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Authorities in the US state of Tennessee have released dramatic phone calls that were made to the emergency services after the botched execution of Christa Pike. They show there was chaos and confusion as emergency responders tried to work out whether a request for help in the execution chamber was genuine and not a prank call, allegedly leading to a delay in the inmate being taken to hospital. Christa Pike, who killed Colleen Slemmer in 1995, was given two lethal injections that failed to kill her. Her case is now in uncharted territory as she is thought to be the only person to have survived an execution attempt by lethal injection.

06: 01 Death threats and isolation – the cost of fighting sexual violence in Iraq

10:28 The IMF says the world economy has shown resilience due to strong investment in AI offsetting some of the energy shock from the war in the Middle East

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Violence against women and girls in Iraq is widespread, but under reported, according to UN experts.

For incidents of sexual violence, there are no official figures. Human rights campaigners in the country say more needs to be done to protect women who speak out. They say threats and incitement against survivors should be investigated as crimes.

BBC Arabic’s Sally Nabil has been to Baghdad to speak to women who say family and social pressures discouraged them from speaking out, but have now decided to break their silence.

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Hundreds of women have come together in Delhi to protest against the alleged gang-rape of a 17-year-old near Delhi university’s campus.

This is one of multiple protests that have been taking place in the capital over the past week, after a string of sexual assaults and rape cases have made headlines.

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03:24 Are the protests gaining momentum?
04:51 Reaction from the authorities
06:05 Initiatives in recent years
06:50 What happens when victims report a crime?

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Floods have hit Australia’s largest city Sydney for the third time this year prompting evacuation warnings to 50,000 people.

Parts of Sydney have received about eight months of rain in four days.

Roads have been cut off, some houses are under water and thousands have been left without power.

Widespread flooding across Australia – driven by a La Niña weather pattern – has killed more than 20 people this year, many in New South Wales.

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