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Aer Lingus flight EI402 carrying 151 passengers and six crew lands safely at the Évreux‑Fauville airbase in Normandy after a bomb threat is reported【】【】. French authorities escort the aircraft with a fighter jet and move all occupants to a secure area while bomb‑defusal teams inspect the plane【】【】. A Finnair Helsinki‑Rome service is escorted by Italian Air Force jets to Rome and examined by bomb‑disposal experts【】. About a dozen other European passenger flights, including a LOT service from Warsaw to Brussels, are forced to land or divert because of similar threats【】【】. Czech police also receive bomb‑threat reports concerning four flights destined for Prague【】.

Bomb threats against several European flights on 3 Nov, and again on 5 Nov, prompted diversions, searches and escorts. An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome, carrying 151 passengers and six crew, was diverted to Évreux air base in France after declaring an emergency and landed safely. Three planes made emergency landings in Bulgaria, two in Sofia and one in Plovdiv. Police and officials found no explosives, and no one was injured. Warsaw Chopin Airport closed briefly on 3 Nov.

Iliana Iotova secured the presidency in Bulgaria's runoff election, receiving 57.5% of the ballots while rival Andrey Gyurov obtained 39.5%. Voter turnout rose to roughly 28% compared with the first round in late October. The vote took place amid heightened security concerns after recent drone attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea, which have left dozens dead or missing. Iotova, who has been acting president since January, becomes the country's first elected female head of state and has pledged to maintain Bulgaria’s EU and NATO commitments while favouring dialogue with Moscow.