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• How Christa Pike’s botched Tennessee execution unfolded, minute by minute

  02-10-2026 03:36 via smh.com.au
  
  The convicted murderer would have been the first woman executed in the state in more than 200 years, but she survived two doses of a lethal drug that had been administered and is now in hospital in a critical condition,
  
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• G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil to combat soaring fuel prices

  02-10-2026 17:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The G7 leaders’ decision, including a “front-loaded substantial diesel release”, came after US President Donald Trump spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron.
  
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• US prisoner fighting for life after surviving two lethal injections

  02-10-2026 11:38 via smh.com.au
  
  American prisoner Christa Pike is fighting for life in hospital, after her execution by lethal injection went horribly wrong.
  
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• Israeli PM claims pilot had undergone ‘radical Islamist indoctrination’

  02-10-2026 11:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the pilot who allegedly tried to take over the flydubai jet had undergone "radical Islamist indoctrination".
  
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• ‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls FlyDubai cockpit attack

  02-10-2026 10:31 via smh.com.au
  
  Captain Smit Machchhar is recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital and told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video call that he knew he had to get back on his feet to save the passengers aboard the aircraft.
  
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• Inside the Mexico courtroom where men accused of killing Australian brothers will learn their fate

  02-10-2026 10:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The parents of Jake and Callum Robinson have spent much of the past four weeks inside this small, featureless room just two metres from their sons’ accused killers. In days, they will finally have a verdict.
  
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• Unsealed documents detail Cornell investigation into alleged rape at fraternity house

  02-10-2026 06:33 via smh.com.au
  
  The rape allegations gained national attention after the woman filed a lawsuit last month, both because of the brutality of the alleged crime and the fact that none of the accused students faced criminal charges.
  
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• ‘Sending them to their deaths’: Malaysia’s deal with the devil

  02-10-2026 06:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Ahead of general elections, the Malaysian government has begun deporting Myanmar refugees and migrants to their war-torn homelands.
  
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• The Beijing pigeons that circle Mao before flying home

  02-10-2026 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Each year, thousands of pigeons are released into Tiananmen Square for China’s National Day celebrations. Within minutes, many fly back to their owners.
  
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• Christa Pike in a critical condition in hospital after botched execution

  02-10-2026 03:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Her lawyer called the process cruel and said he was “haunted” by watching and hearing his client talking, singing and then snoring loudly during her more than 90 minutes in the death chamber.
  
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• 'Haven't seen anything like it,' witness says on Pike's failed execution

  02-10-2026 02:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder, media witnesses said, after the lethal injection was halted for hours as courts considered a last-minute appeal of what would have been the state’s first execution of a woman in at least 200 years.
  
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• Students in France set trash bins ablaze during protest over school funding

  02-10-2026 01:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Tensions flared outside a barricaded high school, where masked and hooded protesters threw projectiles at police officers. The protests are part of a growing student movement demanding greater funding and resources for French schools.
  
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• US death row inmate survives execution

  01-10-2026 22:34 via smh.com.au
  
  Death row prisoner Christa Pike remains alive after two lethal injection attempts.
  
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• UK police arrest another man over air base incident

  01-10-2026 22:29 via smh.com.au
  
  A sixth man has been arrested in the UK over an alleged bomb plot near an RAF base.
  
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• SpaceX sends four astronauts to space station

  01-10-2026 22:29 via smh.com.au
  
  SpaceX has launched four astronauts into orbit, headed for the International Space Station on a six month mission.
  
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• Israeli PM meets passengers from hijacked plan

  01-10-2026 22:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Israel's Prime Minister has met passengers from the flydubai plane who foiled a hijacking attempt.
  
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• ‘Islamist radical’: Israel claims horror flight co-pilot shared hate online

  01-10-2026 19:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they were looking into the personal life of the Omani national, who government officials claim had talked on social media about killing Jews.
  
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• Four passengers to be awarded for heroism during apparent attempt to crash plane

  01-10-2026 12:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Three Israeli passengers who stormed the cockpit and a dentist who treated the wounded captain of the flight are being hailed as heroes after Wednesday’s midair emergency.
  
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• Five passengers to be awarded for heroism during apparent attempt to crash plane

  01-10-2026 12:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Three Israeli passengers who stormed the cockpit, a woman who raised the alarm and a dentist who treated the wounded captain are being hailed as heroes after the midair emergency.
  
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• Three Israeli passengers to be awarded for heroism after preventing apparent attempt to crash plane

  01-10-2026 11:46 via smh.com.au
  
  The three men and a fellow passenger - a dentist who treated the wounded captain of the flight - are being hailed as heroes after Wednesday’s midair emergency.
  
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• I felt safer piloting planes after 9/11. But now terror can lock itself inside the cockpit

  01-10-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Aviation security has become so water-tight that the weakest link now appears to be the pilots themselves.
  
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• Mayday moment over the Saudi Arabia desert

  01-10-2026 09:49 via smh.com.au
  
  A close call on a flydubai flight suggests it’s time to reconsider security measures onboard passenger airlines.
  
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• Parents of Australian brothers killed in Mexico to visit scene as they await verdict

  01-10-2026 09:01 via smh.com.au
  
  The judge agreed to deliver a verdict at 10am next Friday (Mexico time), just hours before parents Debra and Martin Robinson are due to fly home to Perth.
  
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• ‘There is no precedent’: Tennessee fails to execute woman after two doses of lethal injection

  01-10-2026 08:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
  
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• A terrifying plunge, loud screams, blood everywhere: How flight FZ1073 unfolded, moment by moment

  01-10-2026 08:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Two hours and 16 minutes into FZ1073, a routine flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv descended into chaos. Here’s exactly how it unfolded.
  
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• Australian couple on board flight during alleged attempted hijacking

  01-10-2026 08:42 via smh.com.au
  
  A couple from Sydney’s east were on board the Flydubai flight en route to Israel during an alleged attempted hijacking.
  
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• Australian woman dies in Vietnam after cosmetic surgery: reports

  01-10-2026 07:27 via smh.com.au
  
  The 65-year-old reportedly attended City International Hospital in Ho Chi Minh and was moved to intensive care at another hospital after developing complications.
  
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• How a plumber saved a plane from crashing

  01-10-2026 06:45 via smh.com.au
  
  After a pilot was stabbed on flight FZ1073 to Tel Aviv, an Israeli plumber brought the plane out of a dive and helped get the passengers and crew to safety.
  
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• Tennessee woman still alive after attempts to execute her, lawyers say

  01-10-2026 05:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Christa Pike, who was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995, was set to be executed by lethal injection. Officials had gone ahead with the execution after a temporary court-ordered pause.
  
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• ‘Immense courage and an unwavering resolve’: Captain in bloody cockpit struggle hailed as hero

  01-10-2026 05:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Indian pilot Smit Machchhar was covered with blood on the floor when he managed to click the release to open the cockpit door, according to a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  
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