US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the public will be able to watch Nidal Hasan die by firing squad when he is executed in Texas in December. The former army psychiatrist killed 13 unarmed soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. The UN human rights office said a livestream would be “tantamount to a public execution and would breach the absolute prohibition of torture”.

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04:23 Protests in New York after ICE agents shoot a man who was in a car with his young child.

07:58 The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Navi Pillay – a South African judge who’s been at the forefront of global efforts to defend human rights.

12:25 Toxic smog from Indonesian wildfires shuts schools in Malaysia as pollution hits record levels.

15:15 We speak to the people forced to flee Kyiv as Russia’s bombardment intensifies.

18:22 A naked gold statue of Donald Trump has been unveiled at the European parliament.

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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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Could the PM face a confidence vote in the coming days? Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog

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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