President William Ruto convened a meeting of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) National Governing Council to deliberate on the political party’s transformation and coalition talks with the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) at State House Nairobi on Monday. Addressing 164 MPs, 18 governors, 14 deputy governors and 910 MCAs, the President, who is also the UDA party leader, said the party is being transformed into a powerful national political party whose philosophy and vision for beyond generations. The UDA National Governing Council comprises all elected leaders – governors, deputy governors, senators, MPs, MCAs and county speakers. On the UDA-ODM coalition talks,…
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Uganda’s military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba has denied claims that soldiers assaulted Barbara Kyagulanyi, the wife of opposition leader Bobi Wine, during a raid at their home. Wine, who is in hiding, alleged on Saturday that his wife was held at gunpoint by military officers who assaulted her, taking away documents and electronic items. He said the house continued to be surrounded by the military. Speaking from hospital, Barbara Kyagulanyi said the officers had demanded to know Wine’s whereabouts and had assaulted her when she refused. It comes after the recent landslide victory of long-serving leader, and Kainerugaba’s father, President Yoweri…
A dangerous winter storm has swept across the US, leaving at least seven people dead and cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes. Schools and roads across the country have been closed and flights have been cancelled as “life threatening” conditions stretched from Texas to New England, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). At least two people died of hypothermia in Louisiana, and other deaths linked to the storm have been reported in Texas, Tennessee and Kansas. As of Sunday afternoon, more than 800,000 households had lost power, according to poweroutage.us. Meanwhile, more than 11,000 flights were cancelled,…
US President Donald Trump says his administration is “reviewing everything” after the fatal shooting by immigration agents of 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday. In his comments to the Wall Street Journal, Trump also indicated that he would eventually withdraw agents from the city. But he did not give a timeframe. Protests continued in Minneapolis and other US cities on Sunday, as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz warned that America was at an “inflection point”. The facts around the incident – the second fatal shooting by agents of a US citizen in recent weeks – have been…
France is on course to follow Australia in banning social media to younger teenagers, as debate on a new law opens in the National Assembly. The law would block access for under 15-year-olds to networks such as Snapchat, Instagram and Tiktok. President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants the ban in place by the start of the school year in September. The French move is part of a worldwide trend towards restricting social networks for children, triggered by growing evidence of the damage they can cause to mental health. “We cannot leave the mental and emotional health of our children…
The broadcaster and journalist Sir Mark Tully – for many years known as the BBC’s “voice of India” – has died at the age of 90. For decades, the rich, warm tones of Sir Mark were familiar to BBC audiences in Britain and around the world – a much-admired foreign correspondent and respected reporter and commentator on India. He covered war, famine, riots and assassinations, the Bhopal gas tragedy and the Indian army’s storming of the Sikh Golden Temple. In the small north Indian city of Ayodhya in 1992, he faced a moment of real peril. He witnessed a huge…
American climber Alex Honnold successfully scaled a Taiwan skyscraper without a rope, harness or safety equipment. The building, named Taipei 101 for the number of its floors, is 508m (1,667ft) tall, made of steel, glass and concrete and is designed to resemble a stick of bamboo. Honnold is renowned for being the first person to climb El Capitan without ropes or safety gear. The 915m (3,000 foot) granite cliff is in California’s Yosemite national park. The climb was originally set to take place on Saturday but was delayed by wet weather. His ascent in Taiwan’s capital was streamed live on…
Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko will begin an official visit to Morocco on Monday, after fans from his country were detained in incidents there at the Africa Cup of Nations football final, officials said. Eighteen Senegalese supporters remain in pre‑trial detention in Morocco, where they face charges of hooliganism at the match, won 1-0 by Senegal against Morocco after time on January 18. Their trial opened Thursday at a Rabat court and has been postponed to 29 January and was postponed to January 29. The two countries have cooperative relations in sectors including tourism, energy, infrastructure and transport, and share…
Anxiety and stress do not always show up in dramatic ways. For many people, they creep in quietly. Trouble sleeping. Constant tension in the shoulders or jaw. A mind that never really shuts off, even during downtime. Over time, that state starts to feel normal, which is often when people begin looking for relief that does not involve daily medication. Managing anxiety without prescriptions does not mean ignoring symptoms or pushing through discomfort. It means understanding how stress works in the body and building habits that help your nervous system stand down instead of staying on high alert. This approach…
The FBI agent who initially began working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Soon after the agent opened the civil rights investigation, she was ordered to reclassify it as an investigation into an assault on the officer. The FBI blocked the BCA from participating in the investigation. The New York Times first reported the resignation. The agent’s resignation comes as the agency has undergone another purge of seasoned FBI agents across several states, multiple sources familiar with…
The Chinese military’s top general is being investigated for suspected serious violations of discipline and law the Defense Ministry said Saturday. Zhang Youxia, the senior of the two vice chairs of the powerful Central Military Commission, is the latest figure to fall in a long-running purge of military officials. Analysts believe the purges are designed both to reform the military and to ensure loyalty to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who also chairs the military commission. They are part of a broader anti-corruption drive that has punished more than 200,000 officials since Xi came to power in 2012. Another member of…
The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday, killing two people with one survivor, according to US Southern Command. “On Jan. 23, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” SOUTHCOM wrote on X. The Coast Guard told CNN in a statement it was notified by SOUTHCOM and is coordinating search and rescue operations for the survivor. At least 117 people have now been killed in strikes on suspected drug boats as part…
A cocaine laboratory explosion killed nine people Friday on Colombia’s Pacific coast, police said. The blast happened in southwest Narino department in a cocaine-producing area inhabited by the Indigenous Awa people and rife with illegal armed groups. Eight people were wounded. The victims worked for the National Coordinator Bolivarian Army, a renegade faction of the now defunct FARC guerrilla group. A preliminary investigation found a gas cylinder exploded while being used to make the drug, police colonel John Jairo Urrea told local media via video. “Due to human error and the handling of gas cylinders… the place went up in…
A date has been set for jury selection in the highly anticipated trial of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024. At a hearing in Manhattan federal court on Friday, Judge Margaret Garnett set the jury selection process to begin 8 September, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News. The start date of the trial will depend on whether Mangione, who has pleaded not guilty in the killing, will face the death penalty. US Attorney General Pam Bondi is seeking the death penalty in the case. The judge is weighing…
The US will offer “more limited” support to allies, according to the Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy. In a significant shift to its security priorities, the US Department of Defense now considers security of the US homeland and Western Hemisphere – not China – as its primary concern. Previous versions of the strategy – published every four years – named the threat posed by China as the top defence priority. Relations with China will now be approached through “strength, not confrontation”, the report says. The defence strategy reinforces recent calls from President Donald Trump, including for greater “burden-sharing” from allies…