Issued on: 03/10/2026 - 11:25

This week, student protests at French high schools across the country turned violent as frustrations over learning conditions boiled over, sparking clashes with police.

But first: in a week that's seen the heroism of the captain, crew and passengers on board FlyDubai flight 1073 heralded, eyewitnesses report seeing the co-pilot trying to kill the pilot and destroying the cockpit controls in order to crash the plane. Despite being stabbed repeatedly, Captain Smit Machchhar managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers to overwhelm the suspect and regain control of the aircraft after its rapid descent of more than 14,000 feet in 30 seconds. They prevented a 9/11-style catastrophe, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Read moreNetanyahu warns of 'very heavy price' if any country found to be behind FlyDubai incident

Plus, in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky, in the Kherson region, there's almost nothing left to eat. Some civilians are reportedly surviving on grass and weeds. The OSCE is calling the situation a humanitarian catastrophe.

Produced by Gavin Lee, Théophile Vareille, Juliette Laffont, Delphine Liou.

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