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Son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro takes election lead in Brazil | First Thing
The Guardian

Son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro takes election lead in Brazil | First Thing

Flávio Bolsonaro is favorite to win 25 October runoff against 80-year-old incumbent leftwing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Plus the ‘pawsome’ new recruit to Mexico’s national guardGood morning. Brazil’s presidential race will go to a second round after the far-right candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, beat the incumbent leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula…

Six presumed dead as Coast Guard suspends search for missing medical plane near Nantucket
The Guardian

Six presumed dead as Coast Guard suspends search for missing medical plane near Nantucket

Medical transport plane flying from Bermuda to Boston crashed off coast of Massachusetts early Saturday Six people are presumed dead after the US Coast Guard on Sunday suspended its search for survivors of a medical transport plane crash off the coast of Massachusetts early the previous day.The aircraft, which was flying from Bermuda to Boston, lost…

Flydubai co-pilot attacked captain with crash axe in hijacking
Washington Examiner

Flydubai co-pilot attacked captain with crash axe in hijacking

The Flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking the captain of a Tel Aviv-bound flight earlier this week allegedly used the cockpit’s “crash axe” in the assault and has been identified as a 29-year-old Omani national. The co-pilot attempted to “take control of the aircraft” and carry out a “terrorist act,” UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif Al…

U.S. Removes All Bombers and Support Fleet from RAF Fairford in U.K. Following Suspected Terrorist Plot
The Last Refuge

U.S. Removes All Bombers and Support Fleet from RAF Fairford in U.K. Following Suspected Terrorist Plot

Media are now reporting the U.S. has removed all Air Force’s bombers, including B-1s, B-2s, and B-52s, on Sunday from RAF Fairford base in the U.K. The bombers were redeployed back to their home bases in the United States, AP reported, initially citing a Pentagon official who was not authorized to discuss sensitive military movements…

Trump expected to tap DNI Jay Clayton as new AI czar
Axios

Trump expected to tap DNI Jay Clayton as new AI czar

President Trump is expected to tap Jay Clayton, his director of national intelligence, for a new role as the White House's artificial intelligence — or in Trump's words, "super intelligence" — czar.Why it matters: Clayton, who Trump previously told Axios would be a good idea for AI czar, is expected to take on the second title, sources told Axios. Calls…