US completes Iraq withdrawal as Iran urges Americans to oust Trump's allies

A Flydubai Boeing 737 Max 8 made an emergency landing at Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after transmitting three emergency signals. Passengers said a pilot was stabbed and the plane dropped about 16,000 feet in a minute. Netanyahu said one pilot stabbed the other and tried to bring the plane down before others subdued him, and praised wounded captain Smit Machchhar as a "true hero". Passengers reached Tel Aviv on a replacement plane, and Flydubai suspended flights to and from Israel.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the government believes the Iranian state was behind a security incident at the US-run RAF Fairford base in Gloucestershire, after earlier citing "strong indications". Five men were arrested in a terror investigation and later bailed. He gave no further details because the police inquiry continues, defended the decision to release the suspects on bail and said he has "complete confidence" in the security services.

Iran received US feedback on a seven-day trust-building plan. Government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said Tehran had received a US proposal as diplomacy sought to "break the deadlock" over the US-Israeli war on Iran. Asked about a deal, Trump said the two sides could reach one but added "maybe we blow them up" if not. Oil prices gained as the stalled talks outweighed a recovery in supply.

Overnight drone and missile strikes killed at least six people and injured 33 across Ukraine, local authorities said, in Russia's largest attack on energy infrastructure since spring. Later attacks on Kyiv and its region killed at least four, including a child, and debris was found at a western embassy in central Kyiv. Officials called for urgent contingency planning ahead of winter, and Ukraine's economy minister said missile alerts cost $45m for every hour they halt business.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed he was cutting 20% of general and admiral positions and was expected to fire more senior officers. Speaking to junior officers at Quantico, he attacked diversity, dismissed morale reports as "false claims" and said retention was at record levels. He called press coverage of the Iran war "a national betrayal". Hegseth also named Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich to co-lead Project Meridian, a 120-day study on the future of warfare.

Trump and leading tech companies signed a voluntary agreement on AI development at a White House tech summit, backing self-regulation. Trump called it a "morally binding" pledge to keep AI under human control, and backed rapid data-center expansion. It includes internal reviews, outside auditors and joint monitoring, but no concrete guardrails. Separately, the Federal Trade Commission opened a probe into AI labs including Anthropic and OpenAI over the safety of their products.