Good morning,
This morning headlines are dominated by another air-tragedy as a new aircraft operated by Indonesian airline Leo Air crashed at sea soon after take-off. On Sunday, Leicester football club confirmed that its owner was on board the helicopter which crashed outside the stadium. Brazil voted for far-right candidates Bolsonaro in the Presidential elections.
In your morning briefing we give you the highlights from Malta, Europe and the world of what are the main news for the morning, so you can start your day informed.
An aircraft with 189 people on board is believed to have sunk after crashing into the sea off Indonesia’s island of Java on Monday, shortly after takeoff from the capital on its way to the country’s tin-mining hub, officials said.
The owner of Leicester City was among five people killed when his helicopter crashed outside the football club’s stadium, it has been confirmed. Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died when the aircraft fell from the sky after taking off from inside the ground following a 1-1 draw against West Ham.
Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential elections, signalling a political shift for South America’s most populous nation and largest economy. Official results gave Bolsonaro a 55.2 percent share of the vote in Sunday’s runoff, comfortably ahead of Fernando Haddad, the candidate of the centre-left Workers’ Party (PT), who had 44.8 percent.
Despite a large drop in support, the CDU has won the Hesse state regional poll, giving the chancellor some welcome breathing room. But the weakness of the political centre in Germany remains glaringly obvious. DW
Turkish investigators looking into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi will present Saudi Arabia’s top prosecutor with a 150-page dossier and request another joint search at the residence of the kingdom’s consul-general in Istanbul, according to a Turkish source. Al Jazeera
German media reported on Sunday that authorities in the state of Bavaria were investigating a possible attempted terror attack on a high-speed train. The incident, according to the Bild daily, involved a steel wire being pulled across the tracks. The case appeared to have happened on October 7th.
MI5 is to take the lead in combating extreme rightwing terrorism amid mounting fears that white supremacists are increasing their efforts to foment violent racial conflict on Britain’s streets, The Guardian has learned. The switch from the police – which has always previously taken responsibility for monitoring far right extremism – to MI5 means that the ideology will now sit in the same portfolio as Islamist terrorism and Northern Ireland-related terrorism, which are both covered by the domestic security service.
The UK has managed to “roll over”only 14 of the 236 international treaties that the EU has signed with countries around the world, raising fresh concern of disruption if Britain crashes out the bloc without a deal. Financial Times
Following the weather alert issued by the Civil Protection of the Lazio Region, which provides for strong winds, heavy rains and thunderstorms, the Rome mayor Virginia Raggi signed an ordinance that provides for the suspension of educational and educational activities in schools of every order and degree, including nursery schools and kindergartens, throughout the city. ANSA
In a massive deal that could reshape cloud computing, IBM is acquiring open software company Red Hat for $34 billion. CNN
In the final hours of a dark and sombre weekend for British sport, Lewis Hamilton provided one blazing shaft of light. With a drive of poise and maturity amid the kaleidoscopic colour of this Mexican Grand Prix, where lurid face-masks and Aztec costumes framed every inch of the grid, Britain’s greatest driver took a giant leap into Formula One immortality, emulating Juan Manuel Fangio with a fifth world title. The Telegraph
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The Times reports that investment firm MFSP Financial Management is seeking to start afresh with a rebranding exercise which saw the company change its name to Zenith Finance. The report states that a number of investors are persisting in their fight to be compensated through the Financial Arbiter and the civil court.
The Times also reports about concerns that semi-permanent tents and camping equipment at the Santa Marija campsite on Comino poise a risk that the place is being allowed to become a shanty town.
A photo story on the Times front-page shows a woman mourning and paying tribute outside Leicester FC stadium, after the club’s owner died in a helicopter crash outside the stadium.
The budget occupies the front pages’ report of L-Orizzont and In-Nazzjon. L-Orizzont reports Prime Minister Muscat’s pledge that the government’s aim is that by next year, no child should be at risk of poverty. In-Nazzjon reports the Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia saying that while the people are contributing and creating wealth, the Government’s budget fails at seeing that the wealth created is distributed in a way that reaches and effects everyone. Delia, who tonight is expected to address parliament in the budget’s reply, is reported referring to a number of issues where the government is failing, including healthcare, education and waste management.
L-Orizzont carries a report quoting economists contradicting the Leader of the Opposition’s theory that the economic growth is the result of an increase in the population through foreigners working and residing on the island.
In another story, L-Orizzont quotes Ministers Edward Scicluna and Chris Cardona who said that the government is helping families beyond the ‘Cost of Live Adjustment’. The ministers were reacting to calls to have this COLA adjustment revised.
The Malta Independent reports that two officers of the Italian Navy ship Libya and the Italian coast guard will be facing charges of 270 counts of manslaughter and failure to provide assistance to a sinking boat, carrying more than 300 migrants reportedly from Syria and Palestine. The incident happened in October 2013.
In another report, The Malta Independent say that the judges of X factor (Malta) had not seen a controversial interview with contestant Matthew Grech before his audition.
