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Several passenger aircraft were diverted or forced to make emergency landings across Europe on Thursday after bomb threats and security alerts, including an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome which was escorted to France by fighter jets. Flight EI420 departed Dublin Airport at 6.20am bound for Rome Fiumicino, but transmitted the international 7700 emergency code about 90 minutes into the journey. The Airbus A320 was subsequently diverted to Evreux airbase in Normandy. The office of French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said it was monitoring the situation. One passenger said the pilot initially told those on board there was a…

An Airbus flying from Ireland to Italy has been diverted to a French military base after a bomb threat was reported on board. The aircraft landed safely at the base, where the incident was dealt with by authorities.

Three executions were scheduled in the US on the same day after Indiana put Jeffrey Weisheit to death for killing his girlfriend’s two children in a house fire. Weisheit, 50, was executed at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City shortly after midnight on Thursday. He was pronounced dead at 12.45am, according to the Indiana Department of Correction. The children, Alyssa Lynch and her five-year-old brother Caleb, were eight and five when Weisheit set fire to their mother’s home in the Evansville area in 2010. His final meal was barbecue ribs, and officials said he had no final words. Florida and…

A British woman who moved to Nigeria to build a new life with her husband has died from septic shock while 37 weeks pregnant, after her unborn daughter died in the womb. Claire Chadwick, 40, was expecting a baby girl with her husband, Ibrahim. Her family have launched a fundraising appeal to raise £10,000 to bring the mother and child roughly 3,000 miles back to the UK. Claire and Ibrahim had built a following on social media by sharing videos about their relationship, faith and food challenges on TikTok and Instagram. Her sister Shannon said the family’s priority was to…

Numica, a New York start-up using artificial intelligence to run small accounting practices, has raised $21 million to buy more firms from retiring owners and expand its operations across the US. The funding, made up of equity and debt, came from Roosh X, the investment arm of Ukrainian technology group Roosh, and London-based Flashpoint. Slava Orekoff, Numica’s co-founder and chief executive, said most of the money would be used for acquisitions. Numica buys practices, retains their staff and clients, and transfers much of the work to its software. It launched in June 2025 and has acquired seven firms, serving about…

Oakland mayor Barbara Lee has won a full four-year term after voters backed her re-election and approved a measure giving the city’s mayor greater executive authority. Unofficial final results from Alameda County showed Ms Lee with 84.3 per cent of first-choice votes in Tuesday’s election, well ahead of Julius Robinson, Mindy Ruth Pechenuk and Brenda F Grisham. Measure EE, a proposed amendment to Oakland’s city charter, was also approved by a clear majority. The measure received 73.8 per cent support, with 53,600 votes in favour and 19,065 against. The changes will give the mayor greater control over day-to-day city operations,…

Toyota has raised its full-year profit forecast despite a 19% fall in second-quarter net profit, as sales held up against US tariffs, supply disruptions and higher raw material costs. Japan’s biggest carmaker reported net profit of 759.4 billion yen for the three months to September, down from 932 billion yen a year earlier. Quarterly sales nevertheless increased to 13.4 trillion yen from 12.4 trillion yen. Toyota now expects to make a profit of 3.57 trillion yen in the financial year ending in March 2027, up from its previous projection of 3.25 trillion yen. Profit in the previous financial year was…

A European passenger flight has been diverted after a bomb threat was reported. No details have been released about the airline, the aircraft’s origin or destination, or any official response to the incident.

Victor Wembanyama scored a career-high 52 points and claimed 24 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs edged the Dallas Mavericks 112-111 for their sixth consecutive NBA victory. The Spurs appeared in control after opening a 19-point lead early in the third quarter, but Dallas fought back to move within two with 8min 17sec remaining. PJ Washington then put the Mavericks 103-100 ahead with a three-pointer with 5min 38sec left. The lead changed hands several times before Naji Marshall levelled the contest at 111 with another three-pointer with 1min 41sec remaining. Wembanyama restored San Antonio’s advantage by sinking the decisive free…

Nicki Minaj’s lawyers are seeking permission to withdraw from a lawsuit involving the rapper and her company, Pink Friday Productions, citing a breakdown in communication. Law firm Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever has asked a judge to end its representation of Minaj and Pink Friday Productions in proceedings brought by 24/7 Productions. The lawsuit alleges that Minaj and her company failed to reimburse more than $200,000 in expenses which 24/7 Productions says it incurred in connection with the Pink Friday 2 album. In legal documents, the firm attributed its request to “irreconcilable differences” over the conduct of the representation. The…