Christa Pike says she has been in constant pain since surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee last month, and attributes the failed execution to incompetence.

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Convicted murderer Christa Pike says she is gradually getting stronger but has experienced ongoing pain since surviving a botched execution in Tennessee last month.

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In her first statement, Christa Pike described “pain in my mind and in my soul.” She survived two doses of pentobarbital during an attempted execution on 30 September. Pike was sentenced to death for torturing and killing her classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995, when she was 18.

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Christa Pike made her first public comments since surviving a botched execution, saying she has been in pain every moment since that night.

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Christa Pike, who survived a failed execution, said in a new statement that she is “recovering.”

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Christa Pike has issued her first public statement since a lethal-injection execution attempt failed in September. She said she has been in physical and emotional pain but is recovering. Tennessee’s governor has suspended executions for the rest of the year and ordered an independent review.

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With four days until the US midterms, national polls show Democrats leading Republicans 51.4% to 43.2%. Trump cancelled weekend rallies in Kansas and Iowa, choosing phone events across nearly 20 states. A legal dispute over two Alaska candidates named Dan Sullivan could delay the Senate race result.

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The Republican National Committee said Thursday evening that Trump canceled appearances in Kansas and Iowa during the final days of the midterm election season and would instead hold “a large number” of tele-rallies.

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Trump said Thursday he was canceling weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas, where he had planned to campaign for GOP candidates in competitive races, and would hold numerous telerallies instead.

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Donald Trump has cancelled scheduled rallies in Iowa and Kansas. The Republican National Committee says it will replace them with televised events reaching nearly 20 states. Trump’s Friday rally in Daytona Beach, Florida, remains scheduled to proceed.

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Trump has called off his last rallies ahead of the US midterms and plans to take part in other campaign events by phone. Throughout October, he has maintained an exhausting schedule of near-daily rallies to support Republicans.

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Evacuations have started in Oleshky, which is under Russian control, under a ceasefire brokered by the United States.

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Starving residents of a Russian-held town in southern Ukraine began evacuating Friday as part of a joint relief effort by opposing sides, the first operation of its kind in more than four years of war.

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After years of Russian occupation, Oleshky’s civilians have a rare opportunity to receive humanitarian aid or leave town. Serious doubts remain over whether evacuees will be able to reach Ukrainian-controlled territory.

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An evacuation operation is underway in a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city during a localized truce brokered by first lady Melania Trump, with Pope Leo XIV also involved.

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A humanitarian mission led by Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets and Russian human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova has reached Oleshky in the occupied Kherson region. Russian and Ukrainian representatives said civilian evacuations began on October 30 and aid was being distributed. Journalists entered with the delegations as the sides paused fire for several days.

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An aid convoy carrying food and medical supplies has entered Russian-held Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson region. Evacuations are under way during a six-day US-brokered local ceasefire, now in its third day, with 25 buses standing by.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the International Ice Hockey Federation unlawfully excluded Russian athletes. The decision allows Russia to enter upcoming tournaments in Canada, Czechia, the U.S. and Germany. Several European hockey associations criticized the ruling, while Ukraine’s hockey federation said Russia must be held accountable for destroying sports facilities during the war.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Russia must be allowed into ice hockey world championships, overturning the IIHF’s exclusion of the country from the 2026–27 season. It cited insufficient evidence for the federation’s security concerns but did not decide whether Russia must compete as a neutral team. The ruling leaves next year’s tournament in Germany uncertain, with Ukraine also qualified.

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Dmitry Svishchev, a member of Russia’s State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, said world hockey cannot be considered complete without Russian players and that the Court of Arbitration for Sport made the right decision. CAS had ordered the IIHF to allow Russian national teams into international tournaments. Svishchev urged the federation to implement the ruling and address potential visa issues promptly.

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Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev said the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned all five resolutions adopted by the IIHF Council and ordered the federation to let Russian national teams enter the covered competitions. The final, non-appealable ruling applies to relevant IIHF tournaments in the 2026–2027 season.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Friday that Russian teams must be allowed to compete in International Ice Hockey Federation events, including the world championships.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned IIHF decisions excluding Russian teams from events in the 2026-27 season, ordering their participation in five upcoming tournaments. It said evidence for the IIHF’s security concerns was insufficient. The IIHF and Germany’s ice hockey association voiced disappointment.

