November 2, 2026
Israel
•02.11.2026
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After days of speculation ahead of Wednesday's presidential consultations, Liberman announced he would recommend Eisenkot for prime minister and Lapid for Knesset speaker, while ruling out sitting under Netanyahu under any rotation and attacking Eisenkot's campaign as egoistic and costly. Netanyahu responded by publicly courting Shas leader Deri as an important partner and later offering a broad national government under his own leadership excluding Ra'am and the Joint List, which Eisenkot rejected.
Likud pressed election chief Sohlberg to delay certification pending the Shin Bet foreign-interference probe, a bid Sohlberg rejected as beyond authority, saying results would be published on time. Herzog said he would hear parties starting with the smallest and Netanyahu last.
Coverage of Trump's hammer threat against Iran and IDF alert ahead of the U.S. midterms continued as backdrop.
Likud pressed election chief Sohlberg to delay certification pending the Shin Bet foreign-interference probe, a bid Sohlberg rejected as beyond authority, saying results would be published on time. Herzog said he would hear parties starting with the smallest and Netanyahu last.
Coverage of Trump's hammer threat against Iran and IDF alert ahead of the U.S. midterms continued as backdrop.
Germany
•02.11.2026
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Two days after the 'Gen Z regelt' marches ended in looting in Frankfurt, Cologne and Berlin, the political argument shifted from damage counts to language. Interior Minister Dobrindt's attribution to leftist groups and 'chaoten aus migrantischem Milieu' drew a sharp rebuke from Defense Minister Pistorius, with Chancellor Merz promising harsh consequences and announcing tougher penalties. Papers counted hundreds of injured officers and questioned the evidence behind the migrant label, while Stuttgart debated an assembly ban.
Merz also set the succession debate by backing a woman from the political center to succeed President Steinmeier, prompting speculation over Ilse Aigner and open grumbling at CDU district level.
Foreign pages looked almost entirely to Tuesday's US midterms, warning of a Michigan defection, an Alaska name-confusion lawsuit and a possible January-6 repeat.
Merz also set the succession debate by backing a woman from the political center to succeed President Steinmeier, prompting speculation over Ilse Aigner and open grumbling at CDU district level.
Foreign pages looked almost entirely to Tuesday's US midterms, warning of a Michigan defection, an Alaska name-confusion lawsuit and a possible January-6 repeat.
France
•02.11.2026
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After Saturday's third cost-of-living marches, editors followed the post-holiday return to class. Live coverage tracked morning blockades at Condorcet in Paris, as well as in Marseille, Toulouse, Lyon and Aubervilliers, with police intervening to clear entrances. By mid-morning the education ministry counted 41 blocked lycées, about 1%, with no disruption in 75% of departments.
Education minister Edouard Geffray called the mobilization residual and said the priority was attending lessons, while Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said he would receive lycéen representatives again next week. Le Monde reported the government was considering an early SMIC rise, and Emmanuel Macron claimed fuel-price measures were working despite uneven pump prices. Attention shifted to Tuesday, with UNEF calling for a black day and the Paris prefecture banning the declared student march route.
Outside the movement, the BHV department store in Paris was placed in receivership.
Education minister Edouard Geffray called the mobilization residual and said the priority was attending lessons, while Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said he would receive lycéen representatives again next week. Le Monde reported the government was considering an early SMIC rise, and Emmanuel Macron claimed fuel-price measures were working despite uneven pump prices. Attention shifted to Tuesday, with UNEF calling for a black day and the Paris prefecture banning the declared student march route.
Outside the movement, the BHV department store in Paris was placed in receivership.
Lebanon
•02.11.2026
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Israeli threats to widen occupation if Hezbollah joined an Iran war moved from press scenarios to daily anxiety. Naharnet carried plans to occupy Tyre, Sidon and Nabatieh, while Lebanese outlets described frozen negotiations with Israel, no clear Hezbollah commitment on backing Iran, and continued strikes and machine-gun fire on southern villages including Aita al-Jabal. MTV reported fear of renewed war was altering housing in Dahiyeh, with sightings of unfamiliar aircraft over Beirut.
