rose 2.4% to $100.37 a barrel, intensifying inflation worries as investors focused on fiscal deficits, heavy government borrowing and the Iran war energy shock, while forced selling amplified the volatility. Higher benchmark borrowing costs are affecting mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and companies, and European investment-grade credit spreads widened to almost 0.9 percentage points as traders braced for further swings.

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Follow-up to US Treasury selloff fuels a self-reinforcing spiral, September 30

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07:30 Carlyle warns AI financing could concentrate private credit risk Carlyle Group warned Thursday that private credit lenders’ rapid expansion into AI infrastructure could recreate the concentration problems that have afflicted software lenders. A Carlyle white paper estimates about $1 trillion may be needed for AI computing infrastructure, more than half of private credit assets under management, as lenders fund data centers, power, chip-backed loans and special-purpose vehicles. Co-president Mark Jenkins said seven or eight high-quality borrowers often account for most of the underlying financing he sees, while uncertain AI revenue and untested structures could expose apparently diversified lenders to the same downturn. Carlyle is not avoiding AI investment but says firms should limit concentrations and scrutinize counterparties, contracts and collateral before committing more capital.

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BloombergCarlyle Warns Private Credit’s AI Push Raises Concentration Risk

07:13 Takaichi vows policies to restore yen confidence after joint US intervention Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday that her government’s investment and growth policies would restore confidence in the yen after joint US-Japanese intervention and a 25-basis-point Bank of Japan rate increase underwhelmed. She told President Donald Trump last month that yen undervaluation was a problem but said her economic policy was not intended to manipulate exchange rates. The yen gained 3.3% against the dollar in the third quarter, yet the dollar traded at 158.37 yen Thursday, down from above 163 in late July but still up about 7.65% over the year. Yen weakness is increasing import costs and inflation, and analysts said intervention alone was unlikely to produce a sustained recovery without domestic policy changes.

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CNBCJapan's prime minister says her policies will boost confidence in the yen after U.S. intervention falls short

02:30 Hedge funds bet on euro weakness as French risks rise Hedge funds increased bets on a weaker euro against the dollar as French political and fiscal uncertainty combined with growing expectations of US interest-rate hikes. Large trades betting on euro declines outnumbered those favoring gains by more than two to one over two days, according to Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. data; the currency fell to $1.1266, its lowest since May 2025, after losing 2.5% in September. Demand for euro options extended into mid-2027 as France debated its 2027 budget and prepared record bond issuance, while a gauge of French credit risk reached its highest level since 2012.

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California’s new workplace rules bar employers from relying solely on AI for firings, an early step as automated management meets labor law. Anthropic’s potential $42 billion Broadcom loan shows how AI’s infrastructure boom is turning compute contracts into balance-sheet risk.

03:36 California bars employers from relying solely on AI for firings California enacted workplace AI laws barring employers from relying solely on AI to discipline or fire workers and requiring disclosure when an AI system drives mass layoffs, relocations or terminations. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the package, among the first US measures to address employees' rights over workplace AI; it also bans workplace-bathroom surveillance and limits lawyers from fully outsourcing core legal work to AI. The laws may have been partly motivated by complaints that Meta used biased AI tools to disproportionately select workers who had taken medical leave for layoffs; HR Dive found that one in four managers use AI often or all the time to help choose employees for cuts. As younger workers reconsider AI-exposed careers, Stanford Digital Economy Lab data show employment among 22- to 25-year-olds in the most AI-exposed jobs fell 19% more than among peers in the least-exposed jobs from November 2022 to June 2026, though economists dispute how much AI drove the gap.

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EngadgetCalifornia's new law bans companies from relying on AI to fire workers WaPoFearing AI, workers go back to school seeking jobs that still need a human touch

06:53 Broadcom could lend Anthropic up to $42 billion for chip leases Anthropic’s IPO filing disclosed on October 1, 2026, that Broadcom has agreed to lend it up to $42 billion for infrastructure spending, with the debt potentially convertible into Anthropic shares. The facility could cover about one-third of Anthropic’s $125.2 billion commitment for five years of TPU computing capacity, and Anthropic is expected to become Broadcom’s largest compute customer in 2027. Anthropic does not expect to sell the notes before its IPO and warned that Broadcom’s roles as hardware supplier and financing partner could create conflicts affecting its access to computing power.

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ReutersEXCLUSIVE: Broadcom to lend Anthropic up to $42 billion to lease its chips, filing says

05:26 Chinese hackers impersonated a former US official to target AI experts Chinese hackers impersonated AI and statecraft experts, including former White House official Lynne Parker, in messages that proposed AI collaborations and directed recipients to password-stealing websites. Proofpoint said the TA419 group targeted fewer than 10 people at a handful of US and Japanese think tanks, universities, defense contractors and law firms, with activity observed as far back as 2025; Reuters identified Alex Engler, now head of Penn Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy, as one target. Engler said a July message appearing to come from Parker invited him to a new AI policy project, but he recognized it as an impostor after checking with others. Proofpoint said the focus on AI regulation, export controls and national AI strategy suggested an intelligence interest in US policymaking, while Beijing denied conducting cyberespionage and the Chinese Embassy did not respond.

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ReutersChinese hackers impersonated ex-US official to steal emails from AI experts

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Kei Nishikori’s 6-4, 6-4 first-round loss to second-seeded Frances Tiafoe at the Japan Open ended his career, a rather unforgiving final exam for a former US Open finalist who peaked at world No. 4.

06:06 Kei Nishikori ends career with Japan Open loss to Frances Tiafoe Kei Nishikori lost 6-4, 6-4 to second-seeded Frances Tiafoe in Thursday’s first round of the Japan Open in Tokyo, ending his tennis career in his final elite-level tournament. The 36-year-old had announced in May that he planned to retire at the end of the year after years of injuries. Nishikori, a former US Open finalist and once the world’s No. 4-ranked player, became the first Japanese player to reach a men’s Grand Slam singles final in 2014.

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00:14 Steelers send Joey Porter Jr. to Cowboys for two picks The Pittsburgh Steelers agreed late Wednesday night to trade cornerback Joey Porter Jr. to the Dallas Cowboys for a 2027 sixth-round pick and a 2028 second-rounder. The 2023 second-round pick ends a monthslong contract dispute over guaranteed money after a back injury kept him out of camp, the preseason and the first three games; he was also ruled out for Thursday night's game in Cleveland. Porter gives Dallas added depth while Cobie Durant and Shavon Revel deal with injuries, and Pittsburgh will now rotate Asante Samuel Jr., Jamel Dean and Daylen Everette at outside cornerback.

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