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An Amazon Prime Air cargo Boeing seven sixty seven overshot the runway at Miami International Airport Sunday afternoon, striking multiple vehicles and bursting into flames. The FAA issued an immediate ground stop, halting all flights at one of the nation's busiest hubs. Multiple injuries were reported following the inbound flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Shifting to Europe, Germany's political center took a serious blow Sunday as the far-right Alternative for Germany party delivered a commanding victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. The result is being described as devastating for Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and raises the real possibility of Germany's first far-right state government since the second World War, underscoring how fragile the mainstream coalition has become.
And that political instability lands against a broader security backdrop. European defense officials are warning that the continent is failing to deter what they're calling Russia's hybrid war campaign. A foiled drone attack at a German airport is being cited as evidence of Moscow's growing impunity and NATO's inadequate response posture — a combination that will keep defense spending debates front and center in Brussels.
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