That anxiety was tied to Washington-Tehran countdown: Israeli preparations reported complete pending Trump's decision, Doha talks raced against war, Hormuz remained closed with claims of tankers hitting mines and blasts in Qeshm and Bandar Abbas.
A large Lebanese ministerial delegation visited Damascus to discuss security, borders and displaced persons, portrayed by evening press as yielding no results.
That anxiety was tied to Washington-Tehran countdown: Israeli preparations reported complete pending Trump's decision, Doha talks raced against war, Hormuz remained closed with claims of tankers hitting mines and blasts in Qeshm and Bandar Abbas.
A large Lebanese ministerial delegation visited Damascus to discuss security, borders and displaced persons, portrayed by evening press as yielding no results.
Ukraine
•02.11.2026
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Overnight focus remained on Oleshky, with the General Staff accusing Russia of using the six-day silence to move troops and fortify positions, a claim reinforced by Sky News footage. Ombudsman Lubinets presented the evacuation as a repeatable model, declined to disclose numbers by mutual agreement, and announced a joint appeal with Lantratova to Melania Trump.
By afternoon attention shifted to Zaporizhzhia region, where Russian guided bombs struck a school in Komyshuvakha during aid distribution. The toll climbed from 18 to 26 dead with 27 still sought under rubble, prompting Zelensky to call it a Kremlin signal after the truce.
Evening coverage turned to Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, where a crowd and medics confronted a National Guard facility holding mobilized men. Commander Pivnenko then Budanov arrived amid shots, Azov acknowledged the site, and officials promised hospital transfers and an investigation.
By afternoon attention shifted to Zaporizhzhia region, where Russian guided bombs struck a school in Komyshuvakha during aid distribution. The toll climbed from 18 to 26 dead with 27 still sought under rubble, prompting Zelensky to call it a Kremlin signal after the truce.
Evening coverage turned to Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, where a crowd and medics confronted a National Guard facility holding mobilized men. Commander Pivnenko then Budanov arrived amid shots, Azov acknowledged the site, and officials promised hospital transfers and an investigation.
Palestine
•02.11.2026
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After ten days of siege, the Palestinian liaison and Hebron governor announced a full Israeli pullout, with families returning to damaged homes amid civil defense warnings about unexploded objects. Outlets cited 537 displaced families and 80,000 students cut off from schools, while Israeli army radio was quoted calling the operation a failure prolonged for electoral considerations.
Attention then stayed on Gaza, described as continued ceasefire violations with naval shelling, demolitions and airstrikes. Reported tolls rose through the day from three to seven killed, with hospitals reporting 15 dead in 48 hours and the total at 74,609.
Detained leader Hassan Salameh's reported shooting nine times in his cell emerged in the afternoon, with Hamas warnings and claims linking it to threats by Ben Gvir. Coverage also tracked reported US-Iran talks in Doha and Netanyahu pressure on Trump over timing of a strike on Iran.
Attention then stayed on Gaza, described as continued ceasefire violations with naval shelling, demolitions and airstrikes. Reported tolls rose through the day from three to seven killed, with hospitals reporting 15 dead in 48 hours and the total at 74,609.
Detained leader Hassan Salameh's reported shooting nine times in his cell emerged in the afternoon, with Hamas warnings and claims linking it to threats by Ben Gvir. Coverage also tracked reported US-Iran talks in Doha and Netanyahu pressure on Trump over timing of a strike on Iran.
UK
•02.11.2026
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Morning editions led from Kyiv, where millions received false nuclear and chemical warnings after Ukrainian and Russian alert apps were hacked, with blame placed on enemy influence.
Attention then moved to Westminster, where Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood set out changes to settlement rules. Live coverage gave way to reports of a cabinet-forced retreat, with care workers exempted from tougher requirements and right-leaning titles accusing her of watering down reforms. The announcement followed claims of 10,000 small-boat arrivals since Andy Burnham became prime minister and warnings that illegal workers could sue bosses.
