Paphos

Police in Worcestershire have launched an investigation after an 11-year-old girl was found dead in a park, with Merseyside Police separately attending an unexpected death in Oxton. Elsewhere, courts in Cyprus are hearing evidence over a child's fatal hotel fall in Paphos, Tennessee's execution of Christa Pike draws criticism, and the WHO has commented on a death at a Russian plague lab.

A two-year-old boy died after falling from a window in Paphos, Cyprus, in a case now before the courts. Prosecutors were told the child's father believed the window was closed when he allowed the boy near it, but it was actually open. The inquest-style hearing is examining whether negligence led to the toddler's fatal fall.