The Brief

A FlyDubai co-pilot allegedly stabbed the flight's captain and attempted to crash the aircraft, which was bound for Tel Aviv, before passengers subdued him. Captain Smit Machchhar, hailed as a hero, said he unlocked the cockpit door to let others in after being attacked, allowing a small group of passengers to push in, pull up on the controls and restrain the co-pilot with headset cords. The captain said "one last push" on the controls kept the plane airborne after it plunged roughly 17,000 feet in under two minutes; he recounted the attack in an emotional video call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from his hospital bed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacker had undergone "Islamist radical indoctrination" and clearly intended to down the plane, though he said it was "too early to say" whether Iran was involved. President Trump suggested a possible Iran link without providing evidence. The co-pilot had previously been fired from a job at Oman Air for holding "extremist views," multiple sources told CBS News. The attack has further unsettled a region already shaken by the U.S.-Iran war; the UAE has canceled all flights to Israel, complicating travel for hundreds of passengers who fly between the countries on a typical day.

The US is sending a third aircraft carrier toward Iran as part of a military buildup in the Middle East that a US official says also includes F-35s, Marines and tens of thousands of troops aimed at pressuring Tehran. About 9,000 more US forces are now headed for the region.

President Trump vowed the war with Iran would end "very quickly," saying he doesn't believe lasting peace with Tehran is possible and that strikes could resume "right after the election," if not sooner. In a separate interview with Time, he said "some" US munitions are running low.

Eritrea has severed diplomatic ties with Ethiopia after Addis Ababa closed its embassy in Asmara, as Ethiopian forces battle rebel fighters across the country's northern region. An Ethiopian government-aligned group now claims close to full control of the Tigray region, as violence flares across the north and the diplomatic and humanitarian situation deteriorates.

The conflict has spread beyond Tigray as old rivalries, territorial disputes and new alliances reshape fighting in Ethiopia's north. Analysts warn the unrest risks spilling into neighboring states and further destabilizing war-torn Sudan.

Student protests over school conditions have spread across France, with high school students lighting fires and clashing with police. About 735 schools have faced disruption and over 200 people have been wounded, according to authorities, as demonstrations that began nearly two weeks ago have snowballed.

France's education minister has declared students "in danger," and Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu called a crisis meeting as the government grapples with the growing unrest.

The death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has surpassed 4,000, authorities said, making it the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.

The burning of an Ebola-hit transit camp sent roughly 19,000 people fleeing, illustrating the difficulty authorities face in containing the epidemic.

President Trump said Friday that Europe has agreed to release a "massive amount" of diesel from emergency stockpiles, after G7 leaders agreed to a coordinated release of 100 million barrels of oil, including diesel, to begin immediately. French President Emmanuel Macron said the release would be spread over four months and "frontloaded" early on.

The move comes as Trump and his Republican Party face pressure to address surging fuel prices about a month before the Nov. 3 midterm elections; Trump has also threatened to ban diesel exports to pressure Europe into the release.