Wizz Air said a flight from London to Sofia diverted after a bomb threat and landed safely at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport, following relevant security protocols and procedures.

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A Wizz Air flight from London Luton to Sofia was escorted to Budapest by a Hungarian fighter jet after a bomb threat was received mid-air. The airline said security checks found nothing and the aircraft was expected to depart again shortly.

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Valentina Matviyenko said a meeting among Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump would be historic, as the leaders of the three global powers have never gathered at the same table. Preparations are underway, but the meeting remains unconfirmed. She said the world expects key signals, including that nuclear war is unacceptable.

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow wants the situation in the Strait of Hormuz normalized as soon as possible while respecting the interests of regional states and countries using the waterway. She said Iran is facing an illegal US naval blockade.

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Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Iran had cut its proposed timeline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz from seven days, first suggested in September, to two. He called the change another sign of Iran’s “good-faith approach” but said everything depended on Washington.

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Oil prices dropped on Monday morning as talks in Qatar renewed hopes of reopening the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump nevertheless kept the possibility of new strikes open, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly urged him to attack Iran immediately after Tuesday’s midterm elections.

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Polish President Karol Nawrocki entered the Constitutional Tribunal to demand the reinstatement of its suspended conservative chief judge. Meanwhile, Donald Tusk’s government seated new judges, and riot police clashed with protesters. The programme hears both sides and also covers Ukrainians preparing for winter and the Ebola crisis.

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Le Pen condemned the crisis over the composition of Poland’s top court, and Sikorski told her not to interfere. The dispute has fuelled an open confrontation with President Karol Nawrocki, who tried to enter the building on Friday night.

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U.S. first lady Melania Trump said a humanitarian operation evacuated nearly 800 people from Russian-occupied Oleshky. Neither Ukraine nor Russia has released figures; Ukraine’s ombudsman said the prior agreement barred official disclosure. The evacuation ceasefire ended Nov. 1, with neither side reporting violations.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the Alyoshki humanitarian operation successful and thanked the United States for helping. He said there are no current plans for similar pauses elsewhere along the front and it is too early to discuss restarting Russian gas transit to Europe via Ukraine, noting that the global gas market extends far beyond Europe.

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Russia’s human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova said she and Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets agreed to organize humanitarian missions to Alyoshki in the Kherson Region at least once a month, coordinated and mediated by US First Lady Melania Trump. The town still needs medicines, fuel and other supplies.

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Ukraine's General Staff said Russia used the humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky to rotate troops, strengthen positions, expand anti-drone netting on logistics routes and bring in ammunition. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said equipment shown moving in footage was used for demining under Ukrainian supervision and then returned to its prior location.

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Yana Lantratova said the mission aimed to deliver humanitarian aid to people in need and enable those wishing to leave the combat zone to do so as safely as possible.

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A temporary ceasefire in Ukraine’s Kherson region enabled people to leave Russian-occupied Oleshky over the weekend. They reached the Chernihiv region on Saturday via Russia and Belarus, with some reuniting with friends and family they had not seen for years.

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Charles threw up his hands in dismay after being caught in a tropical rainstorm in Antigua, while his wife, Camilla, walked away with the only umbrella available.

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