Netflix Tudum confirms the seven-episode Zoe Kazan adaptation of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden streams globally tomorrow, October 1, around 12:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 a.m. MT. Florence Pugh stars as Cathy Ames, opposite Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist, with Ciarán Hinds, Martha Plimpton, Tracy Letts, and Hoon Lee in the ensemble.

If the Avalanche game runs long, or you want something quieter after, this is the easy post-hockey couch pick: a prestige limited series with a clear drop time and a stacked cast. Save the ticket stub for Endgame encore or Primetime this week; tomorrow night belongs to Steinbeck on the living-room screen.

BBC reporting on September 30: Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after one pilot stabbed the other and, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, apparently tried to crash the plane. Passengers and crew overpowered the attacker. More than 170 people were aboard. The stabbed captain, Indian national Smit Machchhar, was reported stable. Passengers were later repatriated to Tel Aviv. Motive remains unclear; Saudi authorities are investigating.

President Trump said he spoke with Netanyahu and called the attacker “perhaps a terrorist.” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz described it as attempted jihadist terror; that characterization has not been independently confirmed. Careful wording still fits: a cockpit stabbing, a passenger-and-crew intervention, a safe divert, and an investigation underway, without locking a motive the reporting has not settled.

Reuters on September 30: the final U.S. troops have left Iraq, mainly from the Erbil area, ending the Operation Inherent Resolve combat footprint that stretched from the 2003 invasion through the later fight against ISIS. Parades marked the moment in Baghdad and Najaf, with mixed joy and worry about Iran-backed militias and an ISIS vacuum. The pullout was agreed in 2024 under President Biden and completed under President Trump. The Pentagon said training and intelligence cooperation will continue; Iraqi Prime Minister Zaidi said Iraq assumes full security responsibility.

More than 4,500 U.S. troops died in Iraq across the long war. Tonight’s takeaway is structural, not celebratory: a combat mission ends, advisory ties remain, and regional actors will test what “full responsibility” means in practice.