By nightfall focus shifted to Florida, where a Learjet crash near Mar-a-Lago killed nine, with British tabloids naming a tech tycoon, his family and crew from cockpit audio, as US midterm campaigning entered its final hours.
Attention then moved to Westminster, where Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood set out changes to settlement rules. Live coverage gave way to reports of a cabinet-forced retreat, with care workers exempted from tougher requirements and right-leaning titles accusing her of watering down reforms. The announcement followed claims of 10,000 small-boat arrivals since Andy Burnham became prime minister and warnings that illegal workers could sue bosses.
By nightfall focus shifted to Florida, where a Learjet crash near Mar-a-Lago killed nine, with British tabloids naming a tech tycoon, his family and crew from cockpit audio, as US midterm campaigning entered its final hours.
Iran
•02.11.2026
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Trump drove coverage with warnings from Iowa that only restraint had delayed finishing Iran and a heavy strike might still come, insisting Tehran started the 1979 war and Washington would end it, before later saying he was in no hurry and a deal remained possible without a nuclear weapon.
Tehran responded through the Foreign Ministry, conditioning any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within two days on an end to the U.S. naval blockade, rejecting transfer of 60% enriched uranium abroad while confirming indirect messages continued after inconclusive Qatari mediation. The IRGC navy claimed 11 violating tankers burned in nine days as Moscow warned of a new strike and Beijing hosted Iranian and Omani officials.
Exile outlets reported confirmed death sentences for January protesters and a possible imminent execution in Isfahan.
Tehran responded through the Foreign Ministry, conditioning any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within two days on an end to the U.S. naval blockade, rejecting transfer of 60% enriched uranium abroad while confirming indirect messages continued after inconclusive Qatari mediation. The IRGC navy claimed 11 violating tankers burned in nine days as Moscow warned of a new strike and Beijing hosted Iranian and Omani officials.
Exile outlets reported confirmed death sentences for January protesters and a possible imminent execution in Isfahan.
Russia
•02.11.2026
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•Yesterday
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Overnight outlets reported a massive cyberattack on the Emergency Ministry app sending false nuclear warnings, with some noting Ukraine's alert app was hit as well.
Morning coverage shifted to the FSB claim it intercepted mined FPV drone glasses sent to troops, alongside Shoigu's accusation that Poland and the Baltics were training cadres to dismember Russia and reports that pro-dialogue candidate Yotova won Bulgaria's presidency.
Midday state wires declared the Aleshki humanitarian mission successful, though Lantratova conceded far fewer than 750 were evacuated and a Le Monde claim that intelligence services prepared the operation behind Melania Trump mediation circulated.
Afternoon attention moved to Putin's decree obliging private data centers to reserve 10% capacity for the state, and government approval to convert frozen pension savings into long-term savings.
Evening added Ukrainian drone strikes on the Samara oil hub and Moscow, and Zelensky's accusation Russia hit an aid-distribution school in Zaporizhzhia killing 26.
Morning coverage shifted to the FSB claim it intercepted mined FPV drone glasses sent to troops, alongside Shoigu's accusation that Poland and the Baltics were training cadres to dismember Russia and reports that pro-dialogue candidate Yotova won Bulgaria's presidency.
Midday state wires declared the Aleshki humanitarian mission successful, though Lantratova conceded far fewer than 750 were evacuated and a Le Monde claim that intelligence services prepared the operation behind Melania Trump mediation circulated.
Afternoon attention moved to Putin's decree obliging private data centers to reserve 10% capacity for the state, and government approval to convert frozen pension savings into long-term savings.
Evening added Ukrainian drone strikes on the Samara oil hub and Moscow, and Zelensky's accusation Russia hit an aid-distribution school in Zaporizhzhia killing 26.
Italy
•02.11.2026
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•Yesterday
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Morning papers stayed on Kimi Antonelli's world title secured the night before in Mexico, stressing the double record as youngest champion at 20 and first Italian 73 years after Ascari, with Meloni hailing national pride.
