October 19, 2026
US
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Trump carried the midterm fight into deep-red territory, rallying in Kansas where farm discontent over harvest costs threatened GOP loyalty, unveiling an $8 billion fuel relief program and using France's riots as a warning about immigration. Editors mapped vulnerability beyond Kansas to tight House races in deep-red districts, a tightening Texas Senate contest between Talarico and Paxton fueled by Latino enthusiasm, and Democratic money in Michigan.
Federal voting scrutiny intensified, with the DOJ charging 28 in California over unlawful voting and moves to block 20,000 alleged noncitizen ballots.
Foreign policy bled into the campaign as bipartisan backlash grew over Trump's waiver of Russia sanctions and delayed Patriot missiles for Ukraine, with reports of worsening Trump-Zelenskyy distrust.
France imposed curfews after weekend looting, which Trump and Vance attributed to mass immigration.
Federal voting scrutiny intensified, with the DOJ charging 28 in California over unlawful voting and moves to block 20,000 alleged noncitizen ballots.
Foreign policy bled into the campaign as bipartisan backlash grew over Trump's waiver of Russia sanctions and delayed Patriot missiles for Ukraine, with reports of worsening Trump-Zelenskyy distrust.
France imposed curfews after weekend looting, which Trump and Vance attributed to mass immigration.
Israel
•19.10.2026
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Overnight coverage stayed with the Taybeh fallout, reporting a Shin Bet-police dawn sweep that detained 10 settlers over the assaults on the American photographer and European diplomats. Defense Minister Katz said Jewish rioters were a police matter and would not restore administrative detention, drawing right-wing anger.
By midday attention turned to election security, with Chief of Staff Zamir ordering a leave freeze from Thursday through next Tuesday's vote and deploying reinforcements to the West Bank. Netanyahu, from an airbase, warned enemies against testing Israel as Iran and the U.S. traded threats and Washington cautioned Beirut against Hezbollah entry.
From early afternoon Gantz's announcement took over front pages. Citing sub-threshold polls, the Blue and White leader said he would sit out the vote and take responsibility for failing to persuade voters, shifting pressure to Winter and Hendel as new polls showed larger parties gaining and a joint Trump-Netanyahu campaign clip circulated.
By midday attention turned to election security, with Chief of Staff Zamir ordering a leave freeze from Thursday through next Tuesday's vote and deploying reinforcements to the West Bank. Netanyahu, from an airbase, warned enemies against testing Israel as Iran and the U.S. traded threats and Washington cautioned Beirut against Hezbollah entry.
From early afternoon Gantz's announcement took over front pages. Citing sub-threshold polls, the Blue and White leader said he would sit out the vote and take responsibility for failing to persuade voters, shifting pressure to Winter and Hendel as new polls showed larger parties gaining and a joint Trump-Netanyahu campaign clip circulated.
Germany
•19.10.2026
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•3 days ago
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Overnight French unrest carried over from the burning of Limoges town hall, with editors describing overwhelmed police, looting of luxury stores in Marseille and arson. By midday the focus moved from scenes to state response, as papers reported planned curfews for minors in northern cities, harsh punishments and Macron's pledge of severity, while Welt, FAZ and Bild debated failed integration, loss of legitimacy and an armed alliance.
By late afternoon attention returned to Berlin, following the red-green-red exploratory agreement. The SPD state board and then the Greens voted to enter formal coalition talks, shifting coverage to the contents of the paper, above all the Vergesellschaftung paragraph for up to 160,000 flats and a proposed voting right without German passport, which Welt, Spiegel and jurists cited as legally and fiscally unworkable.
By late afternoon attention returned to Berlin, following the red-green-red exploratory agreement. The SPD state board and then the Greens voted to enter formal coalition talks, shifting coverage to the contents of the paper, above all the Vergesellschaftung paragraph for up to 160,000 flats and a proposed voting right without German passport, which Welt, Spiegel and jurists cited as legally and fiscally unworkable.