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Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen and Compass Point say the $6.3 billion hack of Binance is unlikely to derail the crypto market’s recovery, and urge investors to buy crypto stocks.

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Hackers stole $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance in a record-breaking theft, leading issuers to freeze about half of the stolen assets. US analysts suspect North Korean hackers were responsible, and the breach has shaken confidence in the crypto market.

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Binance suspended all withdrawals after a hack it estimates affected about $6.3 billion. The exchange said it had frozen around $3 billion in affected assets, mostly stablecoins. Elliptic analysts said the attacker converted about $3.3 billion into assets that cannot be frozen and was trying to cash them out as traditional currency.

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Binance says it has set aside $6.34 billion to cover losses from the hack, while industry partners have frozen another $3 billion in affected assets.

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Binance says $6.3 billion in crypto was stolen from its platform, with about $3 billion of the affected assets frozen so far. It has pledged to cover all losses, suspended deposits and withdrawals, and says investigators have found no evidence of a wallet private-key leak. Blockchain analysis firms attribute the attack to North Korean hacking group TraderTraitor.

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Óscar Puente says he will stay in office after a high-speed train collision near Urda killed at least 69 people. He said his priority was resolving the problem and finding answers. A preliminary investigation found the Renfe train was travelling at 160–200km/h when it struck a stationary Iryo train.

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Spain began demanding answers Thursday after the collision’s death toll rose to 69, with dozens injured and distressed relatives searching for news of loved ones. On Wednesday morning south of Madrid, a Renfe service struck the back of a stationary train operated by private Spanish company Iryo.

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A preliminary report says the Spanish train was travelling at least 160 kph (99 mph) when it struck a stationary train on Wednesday. At least 69 people were killed.

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Israel’s election produced no clear winner, and neither bloc reached the 61 seats needed to form a government. Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 seats, the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot took 48, and two lists representing Palestinian citizens secured 19 combined. Coalition talks are reportedly under way; if the formation process fails, Israelis may have to vote again.

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Israel’s final election results show that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc has lost its majority in parliament, setting the stage for difficult negotiations.

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Netanyahu’s bloc has emerged ahead in Israel’s election but failed to win a majority. Party leaders now face a lengthy and likely difficult period of negotiations to form a government.

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A powerful blast struck an ammunition factory in Granada, Andalusia, and was felt across several municipalities in the metropolitan area. Three workers received medical attention for hearing problems. Initial reports place the explosion in the factory’s incineration area and suggest a malfunction during a routine test may have caused it.

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Local media reported that an explosion occurred Friday at the El Fargue Ammunition Factory in Granada, southern Spain.

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Independent outlet Novaya Gazeta says it will shut on Nov. 9 after Russian authorities made it impossible to continue operating. Its staff said freedoms and public institutions in Russia were being crushed. Authorities forced the paper to leave its office and cut off its donations system.

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Novaya Gazeta is vacating the offices it occupied for three decades and says it has been blocked from accepting reader donations. The newspaper accuses Russian authorities of forcing it to stop work through website blocks, licence revocation and other restrictions.

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The independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta says it will cease operations under pressure from state authorities. Editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov said the authorities had forced the editorial team to stop working, and the paper said it would shut down its servers on November 9.

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Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta says it will shut down after authorities pressured its editorial staff to end operations. Moscow has designated the outlet a “foreign agent”. Editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov said its servers would be switched off and operations would end on November 9.

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Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta said on Friday it would close after what it called a relentless campaign by authorities. It said prosecutors pursued some senior journalists, while the paper lost financial support and its office.

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Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s best-known independent outlets, says it is ceasing operations. Its staff say Russian authorities and security services forced them to stop working, after the newsroom faced eviction, its donation system was shut down, and more than 100 journalists and contributors were designated foreign agents.

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