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The UAE's chief prosecutor called the Flydubai incident a terrorist attempt and said the co-pilot attacked the captain with a crash-axe, while reports named the co-pilot as Omani national Hamam al Hamami; an aviation expert described the axe as cockpit safety equipment meant for escape. A Russian strike hit a second major bridge in Kyiv, damaging the northern bridge, after the southern bridge was targeted by drones since Thursday. Mass demonstrations were planned across Spain over the housing crisis after parliament rejected emergency measures, with protests fuelled by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid and demands including rental caps, an end to evictions and a general strike.

France's government said more than 5,000 people, mostly teenagers, had been arrested in a week of student demonstrations over school conditions and teacher shortages, while the education minister said a violent minority had hijacked the protests; more than 500 schools closed and at least three Paris colleges were damaged by fire. President Trump welcomed a G7 agreement to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel over four months to ease diesel prices, which the RAC said were at an all-time high in the UK. Market reaction saw European diesel prices fall sharply, though an analyst said the move would not solve longer-term pressure linked to the war with Iran and reserves would need refilling.

The man accused of murdering Reform UK spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe, Joshua Kerry from Rotherham, was charged with a terrorism offence over conduct in preparation of terrorist acts, with Nigel Farage among the alleged targets; the Home Secretary said the case raised serious questions about security for people in public life. Two Iranian nationals were due in court charged with terror offences over an alleged plot to target Manchester's Jewish community. At the Green Party conference in Brighton, co-deputy leader Rachel Millward spoke about membership growth, warned about tech billionaires and online division, praised volunteers helping asylum seekers in Crowborough, and said the party had taken votes from Labour and could write the future.