France
•19.10.2026
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Two days after the October 17 riots, the executive tried to regain control. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez admitted a loss of control and lack of anticipation, offered his resignation, which Emmanuel Macron refused, while Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin conceded the state had failed.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu convened a crisis cell at Matignon and asked prefects to impose partial, localized curfews from Monday evening, alongside a massive judicial operation and a support fund for around 3,000 damaged shops. By evening curfews took effect in Lille and other northern communes, then in Paris around République and Les Halles, Lyon and Nice, with Marseille banning demonstrations.
Attention shifted to punishment, with 2,513 placed in custody and first alleged looters appearing in court, as mayors denounced the sacking and a gilets jaunes coordination called for an acte II on October 24.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu convened a crisis cell at Matignon and asked prefects to impose partial, localized curfews from Monday evening, alongside a massive judicial operation and a support fund for around 3,000 damaged shops. By evening curfews took effect in Lille and other northern communes, then in Paris around République and Les Halles, Lyon and Nice, with Marseille banning demonstrations.
Attention shifted to punishment, with 2,513 placed in custody and first alleged looters appearing in court, as mayors denounced the sacking and a gilets jaunes coordination called for an acte II on October 24.
Lebanon
•19.10.2026
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Editors kept the Oct. 20 Lebanese-Israeli military meeting in Tampa as the organizing story. L'Orient-Le Jour reported direct Beirut–Tel Aviv coordination as Israel's condition, Lebanon24 noted no sign of Israeli responsiveness to Lebanese demands, and Naharnet carried Netanyahu's statement that he did not trust Beirut to disarm Hezbollah. Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad rejected direct talks as legitimizing occupation, with other party MPs warning of political explosion over U.S. dictates.
President Aoun chaired a security chiefs meeting in Baabda ordering strict enforcement, a ban on armed displays and confiscation of weapons, as outlets debated the state's confrontation test with Hezbollah.
The Fanar–Zoaitrieh tunnel scare deflated, with the army and municipality describing it as gold digging with no military use.
Israeli shelling, incursions and drones in the south continued, feeding warnings of a post-UNIFIL vacuum.
President Aoun chaired a security chiefs meeting in Baabda ordering strict enforcement, a ban on armed displays and confiscation of weapons, as outlets debated the state's confrontation test with Hezbollah.
The Fanar–Zoaitrieh tunnel scare deflated, with the army and municipality describing it as gold digging with no military use.
Israeli shelling, incursions and drones in the south continued, feeding warnings of a post-UNIFIL vacuum.
Ukraine
•19.10.2026
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Overnight Russia fired 16 ballistic missiles at Kyiv, killing a 21-year-old woman and injuring eight, damaging a metro station on the left bank, a 25-storey tower, a mall, a Datagroup data centre and a medical facility, with additional hits on energy infrastructure in the west. Zelensky said Washington again gave no warning and complained of continued Starlink throttling and delayed Patriot deliveries, later raising both issues with a bipartisan congressional delegation.
By afternoon a Russian drone hit a park in Nova Vodolaha in Kharkiv region, killing six including two or three children and wounding 15. Zelensky called the attack an absolute atrocity and urged the US not to lift sanctions.
Diplomacy hardened around a WSJ report that Putin sought a meeting with Trump and Xi to settle Ukraine without Kyiv. Trump confirmed planning such talks and said Zelensky did not want to stop the war.
By afternoon a Russian drone hit a park in Nova Vodolaha in Kharkiv region, killing six including two or three children and wounding 15. Zelensky called the attack an absolute atrocity and urged the US not to lift sanctions.
Diplomacy hardened around a WSJ report that Putin sought a meeting with Trump and Xi to settle Ukraine without Kyiv. Trump confirmed planning such talks and said Zelensky did not want to stop the war.
Palestine
•19.10.2026
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Israeli fire in Gaza described as ceasefire violations rose through the day from one to five killed, including two children, in drone strikes and shelling on Gaza City and Khan Younis, including a displaced tent. The health ministry put the total at 74,480 as Defence Minister Katz threatened further escalation.
The World Food Programme said it would suspend assistance for half a million displaced for lack of funding, prompting warnings of worsening hunger ahead of winter, while Israel said commercial goods entry would resume.
In the West Bank, monitors counted 20 army and settler attacks on olive harvesters, with arrests in Masafer Yatta and seizure of 182 dunams. Israel tendered 1,080 settlement units around Jerusalem, drawing a British sanctions warning over E1 and an Italian firm's withdrawal from the cable-car project. Gantz quit the Israeli election race as Likud circulated Trump's call with Netanyahu.
The World Food Programme said it would suspend assistance for half a million displaced for lack of funding, prompting warnings of worsening hunger ahead of winter, while Israel said commercial goods entry would resume.
In the West Bank, monitors counted 20 army and settler attacks on olive harvesters, with arrests in Masafer Yatta and seizure of 182 dunams. Israel tendered 1,080 settlement units around Jerusalem, drawing a British sanctions warning over E1 and an Italian firm's withdrawal from the cable-car project. Gantz quit the Israeli election race as Likud circulated Trump's call with Netanyahu.
UK
•19.10.2026
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UK papers stayed with France after Saturday's protests. Morning editions reported the interior minister saying police had lost control after 2,400 arrests and looting of more than 2,000 businesses. By midday Prime Minister Lecornu asked cities to impose local partial curfews, condemning thieves and thugs. Evening editions reported overnight curfews in force in parts of Paris and Nice, with a state of emergency not ruled out, and Italy approving an emergency order against copycat unrest as yellow-vest groups called for Act II.
At home, the Brexit question returned, with calls for the UK to rejoin the EU and warnings of a Red Wall revolt against Burnham. In Nottingham four arrests followed the shotgun attack on a police officer. The Russell Brand trial opened with rape allegations detailed in court, and late editions reported £2bn cuts to Army front-line forces.
At home, the Brexit question returned, with calls for the UK to rejoin the EU and warnings of a Red Wall revolt against Burnham. In Nottingham four arrests followed the shotgun attack on a police officer. The Russell Brand trial opened with rape allegations detailed in court, and late editions reported £2bn cuts to Army front-line forces.
Iran
•19.10.2026
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Washington-Tel Aviv alignment carried into the day, with Trump repeating full backing for Netanyahu and Netanyahu saying the two would finish unfinished work on Iran, prompting Araghchi to answer Tehran had unfinished business of its own. Rubio added that much of Iran remained vulnerable, while Trump said Moscow was refraining from helping Tehran and he wanted it to stay that way.
Tehran answered diplomatically with Russia's first ministerial trip since the American-Israeli strikes, as Lavrov met Araghchi and Pezeshkian and said cooperation would not be abandoned. Araghchi used the occasion to call Europeans partners in the war and rebuke Macron.
State outlets paired the diplomacy with deterrence warnings from commander Abdollahi and claims to Hormuz, and with celebration of the U23 wrestling title in the United States, while exile outlets led instead with drug shortages, protest-related detentions and death sentences.
Tehran answered diplomatically with Russia's first ministerial trip since the American-Israeli strikes, as Lavrov met Araghchi and Pezeshkian and said cooperation would not be abandoned. Araghchi used the occasion to call Europeans partners in the war and rebuke Macron.
State outlets paired the diplomacy with deterrence warnings from commander Abdollahi and claims to Hormuz, and with celebration of the U23 wrestling title in the United States, while exile outlets led instead with drug shortages, protest-related detentions and death sentences.
Russia
•19.10.2026
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•3 days ago
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Overnight state wires carried Trump's latest attacks on Zelensky, accusing him of prolonging the war, raising diesel prices, and urging Kyiv to send someone else to negotiate while explaining his refusal to add sanctions as a bid not to alienate Moscow.
By morning attention turned inward as Putin endorsed Mishustin's cabinet overhaul, with nominations sent to the Duma, nearly half the deputy premiers to be replaced and the finance minister elevated to deputy premier, a move the Kremlin then spent the day explaining.
Front-line claims of blackouts in Kyiv, a destroyed data center and a hit vessel bound for Odesa ran alongside Lavrov's meetings with Iranian officials and renewed coverage of curfews and arrests in France, which state outlets foregrounded while denying Russian involvement and, as independent outlets noted, minimizing the previous day's drone damage in St. Petersburg.
By morning attention turned inward as Putin endorsed Mishustin's cabinet overhaul, with nominations sent to the Duma, nearly half the deputy premiers to be replaced and the finance minister elevated to deputy premier, a move the Kremlin then spent the day explaining.
Front-line claims of blackouts in Kyiv, a destroyed data center and a hit vessel bound for Odesa ran alongside Lavrov's meetings with Iranian officials and renewed coverage of curfews and arrests in France, which state outlets foregrounded while denying Russian involvement and, as independent outlets noted, minimizing the previous day's drone damage in St. Petersburg.
Italy
•19.10.2026
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After two nights of looting in central Milan by groups described as mostly minors, Monday opened with a toll of 271 youths taken to police stations and 32 arrests and with the self-styled Movimento 17 ottobre calling for permanent mobilization via social media. Central luxury shops kept shutters down for fear of new assaults as police deployed around the Duomo, Confcommercio put damage at one million euros, and Prime Minister Meloni convened an emergency security summit at Palazzo Chigi.
President Mattarella condemned unacceptable violence by previously unseen actors and expressed solidarity with police, while the defence minister ordered reinforcements for the city and the government announced a cabinet meeting Tuesday on a decree including preventive detention and expanded military police powers. Donald Trump attributed the unrest in Italy and France to immigration.
President Mattarella condemned unacceptable violence by previously unseen actors and expressed solidarity with police, while the defence minister ordered reinforcements for the city and the government announced a cabinet meeting Tuesday on a decree including preventive detention and expanded military police powers. Donald Trump attributed the unrest in Italy and France to immigration.
Japan
•19.10.2026
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Morning opened with Prime Minister Takaichi sending a private-funds offering to Yasukuni Shrine for its autumn festival without visiting, while land minister Ibayashi visited in person. Parliament turned to the Upper House Budget Committee with Takaichi and all ministers questioned on the economy and social security, against polls showing 59% backing her active fiscal policy and continued scrutiny over the Yan dismissal and personnel picks.
Attention lingered on Yokohama where newcomer Harasawa's defeat of ex-mayor Yamanaka over the harassment scandal was dissected, with Sansei-backed Fukuyama finishing second.
Midday shifted to Fujisawa, Kanagawa where a car driven by a 77-year-old man hit oncoming cars and a tour bus, killing a 77-year-old woman and injuring 13 others.
Evening coverage turned abroad to France riots with 1,500 shops damaged and spillover protests in Milan and Brussels.
Attention lingered on Yokohama where newcomer Harasawa's defeat of ex-mayor Yamanaka over the harassment scandal was dissected, with Sansei-backed Fukuyama finishing second.
Midday shifted to Fujisawa, Kanagawa where a car driven by a 77-year-old man hit oncoming cars and a tour bus, killing a 77-year-old woman and injuring 13 others.
Evening coverage turned abroad to France riots with 1,500 shops damaged and spillover protests in Milan and Brussels.
Netherlands
•19.10.2026
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Unrest in France carried into a new day, with arrests in Paris rising from over a hundred to more than three hundred for looting. The minister conceded police had lost control and offered his resignation, which Macron refused. French stocks fell harder than elsewhere as blame over the weekend violence began, with copycat looting reaching Milan and students blocking the Louvre. By evening authorities ordered curfews in Paris, Lille and Lyon.
Storm Adam flooded eastern Spain and Mallorca, killing three and forcing helicopter rescues from roofs, with Dutch witnesses describing people trapped.