Attention then turned to Italians dead abroad. Authorities identified the two Italian victims of the Toledo train collision — an Italo-Argentine and an Italo-Venezuelan woman among at least 69 dead — while the C130 carrying the four soldiers killed in the Brcko helicopter crash landed at Ciampino, where Mattarella, Meloni and Crosetto received the Tricolore-draped coffins.
By afternoon coverage shifted to coordinated cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration systems, first reported in Belgium, Sweden, Estonia, Luxembourg and Ireland with freezers pushed above 50 degrees. The EU described it as an attempt to disrupt food supplies. Evening editions reported cases in Sicily, Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, with Palazzo Chigi convening an urgent meeting with intelligence officials.
Attention then turned to Italians dead abroad. Authorities identified the two Italian victims of the Toledo train collision — an Italo-Argentine and an Italo-Venezuelan woman among at least 69 dead — while the C130 carrying the four soldiers killed in the Brcko helicopter crash landed at Ciampino, where Mattarella, Meloni and Crosetto received the Tricolore-draped coffins.
By afternoon coverage shifted to coordinated cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration systems, first reported in Belgium, Sweden, Estonia, Luxembourg and Ireland with freezers pushed above 50 degrees. The EU described it as an attempt to disrupt food supplies. Evening editions reported cases in Sicily, Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, with Palazzo Chigi convening an urgent meeting with intelligence officials.
Japan
•02.11.2026
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•Yesterday
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Editors opened with the Disaster Prevention Agency launched November 2, with minister Hosono urging households to stockpile three days to a week of water and food.
Morning attention also went to the resolved knife barricade in Tokai, Aichi, where police arrested the man and freed the hostage unharmed, and to Spain, where authorities confirmed one Japanese death in the high-speed collision that killed 69.
From mid-afternoon coverage converged on GMO Internet president Kumagai Masatoshi's three-and-a-half-hour press conference. He apologized tearfully for ignoring vulnerability warnings flagged two years earlier, disclosed intrusion two and a half months ago, announced executive pay cuts and full compensation for FX losses, as investigators pointed to North Korean links.
By evening reports added a Nojima leak of about seven million records and a proposal to raise five-year defense spending to 70-80 trillion yen.
Morning attention also went to the resolved knife barricade in Tokai, Aichi, where police arrested the man and freed the hostage unharmed, and to Spain, where authorities confirmed one Japanese death in the high-speed collision that killed 69.
From mid-afternoon coverage converged on GMO Internet president Kumagai Masatoshi's three-and-a-half-hour press conference. He apologized tearfully for ignoring vulnerability warnings flagged two years earlier, disclosed intrusion two and a half months ago, announced executive pay cuts and full compensation for FX losses, as investigators pointed to North Korean links.
By evening reports added a Nojima leak of about seven million records and a proposal to raise five-year defense spending to 70-80 trillion yen.
Netherlands
•02.11.2026
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The Council of State advised withdrawing the Box 3 bill as unworkable, urging a new proposal for 2030. With Wednesday's Belastingplan debate approaching, the coalition leadership conferred all day, announced an extra Council of Ministers for Tuesday and in the evening reported accord on a one-year postponement without choosing left or right, still seeking opposition backing.
From the morning, attention went to hacked cooling systems, first at Delhaize in Belgium, then in Sweden, Luxembourg and at 17 Dutch companies, where temperatures were raised sharply from around 1 a.m. Reports cited outdated connected software and a prior manufacturer warning, with editors asking who was responsible.
Police also raised the reward for fugitive Jos Leijdekkers to 2 million euros.
From the morning, attention went to hacked cooling systems, first at Delhaize in Belgium, then in Sweden, Luxembourg and at 17 Dutch companies, where temperatures were raised sharply from around 1 a.m. Reports cited outdated connected software and a prior manufacturer warning, with editors asking who was responsible.
Police also raised the reward for fugitive Jos Leijdekkers to 2 million euros.
