At a Nebraska campaign rally, US President Donald Trump said Iran could "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego, drawing cheers and later bipartisan condemnation. California Governor Gavin Newsom called him "dangerous and deranged," while a White House official said the remarks were taken out of context.
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NYTimes – US Death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking in hospital after Tennessee's failed lethal injection execution last week, her lawyers say. She received two doses of the drug but survived and was taken from the execution chamber by ambulance. She remains hospitalised with severe arm injuries; her lawyers are seeking to commute her sentence to life without parole.
NPR – World Belgian-born physicist Francis Halzen, 82, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work detecting high-energy neutrinos from deep space. His research, which began in the 1980s, led to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. The Nobel committee described neutrinos as "ghostly messages from space." Halzen is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Sky News – Front Page Former "American Idol" contestant and Ohio music pastor Caleb Flynn was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of his wife, Ashley Flynn. Prosecutors said he staged a home invasion after shooting her while having an affair. Flynn maintained his innocence at Monday's sentencing hearing in Ohio.
NYTimes – World At a Nebraska campaign rally, US President Donald Trump said Iran could "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego, drawing cheers and later bipartisan condemnation. California Governor Gavin Newsom called him "dangerous and deranged," while a White House official said the remarks were taken out of context.
NPR – US Cornell University has retained former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates to lead an independent review of how it handles sexual assault reports, including allegations of a 2024 assault in a fraternity house. Yates will examine the university's investigations, disciplinary process and campus police response.
Sky News – World Former BND chief August Hanning was detained in Germany on Tuesday on suspicion of espionage and treason. Prosecutors accuse him of paying for secret intelligence documents and preparing an analysis for a foreign intelligence service. His former chief of staff was also arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting attempted treason.
NPR – US Paramount has completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, forming the combined company Skydance, which began trading on Wall Street on Tuesday. The merger unites Hollywood studios, streaming services, and cable networks including CNN, CBS News, Comedy Central, and TNT. Reports cite differing deal values.
NYTimes – US President Donald Trump approved a firing-squad execution for Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. The Pentagon said the execution would be the first carried out by the U.S. military since 1961 and the first by firing squad since World War II. CBS reported an email stating the execution is set for Dec. 3, though other reports said the date and location had yet to be set by the Army.
BBC News – World Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death after a Kenyan national who had been living in DR Congo died following his return. The patient travelled from DR Congo via Uganda. Kenya is the fourth country to record an Ebola case in the current outbreak, declared in eastern DR Congo in mid-May, where more than 4,000 people have died this year.
BBC News – Business Death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking in hospital after Tennessee's failed lethal injection execution last week, her lawyers say. She received two doses of the drug but survived and was taken from the execution chamber by ambulance. She remains hospitalised with severe arm injuries; her lawyers are seeking to commute her sentence to life without parole.
