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A surge in drug smuggling from Israel to Jordan using drones and balloons prompts accusations of border guard collusion.
A surge in drug smuggling from Israel to Jordan using drones and balloons prompts accusations of border guard collusion.
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<p>Capt Smit Machchhar said he screamed for help as he reached to open the cockpit door on flight FZ1073</p><p>The captain of a flydubai flight who was attacked by a co-pilot who intended to crash the plane has described blocking axe blows to his head and screaming for help as he reached to open the cockpit door.</p><p>Capt Smit Machchhar <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/02/indian-pilot-smit-machchhar-recalls-flydubai-cockpit-attack">has been hailed as a hero</a> for his role in averting disaster on the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv last month, helping to thwart what the UAE attorney general has said was an attempted suicide attack by the co-pilot who had i<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/09/flydubai-co-pilot-planned-suicide-attack-on-israeli-airport-uae-prosecutors-say">ntended to crash the plane</a> into Ben Gurion airport.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/flydubai-captain-smit-machchhar-blocking-axe-blows-flight-fz1073">Continue reading...</a>
In Adigrat, a city close to the Eritrean border, residents recall recent drone strikes by Ethiopian forces
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said a "serious incident" sparked a major fire at a military base in Alberta.
<p>Officials allege congresswoman, whose home was raided by federal agents, or family violated law to obtain citizenship</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/26/trump-border-czar-ice-officer-maine-killing-vetting">Tom Homan</a>, Donald Trump’s “border czar”, has said that the Republican presidential administration could “of course” strip Democratic congresswoman <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ilhan-omar">Ilhan Omar</a> of her citizenship and deport her.</p><p>Homan’s comments during a Saturday appearance on Fox News were the first remarks explicitly mentioning denaturalization and deportation in connection with Omar that were attributed by name to a top <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a> official since federal agents raided the Minnesota US House representative’s home on 12 October.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/18/tom-homan-trump-ilhan-omar-citizenship-deportation">Continue reading...</a>