Artwork created in Tahrir Square for Chinese president’s state visit to Egypt is painted over amid allegations it revived Afrocentric claims about Pharaohs’ origins On the eve of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s state visit to Cairo last month, the city authorities were busy removing a 66-metre-long mural from the esteemed ...
Day: October 2, 2026
‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls flydubai cockpit attack‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls flydubai cockpit attack
Smit Machchhar says in video call with Indian PM that he realised if he did not get up then ‘passengers would lose their lives’ The Indian pilot who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a flydubai flight has described how he fought for his life in the minutes after ...
‘I was not going to let others die’ – pilot of Flydubai flight describes cockpit attack by co-pilot‘I was not going to let others die’ – pilot of Flydubai flight describes cockpit attack by co-pilot
Capt Smit Machchhar tells Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi he opened the cockpit door to let others in during the attack. ...
Watch: Emotional pilot recounts moment of Flydubai attackWatch: Emotional pilot recounts moment of Flydubai attack
He has been hailed a hero for opening the cockpit door, allowing passengers to overpower his co-pilot. ...
Man City verdict has ‘implications on game’s integrity’ – FAMan City verdict has ‘implications on game’s integrity’ – FA
The independent commission’s verdict against Manchester City has “significant implications for the integrity of the game”, according to the Football Association. ...
Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer saysChrista Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer says
Pike’s lawyers have asked for her death sentence to be commuted following the botched execution. ...
Watch: Celebrity Traitors series two kicks off with a wild curveballWatch: Celebrity Traitors series two kicks off with a wild curveball
The BBC’s Noor Nanji on the gameshow’s new twist and a traitor’s shocking admission. ...
Friday briefing: How we covered the flydubai incident as it unfoldedFriday briefing: How we covered the flydubai incident as it unfolded
In today’s newsletter: When a passenger plane plunges 17,000ft amid claims of terrorism, hijacking and geopolitical intrigue, Guardian journalists have to try and separate fact from fiction in real time Good morning. Shocking news of a cockpit stabbing. Graphic footage of bloodied crew members. Mid-air testimony from terrified passengers. This ...
‘It’s a deep soul connection’: Erasure on how 40 years of friendship got them through grief – and why Vince Clarke has quit touring‘It’s a deep soul connection’: Erasure on how 40 years of friendship got them through grief – and why Vince Clarke has quit touring
Returning for a 20th album of sumptuous synthpop, Andy Bell and Clarke open up about difficult recent years, being happily uncool and battling resurgent homophobia Andy Bell is rabbiting away on multiple topics. There’s his farm in Mallorca, where he and his husband Stephen Moss have had a fine year ...
US pressures Europe over diesel reserves as Trump threatens export banUS pressures Europe over diesel reserves as Trump threatens export ban
President Donald Trump has threatened to ban diesel exports in a bid to ease prices in the US ahead of the November elections. ...