At home Prime Minister Jetten announced he and his fiancé expect a child next year via donor and surrogate. Parent company Ahold filed a police report over the Albert Heijn hack, confirming a criminal attack, while the World Food Programme said half a million in Gaza would lose aid for lack of funds.
Storm Adam flooded eastern Spain and Mallorca, killing three and forcing helicopter rescues from roofs, with Dutch witnesses describing people trapped.
At home Prime Minister Jetten announced he and his fiancé expect a child next year via donor and surrogate. Parent company Ahold filed a police report over the Albert Heijn hack, confirming a criminal attack, while the World Food Programme said half a million in Gaza would lose aid for lack of funds.
India
•19.10.2026
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•3 days ago
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Overnight coverage lingered on the Juhu attack on Tiger Shroff, with first photos of the actor bandaged and CCTV stills of the shooters and their recovered bike. By morning police tracked the three men to Kota station in Rajasthan as they tried to flee toward Delhi and Nepal, detaining them within 15 minutes of the tip. Mumbai police later said 5-7 rounds were fired from a jammed Zigana pistol, all accused were adults, and a Lawrence Bishnoi aide had contracted the attempted murder, with 20 teams formed and the suspects flown back to Mumbai.
Fresh violence in Manipur left four dead, with locals carrying bodies to the chief minister's residence.
In Delhi, a court extended judicial custody of CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das by two days for breaching bonds, transferring the trespass case to the Crime Branch as Abhijeet Dipke attacked the prime minister.
Fresh violence in Manipur left four dead, with locals carrying bodies to the chief minister's residence.
In Delhi, a court extended judicial custody of CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das by two days for breaching bonds, transferring the trespass case to the Crime Branch as Abhijeet Dipke attacked the prime minister.
Poland
•19.10.2026
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After the court's ruling on Piotr W., his defence kept the case alive, publicizing a document police allegedly overlooked and enlisting lawyers to challenge the intervention, while the police chief responded to a wave of hatred linked to the events in front of the Constitutional Tribunal. The presidency re-entered the judicial standoff, declaring there was no other path to becoming a judge and leaving further steps to the prime minister, as the Supreme Court chief's motion was dismissed as legal absurdity and prosecutor Ostrowski faced proceedings over an interview.
By evening attention moved to foreign and security matters, with Sikorski calling Putin's proposal to Trump extremely dangerous, questioning intrigues around the Nawrocki-Trump meeting and accusing the president of building a coalition and whitewashing Braun. An RCB alert about Polish aviation operating closed the day alongside the Pope's call with Zelensky and suspended carrier connections.
By evening attention moved to foreign and security matters, with Sikorski calling Putin's proposal to Trump extremely dangerous, questioning intrigues around the Nawrocki-Trump meeting and accusing the president of building a coalition and whitewashing Braun. An RCB alert about Polish aviation operating closed the day alongside the Pope's call with Zelensky and suspended carrier connections.
Spain
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DANA Adam displaced the 29-N precampaign as editors' lead. Morning orders confined 850,000 people in southern Valencia and northern Alicante as historic rainfall — over 500 litres per square metre in Oliva — flooded towns, cut classes for 100,000 pupils and forced boat and helicopter rescues. The toll rose through the day from three to four dead, three in the Valencian Community and one in Catalonia, with residents describing water entering windows overnight. By evening attention turned to the institutional response, with Sánchez due to visit the forward command post in Oliva.
Feijóo tried to hold campaign focus with his 'Contrato con España,' pledging truthfulness, pensions, tax cuts and national reconstruction while warning against French radical-left violence.
In Madrid, the teachers' strike entered its fourth day, cutting the A-3 and clashing with police at an Ayuso event.
Feijóo tried to hold campaign focus with his 'Contrato con España,' pledging truthfulness, pensions, tax cuts and national reconstruction while warning against French radical-left violence.
