An Ecuadorean man, who police accuse of leading a faction of one of the country’s most feared criminal gangs, has been shot dead as he was leaving the airport in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil. Security footage shows two young men waiting outside the arrivals terminal holding stuffed toys and flowers before one of them approaches the victim, pulls his gun from behind a teddy and shoots him point-blank. Police have detained two teenagers in connection with the crime, the latest in a widespread wave of gang violence. This latest deadly shooting came just a day after Ecuador’s president declared a…
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Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones hitting targets around the Russian capital and setting columns of thick smoke billowing high into the sky. Seventeen people were wounded in the Moscow region, according to local governor Andrei Vorobyov. Almost 1,000 drones and four Ukrainian cruise missiles were intercepted and destroyed across the country in 24 hours, Russia’s defence ministry was quoted as saying. An oil depot was struck in the southern Rostov region, where one person was killed. Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv had once again hit the…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expected to bring their two children to the UK in July, BBC News understands. Prince Harry and Meghan will be accompanied by Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five. Next month will be one year to the start of the Invictus Games. It will be the first time the duke, who lives in California, has visited the UK with his family in four years. Prince Harry has spoken previously about his desire to bring his two children back to his country of birth. It is not clear what the security arrangements for the visit will…
US officials have unveiled the full text of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding to extend the ceasefire, open the Strait of Hormuz and, they hope, end the conflict between the two countries nearly four months after it began. The Trump administration has described the 14-point agreement as “performance-based”, with Iran benefitting only if it complies with its commitments. Speaking at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains in France, President Donald Trump said that the deal will be formally signed “shortly” – potentially as soon as Thursday. Here’s what we know about the key points of the agreement. Point 1: An end…
In a move to strengthen national security and intensify the fight against crime, the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Mohamed Amin, convened a high-level security meeting with senior DCI commanders at the DCI Headquarters in Nairobi. The meeting brought together Directors from various Directorates, Formation Commanders, and Regional Criminal Investigations Officers (RCIOs) drawn from across the country to review the prevailing security environment, interrogate emerging and evolving criminal threats, and align operational priorities in line with the national security agenda. Deliberations focused on a wide range of critical security concerns, including the rise of criminal gangs, goonism, money laundering, cyber-enabled…
Kenya’s soccer-mad President William Ruto, an avid Arsenal fan, said on Thursday he had invited the Premier League champions to visit after thousands of jubilant supporters flooded Nairobi’s streets to celebrate the club’s first title in more than 20 years. The North London side ended their 22-year wait for the Premier League crown at the end of May, sparking wild celebrations across the Kenyan capital. “Arsenal finally closed the gap and it was a huge celebration. I was shocked in Nairobi,” Ruto told Reuters in an interview at the G7 summit in France. “It was a big celebration and I…
Authorities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are searching for a six-year-old Ebola patient and her mother after armed men stormed the hospital where they were being treated. The child was taken from Wanamahika Hospital, in the city of Butembo, by “very angry” men with knives, local health official Dr Lubambo Maboko Gaston said in a statement. It is unclear whether the men were known to the child, but suspicion and fear surrounding Ebola treatment centres have been rife during the current outbreak. In an interview with the Reuters news agency, Gaston urged the child and her mother to go…
Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Brian Thompson, will argue a psychiatric defence at his state murder trial, a judge said on Wednesday. According to CBS News, the BBC’s US news partner, Mangione’s lawyers have told Judge Gregory Carro that they will try to show he was suffering from “extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence”. He has pleaded not guilty in both the federal and state cases against him for the shooting death of Thompson in midtown Manhattan at the end of 2024. If a jury agrees with the psychiatric…
US President Donald Trump promised to visit India during a bilateral meeting at the G7 summit in France, signalling a thawing of relations between the two countries. Trump said it would take place “sometime in the future”, adding India and the US were close to agreeing a trade deal. Relations between the two superpowers came under strain after Trump announced his plans to impose tariffs on India last year. The killing of three Indian sailors by the US military last week further complicated the relationship. The sailors were killed in the Gulf of Oman in a strike after the US…
The leader of the second biggest party in South Africa’s governing coalition has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to sack his predecessor, one of the country’s best-known politicians. Geordin Hill-Lewis wants the long-time leader of the Democratic Alliance’s (DA), John Steenhuisen, replaced as agriculture minister as he proposed sweeping changes to the party’s representation within the government. Hill-Lewis took over the reins from Steenhuisen in April. The DA has six posts in Ramaphosa’s cabinet, while several members serve as deputy ministers, after no party secured a parliamentary majority in the 2024 general elections. Ramaphosa is yet to comment on the request…
Television presenter Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The news was announced in an episode of the latest series of Clarkson’s Farm, released on Wednesday. It is not clear exactly when the footage was filmed, but the series was shot in 2024 and 2025. Clarkson, 66, is seen telling series regulars Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland of his diagnosis, both of whom were visibly shocked by the news. The former Top Gear presenter did not clarify what stage of cancer he had been diagnosed with, but described it as “aggressive” and that a portion of…
Japan’s competition watchdog has raided some of the country’s biggest ice cream makers for allegedly forming a cartel to raise the price of their products. Some of the firms, including Meiji and Pocky maker Ezaki Glico, said this week that they have been subject to an “on-site inspection” by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) over suspicions that they fixed the prices of frozen desserts. The JFTC said it is not releasing a statement regarding the investigation. The companies are suspected of inflating ice cream prices beyond increases in the cost of raw materials, even as the country faces a…
Equatorial Guinea’s government has resigned after failing to meet its objectives, Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue said. Obiang, who is also the son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, said the prime minister had presented the resignation of all members of the government because it had barely reached 10% of its targets. He did not specify the targets but a statement by the ruling party said the president had observed that the government fostered corruption and failed to diversify the economy. President Obiang is the world’s longest-serving leader who has ruled the oil-rich West African country since 1979 with a…
The mystery surrounding bodies recovered from a suspected mass grave in Mwingi, Kitui County, has deepened after postmortem examinations revealed that several of the victims were murdered. Government pathologist Johansen Oduor said autopsies conducted in Nairobi established that the remains belonged to eight victims, not seven as initially thought, after investigators determined that a severed head recovered separately belonged to one of the deceased. The examinations uncovered chilling evidence of violence. Two victims were strangled to death, three suffered severe head injuries, while another sustained fatal stab wounds to the abdomen. The cause of death for two others could not…
The Inspector-General of the National Police Service, Douglas Kanja, has ordered an immediate and intensified crackdown on criminal gangs across the country, warning senior police commanders against any form of operational negligence. Speaking during a high-level security summit at the National Police Leadership Academy, Kanja directed commanders to adopt efficient and adaptive policing strategies that maximize available resources to maintain law and order for all Kenyans, residents and visitors. The Inspector-General issued a stern warning over the resurgence of criminal gangs, declaring a zero-tolerance approach to laxity in police operations. He reaffirmed the National Police Service’s commitment to public safety,…