Pentagon Plans to Livestream Execution
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Pentagon Plans to Livestream Execution

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 9, 20261 min
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Plus: The Nobel Peace Prize goes to International Court of Justice Judge Navi Pillay. And a scrapped AI IPO sends jitters through tech stocks. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Here is your morning brief for Friday, October 9th. I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal. Former United Nations Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

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Pillay, who currently serves as a judge on the International Court of Justice, was lauded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee at this morning's announcement for her commitment to universal legal principles and her firm moral compass. The Pentagon has announced that it plans to livestream the firing squad execution of the

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former officer who admitted to killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood Army Base in Texas. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Real America's Voice that the decision to execute Nidal Hassan by firing squad was a quote, no-brainer.

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