Alfred Lasteck,BBC Africaand Lucy Fleming AFP/Getty Images Rigathi Gachagu is a wealthy businessman popular in his home region of Mount Kenya Prominent Kenyan opposition figure Rigathi Gachagua has alleged there was an attempt on his life during a Sunday church service. Gachagua, who was sacked as deputy president in an impeachment trial in 2024, claimed…
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. National Guard members help clear snow in D.C. 01:29 Special Report: Minnesota governor, Border Patrol officials speak after man killed by federal agents 02:51 Reporters push Border Patrol’s Bovino on Trump administration’s description of Pretti shooting 03:42 ‘We’re having a…
Bystander video footage has captured the moments before the killing of 37-year-old Minneapolis man Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers. The killing comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was shot dead by an immigration agent in the city. BBC Verify has analysed footage of the shooting from multiple angles, piecing together a detailed…
Archaeologists in Sweden have uncovered a striking Stone Age discovery: The well-preserved remains of a dog buried around 5,000 years ago alongside a carefully crafted dagger made from bone. The burial was found in a wetland that was once a lake, a setting that helped protect fragile remains for millennia. What makes the find so…
Robert Browning was one of the most original poets of the Victorian era. He was a master of the dramatic monologue and was able to look into people’s minds like no one else. He was born in 1812 and died in 1889. He had a life full of literary successes, a passionate marriage, and a…
A war of words over deeply held beliefs erupted on the political right in the hours after a federal agent shot and killed Alex Pretti on a Minneapolis street Saturday, pitting top officials in President Donald Trump’s administration against Second Amendment defenders in his electoral base. At the core of the debate is that Pretti…
Reuters The Grinch was intercepted by the French navy on Thursday French officials have taken the Indian captain of a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker into custody days after the oil tanker was seized. On Thursday, the French navy intercepted the tanker – named the Grinch – which President Emmanuel Macron said was “subject to…
Maryam Ali found her son missing on a Monday morning in early February, his bed empty, the duvet folded at the edge,two pairs of trainers tidy against the wall. Some of his clothes, a red Nike T-shirt, a grey tracksuit hoodie and track bottoms, and his brown leather satchel hung from the door hooks. She…
Hours after federal immigration agents killed a man in Minneapolis, the top Democrats running for U.S. Senate in Texas appeared on a debate stage together and both called for overhauling Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Just minutes into the debate between Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico, which was hosted by the Texas AFL-CIO…
A severe winter storm has brought heavy snow, and freezing temperatures to Americans across the United States. The National Weather Service has warned of dangerously cold wind chills with night-time temperatures falling below -20C in some cities. Calling the storms “historic,” President Donald Trump on Saturday approved federal emergency disaster declarations in South Carolina, Virginia,…