2026-10-04
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The United Arab Emirates said that the co-pilot who tried to take control of an airplane flying
to Israel on Wednesday attacked the pilot with a crash axe, kept in the cockpit for emergencies.
It called the attempt to crash the plane a terrorist act.
American and Saudi media identified the co-pilot as an Ammani citizen named Hamam al-Hamami
and quoted officials, diplomats and his now-deleted ex-account showing he held extreme Islamist views.
Russia said it would continue to carry out targeted retaliatory strikes on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities.
Russian forces have recently increased their strikes on infrastructure in the capital,
targeting a major bridge across the Dnipro River on Saturday.
The mayor of Kiev said on Friday that the Russian assault was tearing Kiev apart.
Russia's foreign ministry warned foreign nationals and diplomats to leave Ukraine.