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

This BBC News Global News Podcast episode covers several world news stories. The lead item reports that US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the public will be able to watch the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad in Texas in December. Hasan, a former army psychiatrist, killed 13 unarmed soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. The UN human rights office said a livestream would amount to a public execution and would breach the absolute prohibition of torture. Other segments cover protests in New York after ICE agents shot a man who was in a car with his young child, the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navi Pillay, toxic smog from Indonesian wildfires closing schools in Malaysia, people fleeing Kyiv as Russian bombardment intensifies, and a naked gold statue of Donald Trump unveiled at the European Parliament.

• US Defence Secretary says the Nidal Hasan execution by firing squad in Texas will be livestreamed
• UN human rights office says a livestream would breach the prohibition of torture
• Protests in New York after ICE agents shot a man in a car with his child
• Other stories: Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, Indonesian wildfire smog, Kyiv evacuations

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 listen here: https://link.mgln.ai/GNP-YT And you can find more of our YouTube episodes here: https://bbc.in/GlobalNewsPodcast Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews