1. Libyan carrier denies flight detained after explosives found on board
Libyan Airlines has denied that one of its airplanes was detained at Egypt’s Borj El-Arab Airport after rumors claimed that “explosives” were detected on board.
The head of the company’s media department, Mohammad Ganiwa, said the plane en route from Alexandria experienced a technical issue that forced it to return back to the airport. Ganiwa was quoted by a local news network as saying that the company sent another plane out, as well as a team of technicians.
He denied rumors suggesting the plane was detained at the Egyptian airport.
2. Egypt authority says ‘hottest summer’ rumors are baseless
The head of Egypt’s General Meteorological Authority has denied that the upcoming summer season in the country will be the “hottest ever.”
Rumors have claimed that the current unstable weather conditions in Egypt will make the coming summer season extremely hot.
Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Aal was quoted by Egyptian TV channel DMC as saying that there is no connection to the current weather changes, to temperature degrees during the summer. Abdel-Aal explained the current unstable weather conditions result from global climate changes.
Egypt denies rumors of explosives found on Libyan plane
Egypt denies rumors of explosives found on Libyan plane
Israel arrests 2 Turkish CNN journalists over live broadcast outside IDF HQ
- Police said reporter Emrah Cakmak and cameraman Halil Kahraman were detained on suspicion of filming a sensitive security facility
- Since the Gaza war began, restrictions have expanded significantly, including tighter limits on filming soldiers on duty and sensitive or strategic sites
LONDON: Israeli police have arrested two Turkish CNN journalists who were broadcasting live outside the Israel Defense Forces’ headquarters in Tel Aviv.
Police said the pair were detained on suspicion of filming a sensitive security facility, according to the Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit.
Reporter Emrah Cakmak and cameraman Halil Kahraman, from the network’s Turkish-language channel, had been reporting near the IDF’s Kirya military headquarters on Tuesday after Iran launched another missile barrage at Tel Aviv and other parts of central Israel.
During the live broadcast, two men believed to be soldiers approached the crew and seized the reporter’s phone, according to initial reports and a video circulating online that could not be independently verified.
Police said officers were dispatched after receiving reports of two people carrying cameras and allegedly broadcasting in real time for a foreign outlet.
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Israel’s long-standing military censorship system, overseen by the IDF Military Censor, has long barred journalists and civilians from publishing material deemed harmful to national security.
Since the Gaza war began, restrictions have expanded significantly, including tighter limits on filming soldiers on duty and sensitive or strategic sites.
After a series of similar incidents involving foreign media — most of them Palestinian citizens of Israel working for Arab-language and international media, along with foreign journalists — during the 12-Day War, Israeli police halted live international broadcasts from missile impact sites, citing concerns that exact locations were being revealed.
The Government Press Office later imposed a blanket ban on live coverage from crash and impact areas.
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir subsequently ordered that all foreign journalists obtain prior written approval from the military censor before broadcasting — live or recorded — from combat zones or missile strike locations.
Police said that when officers asked the CNN Turk crew to identify themselves, they presented expired press cards and were taken in for questioning.
Burhanettin Duran, head of Turkiye’s Directorate of Communications, condemned the arrests as an attack on the press and said Ankara is working to secure the journalists’ release.
