BBC World News

1. 'I was not going to let others die' - pilot of Flydubai flight describes cockpit attack by co-pilot

   Capt Smit Machchhar tells Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi he opened the cockpit door to let others in during the attack.

2. Cornell students gather to voice anger over alleged gang rape

   Students tell the BBC that the tension on campus has become palpable since allegations from 2024 resurfaced.

3. I've seen nearly 500 executions - but never one like Christa Pike's

   Texas reporter Michael Graczyk has seen botched executions in his time, but not one in which an inmate survived.

4. Seoul warns 'further action' if Ukraine does not apologise over prisoner-of-war row

   President Lee Jae Myung also accused Kyiv of "attempting to provoke a war on the Korean Peninsula".

5. Japan's first mayor to take maternity leave lands on TIME100 Next list

   Shoko Kawata's maternity leave drew mixed reactions in Japan, a country struggling to lift birth rates.