Bennett stated that while he would not claim Netanyahu ordered his advisers to act on behalf of Qatar, he should have "been the first to cry out and take action" when the affair was revealed.

Flights were diverted away from Ankara Airport following the report, according to publicly available flight-tracking data.

The Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 passed through three readings in the Legislative Assembly on Monday and was amended by the Legislative Council.

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Eve Air Mobility, a subsidiary of Brazil’s plane maker Embraer, conducted the first flight of the full-scale prototype of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in Gavião Peixoto, São Paulo state. The unmanned flight took place last Friday (Dec. 19).

According to the company, the integration of essential aircraft systems – such as the fifth-generation fly-by-wire concept – and rotors dedicated exclusively to vertical flight were tested successfully.

The aircraft performed a hover flight – which is when the equipment remains motionless in the air above a fixed point on the ground, maintaining constant altitude and position, requiring precise control to balance lift and weight.

From now on, Eve will gradually expand testing until it achieves fully wingborne flight with the aircraft in 2026.

“The prototype performed exactly as predicted by our models. With the data, we will expand the aircraft’s envelope and move forward with wingborne transition flight in a disciplined manner, increasing to hundreds of flights throughout 2026 and building the knowledge necessary for type certification,” Eve’s Chief Technology Officer Luiz Valentini said.

According to the company’s Chief Product Officer Jorge Bittercourt, the flight demonstrates the aircraft’s reliability, efficiency, and simplicity.

“We have validated critical elements, from our lift rotor architecture to the aircraft’s flight mechanics, and now we are moving on to the flight test phase with a focus on evolving the product's maturity,” he stated.

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The aircraft project is funded by FINEP the Brazilian government’s innovation agency and has received some BRL 37 million in economic subsidies.

According to Finep President Luiz Antônio Elias, the project positions Brazil at the forefront of urban air mobility. “This inaugural flight embodies Brazil’s strategy to lead the global transition to sustainable aviation, with cutting-edge technologies such as electric propulsion and artificial intelligence,” he noted.

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The South Korean HANBIT-Nano rocket – the first commercial flight launched from a Brazilian base – exploded minutes after takeoff from Alcântara Base, in Maranhão state, on Monday (Dec. 22). The vehicle was unmanned.

The Innospace rocket took off at 10:13 pm and, the Brazilian Air Force reported, suffered an “anomaly that caused it to crash into the ground.”

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According to the statement, a team from the Air Force and the Fire Department was sent to the crash site to examine the wreckage. Innospace is also working to determine the cause of the failure.

The launch of HANBIT-Nano had been postponed several times. Initially, the flight was scheduled to take place in November. The date was changed to December 17, but an anomaly was identified, leading to another change, this time to December 19. Another problem caused the launch to be moved to Monday (22).

The spacecraft was 21.8 meters long and weighed 20 tons. It was to carry satellites into space to be placed in Earth orbit. It also carried eight payloads – five small satellites and three experimental devices developed by Brazil and India.