The Pennsylvania police officer who received a tip about Luigi Mangione being spotted at a local McDonald’s has said he and his supervisor were so sceptical that it was the suspected shooter they exchanged jokes about it. Joseph Detwiler told a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday that tip ultimately led to Mangione’s arrest for the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York last December. Mr Mangione, 27, who has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges, was in court for a second day of proceedings to decide if evidence from his arrest is admissible in trial. His…
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Republicans have won a hotly-contested congressional election in Tennessee, US media outlets are projecting, after a race that was viewed as a test of whether Democrats can mount a national comeback next year. With all counties now reporting results, Republican Matt Van Epps is on course to beat Democrat Aftyn Behn by around nine percentage points. That will ensure the Republicans retain their slender majority in the House of Representatives. But their margin of victory is set to be less than half of what it was last time, just over a year ago, which has caused anxiety for some in…
US President Donald Trump has said he does not want Somali immigrants in the US, telling reporters they should “go back to where they came from” and “their country is no good for a reason”. “I don’t want them in our country, I’ll be honest with you,” he said during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Trump said the US would “go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country”. His disparaging comments came as immigration authorities were reported to be planning an enforcement operation in Minnesota’s large Somali community. In response, the prime minister of Somalia…
Tech billionaire Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, announced plans to donate $250 to 25 million children across the US. The $6.25bn (£4.72bn) gift will bolster Trump-branded investment accounts, which were authorised by Congress as part of its tax and spending bill earlier this year with the aim of encouraging families save for retirement. As part of that scheme, babies born between 2025 and 2028 are also eligible to receive $1,000 from the government. The Dells said their gift, which targets children age 10 and under, was intended to help seed those accounts and expand the savings opportunity to even…
Actor Dave Coulier, who starred in the US TV sitcom Full House, has announced he has been diagnosed with tongue cancer. It comes seven months after Coulier, 66, told fans he was cancer free, following his 2024 diagnosis of stage three non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, a form of blood cancer. Speaking to NBC’s Today show, Coulier said his tongue cancer has “a 90% curability rate”, adding that he is undergoing 35 rounds of radiation that will end on 31 December. Coulier explained his latest diagnosis is “totally unrelated to the previous cancer that I had”. Coulier is best known for playing Joey…
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) refuted claims that some of its personnel stole a portion of narcotics seized during a major multi-agency maritime security operation conducted on October 25, 2025. According to an official statement from KDF Strategic Communications, security teams intercepted a dhow off the Kenyan coast carrying 1,024 kilograms of methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth. The narcotics were offloaded and transported ashore under the supervision of a joint security unit. Reports later emerged alleging that certain KDF officers involved in the operation may have stolen and concealed part of the seized drugs for personal gain. KDF, however,…
India has ordered all new smartphones to come pre-loaded with a state-run cybersecurity app, sparking privacy and surveillance concerns. Under the order – passed last week but made public on Monday – smartphone makers have 90 days to ensure all new devices come with the government’s Sanchar Saathi app, whose “functionalities cannot be disabled or restricted”. It says this is necessary to help citizens verify the authenticity of a handset and report the suspected misuse of telecom resources. The move – which comes in one of the world’s largest phone markets, with more than 1.2 billion mobile users – has…
Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, resigned from his position with immediate effect for health reasons, the president’s office has said. The 63-year-old’s departure coincides with a period of heightened security challenges across Nigeria, with the government under pressure to deal with a spate of mass kidnappings. Last week, the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reported that at least 402 people, mostly schoolchildren, had been kidnapped since mid-November. In the latest sign of the insecurity, gunmen abducted at least 20 people, including a Christian pastor, a Muslim bride and her bridesmaids, in two separate raids…
Pope Leo XIV led a silent prayer at the site of the Beirut port explosion and demanded justice for its victims, as he wrapped up his three-day visit to Lebanon. He also met some relatives of the 218 people who were killed by the massive blast on 4 August 2020, which devastated a large part of the capital. Later, the Pope said he was “deeply moved” by his visit to the port and shared “the thirst for truth and justice, of so many families, of an entire country”. No-one has yet been held accountable for the disaster, which happened when…
A Zambian-American influencer and political vlogger has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for hate speech for making insulting remarks about Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema. Zambian-born Ethel Chisono Edwards, who also holds US citizenship and works as an estate agent in New York, has a large following across various social media accounts. Known as “One Boss Lady”, she has become renowned for her rants about the president over the last two years. The 42-year-old was arrested at Zambia’s main airport three months ago after arriving to attend her grandmother’s funeral. She pleaded guilty in a magistrate’s court in the…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said she will recommend a travel ban on several countries which she claims are “flooding” the US with criminal activity. Writing on social media on Monday, Noem said she had met President Donald Trump and decided to suggest “a full travel ban on every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies”. Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) then shared Noem’s post on their respective official social media accounts. It is not yet clear which countries the proposed travel ban would impact, or when it could begin.…
Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, has been released from a US prison, according to online records of federal inmates, after he received a pardon from US President Donald Trump for drug charges. The records show Hernández was released from the high security facility of USP Hazelton in West Virginia on Monday. Hernández was found guilty in March 2024 of conspiring to import cocaine to the US, and of possessing machine guns. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison. The US president said Hernández had been “treated very harshly and unfairly” in a social media post announcing…
Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has announced the removal of Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale as Senate Majority Chief Whip following a resolution by the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party.# In an official communication to the Senators on Tuesday, Speaker Kingi confirmed receiving minutes of a meeting held by the UDA party on December 2, 2025, that resolved to remove Khalwale as the Majority Whip. The Speaker noted that the change met the minimum threshold required under law and has been effected forthwith. In Khalwale’s place, Speaker Kingi noted that Bungoma Senator David Wakoli Wafula would take over the office. “From…
Four people were arrested in South Korea for allegedly hacking more than 120,000 video cameras in homes and businesses and using the footage to make sexually exploitative materials for an overseas website. Police announced the arrests on Sunday, saying the accused exploited the Internet Protocol (IP) cameras’ vulnerabilities, such as simple passwords. A cheaper alternative to CCTV, IP cameras – otherwise known as home cameras – connect to a home internet network and are often installed for security or to monitor the safety of children and pets. Locations of cameras hacked in the country reportedly included private homes, karaoke rooms,…
Left-wing Cameroonian opposition figure Anicet Ekane has died in detention, five weeks after he was arrested, his lawyers and party have announced. Ekane, 74, was among the leaders of an opposition coalition who endorsed Issa Tchiroma Bakary in October’s presidential election. Tchiroma Bakary says he was the rightful winner of the poll, officially won by 92-year-old incumbent Paul Biya. Tchiroma Bakary has since fled to The Gambia. No official cause of Ekane’s death has been announced. His party has accused the authorities of denying him access to his medication – a charge the government has denied. According to a spokesman…