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Munich airport resumes operations after more drone sightings halted flights

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Authorities in Germany’s Munich airport reopened after the airport was shut down the night before for the second time in less than 24 hours as concerns grow that Russia’s conflict with Ukraine could spread across Europe.

One of Germany’s largest airports, which reopened gradually on Saturday at 7am local time (05:00 GMT).

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6,500 passengers were impacted by the airport’s quarantine departures, which were forced to be delayed or cancelled until Saturday.

According to the Munich airport, “air traffic was restricted and then cancelled on Friday due to drone sightings,” meaning that 23 incoming flights were diverted and 12 bound for Munich were canceled, leaving nearly 3, 000 passengers stranded.

There were “two simultaneous confirmed drone sightings by police patrols around the north and south runways,” according to a police spokesman who spoke to the AFP news agency.

Before they could be identified, he continued, “The drones immediately fled.”

Authorities were unable to immediately identify the perpetrators of the overflights.

Unidentified drones are causing delays in airports in Denmark, Norway, and Poland, while Romania and Estonia have blamed Russia for drone attacks on their territory. Overnight in Belgium above a military base, drones were also spotted.

However, some experts have noted that anyone who uses drones could be in their path.

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt earlier on Friday told Bild that the drone threat was a “wake-up call,” and that “more funding and research” on the subject was urgently needed at both the national and European levels.

German Unity Day, a national holiday, and Munich’s preparations for Oktoberfest’s final weekend caused the disruptions.

Due to a bomb scare, the annual beer gala and fun fair had already ended on Wednesday, when it was half-past.

On Wednesday, the German government is expected to approve any plans to allow the army to fire drones down if necessary.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, made a warning to Europe on Thursday that recent drone strikes indicated Moscow was trying to “escalate” its aggression.

Germany’s government is on high alert, claiming that over the past week, a swarm of them, including over military and industrial sites, had flown over the nation.

Denmark also raised the alarm, with Mette Frederiksen, the prime minister, repeating last week that only Russia “poses a threat to Europe’s security.”

Moscow, which has accused Russia’s President Vladimir Putin of igniting “hysteria” to justify increasing military spending, “solutely rejects” any suggestion of involvement.

Putin made fun of European claims that Russian drones had invaded NATO airspace during a discussion at the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi on Thursday, saying he had no drones that could fly all the way to Lisbon, the country’s capital.

Smear. Kill. Repeat.

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Israel’s terrifying playbook for Gazan journalists.

We examine the repeated arbitrary killing of Palestinian journalists in Gaza during the two years of the Israeli genocide in this special episode. Local journalists have risked their lives to document the unprecedented killing, destruction, and displacement of those who live in the Strip.

More journalists have been killed in Gaza than in any other contemporary conflict since October 7, 2023. Reporters have been hurt, seen their families killed, or themselves, as well as their homes and offices, which have been torn apart.

This episode exposes Israel’s extraordinary playbook for threatening, intimidating, smear, and taking aim at Palestinian journalists.

Contributors:
Wael Dahdouh, the bureau chief for Gaza, Al Jazeera
Committee to Protect Journalists’ CEO, Jodie Ginsberg
Editor of Drop Site News, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, journalist and editor
Author and journalist Rachel Shabi

Published On 4 Oct 2025

Russian attack hits passenger train in Ukraine’s Sumy, causing casualties

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As Moscow continues its near-daily squabbling of Ukraine’s railway infrastructure, a Russian strike has hit a passenger train in the northern Sumy region, resulting in injuries for the passengers.

A train headed to Kyiv was hit, according to regional governor Oleh Hryhorov, who claimed on Saturday that the Russian attack had targeted a railroad station in the Shostka community.

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Sumy Artem Kobzar’s acting mayor wrote: “There are injured passengers. At the scene, there are emergency personnel, including firefighters, nurses, and ambulances.

Hryhorov posted a photo of a burning passenger carriage at the scene with no information on how many people died.

Russia launched its biggest overnight airstrikes on several regions of Ukraine, particularly critical infrastructure for power grids and gas sites, raising questions about the nation’s energy supplies as winter approaches for the fourth year of the conflict.

According to a statement from the nation’s Ministry of Energy, the attack involved missiles and drones, and rescuers and energy workers were working to end the damage and bring the situation to a standstill as soon as possible.

Israel says Gaza City still a ‘combat zone’ after Trump says ‘stop bombing’

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Published On 4 Oct 2025

The Israeli military has warned relentlessly bombarded Palestinians that Gaza’s north remains a “combat zone”, telling its residents to move south, after United States President Donald Trump demanded Israel “stop bombing” the enclave when Hamas partially accepted his ceasefire plan.

In a statement on X, the Israeli army said on Saturday that the area north of Wadi Gaza, which includes decimated Gaza City, is “still considered a dangerous combat zone” and called on residents there to move south via Rashid Street, the coastal route. It added that Israeli forces continue to surround Gaza City and “attempts to return there pose a significant risk”.

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Southern Gaza is packed with hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians living in overcrowded enclaves, hoping to be able to return to the north.

“We were waiting for this good news. We were waiting for Hamas to accept and for our lives to become as nice as it was before, or even better”, a displaced Palestinian speaking from Nuseirat in central Gaza told Al Jazeera. “We hope for more good news to come, we hope to return to Gaza City”, he said, without sharing his name.

The continuous bombardment of Gaza City has razed the territory’s largest urban centre, killing dozens of people daily, destroying numerous residential buildings and schools, and forcing tens of thousands of Palestinians to flee to an unknown fate to the south, often while being attacked en route.

Since mid-August, when Israeli troops launched a new punishing assault on Gaza City, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) recorded more than 400, 000 movements from northern to southern Gaza, mainly to Deir el-Balah and Khan Younis.

This exodus of forced relocation intensified as the Israeli army started flattening dozens of high-rise buildings in early September, followed by a mass displacement order to the whole of Gaza City on September 9.

The Israeli army warning comes after Hamas said late on Friday that it had agreed to certain provisions of the White House’s 20-point plan, including the release of all captives. Other elements would need further negotiations, the Palestinian group said. Its response was welcomed by Trump and world leaders, despite major sticking points remaining – such as the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the enclave and Hamas’s disarmament.

In a statement in the early hours of Saturday, the Israeli army said the chief of staff had ordered to “advance readiness” for implementing the first phase of Trump’s plan for the release of all captives. While it was not clear what that meant in terms of military actions, Israeli media reported that Israeli troops had shifted to solely defensive operations.

Shubman Gill replaces Rohit Sharma as India’s ODI cricket captain

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Published On 4 Oct 2025

According to the Indian cricket board, Rohit Sharma will succeed Shubman Gill as their one-day international (ODI) men’s captain.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) released a statement on Saturday, stating that Rohit was India’s all-format captain up until June 2024. Along with Virat Kohli, Rohit is one of the country’s 15-man squad for the ODI series against Australia.

Gill will succeed Rohit in becoming the Test captain as soon as the ODI series in Australia takes place on October 19th, the format taking over.

When his team won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 title against New Zealand in Dubai in the final, Rohit led India in the ODI format.

The 38-year-old also helped India win the second ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Barbados in 2024, and he and Kohli announced that they were retiring from the 20-over format.

Following the 2024-25 Test tour of Australia, the legends of Indian cricket have also hung up their boots in the longest game.

Kohli, who turns 37 in November, has also stopped playing in the Tests.

In July, Suryakumar Yadav led India’s triumphant T20 Asia Cup 2025 run, replacing Rohit with Suryakumar Yadav as the T20 international captain.

India’s T20I series included five matches against Australia, and there were no surprises in the lineup.