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World Service,07 Oct 2026,49 mins

Christa Pike is awake after botched execution attempt

Newsday

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Christa Pike, the death-row inmate who survived a botched attempt to execute her in the state of Tennessee, is now conscious again in hospital, according to her lawyers. She was administered two lethal injections last Wednesday but survived the proceedure and was transferred to a hospital in Nashville. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across France on Tuesday, as a wave of protests by high school pupils spread to their parents, university students and unions. Kenya confirms first case of Ebola. Presenters: James Copnall and Anne Soy. (Photo: death row inmate Christa Pike. Credit: Miles Cary/Knoxville News Sentinel/via Reuters).

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