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US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking

Pike continues to receive critical medical care after failed execution.

US death row inmate Christa Pike is "conscious and speaking" after surviving a failed execution attempt in Tennessee last week, her lawyers say. We speak to death penalty experts and journalists covering the case.

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A sexual assault allegation at Cornell University in the US has put the spotlight on alcohol and drug use, consent and campus culture. We hear from two people who were sexually assaulted as students about the impact it has had on their lives.

Health officials in Kenya say they have quarantined 10 people who came into contact with an ebola patient who died in Nairobi on Monday. We have the latest.

Presenter: James Reynolds.

(Photo: A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US. Credit: J. Miles Cary/ Knoxville News Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS)

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