Overnight attention fixed on Tennessee, where Christa Pike survived two lethal doses. Witnesses described snoring and breathing continuing, Tennessee suspended executions, and by evening lawyers said she was in critical condition.
That gave way to unanswered questions around the Dubai-Tel Aviv FlyDubai flight. After yesterday's emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, focus moved from the dive itself to motive and intervention, with Netanyahu calling the co-pilot radicalized and reports crediting four passengers with overpowering him in the cockpit.
Domestically the second budget day dominated. Under pressure from the Kamer and D66, minister Heinen agreed to spare small savers in box 3 and seek different financing, while the higher 2027 levy for property investors stood, to VVD irritation. In parallel, Brussels halted payments to Sierra Leone over harbouring of Bolle Jos, drawing a clash with minister Van Weel.