The cruel irony of Christa Pike's botched execution

Tennessee prison authorities tried for more than an hour to kill her with two doses of a lethal poison before doctors intervened to save her life. Murderer Christa Pike remains on life support after last week’s botched execution. So will this catastrophic failure be a moment of reckoning for Americans who still support the death penalty?

Facing increased threats from China, North Korea and Russia, Japan is building its first intelligence agency, described by the country’s Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae as a “matter of the utmost urgency”.

And what makes a good political cartoonist: a nose for politics, a talent for drawing and a great sense of humour. So are these uniquely human talents or could AI replace cartoonists too?