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Reports say Flydubai suspect was 'lone wolf' extremist
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Investigators believe the co-pilot accused of trying to take over a Flydubai plane heading for Israel was a 'lone wolf' extremist who wanted to fly the aircraft into an airport or tower block. Also: why did the US military withdraw expensive bombers from a base in the UK? Oil exports from the Middle East are getting back to levels last achieved before the US began bombing Iran. Spain's prime minister calls an election over a housing crisis. Researchers try to find out why more young people are getting cancer, and what lemurs in Madagascar and trained human singers have...
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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. from the BBC World Service. I'm Celia Hatton and at 13 hours GMT on Monday, the 5th of October, these are our main stories. Reports suggest the pilot accused of trying to hijack a fly Dubai plane bound for Israel
was a lone wolf extremist. Anger in Japan after a US Marine is arrested suspected of murder. Also in this podcast, a BBC investigation asks why are more younger people getting cancer? Those that were born in the 1990s have about three times the risk of developing early onset bowel cancer compared to if those were born in the 1950s.
And we'll take you to the forests of Madagascar, why lemurs are similar to human opera singers. Let's begin with more developments surrounding last week's fly Dubai passenger plane that never made it to its intended destination Tel Aviv.
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