US plans to livestream firing squad execution and other stories | Global News Podcast

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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". Also in the Global News Podcast: 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. New episodes of the Global News Podcast are published twice a day. You can

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