a lot riding on the next couple of hours for rigathi gachagua, so what has led to this point?ed as the date for can you's deputy president and we know that he will be before the national assembly to defend himself against that impeachment vote that we have immediately after he speaks to them, and a lot has been happening in the last couple of weeks. may get levelled seven charges against the deputy president —— a lawmaker levelled. he has amassed millions of dollars and he has been accused of money—laundering and he has been accused of corruption and insubordination amongst 11 other charges which he is defending himself against but it seems to have shown a rift in the political party that he is part of and the deputy president actually spoke to the nation on monday night for about three hours, stating it is a witchhunt and that his enemies want to hound him out of office and he described the allegations as baseless and that he will speak before parliament and the country over the next two hours on why he believes he is innocent and the impeachment motion has no grounds, so tha

senators in kenya have voted to remove the deputy president, rigathi gachagua, from office despite hisyer said he had been taken to hospital. mr gachagua was accused of corruption, inciting ethnic divisions and undermining the government after falling out with president william rutoh he had denied all the charges and described the impeachment proceedings as a political lynching. and us regulators have adopted a �*click to cancel�* rule — which aims to make it easierfor people to end subscriptions. the move by the federal trade commission will come into effect in around six months' time. the largest and brightest supermoon of the year has risen in the night's sky around the world. the hunter's moon — as it's called is the third of four supermoons to occur this year. these pictures show the moon over the skyline of hong kong overnight. nasa says it anticipates the moon will appear full for three days. the bbc�*s sam harrison has been watching as it light up the skies. waiting behind the clouds, something spectacular. the full hunter moon, its proximity to earth making it seem 14% brighte

the effort to oust rigathi gachagua from office follows a public feud with president william ruto.llegations as propaganda. i'm caitriona perry, thanks for watching, do stay with us here on bbc news. hello. a lot going on with our weather right now. we'll see some heavy downpours for the next couple of days, then it will turn colder. we've got low pressure in charge — you can see areas of clouds circulating around that. there's also another deep area of low pressure in the mix. this is ex—hurricane kirk — this will stay to the south of us, but it will essentially join forces with our low. some heavy downpours over the next couple of days, then the whole lot shifts eastwards, leaving us with northerly winds and something significantly colder. but in the short—term for tuesday, still relatively mild, actually, with a mix of some sunshine, yes, but also some really heavy, thundery downpours. a band of cloud and rain moving slowly northwards across the far north of england, northern ireland, into southern scotland — some parts of southeast scotland looking very wet, indeed. northern sc

it's an unprecedented move for the country that follows a public fall out between rigathi gachagua andtion, undermining the government, and promoting ethnic divisions. he denies any wrongdoing. the motion now goes to the upper—house senate and, if approved, mr gachagua would become the first deputy president to be removed from office since impeachment was introduced in kenya's revised 2010 constitution. let's turn to some other important news around the world. now, some stunning pictures of the night sky across the uk, as sky—watchers on monday were treated to the rare phenomenon known as steve. steve — or to give it its full name, strong thermal emission velocity enhancement — is unpredictable and only lasts for a short time. little is known about its formation and why it can sometimes appear during an aurora display. while auroras happen in an oval shape, steve appears as a ribbon and lasts for 20 minutes to an hour before disappearing. really gorgeous lecture there. remember, you can find more on all the day's news at our website. plus to see what we're working on at anytime, make s

senators in kenya have voted to remove the deputy president, rigathi gachagua, from office despite hisng the government after falling out with president william ruto. he had denied all the charges and described the impeachment proceedings as a political lynching. and us regulators have adopted a �*click to—cancel�* rule — which aims to make it easier for people to end subscriptions. the move by the federal trade commission will come into effect in around six months' time. tributes continue to pour in after the death of liam payne, the former member of the boy band one direction. payne fell from a hotel balcony late on wednesday. the singer rose to global stardom as part of one direction, selling 70 millions records worldwide. his former bandmates have paid tribute to him, �*saying the memories we shared will be treasured forever. # the story of my life, i take her home...# outside the hotel where liam payne died, there's comfort to be found in gathering and remembering. it was late yesterday afternoon when the former one direction star fell from the third floor of the casa sur hotel in

