Friday 2 October 2026Morning (Europe/Dublin)
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Tennessee has suspended executions for the rest of the year and ordered an independent inquiry; Pike's lawyer says the failed injection left her in agony.
Video: Christa Pike's lawyer calls the botched execution cruel and torturous.
Explainer on Pike, sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, who survived two lethal injections and was taken to hospital.
Video: witnesses recount Pike snoring, exhaling and gasping before she was taken to an offsite medical facility.
Witnesses in the chamber say Pike kept breathing after the injections meant to kill her.
The US is sending a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East amid a stalemate in the Iran war, with midterms looming.
Live: about 400 French schools close as protests spread; dozens of schools are damaged and nearly 3,000 teenagers detained.
French school protests escalate into what officials call urban violence, with about 900 demonstrations and blockades; the PM calls a crisis cabinet.
Britain is talking to European allies about releasing emergency diesel stockpiles after Trump threatened to cut off US supplies.
Live business: global bond markets steady after a French sell-off revived euro-crisis memories.
Israel's prime minister says the flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking the captain had been radicalised; Saudi security services are questioning him.
Deconstructed: how the stabbing unfolded on the Israel-bound flydubai flight that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
Friday briefing on how Guardian journalists separated fact from rumour as the flydubai incident unfolded.
Brazil's attorney general says interference cannot be tolerated after a Guardian report on Trump funding plans ahead of its election.
Zelenskyy hails combat use of the FP-7 ballistic missile, which its maker says is being developed as an interceptor.
Ukraine keeps striking Russian refineries despite Trump blaming them for fuel prices; analysts say the Iran war is the main cause.
Kanye West's sold-out Russia concerts are cancelled after Moscow objected to his glorification of Hitler.
A "self-healing" coach banned from working in Australia, who has claimed bicarbonate soda treats cancer, is to speak in the UK.
A bear treats itself to baked goods at a Colorado farmers' market, surprising shoppers and vendors in Aspen.
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The family of Kathleen Carey, who died in the Dublin balcony fall, prepare her funeral weeks after burying her sister.
PSNI warns forcing an Orange march down Garvaghy Road could be catastrophic as the policing bill hits £3m; Mac Cionnaith says there is no such thing as half a march.
Robert Watt says Dublin 1 carries a huge overconcentration of social services and other councils must share the load.
Property-by-property look at who owns Galway's Eyre Square, from billionaires and hoteliers to publicans and public bodies.
Budget talks are rough, with most departments lacking agreement as Jack Chambers tries to hold increases to 6 per cent.
Opinion: Drumcree shows unification is the North's best bet, since the dispute is about entitlement to rule the roost.
Audio: Early Edition on opposition alternative budgets, the Grinds 360 boardroom war and domestic rugby's viability.
A woman was arrested in Co Galway over an alleged six-year harassment campaign.
Fórsa members' 72-hour strike at Oberstown Child Detention Campus is postponed after WRC talks.
Analysis: Europe's China shock is hollowing out industry and pushing politics to the right.
Audio: In the News podcast on the Manchester City "Scam FC" €1bn scandal.
Trump says Iran will be hit very hard if it was behind the attack by the co-pilot who tried to crash the Israel-bound plane.
Review of Celebrity Traitors on BBC One: an ego-filled riot of characters, with Joanne McNally a possible dark horse.
Dublin City Council plans to press on with a February bin-bag ban, with fines for residents who resist wheelie bins.
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NI Secretary Chris Bryant says the situation is between a rock and a hard place as Drumcree talks end without agreement.
Newry woman Claire Little danced before chemotherapy after a 102-day wait for breast cancer treatment she called agonising.
Opinion: Chris Donnelly warns the Drumcree crisis could have consequences far beyond Portadown and spread to other areas.
The Policing Board opens a probe into Deirdre Hargey's Garvaghy Road protest appearance, with a conflict-of-interest question raised.
Opinion: Sarah Creighton says forcing the parade down Garvaghy Road would leave the peace process in tatters.
A British government blueprint included a no-parade option; unionists rejected the potential compromise.
Dolores Kelly says Drumcree has reopened old scars and retraumatised Garvaghy Road residents.
Unison warns removing Daisy Hill maternity services is a matter of life and death for rural women.
Councillor Peter Byrne will contest Newry and Armagh for the SDLP, replacing Justin McNulty.
Dissidents, drug dealers and criminals are blamed for Derry disorder involving petrol bombs and fireworks, as community groups push back.
Stormont spends £300k on IT consultants who advise hiring a new six-figure Chief Digital Officer.
Opinion: Denis Bradley argues the peace process is only as strong as the British-Irish relationship.
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Bertie Ahern is in talks to act as mediator between the Orange Order and Garvaghy Road residents.
Opinion: the central players in the reignited Drumcree dispute seem to be secretly enjoying the limelight.
Miliband is challenged to push much harder to help a Scot released from an Indian jail.
The National Audit Office launches a review into Capita over civil service pensions.
Money advice: nine bad habits to avoid in the lead-up to Christmas.
The former Glens of Antrim Potatoes premises in Co Antrim are on the market for £2.6m after administration.
Boutcher promises a robust probe into complaints of Sinn Féin lawbreaking on Garvaghy Road as the PSNI faces scrutiny.
A burnt-out Glider from the Belfast riots is delivered to a recycling plant without its lithium battery, in a near miss at a site hit by two fires this year.
Analysis: Drumcree leaves Stormont on the brink as the DUP and Sinn Féin face off.
Opinion: Drumcree is a symptom of a deeper sickness and everyone loses however it ends.
Drumcree tests PSNI chief Jon Boutcher as he fights misinformation and political pressure.
Physicist Brian Cox recalls first coming to Northern Ireland from England and his link with Derry musician Peter Cunnah.
A report suggests Stormont could use AI to identify vulnerable patients in future pandemics.
NI mum Bronagh O'Reilly launches AskReilly, a free online directory for families of children with additional needs.
Tesco opposes a new rival Sainsbury's in Derry, warning it could hit sales and smaller neighbours.
A coroner hears a fluid selection error left cancer patient Kerry Maria Robb-Howard minimally conscious for 17 months before death.