2 hours ago By Hafsa Khalil, BBC News Leaders around the world have condemned the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump on Saturday and expressed concern for him. The Republican presidential candidate was at a rally in Pennsylvania when shots were fired and he was injured in the right ear.The FBI has named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the…
By Hafsa Khalil, BBC News Leaders around the world have condemned the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump on Saturday and expressed concern for him. The Republican presidential candidate was at a rally in Pennsylvania when shots were fired and he was injured in the right ear. The FBI has named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the man suspected…
By Barbara Plett Usher, BBC Africa correspondent, Nairobi In Kenya, the youth protests against planned tax increases have served as a wake-up call for the Church. They’ve shaken up a powerful institution, in a country where more than 80% of the population, including the president, are Christian. The young demonstrators accused the Church of siding with the…
Footage showed him grimace and raise a hand to his right ear, before ducking as sharp cracks – a series of shots – broke out. He was quickly swarmed by US Secret Service agents and dragged off stage to a waiting vehicle. He raised a fist as he was bundled into the car. In a…
By Sarah Smith, North America Editor The extraordinary images of a defiant Donald Trump pumping his fist in the air, with blood on his face, being rushed off the stage by the Secret Service are not just history-making – they may well alter the course of November’s presidential election. This shocking act of political violence will inevitably…
President William Ruto should constitute a new cabinet without further delay, after he dissolved it on Thursday.. Following weeks of protests against his administration, the President grabbed the accountability bull by the horns and sacked all his Cabinet Secretaries, save for one, Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi. In a 12-minute speech, the…
Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru has said that the county is fast advancing towards the elimination of new HIV infections. This comes in the wake of the county being recognized for offering sustained quality HIV/Aids management services as the country transitions to the direct funding model for HIV programmes. Speaking during a media interview, the…
By Matt Murphy, BBC NewsShare Five people linked to one of Ecuador’s biggest criminal gangs have been jailed for the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio last year. Mr Villavicencio, a member of the country’s national assembly and an ex-journalist, was shot dead as he left a campaign rally in the capital, Quito, last August. Carlos Angulo,…
The Mountain Journal Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome has resigned following pressure mounted by human right organisations over how the police conducted themselves during the anti finance bill 2023/2024. Koome has been under siege following the manner the law enforcers handled the youth protestors during the anti finance bill 2024/2024 protests. The President approved…
By Christal Hayes, Holly Honderich & Rachel Looker, BBC News Knives are out for Joe Biden after his poorly received performance in the first 2024 presidential debate against Donald Trump. With November’s election bearing down, a growing number of Democrats are calling on the president to step aside due to concerns about his mental fitness. Around a dozen…
