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‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls flydubai cockpit attack

Smit Machchhar says in video call with Indian PM that he realised if he did not get up then ‘passengers would lose their lives’

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick joined Trump onstage in North Carolina to announce two semiconductor manufacturing efforts being brought to the state, one by industrial mining company Sibelco and another by the Department of War.

‘I look at the footage to convince myself that you were alive’: how Ross McElwee made a film about unimaginable loss, grief and guilt

When his son died aged 27, the director could barely bring himself to watch his old clips of the boy. When at last he did, it was the genesis of an extraordinary project

Kill Jackie review

This preposterous nonsense probably had high intentions – and then realised it’s easier to replace credible writing with gunfights, car chases and ear-bitings

Rhapsody: A Manifesto by Alice Oswald review

A twisting, beguiling investigation into the art of poetry that ends in a call to arms on behalf of the natural world

Friday Briefing: How We Covered the Flydubai Incident As It Unfolded

In today’s newsletter: When a passenger plane plunges 17,000ft amid claims of terrorism, hijacking and geopolitical intrigue, Guardian journalists have to try and separate fact from fiction in real time

Bitget 'not expecting to recover a lot' from $388 million hack, CEO tells CNBC

Bitget has frozen a tiny fraction of the $387.5 million stolen in last week’s hack, and restored much of its protection fund.

‘Like caring for a pet’: the open-source tree map inspiring Berliners to water their urban forest

Gieß den Kiez app shows trees in critical need of watering and can be adopted by other heat-stressed cities around the world

'An amazing ride': SpaceX flight led by first Black female commander sets US speed record

Four astronauts pulled up at International Space Station after eight-hour express flight led by Jessica Watkins

Trump likely to pick Jay Clayton for AI czar, sources say

October 1, 2026 / 9:07 PM EDT / CBS News

AI is making cyberattacks faster and harder to detect, Interpol warns. Here’s what companies should watch

An Interpol executive warns AI is making existing cyber threats faster and harder to detect, while companies face new risks from the rise of agentic AI.

AI is a boon for 3 internet traffic cop stocks. Cramer says only 1 is a buy right now

AI agents are driving a surge in web traffic, creating new growth opportunities for internet infrastructure companies Cloudflare, Akamai and Fastly.