India
•02.11.2026
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Overnight tracking of Severe Cyclone Murasu intensified through the day, with landfall forecast between Nellore and Narsapur on the night of November 2, prompting school closures, cancellation of 19 flights, NDRF deployment and evacuation alerts in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Odisha, a week after Cyclone Arnab.
Attention turned to the aftermath of the November 1 INDIA bloc rally at Ramlila Maidan, with minister Kiren Rijiju accusing Congress of circulating an AI-generated crowd image, traders claiming Rs 11,000 crore in losses, and an exchange between Amit Shah and Rahul Gandhi over SIR debate and Gandhi's claim of foreign help keeping Modi in power.
In Punjab three AAP MLAs resigned and joined the BJP, attacking the Mann government, while courts shaped Diwali week with the Supreme Court permitting certified green crackers in Delhi-NCR and the Bombay High Court securing actor Imran Khan's unconditional apology for joining an SIR protest.
Attention turned to the aftermath of the November 1 INDIA bloc rally at Ramlila Maidan, with minister Kiren Rijiju accusing Congress of circulating an AI-generated crowd image, traders claiming Rs 11,000 crore in losses, and an exchange between Amit Shah and Rahul Gandhi over SIR debate and Gandhi's claim of foreign help keeping Modi in power.
In Punjab three AAP MLAs resigned and joined the BJP, attacking the Mann government, while courts shaped Diwali week with the Supreme Court permitting certified green crackers in Delhi-NCR and the Bombay High Court securing actor Imran Khan's unconditional apology for joining an SIR protest.
Poland
•02.11.2026
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Monday opened with both newsrooms fixed on the Constitutional Tribunal building and competing accounts of how judges entered and who ordered police to act. Pro-presidential coverage framed the events as a coup attempt, citing punishment without limitation and a planned arrest of Bogdan Święczkowski, while liberal coverage quoted officials confirming the entry and carried Foreign Minister Sikorski’s rebuttal to Marine Le Pen. By midday the dispute became a policing standoff over a secret order, a written demand from the Tribunal president to the police chief, and speculation about detention and martial law. In the evening focus moved to new footage of President Nawrocki’s entry and men demanding keys, Święczkowski’s presentation of what was called a decisive document, and acting head Korwin-Piotrowska’s claim the Tribunal was already functioning.
Away from the building, TVN24 tracked ambassador resignations accepted by Sikorski and the U.S. campaign finale.
Away from the building, TVN24 tracked ambassador resignations accepted by Sikorski and the U.S. campaign finale.
Spain
•02.11.2026
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Investigation into Urda moved from rescue to systemic failure, with El País reporting Adif had repeatedly applied the wrong protocol after LZB loss and the government admitting a year-long delay in renewing the Madrid-Sevilla safety system. Renfe ordered drivers to cap speed at 40 km/h without LZB as press questioned underinvestment, liberalisation and firms cutting Barcelona-Madrid high-speed use.
Sánchez announced the government would advance payments and double mandatory aid, promising Tuesday measures to restore "broken confidence" as identifications rose from 66 to all 69 dead.
Feijóo made management the campaign axis, calling Puente "ruin" and accusing Sánchez of polling on sacking him. First post-tragedy surveys put PSOE below 100 seats, down 450,000 votes, with PP-UPN at 139, Vox at 64 and over 620,000 votes shifting to the PP, nearing a three-fifths Senate majority with Vox.
Sánchez announced the government would advance payments and double mandatory aid, promising Tuesday measures to restore "broken confidence" as identifications rose from 66 to all 69 dead.
Feijóo made management the campaign axis, calling Puente "ruin" and accusing Sánchez of polling on sacking him. First post-tragedy surveys put PSOE below 100 seats, down 450,000 votes, with PP-UPN at 139, Vox at 64 and over 620,000 votes shifting to the PP, nearing a three-fifths Senate majority with Vox.
