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1. Cold reality: Canadian troops struggle in Alaska as military relearns Arctic warfare

   

   Canadian troops battled frostbite, failing batteries, communications problems and gaps in basic winter skills during a major Alaska exercise, according to an internal evaluation. Despite achieving their training objectives, the experience exposed how much the military must relearn as Ottawa promises a larger, sustained presence — and credible combat capability — in the Arctic.

2. Student reportedly loses hand from police grenade amid France's education protests

   

   A teenager's hand was blown off as high-school protesters clashed with riot police in northern France on Monday, a local official said, on ‌the eve of a national demonstration by the pupils' union against underfunding, overcrowding and dilapidation.

3. Israeli officials say FlyDubai co-pilot planned attack before joining airline

   

   U.A.E. authorities and FlyDubai have not publicly disclosed the identity of the co-pilot, who stabbed his captain in ‌a suspected attempt to crash a plane en route to Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv last week.

4. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor challenges validity of search warrants in his Epstein-related arrest

   

   Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking the police to court to challenge his February arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations he sent confidential government documents to Jeffrey Epstein.

5. Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to scientists who pioneered work in optogenetics

   

   Scientists Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg ‌Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or ​Medicine for "discoveries concerning light-gated ​ion channels and optogenetics," the award-giving body ​said Monday.