Fix SystemError and a wasps nest of ref counting issues.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f12c6d1..627dcf4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 Core and Builtins
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+- Fixed SystemError triggered by "range([], 1, -1)".
+
 - Issue #5924: On Windows, a large PYTHONPATH environment variable
   (more than 255 characters) would be completely ignored.