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Fox News correspondent CB Cotton discusses the Coast Guard’s assistance in searching for a jet that went missing off the coast of Nantucket while heading to Boston.

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A plane carrying six people lost contact overnight while flying from Bermuda to Boston. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for the aircraft.

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The U.S. Coast Guard is searching near Nantucket for a medical transport aircraft carrying six people that went missing early Saturday while flying from Bermuda to Boston, the agency said.

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Speaking to reporters outside the White House, President Donald Trump addressed the conflict with Iran, daylight saving time and his midterm blitz, saying Iran can choose the easy way or the hard way.

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Funeral prayers were held at Gaza City’s Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church for a Palestinian mother and her daughter, among five people killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike on an apartment.

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A Moroccan airline denies employing the co-pilot involved in the Flydubai cockpit incident. The UAE says the co-pilot tried to take control of a plane travelling to Israel and attacked the pilot with a crash axe.

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UAE investigators say a FlyDubai co-pilot attacked the captain with a cockpit crash axe on a flight bound for Israel. After crew and passengers restrained the attacker, the aircraft made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Aviation expert John Gradek questioned whether permission to land was delayed and called for closer scrutiny of the emergency response.

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The broadcast reports new details about the cockpit attack and FlyDubai’s suspension of flights to Tel Aviv, a shooting at a Los Angeles strip mall that left at least two people dead, and comments from Christa Pike’s mother after her failed execution.

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In an exclusive Reuters interview, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine would intensify attacks on Russian oil refineries in response to Moscow’s new policy. He said the policy uses airstrikes to try to force people to leave Kyiv and other cities.

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Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said Ukraine must accept a neutral, non-nuclear and independent status, abandon its nationalist course and ban on things Russian, and recognize as Russian territory the Donbass and other new regions covered by Russia’s Constitution. He said these conditions could support a diplomatic settlement; otherwise, Russia would achieve them militarily.

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Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian intelligence obtained documents showing Vladimir Putin had issued a “new doctrine” permitting broader Russian attacks on civilian targets this winter. Zelensky vowed to intensify strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, especially oil refineries, while saying Ukraine would not target civilian sites. He also said Ukraine would continue developing longer-range ballistic missiles.

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President Trump said, without providing details, that the pilot who allegedly tried to hijack a plane bound for Israel may have links to Tehran, warning that the US would hit Iran “very hard” if it was implicated. A British-Iranian dual national was arrested over suspected preparations for terrorist acts tied to an alleged plot against a UK airbase used by the US military. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said there were “strong indications” of Iranian involvement.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his main challenger Flavio Bolsonaro made their final appeals to voters at rallies in the pivotal state of Sao Paulo on Saturday, ahead of a nail-biting election marked by scandals and mudslinging.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro have wrapped up their campaigns before Sunday’s knife-edge general election. Lula attended a campaign rally in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the vote.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro are holding final rallies in crucial São Paulo on Saturday, their last opportunity to influence voters before a closely contested election marked by scandals and personal attacks.

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Exit polls showed Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs’ pro-Ukraine and pro-Europe party winning Saturday’s parliamentary election by an unexpectedly wide margin. Projected results for other coalition parties, however, indicated that the centrist prime minister may need to form a new governing coalition.

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Exit polls indicate that Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' pro-Ukraine United List has won Latvia's election. Coalition negotiations still lie ahead, while the vote exposed debates over national security, backing Ukraine and relations with Latvia's Russian-speaking minority. The result raises questions about how strongly concerns over Russia shaped the election.

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Exit polls from Latvia’s parliamentary election show the ruling party in the lead while a populist party gains momentum. About 1.5 million people were eligible to vote in Saturday’s election, the country’s 11th parliamentary poll since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

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The White House has formed a task force to assess the risks and opportunities of artificial intelligence and recommend the federal government’s role in overseeing the technology. Led by Jay Clayton, it is due to issue a report within 120 days, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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Tennessee’s prison commissioner, Frank Strada, will leave his post this month after the execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike failed. Witnesses said Pike was still breathing and moaning after two doses of pentobarbital, forcing officials to halt the procedure and send her to hospital. Executions are suspended pending an independent review.

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Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada will step down days after Christa Pike survived a botched execution. Governor Bill Lee said an independent review will examine what went wrong, while the state has suspended executions for the rest of the year.

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Corrections Commissioner Frank Strada will resign days after the execution of Christa Pike was botched.

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