ruto promised everything.ave been forced to leave school because i cannot afford the fees. >> the new finance act pranks up -- on petrol from 8% to 16%, creates a new levy for salaried kenyans earmarked for affordable housing, and includes a hike on food. the bill should raise $2.1 billion in total. >> ruto's government is doing the right thing at the wrong time. the money he wants to build houses with, he should use to lower the cost of living. there is no point when you are hungry. you are better off in a shack, well fed. >> the bills implementation is on ice, pending legal challenge. opposition leaders are calling for civil disobedience. >> we are starting the process of taking back power, one step at a time. >> friday, he launched eight petition to remove the president from office. more protests are planned for wednesday. >> chinese regulators have slapped aphid to company with a $1 billion fine for financial violations. the group does payment processing, consumer lending and insurance. it was set for a $3

and kenya's new president, william ruto the country's self-proclaimed hustler in chief who pulled himselfkens at a roadside stall, to the highest office in his land. i talked to him when i was in paris last week. >> president ruto, welcome. >> thank you very much, fareed. >> so you have not a difficult, but a dramatic ascension to the presidency. you ran against kenyatta, to whom you were a deputy president. he campaigned against you. you were running against -- who is for many years the opposition leader. narrow victory and the case goes to the supreme court. but everyone abided by the results. years ago there were almost riots between kenyatta and odinga. what do you think has changed in kenya that people accepted the supreme court ruling? >> two things. kenya is much more of a democracy. and people have come to appreciate that we are a democracy and the people have the final say. secondly, we ran a different campaign in this election. in 2022, we ran a campaign about issues. it was about housing, it was about jobs, it was about health, and i think it speaks to the maturity of the peopl

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president william ruto was also selected on a similar platform, but they have both faced information.urrency of kenya has depleted in terms of value, similar to the iranian currency. so it makes sense that both of them would come around this economic issue. but i am basically saying is that, one area that is often overlooked and where iran might have longer historical influence is in the cultural sphere. if you look at how the chinese,, build their relationships across the continent, as they built their relationships through economic partnerships, also are channeling cultural items, such as the learning of the chinese language, setting up of chinese schools has been part of the diplomacy. i think iran could continue emphasizing this software, cultural relationship as well. mohammed: eric, you have been waiting patiently to add your comments to what is being said. we go ahead. guest: i would certainly agree that economics and trade and commerce are certainly at the forefront of this initiative, and given that africa represents 2% to 3% of iran's global trade, there is a lot of potentia

kenyan president william ruto — has appealed for calm.even on demonstration. but we cannot be a country of kills, we cannot be - a country of violence, . and nobody should take advantage of any constitutional provision to propagate - violence, to propagate anarchy and to destroy people's property and cause loss of life. _ in afghanistan, a group of women are pushing back against growing restrictions on their rights. they held a protest in the capital, kabul against a taliban decision to shut down beauty salons for women. the participants shouted slogans demanding �*work, bread and justice'. these pictures were sent to us by the women themselves. but not long after the protest began, they say guards used a water cannon to break up the crowd. earlier this month, afghan rulers ordered the closure of thousands of beauty salons across the country within a month. more on the breaking story in auckland, and to people have been killed. a series of five or six shots were heard ringing out across the city. were heard ringing out across the ci . �*

— we're doing this with kenya, with president ruto — "in order to provide those jobs, get the renewablesen hydrogen. yeah. and they want a clean future. yeah, they do. but they're saying, "in the meantime, we cannot "industrialise our countries without using the fossil fuels "that we have discovered". i want to put to you this point — same point — by the — an international energy agency report last year, said that "africa's industrialisation," it says, "relies in part on expanding its natural gas use. "and even if it were to expand all the gas "resources that have been discovered to date, "it would only result in 0.5% increase in global carbon "emissions." a lot of people might say that seems a small price to pay. but i think the question is what's the longer—term development pathway for these countries? so another example — namibia. we're working with... crosstalk. but could you answer the question, though? because, really, if it's such a small incremental increase... they can... ..and yet, it will provide all thejobs and all the development that developing countries need, it seems quit

here is the kenyan president, william ruto, speaking earlier today.tional provision on picketing, or even on demonstration. but we cannot be a country of kills. we cannot be a country of violence. and nobody should take advantage of any constitutional provision public eight violence, anarchy, and to destroy people's property, and cause loss of life. that was the message from the kenyan president. our reporter anthony irungu is in nairobi and has more on the situation there. today, we had some ugly scenes across many towns in kenya and cities, including the capital, nairobi, where it started early in the morning where police were using tear gas canisters to disperse protesters, and the protesters would in turn use stones to push back the police. and it has been like that for the most part of the day in different neighbourhoods around the cities. and so far, we've heard a lot of people have been injured and they have been taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds. and we've also had reports that several people have been reported dead. and, most probably

kenyan president william ruto — has appealed for calm.titutional- provision on picketing - or even on demonstration. but we cannot be a country of kills, we cannot be a country of violence, and nobody should take advantage of any constitutional provision - to propagate violence, _ to propagate anarchy and to destroy people's property and cause loss of life. - in afghanistan, a group of women are pushing back against growing restrictions on their rights. they held a protest in the capital, kabul against a taliban decision to shut down beauty salons for women. the participants shouted slogans demanding �*work, bread and justice'. some breaking news in new zealand with an update. this some breaking news in new zealand with an update-— with an update. this is the information _ with an update. this is the information we _ with an update. this is the information we are - with an update. this is the information we are able i with an update. this is the information we are able toi with an update. this is the - information we are able to share so

the opposition leader raila odinga called for protests after president william ruto announced the taxases last month. this is a protester from kibera in nairobi. >> we came out on our own initiative. nobody made as protest. we are here because we are tired. if they want, they should just sell the country and everyone get their share and plan for themselves. amy: in afghanistan, dozens of women held a demonstration in the capital kabul wednesday protesting against the taliban's decision to shut down thousands of beauty parlors and salons nationwide. taliban officers responded by firing water cannons and tasers against the women before shooting their guns into the air to break up the protest. in iraq, protesters stormed the swedish embassy in central baghdad on wednesday, starting a small fire before they were driven away by iraqi police armed with electric batons. no embassy staff members were injured in the protest, which was condemned by the foreign ministries of both sweden and iraq. protesters were angered over the burning of a quran outside a mosque in stockholm last month. in egy

they called for the protest escalating his feud, president william ruto after a close election in augustsh flooding in spain washes away cars forces the rescue of motorists as flood waters inundated roads. according to local reports there, everyone was rescued, no injuries reported. >> french president emmanuel macron and his wife attend a tribute ceremony in honor of the last-surviving member of an elite french unit that joined u.s. and other allied forces in the d-day invasion to arrest norman day from nazi control. he died at 100 years old. he was a nationally known filling, met with macron as part of the commemorations for the 79th anniversary of d-day last month. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ oh booking.com, ♪ i'm going to somewhere, anywhere. ♪ ♪ a beach house, a treehouse, ♪ ♪ honestly i don't care ♪ find the perfect vacation rental for you booking.com, booking. yeah. ♪ one legendary icon deserves another. get in. ♪ the future of chevy electric suv's has arrived. see barbie only in theaters july 21st. and experience the all-new c