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• How a plumber saved a plane from crashing

  01-10-2026 06:45 via smh.com.au
  
  After a pilot was stabbed on flight FZ1073 to Tel Aviv, an Israeli plumber brought the plane out of a dive and helped get the passengers and crew to safety.
  
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• Australian woman dies in Vietnam after cosmetic surgery: reports

  01-10-2026 07:27 via smh.com.au
  
  The 65-year-old reportedly attended City International Hospital in Ho Chi Minh and was moved to intensive care at another hospital after developing complications.
  
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• Tennessee woman still alive after attempts to execute her, lawyers say

  01-10-2026 05:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Christa Pike, who was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995, was set to be executed by lethal injection. Officials had gone ahead with the execution after a temporary court-ordered pause.
  
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• ‘Immense courage and an unwavering resolve’: Captain in bloody cockpit struggle hailed as hero

  01-10-2026 05:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Indian pilot Smit Machchhar was covered with blood on the floor when he managed to click the release to open the cockpit door, according to a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  
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• ‘Gloriously chunky’ brown bears compete in annual Fat Bear Week eat-off

  01-10-2026 03:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Fat Bear Week has become an online sensation as viewers flock to watch and rate brown bears feasting on sockeye salmon in Alaska’s Brooks River as they prepare for their long winter hibernation.
  
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• Republican's effort to accuse ex-Trump prosecutor of perjury backfires

  01-10-2026 03:40 via smh.com.au
  
  GOP Senator Eric Schmitt pursued Jack Smith over whether he attended an NBA basketball game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Golden State Warriors in Atlanta.
  
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• How a sloppy Republican attempt to ensnare a Trump enemy backfired spectacularly

  01-10-2026 03:19 via smh.com.au
  
  The latest instance of Joe Biden-era officials being hauled before Congress fell apart in real time when a senator appeared to confuse two basketball teams with similar names.
  
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• Passengers rush cockpit to subdue pilot

  01-10-2026 02:03 via smh.com.au
  
  Videos shared online showed the pilots on the floor near the cockpit, bloodied and partly undressed to treat their wounds. Some passengers also had blood on their clothes and streaming down their faces.
  
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• 'Only a Hispanic could survive that fall': Trump

  01-10-2026 01:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has told a crowd that there were holes on his ballroom construction site so big that "only a Hispanic could survive that fall".
  
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• Verdict date set as mother of Australian brothers killed in Mexico makes emotional plea

  01-10-2026 00:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The judge agreed to deliver a verdict at 10am next Friday (Mexico time), just hours before parents Debra and Martin Robinson are due to fly home to Perth.
  
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• Mother of Australian brothers killed in Mexico makes emotional plea as verdict date set

  01-10-2026 00:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The judge agreed to deliver a verdict at 10am next Friday (Mexico time), just hours before parents Debra and Martin Robinson are due to fly home to Perth.
  
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• UK says there are strong indications Iran played a part in a security incident at a US-run air base

  30-09-2026 23:34 via smh.com.au
  
  The UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has "strong indications" that Iran played a part in the incident that saw five men arrested near a U.S.-run military air base in England late at night.
  
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• ‘I grabbed the terrorist’: How hero passengers helped save Flight FZ1073

  30-09-2026 23:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Yaniv Hayoun and others on board the flight to Tel Aviv stopped a pilot from sending the flydubai Boeing 737 MAX crashing to the ground.
  
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• UK prime minister links Iran to air base incident

  30-09-2026 22:00 via smh.com.au
  
  UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says Iran played a part in the security incident near an air force base.
  
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• Last-minute appeal halts US execution

  30-09-2026 22:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The death row execution of an American woman has been halted just one hour before it was scheduled to go ahead.
  
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• US forces have finally quit Iraq. What happens now?

  30-09-2026 21:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The American exit leaves a battered but increasingly influential Iran at the centre of the region’s future.
  
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• Pilot stabbed on Israel-bound flight

  30-09-2026 21:55 via smh.com.au
  
  A pilot has been arrested after stabbing another pilot and apparently trying to crash a plane bound for Israel.
  
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• Why British PM named Iran as likely culprit in air base plot

  30-09-2026 20:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Andy Burnham said there were “strong indications that Iran played a part” in the incident at RAF Fairford, where five men were arrested before being released on bail.
  
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• Pilot arrested after midair ‘stabbing and crash attempt’, heroes praised for thwarting disaster

  30-09-2026 19:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early evidence suggested crew and passengers onboard the Boeing 737 MAX subdued the attacker and “saved many lives”.
  
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• Pilot arrested after midair stabbing and crash attempt, ‘heroes’ averted disaster

  30-09-2026 19:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early evidence suggested crew and passengers onboard the Boeing 737 MAX subdued the attacker and “saved many lives”.
  
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• Pilot arrested after midair stabbing, ‘heroes’ averted major disaster: Israeli PM

  30-09-2026 16:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early evidence suggested crew and passengers onboard the Boeing 737 MAX subdued the attacker and “saved many lives”.
  
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• Pilot arrested after midair stabbing, ‘heroes’ averted disaster: Israeli PM

  30-09-2026 16:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early evidence suggested crew and passengers onboard the Boeing 737 MAX subdued the attacker and “saved many lives”.
  
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• Pilot arrested after midair stabbing and crash attempt, ‘heroes’ averted major disaster: Israeli PM

  30-09-2026 16:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early evidence suggested crew and passengers onboard the Boeing 737 MAX subdued the attacker and “saved many lives”.
  
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• Pilot arrested after midair stabbing and crash attempt, ‘heroes’ averted disaster: Israeli PM

  30-09-2026 16:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early evidence suggested crew and passengers onboard the Boeing 737 MAX subdued the attacker and “saved many lives”.
  
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• ‘Blood in the cockpit’: Pilot arrested after stabbing on flight to Tel Aviv

  30-09-2026 16:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early evidence suggested crew and passengers onboard the Boeing 737 MAX subdued the attacker to avert a disaster and “saved many lives”.
  
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• ‘Blood in the cockpit’: Pilot stabbing on flight to Tel Aviv sparks hijack fears

  30-09-2026 13:19 via smh.com.au
  
  The Boeing 737 MAX diverted to Saudi Arabia and landed safely about 90 minutes after the mid-air drama began as reports emerged of a fight between the pilots
  
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• Flight makes emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after cockpit fight

  30-09-2026 13:14 via smh.com.au
  
  A commercial plane travelling from Dubai to Israel has been forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
  
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• They broke down an 87-year-old’s door with a battering ram. Then Spain erupted

  30-09-2026 11:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, who was carried out of her home of 70 years on a stretcher, has become a lightning rod for nationwide protests against Spain’s housing crisis.
  
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• Agonising wait for justice for parents of Australian brothers killed in Mexico

  30-09-2026 10:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The trial of three Mexican men accused of killing the brothers is entering its final stages, though a verdict may not be reached until next week.
  
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• Flight to Tel Aviv makes emergency landing after mid-air alert and reported pilot altercation

  30-09-2026 09:39 via smh.com.au
  
  The flight landed safely in Saudi Arabia amid a flurry of online speculation about the cause of the problem – including reports of a dispute between the pilots.
  
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