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Prisons Overflow, 700 Inmates Released Early: What Is Happening in UK Prisons? Inmates stepping out of prison gates have gained their freedom earlier than scheduled. SBS Oct 3, 2026 2:00 PM

Flydubai Pilot: 'I Realized Passengers Would Lose Their Lives If I Didn't Get Up' Indian national Smeet Machar, who operated the Dubai-Tel Aviv flight in the United Arab Emirates where the incident occurred on September 30, spoke about the tense moments during the accident in a video call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2, local time. SBS Oct 3, 2026 1:40 PM

Flamethrowers, Rubber Bullets Paint French Streets in Violence Protests by French high school students over poor educational conditions are intensifying day by day, compounding the difficulties faced by a French government struggling with a fiscal deficit. SBS Oct 3, 2026 1:05 PM

"Invest in Alaska or Face Double the Cost": Trump Steps Up Blatant Pressure U.S. President Donald Trump has unilaterally claimed that he has secured South Korea's investment in an oil production expansion project worth over 11 trillion won. SBS Oct 3, 2026 12:04 PM

China Drops Title, Refers to Takaichi by Name Amid Deepening Bilateral Tensions This has sparked analyses that the designation was intentional, given that tensions between the two countries have persisted for nearly a year following Prime Minister Takaichi's remarks last year hinting at intervention in a contingency involving Taiwan. SBS Oct 3, 2026 11:32 AM

Trump Says U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Will Soon Be Refilled, Energy Prices to Drop After Iran Conflict President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Mitchell Center of the University of South Alabama in Alabama on the 2nd . SBS Oct 3, 2026 11:23 AM

Japan Says North Korea Launched At Least One Ballistic Missile with Flight Distance of About 680 km today , North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile, which is estimated to have fallen into the sea outside the country's Exclusive Economic Zone . SBS Oct 3, 2026 11:15 AM

Two Iranians Charged in UK Over Plot to Attack Jewish Community British police announced on the 2nd local time that "two Iranian nationals from Liverpool and Salford were arrested in Manchester on September 20." Police explained, "The two men are suspected of having been in contact with a third party abroad, believed to be residing in Iran, in connection with this plot." While the specific details of the attack have not been disclosed, police stated that they had "thwarted" the plan. SBS Oct 3, 2026 10:50 AM

Stray Kids Follows BTS in 'Grammy Boycott' Amid Asian Pop Category Controversy According to Billboard and the BBC on the 2nd local time, JYP Entertainment announced that Stray Kids did not submit their music for the upcoming 69th Grammy Awards. SBS Oct 3, 2026 10:43 AM

Trump Pressures South Korea on Alaska Investment, Raising Tariff Concerns In particular, even on issues where no bilateral agreement has been reached, such as the Alaska liquefied natural gas development project, he is aggressively pushing for an agreement by threatening to impose a twofold burden on South Korea. SBS Oct 3, 2026 10:42 AM