In Madrid, the teachers' strike entered its fourth day, cutting the A-3 and clashing with police at an Ayuso event.
Turkey
•19.10.2026
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Fallout from the billion-euro fund case moved from promises to personnel changes. Capital Markets Board chair Mahmut Sütçü stepped down and Deputy Finance Minister Osman Çelik filed for retirement, whose son-in-law had been detained, while TMSF was appointed trustee for Tera Yatırım and officials promised interim payouts to more than 400,000 investors.
Prosecutors then pressed the linked money-laundering investigation into the Sarıgül circle, seeking arrest for 15 suspects including journalist Murat Ağırel and Aylin Kotil. Courts jailed seven, among them Ağırel, after Emir Sarıgül was taken into custody a day earlier.
Azerbaijan issued in-absentia detention and search orders for seven Turkish nationals. President Erdoğan, addressing muhtars, said good news was coming from Syria and accused Israel of stirring turmoil.
Prosecutors then pressed the linked money-laundering investigation into the Sarıgül circle, seeking arrest for 15 suspects including journalist Murat Ağırel and Aylin Kotil. Courts jailed seven, among them Ağırel, after Emir Sarıgül was taken into custody a day earlier.
Azerbaijan issued in-absentia detention and search orders for seven Turkish nationals. President Erdoğan, addressing muhtars, said good news was coming from Syria and accused Israel of stirring turmoil.
China
•19.10.2026
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The National Bureau of Statistics released January-September growth at 4.6%, with the third quarter at 4.5%, presented in state outlets as on track for the annual target. Commercial and overseas Chinese-language coverage noted the split between surging exports and falling property starts.
The GDP push was brief. State media restored Xi Jinping's Ulanqab inspection to the lead with a full account quoting calls for high goals with patience and resolve, extending the previous three days' repackaging of the computing hall visit as an unlikely AI hub and lake ecology as green proof.
By afternoon the lead shifted to the Long March 90th anniversary drive, with identical installments across CCTV, People's Daily and others quoting that the people were the source of victory and old revolutionary bases were advancing on a new march.
Global Times added optimized export controls on dredger-related items effective November 18.
The GDP push was brief. State media restored Xi Jinping's Ulanqab inspection to the lead with a full account quoting calls for high goals with patience and resolve, extending the previous three days' repackaging of the computing hall visit as an unlikely AI hub and lake ecology as green proof.
By afternoon the lead shifted to the Long March 90th anniversary drive, with identical installments across CCTV, People's Daily and others quoting that the people were the source of victory and old revolutionary bases were advancing on a new march.
Global Times added optimized export controls on dredger-related items effective November 18.
Kenya
•19.10.2026
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Editors opened on the public payroll, with the state ordering vetting and a mandatory headcount after a forensic audit linked 84 staff to Sh6.2bn in irregularities. Health officials ruled out a lockdown after confirmation of a seventh Ebola case, outlining quarantine measures as India donated Ksh83.4m in response supplies.
President Ruto defended the housing levy in Eldoret, met Kalenjin elders ahead of Mashujaa Day under tight security, and clashed with Trans Nzoia Governor Natembeya over control of Kitale market, where police deployment disrupted business. Succession politics continued with Waiguru declaring interest in deputising Ruto in 2027 and Kalonzo demanding arrests over violence at Raila's memorial.
Attention converged in the afternoon on the Shakahola verdict, with the court convicting Paul Mackenzie and his followers of murdering 191 people by ordering starvation.
President Ruto defended the housing levy in Eldoret, met Kalenjin elders ahead of Mashujaa Day under tight security, and clashed with Trans Nzoia Governor Natembeya over control of Kitale market, where police deployment disrupted business. Succession politics continued with Waiguru declaring interest in deputising Ruto in 2027 and Kalonzo demanding arrests over violence at Raila's memorial.
Attention converged in the afternoon on the Shakahola verdict, with the court convicting Paul Mackenzie and his followers of murdering 191 people by ordering starvation.