At least eight dead in Kenya anti-government protests

肯尼亚反政府抗议中至少八人死亡

Global News Podcast

2025-06-26

30 分钟
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Thousands of people protested on the anniversary of the storming of Kenya's parliament. Also: President Trump's emotional encounter with a BBC Ukrainian reporter and the Scottish conman whose tea wasn't homegrown.
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  • This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Thursday the 26th of June these are our main stories.

  • At least eight people have been killed in anti-government protests in Kenya.

  • As the ceasefire holds between Israel and Iran,

  • calm returns to Tehran

  • as we'll hear from our chief international correspondent who's in the Iranian capital.

  • Also in this podcast... BBC News, Ukrainian...

  • Where are you from?

  • I'm from Ukraine.

  • Are you living yourself now in Ukraine?

  • My husband is there.

  • Wow, I can see you're very, you know, it's amazing.

  • At the NATO summit, President Trump has an emotional exchange with a BBC reporter.

  • We begin in Nairobi.

  • Where on Wednesday police in the capital of Kenya tried to disperse thousands of demonstrators with tear gas and water cannon.

  • There were anti-government protests across the country where at least eight people were killed and 400 others wounded.

  • That's according to rights groups and medics.

  • Thousands of people came out onto the streets to mark the first anniversary of demonstrations against the government and tax rises.

  • Dozens of civilians were killed and parliament was stormed back in 2024.

  • A year later,