Nigeria ‘welcomes US assistance’ to fight ‘terrorism’ after Trump’s threats

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Nigeria says it would welcome assistance from the United States in fighting armed groups as long as its territorial integrity is respected after US President Donald Trump threatened military action in the West African country over what he claimed was persecution of Christians there.

In a social media post on Saturday, Trump said  he had asked the Department of Defense to prepare for possible “fast” military action in Nigeria if Africa’s most populous country fails to crack down on the “killing of Christians”.

A spokesperson for Nigeria’s presidency, Daniel Bwala, told the Reuters news agency on Sunday that the country would “welcome US assistance as long as it recognises our territorial integrity”.

“I am sure by the time these two leaders meet and sit, there would be better outcomes in our joint resolve to fight terrorism,” Bwala added.

China’s updated 6th-generation fighter jets put US on notice for air supremacy

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Notable changes have been observed in both of China’s sixth-generation fighter programmes, with updated prototypes seen flying just 10 months after their first public appearance, indicating rapid progress as the country vies with the US for air supremacy.

Photos circulating on Chinese social media since Tuesday showed what appeared to be Chengdu Aircraft Corporation’s sixth-generation fighter, bearing a tailless and three-engine design, conducting a test flight.

Unofficially referred to as the J-36, the aircraft is believed to be the second prototype, featuring significant upgrades such as angular exhaust nozzles replacing the recessed exhausts seen on the earlier version.

The nozzles’ shape closely resembles the two-dimensional thrust-vectoring exhausts used on the F-22 Raptor, America’s fifth-generation stealth fighter.

What we know about stabbings on Doncaster to London train

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Passengers travelling from Doncaster to London were attacked in a mass stabbing on a train on Saturday night.

Eleven people were injured and received hospital treatment. Two of them remain in a life-threatening condition.

Two British men in their thirties were arrested and police said there was currently “nothing to suggest” it was a terror incident.

Witnesses reported that police used a Taser on one man who was holding a knife.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the attack was “appalling” and “deeply concerning”.

 The attack took place on the 18:25 GMT London North Eastern Railway (LNER) service from Doncaster, South Yorkshire to London’s King Cross station.

Passengers said at least one person brandishing a knife began stabbing people on the train after it passed through Peterborough in Cambridgeshire.

Cambridgeshire Police received the first call from passengers on board at 19:39, and the British Transport Police (BTP) was also alerted at 19:42.