Turkey
•02.11.2026
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MHP leader Bahceli followed up his 100 provinces call by naming 19 districts as candidates, a list that moved across pro-government and opposition outlets and stirred local expectations. President Erdogan, who left the previous evening, began his South Korea program centered on advanced engineering, nuclear energy and defense engines.
DEM Parti clarified that council members elected through Kent Uzlasisi would act with its group, seeking to calm speculation over balances in the Istanbul council. The Sarigul money-laundering file, carrying over the $350,000 claim against CHP leadership, advanced from ten referrals to court to arrest requests and then four pretrial detentions.
Late in the evening business circles reported the death of Zorlu Holding chair Ahmet Nazif Zorlu. A 5.1 quake off the Mediterranean, heavy rain and flooding in Istanbul and Antalya, and the death of a soldier in Van filled the remainder.
DEM Parti clarified that council members elected through Kent Uzlasisi would act with its group, seeking to calm speculation over balances in the Istanbul council. The Sarigul money-laundering file, carrying over the $350,000 claim against CHP leadership, advanced from ten referrals to court to arrest requests and then four pretrial detentions.
Late in the evening business circles reported the death of Zorlu Holding chair Ahmet Nazif Zorlu. A 5.1 quake off the Mediterranean, heavy rain and flooding in Istanbul and Antalya, and the death of a soldier in Van filled the remainder.
China
•02.11.2026
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State press opened with the Fifth Plenum discipline resolution, publishing Xi's explanation and full text and reducing it to lifelong cultivation of party spirit and strict management of officials.
Attention then shifted to Xi's Beijing meeting with Oman's Sultan Haitham, with welcome ceremony and signing of cooperation documents on energy, investment and high-tech innovation, presented as lifting the strategic partnership and joint efforts with Arab and Gulf states for Middle East peace.
Midday outlets carried Xi's instruction on Yellow River protection to improve coordination and make the mother river more beautiful. Outside the lockstep, SCMP reported a market rebound and a $15b asset swap after the sell-off, new cadre promotion rules and behind-the-scenes shaping of the plenum discipline document.
Attention then shifted to Xi's Beijing meeting with Oman's Sultan Haitham, with welcome ceremony and signing of cooperation documents on energy, investment and high-tech innovation, presented as lifting the strategic partnership and joint efforts with Arab and Gulf states for Middle East peace.
Midday outlets carried Xi's instruction on Yellow River protection to improve coordination and make the mother river more beautiful. Outside the lockstep, SCMP reported a market rebound and a $15b asset swap after the sell-off, new cadre promotion rules and behind-the-scenes shaping of the plenum discipline document.
Kenya
•02.11.2026
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Matiang'i accused Gachagua of arrogance that would split the opposition, with Malala explaining his absence from DCP rallies and refusal to back Gachagua for president. Muturi added accusations of political bullying, while reports claimed Gachagua demanded a 50% power share in talks with Sifuna, who took Linda Mwananchi mobilisation to the US diaspora.
Nairobi Governor Sakaja left UDA for ODM, saying Raila Odinga had asked him to join, and was welcomed by Oburu Odinga as ODM leaders predicted more defections.
Former Kiambu Governor Waititu was sentenced to 13 years over the Sh588.7m graft case and fined Sh21m, while a former Nairobi PC received three years over Sh1.35bn land fraud.
Over one million candidates began KCSE written papers, with Moyale candidates relocated after cross-border fire, as courts kept orders suspending TSC social media rules and a petition sought to block public funds for the Bayern-Ajax Talanta Stadium match.
Nairobi Governor Sakaja left UDA for ODM, saying Raila Odinga had asked him to join, and was welcomed by Oburu Odinga as ODM leaders predicted more defections.
Former Kiambu Governor Waititu was sentenced to 13 years over the Sh588.7m graft case and fined Sh21m, while a former Nairobi PC received three years over Sh1.35bn land fraud.
Over one million candidates began KCSE written papers, with Moyale candidates relocated after cross-border fire, as courts kept orders suspending TSC social media rules and a petition sought to block public funds for the Bayern-Ajax Talanta Stadium match.