Fight or flight?

A furious airline passenger was captured on wild video unleashing a flurry of punches on an airport worker over an apparent check-in delay dispute.

The video, taken on Nov. 10, shows the enraged passenger thumping the worker from behind in front of the check-in counter at Terminal 1 of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Malaysia, according to a report by Viral News. 

The staff member can be seen cowering down to fend off the attack and then turns and squares up to the irate passenger, who’s wearing a green colored top and army green pants.

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But then the passenger slugs the worker with a vicious left hook, knocking the helpless worker backwards and shocking onlookers. 

Security guards then step in to separate the pair and a war of words ensues between the two before they are ushered away from the area, per the report.

KLIA District Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Azman Shari’at said in a statement that the fight stemmed from a disagreement. 

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The pair continued to argue after they physically clashed.  (Viral News)

“The incident resulted in a fight between the two individuals due to the delay in entering to register for the flight,” the police chief said, per The Star. “This then led to a fight and the worker was slightly injured.”

No arrests have been made as of Nov. 16, The Star reports. 

Last week, an unruly air traveler was placed in custody after injuring a crew member and causing disruption on an American Airlines flight from Milwaukee to Texas.

Disruptive airline travelers are not uncommon. In 2023, there were 2,075 unruly passenger reports, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.  (iStock)

The man stormed a flight attendant in an attempt to exit the plane through a cabin door, but fellow travelers helped restrain the man with tape, FOX 4 KDFW reported.

Unruly airline travelers are not uncommon. In 2023, there were 2,075 unruly passenger reports, 512 investigations initiated, 402 enforcement actions taken and $7.5 million fines levied, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. 

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that NATO membership must be based on Ukraine’s internationally recognised borders.

Speaking to UK broadcaster Sky News, Zelenskyy laid out his arguments for joining the transatlantic military alliance, arguing his country could not legally recognise occupied Ukrainian territories as Russian because it would be contrary to the constitution.

“You can’t give an invitation to just one part of a country. Why? Because you would recognise that that territory is part of Ukraine and the other is Russia. So legally, by law we have no right to recognise the occupied territory as territory of Russia. And here, we must not make any mistake,” he said.

Zelenskyy said that joining NATO would effectively and quickly help de-escalate the conflict allowing his country and Russia to negotiate diplomatically for the return of areas under Kremlin control.

Ukraine’s potential NATO membership has enraged the Kremlin and is one of the main reasons behind the Russian invasion.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has repeatedly railed against NATO expansion, calling it a violation of Russian security.

But the invasion of Ukraine prompted both Sweden and Finland, both historically non-aligned countries, to apply to join the alliance. Finland joined NATO in early 2023, and Sweden a year later.

Finland shares a more than 1,300km land border with Russia.

Zelenskyy’s comments to Sky come a day after Moscow launched another large-scale air attack on Ukraine.

Ukrainian authorities said nearly 200 drones and missiles targeted infrastructure, disrupting power supply to more than a million people.

Russia in previous years has targeted Ukraine’s electricity generation, aiming to deny civilians critical heating and drinking water supplies during the bitter winter months and break Ukrainian spirits.

The attacks also seek to hobble Ukraine’s defence industry that is now producing missiles, drones and armoured vehicles, among other military assets.

Right to self-defence

Meanwhile, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has said Russia has the right to defend itself against Ukrainian strikes using Western-supplied long-range weapons.

Kim’s remarks, reported by North Korean state wire service KCNA, were made to Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov who is in Pyongyang for talks with military and political leaders.

On Friday, Belousov met with his North Korean counterpart No Kwang Cho in what Belousov said was an effort to expand military cooperation between the two countries.

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The Russian defence chief also said that a strategic partnership agreement signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in June is aimed at “stabilising” Northeast Asia.

“The agreement aims to reduce the risk of war, including nuclear weapons, and to make a positive contribution to maintaining the balance of power in the region,” Belousov said.

During his remarks, North Korea’s No said that Pyongyang would stand “on the common front with Russian comrades to safeguard international peace and security.”

Belousov’s visit came just days after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol met with a Ukrainian delegation led by Defence Minister Rustem Umerov in the capital, Seoul.

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Yoon called for the two countries to formulate countermeasures against North Korea’s reported deployment of thousands of troops to Russia to support its war effort in Ukraine.

The United States and its allies have said North Korea has sent more than 10,000 soldiers to Russia in recent weeks and that some of those troops were engaging in combat.

In recent months, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has prioritised relations with Russia as he tries to break out of isolation and strengthen his international footing, embracing the idea of a “new Cold War”.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Pop superstar Taylor Swift was spending Black Friday amid a sea of red to watch her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs as they played the Las Vegas Raiders in a chilly matinee at Arrowhead Stadium.

Swift had the Thanksgiving weekend off from her Eras Tour before it wraps with three shows in Vancouver beginning Dec. 6.

Swift walked down the tunnel into Arrowhead Stadium wearing a black outfit and red jacket as camera flashes created a strobe-like effect. Her arrival at Chiefs games over the past year-plus — ever since she started dating Kelce, who had reached out to her with an invitation to a game — has become a red-carpet moment for both local and national media.

Earlier in the day, Target stores across the country began selling an exclusive book devoted to the Eras Tour along with a bonus edition of her “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology” that it said would only be available in stores on Black Friday.

There also are two new Christmas movies on television that have Swift connections.

“Christmas in the Spotlight,” which premiered Nov. 23 on Lifetime, stars Jessica Lord as a pop star and Laith Wallschleger as a football player who meet and fall in love. The script was written by Eirene Tran Donohue, who said she was inspired to write a script loosely based on her favorite musician after watching Swift and Kelce’s relationship blossom.

On Saturday, Hallmark will air “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story,” which centers on a new Chiefs employee (Tyler Hynes) who meets a woman — played by Hunter King — whose family’s dedication to the team goes back decades. The story was written by Sherman Wolfe, a 49ers fan who was asked to pen it after the Chiefs beat San Francisco in the Super Bowl.

“Holiday Touchdown” has several cameos involving Chiefs players along with a small role for Kelce’s mother, Donna Kelce. And the team celebrated its pending release Friday by handing out small pennants and pins to fans at the game.

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Associated Press writer Alicia Rancilio contributed to this report.

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