South African judge and former UN human rights commissioner Navi Pillay has won the Nobel Peace Prize 2026.

Pillay has been recognised for her “efforts to promote peace and international law”, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.

She has become the fifth South African winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, with former President Nelson Mandela among past winners.

In her impromptu acceptance speech at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, Pillay said it’s appropriate she found out about winning the Nobel Prize while with friends and colleagues who support human rights.

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As the US midterm elections approach, this week’s focus is on the North East and Upper Midwest, examining the challenges Donald Trump and the Republicans face in New York, Maine and Michigan.

Michigan will be under the close eye of many ahead of the midterms, with Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, who have vastly different views, already engaged in debates on TV.

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Boris Johnson has “categorically” denied he was warned a drinks party in the No 10 garden risked breaking lockdown rules.

“Nobody warned me that it was against the rules,” the prime minister said.

Former aide Dominic Cummings says he warned the PM at the time, and has accused him of misleading MPs about it.

Pressure is now mounting on the prime minister and there are reports the target of 54 letters to trigger a vote of confidence will be met in the coming days.

Newsnight’s political editor Nick Watt reports. Kirsty Wark is joined by Conservative peer Lord Marland, Delyth Miles from Grassroots Conservatives and former Conservative cabinet minister David Gauke.

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The public will be able to watch the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.

Nidal Hasan shot dead 13 unarmed US soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. It is believed it would be the first public execution in the US in almost a century.

In this video…

01:04 – What did Pete Hegseth say?
01:55 – Who is Nidal Hasan and what did he do
02:58 – Reaction from UN to plan
03:37 – Reaction from a shooting survivor
04:33 – How would the livestream work?
06:25 – Is it legal? What legal hurdles are there
07:31 – Could Hasan appeal?
08:28 – Public executions worldwide
08:57 – Firing squad executions worldwide
09:43 – The last US public and firing squad executions

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