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US death row inmate survives execution attempt

Oct 1, 2026 · 29 min

The US state of Tennessee fails to execute a woman on death row, who survived two lethal injection attempts. Christa Pike, who was convicted of murder thirty years ago, has been taken to hospital. The governor of Tennessee has ordered a temporary halt to executions.Also: A sell-off in global bond markets intensifies; government forces in Ethiopia appear to have captured the strategic town of Alama…