Tennessee halts executions after Christa Pike survives two lethal injections

This is the evening edition of the One News Page Global Briefing, for Thursday, the first of October, twenty twenty-six. Here is what matters now.

Christa Pike, fifty, who was sentenced to death for the one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five murder of nineteen-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville, was scheduled to be executed on Wednesday in what would have been Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in two hundred years. Governor Bill Lee denied her clemency request on Monday, and although a lower court briefly paused the execution, the U S Supreme Court cleared the way for it to proceed. After prison staff administered two doses of lethal drugs, Pike remained alive and was taken to hospital, her lawyers said. The execution was not completed, and the attempt was described as botched. Lee ordered a review of the state’s lethal-injection process and paused Tennessee’s remaining executions for the rest of the year.

Meanwhile, in the Middle East, Flydubai flight FZ1073, travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv, transmitted an emergency alert and diverted to Tabuk in Saudi Arabia after an altercation in the cockpit. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said one pilot stabbed the other and intended to crash the aircraft; passengers and crew overpowered the attacker before the plane landed safely. The attacker was arrested in Saudi Arabia and both pilots were hospitalised. All passengers were reported safe. Netanyahu said a passenger managed to enter the cockpit to help subdue the attacker. flydubai described the event as an onboard “incident,” while early accounts from Israeli officials and passengers variously described a brawl or dispute.

In the United States, the family of Renee Good, an unarmed U S citizen shot dead by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis in January, filed federal lawsuits on Thursday against the agent who fired and senior Trump administration officials. Good’s wife, Becca Good, and brother, Brent Ganger, allege wrongful death and civil-rights violations during a sweeping federal immigration crackdown. Lawyers for the family said U S officials had created “an unprecedented environment for state-sponsored violence” in Minneapolis.

In English football, an independent commission has found Manchester City guilty of all charges of breaching Premier League financial rules over a nine-season period. The commission said the club arranged “sham” contracts and agreements to artificially inflate revenues and reduce costs, boosting income by more than nine hundred million pounds. Manchester City said it will appeal before a Friday deadline. The verdict leaves the club facing possible sanctions, including potential relegation. Former manager Pep Guardiola backed the club’s owners, while women’s team manager Andree Jeglertz said it was “business as usual” for his side. Etihad Airways, the club’s principal shirt sponsor since two thousand and nine, said it “categorically rejects” the findings and is considering legal action against the Premier League.

Elsewhere in sport, England striker Ivan Toney pleaded not guilty at Westminster magistrates court to assaulting a man at a Soho nightclub last year. He is accused of headbutting and punching the man. Toney elected to be tried by a judge and jury at crown court.

In U S college sport, Arizona State University has placed hockey coach Greg Powers on administrative leave while it investigates the collapse of sophomore defenceman Matthew Mayich during an outdoor workout in August. Mayich suffered external heat stroke that cut oxygen supply to his brain and is on life support; his lawyer said he is unlikely to recover. Family and teammates have called for greater accountability.

In Iraq, the last U K and U S troops have left Iraq, ending the U S-led coalition’s twelve-year mission against the Islamic State group. The withdrawal, agreed two years ago, was a key demand of the Iraqi government and comes amid heightened regional tensions and security concerns.

In music news, Oasis have stopped an auction of unheard recordings from the 1990s, including sixty-three live shows, hours of rehearsals and candid conversations between Noel and Liam Gallagher. Littleton Auctions in Worcestershire had listed the collection, valued at up to one point six million pounds, but pulled the sale after the band’s legal action. The auction house said it was “very disappointed.”

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