UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer suffered a fresh blow on Thursday after Secretary of Defense John Healey resigned over a budget dispute, saying the government is not willing to give the British Armed Forces the “resources they need.” Starmer, whose government’s popularity has collapsed just two years after a landslide general election victory, has been under pressure recently from within his own party. In a letter addressed to the prime minister and shared on the social media platform X, Healey said the amount of money allocated to defense “falls well short of what is required for defence and the country…
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Several floors in the Pentagon building have been placed on lockdown following the detection of an “air quality issue”, prompting hazardous material (hazmat) response teams to the scene. The building’s systems detected an “air quality issue necessitating precautionary measures until we determine its significance,” said Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell in a statement. “The Department is executing standard protection protocols, including a shelter-in-place order for the affected area,” Parnell said. The Pentagon is being assisted by Arlington Fire & EMS, who posted on social media that they are responding to a hazardous materials incident. Police in the building are wearing gas…
The Judiciary was allocated Sh30.38 billion in the 2026/27 financial year budget, marking an increase from the Sh27.8 billion it received in the previous fiscal year, as the government moves to strengthen the administration of justice amid growing case backlogs and operational demands. Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi announced the allocation on Thursday while presenting the national government’s proposed Sh4.82 trillion spending plan before Parliament. The Judiciary’s allocation represents an increase of Sh2.58 billion from last year’s budget and reflects continued government investment in the justice sector. However, the funding falls significantly short of the institution’s stated needs, leaving a…
The long-awaited opening of a new bridge connecting the US and Canada has been delayed yet again, according to the Canadian organisation in charge of construction. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was scheduled for Friday to honour the new Gordie Howe International Bridge, named for the Canadian hockey legend who played for the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL. “Canada and the United States have agreed to delay the opening of the bridge, taking the necessary time to resolve any outstanding issues,” said Chuck Andary of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA). Canadian Prime Minster Mark Carney said earlier this week that the…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “certainly gotten some things wrong”, US Vice-President JD Vance has said, as ties between the two partners in the war against Iran appear to have become strained in recent weeks. While Vance would not provide examples, he told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner, that Netanyahu “aggressively asserts the interests of his country” but that they were not always aligned with those of the US. His comments mark a further public admission that relations between the two allies have come under pressure of late. Recently, US President Donald Trump reportedly clashed with the Israeli…
Bakary Jaiju was 19 when he climbed into a wooden boat in the Gambia and set out for Europe. He would be at sea for seven frightening days as his supplies of food and water gradually ran out. “You can’t even sleep in case you fall in,” he recalled, now in Tenerife after finally reaching the Canary Islands late last year in search of a “better life”. “I decided to go, whether I survive or I die, because I want my family to be in a good condition,” said Jaiju, explaining why he left his wife and baby behind and…
NBA legend Charles Barkley branded the San Antonio Spurs “the dumbest basketball team in the history of civilisation” after the New York Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history. The Spurs led by 29 points as they aimed to level the best-of-seven series in New York before hosting game five, but the Knicks fought back to win 107-106. London-born OG Anunoby claimed a tip-in basket with 1.2 seconds left to clinch victory, much to the delight of a star-studded crowd at Madison Square Garden, which included Taylor Swift and Timothee Chalamet. It gave the Knicks a 3-1…
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and Katiba Institute have moved to court seeking contempt proceedings against the Attorney-General and the Cabinet Secretary for Health, accusing them of defying court orders that suspended the establishment of a US-backed Ebola quarantine and treatment facility at the Laikipia Air Base. In an urgent application filed before the High Court on Wednesday, the two petitioners argued that the government has continued implementing the project despite conservatory orders issued on May 28 and reaffirmed on June 2, barring any further steps toward establishing or operationalising the facility. The application arises from consolidated petitions HCHCRPET/E333/2026…
Security will remain tight around Madison Square Garden when the New York Knicks take on the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday, despite the fact that President Donald Trump is not attending, and some fans say the restrictions will put a damper on the fun. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the area will remain largely closed off for game four of the NBA finals, as it was when Trump attended Monday’s game, becoming a “frozen zone”. City officials are concerned about safety at a watch party at the arena after a similar party at nearby Bryant Park…
A family dispute ended in tragedy in Githunguri, Kiambu County, after a 26-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and young son before taking his own life. According to police the incident was discovered at around 6:00 a.m. when a relative left her house to fetch water and noticed the body of her brother-in-law, identified as Kennedy Kamau Kabaiku, hanging from an avocado tree with a sisal rope around his neck. The woman raised an alarm and proceeded to check inside the deceased’s house, where she found the bodies of his wife, Susan Wanjiru Wambui, 26, and their two-and-a-half-year-old son, lying…
Kenya is looking forward to hosting more United Nations agencies and has allocated billions of money to support the ongoing expansion project in Nairobi, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki said. The DP said the Sh140 billion financial allocation by the government is a show of Kenya’s solid commitment to boost the United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON) Expansion Project that the global body has allocated Sh44 billion. He spoke on Wednesday when he hosted the President of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Ms. Annalena Baerbock, who paid him a courtesy call at the Harambee Annex Office in…
Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry to the United States because of his “association with suspected members of terror organisations”, says a US official. The 34-year-old – Africa’s referee of the year in 2025 – was set to be the first Somali to referee at a World Cup finals but was denied entry at Miami International Airport on Monday despite holding a diplomatic passport and a single entry US visa. Somalia is one of 12 several countries on a travel ban list introduced by President Donald Trump. Artan arrived back in Somalia on Wednesday. A Trump administration source said:…
US President Donald Trump and Iran’s senior officials have traded new threats of further action, after the two sides exchanged strikes. Trump said Tehran had taken “too long to negotiate a deal” and would now “have to pay the price”, without giving specific details. He said Iran had been “completely defeated” and was “all talk and no action”. It came after Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi earlier warned his country would “leave no attack or threat unanswered”, saying that the US had suffered “defeats on the battlefield”. The US said it struck Iranian sites on Tuesday in response to the…
A Texas teenager accused of fatally stabbing one of his peers at a high school athletics event in the Dallas area was found guilty by a jury on Tuesday. The racially polarising trial of Karmelo Anthony over the April 2025 death of Austin Metcalf drew national attention, sparking a debate about self-defence and school safety. Both were 17 at the time of the incident. Prosecutors argued that Anthony threatened Metcalf before he intentionally killed him, while defence lawyers argued that Anthony was acting in self-defence. Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison. The young men were at a secondary…
A Norwegian appeal court has rejected a request by Marius Borg Høiby to be released from custody because of his mother’s serious illness, ahead of a verdict in a rape trial. The appeal court’s ruling in Oslo overturns a lower court’s decision on Monday ordering the release of the crown princess’s 29-year-old son pending next Monday’s verdict on 40 criminal charges. He denies the most serious allegations. Princess Mette-Marit, 52, is suffering from pulmonary fibrosis, and her doctors last week placed her on a waiting list for a lung transplant, saying her condition had declined significantly in recent months. Her…