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US President claims FlyDubai incident linked to Iran; A dual UK-Iranian citizen arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts; And in sport, the Wallabies carrying high hopes a year out from the Rugby World Cup.
US President claims FlyDubai incident linked to Iran; A dual UK-Iranian citizen arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts; And in sport, the Wallabies carrying high hopes a year out from the Rugby World Cup.
US President claims FlyDubai incident linked to Iran; A dual UK-Iranian citizen arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts; And in sport, the Wallabies carrying high hopes a year out from the Rugby World Cup. A dual UK-Iranian citizen arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. US President Donald Trump claims Iran may be linked to the FlyDubai co-pilot accused of trying to crash an Israel-bound plane.
Investigators are working to determine why the pilot stabbed the flight's captain mid-flight, causing the aircraft to plummet before others on board landed it in Saudi Arabia. President Trump did not elaborate on why he thinks Iran might be involved, but vowed to retaliate if Tehran was behind the attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he believes the co-pilot had undergone what he calls "Islamist radical indoctrination," but did not provide evidence for this claim.
" It looks like he had been radicalized. I think it's too early to say whether he had any connections with Iran or with any anyone else. That's too early to say that. But we'll be able to say that very definitely, I think very fairly definitively, not fairly.
I think we'll be able to say definitively within a matter of days. ”A dual UK-Iranian citizen has been arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, in relation to an investigation into a suspected plot involving an air base used by the US to target Iran. Five men in their 20s were arrested on Sunday on suspected terrorism and explosive offences near R-A-F Fairford in western England.
Counter terrorism police say they're considering whether a foreign state was involved in the incident and Prime Minister Andy Burnham says there might be an Iranian link. Iran says the accusations it was involved were baseless and on Thursday summoned the UK ambassador in Tehran over the issue. Russia's president has repeated his position Russia will not attack European countries unprovoked, but warns the country will respond to any attacks with its entire arsenal - including nuclear weapons.
At a foreign policy speech in Moscow, Vladimir Putin accused Europe of stoking tensions and while the Russian leader didn't directly mention nuclear weapons, he says Moscow has weapons “no one else has, and it is our competitive advantage. ” The warning echos statements issued by several Russian embassies in Europe this week saying Moscow has “information NATO is planning an air and naval blockade of ... the Kaliningrad region.
” "This is not intimidation; it is a response to attempts to intimidate us. After all, we are not the ones formulating these statements by Western and European politicians regarding the necessity, possibility, and preparation for a war with Russia in 2029 or 2030. We hear this from the other side—constantly. And then there are concrete actions: one military exercise after another in the Baltic Sea, followed by attempts to detain our ships and vessels.
"Tennessee officials have been unable to put a woman to death for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. Governor Bill Lee has ordered a full independent review into what happened during the attempted lethal injection of Christa Pike, and has halted all executions scheduled to take place over the rest of the year.
Lawyers for the 50-year-old say she was alive and loudly snoring after the attempted execution in Nashville and has been taken from the prison by ambulance and is now receiving life-saving care in hospital.
"She was still breathing, and her breathing at some points was very rhythmic. Now at times it appeared laboured. She was snoring at times. But she was still breathing.
"A whale carcass has finally been removed from a beach in Perth, almost a week after it washed ashore. Authorities used a crane as part of a $100,000 operation to remove the 13 metre long dead whale, which was left stranded on City Beach on Monday. The East Metropolitan Regional Council says it will now bury the animal under strict environmental and safety controls.
Authorities have warned the smell will be quite powerful while the process is completed - but these locals who came to the beach to see the action were not deterred. WOMAN: "Pretty amazing really. Like the sheer size of it. Even though they say it's just a juvenile it's pretty massive.
It's just impressive.
" MAN: "A pretty cool experience. Bit of a once in a lifetime. Yeah, heard there was a few sharks around so wanted to come see them.
"There will be an expanded field of 24 nations - four more than at France 2023 - playing 52 matches in seven cities across Australia when it gets underway in a year's time. Fans from 164 countries have already scooped up more than 1.3 million tickets, and the last batch goes on sale this week.
Australia had its worst showing in 2023 when it bowed out in the pool rounds - but Rugby Australia boss Phil Waugh has high hopes for this World Cup.
"You know, judging on the progress that the team has made over the last period of time - and just how close the top ten to twelve teams are in the world at the moment - we're very optimistic around the country getting behind the team, and the team responding accordingly. "Sign up now for daily news from Australia and around the world. You can also subscribe to Insight's weekly newsletter for in-depth features and first-person stories.
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