🌅 COMBATE Morning Roundup | October 03, 2026

• UAE rules Flydubai cockpit attack attempted terrorism — The co-pilot struck the captain with an emergency axe to seize control of the Dubai–Tel Aviv flight, the prosecutor general said. The 29-year-old Omani had been suspended from flying in 2024 over extremist material yet was later hired; Trump hailed the pilot who subdued him: "He can be my plumber."

• Top US officials meet at Camp David on Iran and Yemen — Axios says VP Vance chaired a session with Rubio, Hegseth, Joint Chiefs chief Caine, CIA's Ratcliffe and envoy Witkoff to weigh next steps, with matters "decided or at least deeply discussed."

• Trump defends open-ended war, calls fuel costs a "small price" — His "two or three weeks" pledge meant destroying Iran's nuclear program, done "in one night" by B-2s; the war may end "probably right after the midterms," when oil prices will plummet.

• Saudi raids top 100 across Yemeni cities — Al-Mayadeen reported civilian deaths as strikes hammered Sanaa and other provinces; Yemen's forces reached Adina west of Taiz, and Reuters says Riyadh is preparing a major coastal counteroffensive.

• North Korea fires strategic missiles into Sea of Japan — KCNA said Kim Jong-un personally supervised the medium-range drill; Seoul tracked the launch amid tensions over border mine blasts.

• Russia squeezes Kiev as West eyes embassy exit — Forces took Novaya Kazachya in the Kharkov region and struck the Gostomel logistics hub; Moscow warned foreigners to avoid Ukraine, and the Guardian says the West is preparing to relocate embassies to Lvov or Poland.

• China and Russia back Iran's nuclear rights — Beijing's deputy UN envoy urged respect for Iran's "legitimate" peaceful nuclear rights; Moscow's IAEA envoy dismissed US demands as violating an "inalienable right."

• Gaza toll reaches 74,228 dead — The Health Ministry counts 175,188 wounded since October 2023 and 1,445 killed since the ceasefire declaration; West Bank settlers killed a 19-year-old, the second such death in 48 hours.

• France: 5,000+ arrested as school revolt persists — The interior ministry said 85% of detainees are minors; France's 10-year borrowing rate topped 5% for the first time since 2002.

• Bolivia clears path to oust attorney general — President Paz signed a law letting the assembly suspend the prosecutor, as Vice President Lara said from Spain: "I fear for my life."

• Brazil votes Sunday with Lula ahead — Final Datafolha: Lula 42%, Flávio Bolsonaro 38%; Lula warned only he can stop fascism's return, while Flávio made six US trips without visiting four Brazilian states.

• Tanker struck east of Oman — UKMTO said a projectile hit a tanker's left side four nautical miles off Oman in the latest Hormuz-area incident.

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