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UAE prosecutors have released the first details of their investigation into an incident involving a flydubai flight, describing it as an attempted terror attack. The announcement offers the official account of what happened aboard the aircraft and signals authorities are treating the case as a security matter, drawing wide attention across the region and beyond.

Days before Black Monday in October 1987, Lehman Brothers analyst Elaine Garzarelli correctly predicted the stock market crash on national television. She became a Wall Street legend overnight, and investors handed her roughly $700 million to manage. But the story turned: her fund reportedly performed poorly in the following year, and her reputation as a market oracle faded almost as quickly as it rose.

Bitcoin is trading at 70,515 Swiss francs, up 0.3%, while Ethereum rose 0.6% to 2,238 francs. Dogecoin slipped 0.3% to 0.0771 francs. The modest moves suggest a quiet start to the day for crypto markets, with the two largest coins gaining slightly while the meme token edged down.

Portuguese prosecutors have opened an investigation into whether the United States' use of the Lajes air base in the Azores during the war with Iran was legally justified. The probe examines whether operations launched from Portuguese territory complied with international law and bilateral agreements, raising questions over Lisbon's role in the conflict.

Eurostat data show EU manufacturing turnover rose 0.2% in July 2026, a marginal gain that suggests the sector is holding broadly steady rather than recovering strongly. Observers are weighing the figure against ongoing concerns about weak industrial demand and high energy costs across the bloc, with analysts divided on whether it signals stabilisation or mere stagnation in European manufacturing.

Housing prices in Delhi-NCR rose 12% in the third quarter, the steepest increase among India's top seven cities, according to a report covered by The Times of India. The surge highlights the region's position as the country's fastest-appreciating property market, pointing to strong demand and rising costs for homebuyers in the national capital region.

Bitcoin Cash rose 1.59% as traders weigh fears of a broader Bitcoin downturn. The token is moving against the negative sentiment surrounding the wider crypto market, with investors closely watching whether Bitcoin's slide deepens or stabilises. Interest in how smaller cryptocurrencies behave during Bitcoin-led sell-offs is driving attention to the price move.

Japan's Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA) has published its Information Security White Paper 2026, so far only in Japanese. An English summary circulating among security researchers reports phishing reports rose 15% to 2.31 million, illicit bank transfers hit ¥10.4 billion, the worst figure in five years, and that Japan's active cyber defense policy is largely framed around information sharing. It also covers Project YATA-Shield's response to AI-assisted threats.

Two new California mental health laws backed by prosecutors are drawing scrutiny for moving the state's approach away from treatment and toward predicting whether individuals may become dangerous. Critics and legal observers are questioning the implications of this predictive model for civil liberties, due process and how people with mental illness are treated within the justice system.

A live tracker of Steam global statistics reports its latest update: 10 more games owned worldwide, bringing the total to 2,677,854, plus 9 newly unlocked achievements for a cumulative 22,940,256. Total recorded playtime rose by one day, 15 hours and 34 minutes. The figures offer a small periodic snapshot of aggregate gaming activity on Steam.

Updated Steam global statistics show users collectively own 2,677,844 games, with 2 added in the latest update, and have unlocked 22,940,247 achievements, up by 8. Total tracked playtime rose by just over 14 hours. The figures are shared as a running tally of worldwide Steam gaming activity, giving a snapshot of how much people are playing and completing across the platform.

A new profile explores the early roots of Quincy Jones's career, tracing how pianist Charlie Taylor, his partnership with Ray Charles, and Seattle's vibrant jazz scene of the late 1940s and early 1950s shaped the young musician before he rose to become one of the world's most celebrated producers and composers.

The prosecutor in the Dickus murders case says the suspect will be waived to adult court, and detectives say they are not looking for any additional suspects. The announcement narrows the investigation to a single person charged in the killings. Details about the suspect's age, the victims, or a trial date have not been provided in the available reports.