{"id":383897,"date":"2026-10-01T19:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/death-row-prisoner-christa-pike-survives-execution-attempts-and-other-stories-global-news-podcast\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T19:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:00:33","slug":"death-row-prisoner-christa-pike-survives-execution-attempts-and-other-stories-global-news-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/death-row-prisoner-christa-pike-survives-execution-attempts-and-other-stories-global-news-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Death row prisoner Christa Pike survives execution attempts and other stories | Global News Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/Vo1zvyHqYOk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Death row prisoner Christa Pike survives execution attempts and other stories | Global News Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vo1zvyHqYOk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Tennessee death row prisoner Christa Pike survived two attempted lethal injections on Wednesday &#8211; raising further concerns across the US about the use of the drug pentobarbital in executions, and capital punishment in general. <\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has ordered a full investigation, and temporarily halted all executions scheduled for later this year. <\/p>\n<p>The UN human rights chief Volker Turk has urged the state not to make a new attempt to execute Pike, saying the physical and mental suffering arising from failed executions is &quot;abhorrent and cruel&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>Christa Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. <\/p>\n<p>Also in the Global News Podcast: <\/p>\n<p>04:36 The US-Iran war and fears about the AI bubble bursting have put bond markets under pressure, as US borrowing costs reach their highest level since 2002<br \/>\n07:21 Dozens of people are reportedly killed in the latest fighting in Ethiopia&#8217;s Tigray region<br \/>\n09:39 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praises the heroism of the passengers and crew who stopped a co-pilot&#8217;s attempt to crash a Flydubai flight to Israel &#8211; but questions remain about security<br \/>\n11:58 On World Sake Day, we look at why sales of Japan\u2019s national drink have plummeted <\/p>\n<p>The Global News Podcast brings you the best of the BBC\u2019s news coverage and analysis from around the world. 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