senators in kenya have voted to remove the deputy president, rigathi gachagua from office despite hismr gachagua was accused of corruption, inciting ethnic divisions and undermining the government after falling out with president william rutu. he had denied all the charges and described the impeachment proceedings as a political lynching. and us regulators have adopted a �*click to cancel�* rule — which aims to make it easierfor people to end subscriptions. the move by the federal trade commission will come into effect in around six months' time. king charles and queen camilla are on their way to australia for their biggest overseas trip since the king began cancer treatment in february. the visit has attracted some controversy though, re—opening questions about the future of the monarchy in australia and the debate about whether the country should become a republic. from sydney, katy watson reports. # god save the king #. for australia's young monarchists there is a lot to celebrate. the fact king charles is travelling 10,000 miles and across ten different time zones, all the while h

president, rigathi gachagua, while he was in the hospital.iation. kenyan senators upheld five of eleven grounds for removal, including promoting ethnically divisive politics and violating his oath of office. mr gachagua had fought hard to stop the impeachment. but 26 court cases filed over the last two weeks failed to halt the process through the two houses of parliament. to the us election, and early in—person voting is underway in north carolina, a critical swing state. it's one of a handful of states expected to decide the winner in november's election. voting kicks off there as recovery efforts are still underway in the aftermath of hurricane helene. the storm wreaked havoc in many parts of the state just three weeks ago, killing nearly 100 people. tim walz, kamala harris' running mate is in north carolina alongside former president bill clinton to drum up support for the harris—walz ticket. meanwile kamala harris is on the ground in the swing state of wisconsin and donald trump is attending a charity dinner in new york city. one of the k

the effort to oust rigathi gachagua from office follows a public feud with president william ruto.ffice two years ago. mr gachagua dismissed the allegations as propaganda. despite the poor weather and an approaching hurricane, the european space agency has successfully launched a mission to study an asteroid system. hera is set to inspect the damage a previous spacecraft did when it crashed into an asteroid, to deliberately change its orbit, two years ago. it's all part of plans to protect the earth from any flying space rocks in the future. pallab ghosh explains. go hera, go falcon, go spacex. on its way to an asteroid system 7 million miles away to develop a defence system to protect the earth from being hit by dangerous objects from outer space. it's to follow a nasa mission which tried to deliberately deflect an asteroid called dimorphos. nasa's dart spacecraft crashed into dimorphos two years ago. a telescope captured the dust and debris that was hurled into space. hera is on a two—yearjourney which takes it past mars and eventually to its destination. it's going to take a clo

the effort to oust rigathi gachagua from office follows a public feud with president william ruto.or weather and an approaching hurricane, the european space agency has successfully launched a mission to study an asteroid system. hera is set to inspect the damage a previous spacecraft did when it crashed into an asteroid to deliberately change its orbit two years ago. it's all part of plans to protect the earth from any flying space rocks in the future. pallab ghosh explains. go hera, go falcon, go spacex. on its way to an asteroid system 7 million miles away to develop a defence system to protect the earth from being hit by dangerous objects from outer space. it's to follow a nasa mission which tried to deliberately deflect an asteroid called dimorphos. nasa's dart spacecraft crashed into dimorphos two years ago. a telescope captured the dust and debris that was hurled into space. hera is on a two—yearjourney which takes it past mars and eventually to its destination. it's going to take a closer look at the damage with a battery of instruments. the spacecraft will come within 200

the kenyan parliament has impeached the country s deputy president, rigathi gachagua, while he was inchagua sat through a senate impeachment trial but fell ill shortly before cross examiniation. kenyan senators upheld five of eleven grounds for removal, including promoting ethnically divisive politics and violating his oath of office. mr gachagua had fought hard to stop the impeachment. but 26 court cases filed over the last two weeks failed to halt the process through the two houses of parliament. the us announced charges against a former employee of india's government, accusing him of directing a foiled plot to kill a sikh separatist in new york city last year. the us says vikash yadav, a former indian intelligence officer, was the mastermind. the us says yadav orchestrated the plot from india, hiring a hitman to murder a us citizen, who is a vocal critic of india's government. yadav is not in the us. the washington post reports the us will seek his extradition. attorney general merrick garland said... we return now to our top story, and the death of hamas leader yahya sinwar. israe