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A Tennessee judge ordered officials to preserve all evidence from the botched execution of Christa Pike, including physical evidence, documents, communications and surveillance video. Lawyers said Pike was angry and confused after waking in hospital; she had been considered brain dead on Monday night and was expected to have life support removed, but woke and began talking on Tuesday. Her lawyers are focused on her recovery, want the governor to commute her sentence to life in prison, and have asked for her shackles to be removed; a reporter said Pike is awake, conscious and talking, cannot move her hands or arms, and has severe swelling, while the victim's mother says the state failed her and owes an apology. Prime Minister Andy Burnham was due to meet German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on his first official visit to Germany as prime minister, with talks on cyber security threats and sabotage and deeper cooperation against rising hybrid threats from Russia; Germany last month accused Russia of launching a drone fitted with explosives at Leipzig Halle Airport. Burnham had told the Labour conference he wanted options for a closer EU relationship later this year, including eventually rejoining, and France's finance minister said Britain could come back any time. In Spain, 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal, whose forced eviction after a rent increase made her a symbol of the housing crisis, died in hospital; her case led Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to call a snap general election after housing reforms failed, and vigils were held in Madrid and other cities. The Tenants' Union said it was a shame she did not die at home and that an offer to return home from the company that evicted her came too late.

A new WWF report said the recovery of Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna, tigers, green turtles and some elephant populations shows conservation can work, but warned these successes are fragile. It said 36,000 tracked animal populations have declined by three quarters since 1970, with extinction rates and habitat loss still rising. WWF's chief scientist cited habitat destruction from agriculture, overharvesting and illegal poaching, and climate change from fossil fuels, while bluefin recovery involved slashed quotas, protected spawning grounds, consumer and industry boycotts and catch-and-release fishing. Nearly a year after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, most of Gaza remains destroyed and no reconstruction has begun because of a deadlock; Israel says it will not withdraw until Hamas disarms, while Hamas says it will not hand over weapons until Israel stops aggression. Israel blocks international journalists from Gaza, and a report with journalists inside said more than 1,400 people have been killed since the ceasefire, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, at least four of five buildings are damaged or destroyed, hospitals lack critical equipment and two babies were placed in one incubator due to overcapacity.

Indonesia is facing one of its worst wildfire seasons, with about one million hectares burned and smoke drifting across Southeast Asia, bringing unhealthy pollution to parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. In Singapore, where more than 300,000 fans were expected for the F1 Grand Prix, the haze made the city briefly the world's most polluted major city, air quality was in the unhealthy range and worsening, and F1 organisers said the race would go ahead as planned despite concerns about prolonged exposure, especially for drivers. A documentary shot in 1972 and only recently assembled, Once Upon a Time in Harlem, was screened at the New York Film Festival and touted as a possible Oscar contender. It captures a four-hour cocktail party at Duke Ellington's New York townhouse attended by leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance, filmed by William Greaves before his death and completed by his son David and granddaughter Liani. Those involved said it has contemporary relevance and serves as a permanent record of the movement, featuring figures including Aaron Douglas, Arna Bontemps and Regina Andrews.