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Sadio Mane scored the winner as Senegal beat Egypt to reach the final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) – and end Mohamed Salah’s hopes of winning his first continental title. Mane struck the only goal of a cagey contest with 12 minutes remaining in Tangier, firing a low right-footed shot inside the left-hand upright after the ball broke to him outside the box. It marks the third occasion that the Senegal forward has got the better of his former Liverpool team-mate in a high-stakes international match. Both of those previous wins came four years ago, as the…
At least two members of Kenya’s National Police Reserve were killed in an explosion at the border point in Mandera. The incident happened at the Kenya-Somalia border at Point Four’s Kulun are at about 6 pm on Wednesday January 14, 2026. The scene borders the Bullahawa of Somalia. Police said the NPR officers were on duty at the scene when the explosion went off. It is believed the explosion was set up by members of the Somalia National Army who are operating in the area out of retaliation to a similar incident where their members were killed last year, officials…
A ranger with the Kenya Wildlife Service shot and killed a police officer before he died by suicide in an argument over a gift of a goat for Christmas in a village in Kinango, Kwale County. The ranger also shot and wounded another police officer and bodaboda rider in the altercation in Virungani area in the January 14, 2026 tragedy. The slain officer was identified as Constable Stanley Karithi who was attached to Kilibasi police post. He and his colleague were riding on a motorcycle along Nyango-Kilibasi road when they met the assailant also in the company of another ranger…
The State Department is pausing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries in an effort to crack down on applicants deemed likely to become a public charge. A State Department memo, seen first by Fox News Digital, directs consular officers to refuse visas under existing law while the department reassesses screening and vetting procedures. The countries include Somalia, Russia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Nigeria, Thailand, Yemen and more. The pause will begin Jan. 21 and will continue indefinitely until the department conducts a reassessment of immigrant visa processing. Somalia has drawn heightened scrutiny from federal officials following a sweeping fraud…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday backed a Republican congressman from Illinois who is challenging a state law that allows mail ballots to be received after Election Day, a decision that may make it easier for other candidates to challenge voting laws – even if they ultimately win their election. The decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, was 7-2 with two of the court’s liberals dissenting. “Candidates have a concrete and particularized interest in the rules that govern the counting of votes in their elections, regardless whether those rules harm their electoral prospects or increase the cost of their campaigns,” Roberts…
Last month, Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson penned a first-person piece about her long year as “the federal government whisperer,” receiving tips from hundreds of federal workers impacted by President Donald Trump’s transformation of the government. On Wednesday morning, FBI agents arrived at Natanson’s home and executed a search warrant. One phone and two computers were seized, the Post reported. Attorney General Pam Bondi alleged in a post on X that Natanson was “obtaining and reporting classified and illegally leaked information from a Pentagon contractor.” The Post had no immediate response to Bondi’s allegation. Earlier, a Post spokesperson said the…
The White House has defended US President Donald Trump after he aimed an offensive gesture at a heckler during his appearance at a Ford factory in Detroit on Tuesday. Footage of the incident published by TMZappears to show the president responding to a man who shouted at him from afar. The White House said: “A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response.” The heckler has been suspended by Ford, the United Auto Workers union told the BBC’s US partner, CBS News. A Ford spokesperson told CBS: “One…
Venezuela has started releasing multiple Americans detained across the country, according to a US state department official. The official did not confirm the identities or number of prisoners released by Venezuela, but in a statement called the move “an important step in the right direction by the interim authorities”. It is the first known release of American citizens since a US military operation seized President Nicolás Maduro and his wife during a raid in the capital Caracas on 3 January, to face drug trafficking charges in New York. The UN says Venezuela has so far only released about 50 people…
Sport fans can now sign up for a chance to attend the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games – with tickets starting at $28 (£21). Registration has opened for fans to enter a random ticket draw covering all events that will take place at the Games. The window will remain open until mid-March. If chosen, fans will be notified via email and will be given a time slot to purchase tickets in April. One million of those tickets will sell for $28, and about one-third are set to cost less than $100 (£74.41). “These Games belong to everyone,” Casey Wasserman, the…
The US is reducing the number of personnel at its Al-Udeid air base in Qatar, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News, which officials have called a “precautionary measure”. A statement by the Qatar government said the step was being taken “in response to the current regional tensions”. This comes after US President Donald Trump said the US would take “very strong action” against Iran if the authorities execute anti-government protesters. Iran says it will retaliate if attacked by the US. According to rights groups, more than 2,400 anti-government demonstrators have been killed in the recent violent crackdown by…
The head of Uganda’s electoral body says he has received threats warning him against declaring certain presidential candidates the winners of Thursday’s election. Simon Byabakama said he would not be intimidated by such threats from senior state officials, whom he did not name. He was responding to a BBC question about a widely shared video which shows a presidential assistant saying the electoral commission would never declare opposition candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, as president, even if he were to win. “Some people say if you don’t declare so-and-so as president, you will see. I tell them…
Joseph Thompson and two other top prosecutors in the office resigned after pressure from the Trump administration to focus the probe of the ICE officer shooting of Renee Good on the actions of Good and others around her, according to a person briefed on the matter. Thompson was previously the acting US attorney for Minnesota and then served as the first assistant US attorney for Minnesota. Other resignations are also possible as prosecutors weigh how to respond to pressure from their superiors in Washington. Thompson is a career prosecutor who, with Harry Jacobs, led the Justice Department’s yearslong effort to…