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Museveni warns opposition supporters not to 'cause chaos' in Uganda
Uganda's long-time President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday warned that security forces would forcefully shut down any attempt to "cause chaos" after his re-election. "Nobody is going to cause chaos here, because whoever tries to, we will break him, because it's no joke," Museveni told reporters at the national vote counting centre outside of the capital Kampala. "There is nobody who is above us in knowing how to handle guns. There is nobody who is above us in fighting," the president said. David Rubongoya, the secretary general of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party of opposition candidate B...
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Palestinians to elect new president in July in first vote since 2006
Palestinian voters will go to the polls at the end of July to elect a new president for the first time in 15 years. The voting date was set for July 31, according to a decree signed by incumbent Mahmoud Abbas on Friday evening. A parliamentary election was also scheduled for May 22. Voters in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem will be eligible to participate. Elections were planned several times in the past few years - but no presidential decree was ever signed. A vote was last planned for around the end of 2019, when Abbas made it dependent on Israel's permission to hold it in East ...
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Trump denounces Capitol violence as calls for his ouster grow
Outgoing US President Donald Trump said he was "outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem" after a group of his supporters stormed the Capitol and forced a halt to a Congressional joint sitting. The statement came as calls for his ouster grew on Thursday and members of his administration quit in the wake of a tumultuous 24 hours in Washington that also saw lawmakers finally confirm incoming president Joe Biden's election victory. Trump did not acknowledge his role in riling up his supporters with with baseless allegations of election fraud and encouraging them to march to the Capitol. H...
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Capitol Police say officer has died from riot injuries
A police officer who was injured while responding to pro-Donald Trump protesters storming the US Capitol has died, according to US Capitol Police. The officer was responding to the riots on Wednesday and was injured while "physically engaging" with protesters, US Capitol Police said in a statement. He returned to his division office and collapsed, and died in hospital on Thursday night. His death will be investigated by the homicide branch of Washington's police as well as the Capitol Police and federal investigators.
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Trump denounces Capitol violence, as calls for his ouster grow
Outgoing US President Donald Trump said he was "outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem" after a group of his supporters stormed the Capitol and forced a halt to a Congressional joint sitting. The statement came as calls for his ouster grew on Thursday and members of his administration quit in the wake of a tumultuous 24 hours in Washington that also saw lawmakers finally confirm incoming president Joe Biden's election victory. Trump did not acknowledge his role in riling up his supporters with with baseless allegations of election fraud and encouraging them to march to the Capitol. H...
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Trump denounces Capitol violence, as calls for his ouster grow
Outgoing US President Donald Trump said he was "outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem" after a group of his supporters stormed the Capitol and forced a halt to a Congressional joint sitting. The statement came as calls for his ouster grew on Thursday and members of his administration quit in the wake of a tumultuous 24 hours in Washington that also saw lawmakers finally confirm incoming president Joe Biden's election victory. Trump did not acknowledge his role in riling up his supporters with with baseless allegations of election fraud and encouraging them to march to the Capitol. H...
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Nancy Pelosi calls for Trump's immediate removal from office
Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House of Representatives, has called for Donald Trump to be removed from office immediately using the powers laid out in the constitution's 25th Amendment. If Vice President Mike Pence and members of Trump's Cabinet do not remove Trump from office, then Trump should be impeached, Pelosi argued during a press conference. The call comes one day after hundreds of pro-Trump rioters breached security and scaled the steps of the Capitol Building, halting a joint session of Congress that was in progress and forcing lawmakers to hide.
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Calls grow for Trump ouster in wake of US Capitol invasion
Calls for the ouster of US President Donald Trump grew on Thursday and members of his administration quit in the wake of a tumultuous 24 hours in Washington that saw rioters storm Congress and lawmakers finally confirm incoming president Joe Biden's election victory. The Democratic leaders in Congress, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, demanded that Vice President Mike Pence remove Trump under the Constitution's 25th Amendment. The calls were echoed by a Republican governor, a Republican lawmaker and numerous House Democrats. "If the vice president and Cabinet do not act, the Congress may be pre...
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Calls grow for Trump ouster in wake of US Capitol invasion
Calls for the ouster of US President Donald Trump grew on Thursday and members of his administration quit in the wake of a tumultuous 24 hours in Washington that saw rioters storm Congress and lawmakers finally confirm incoming president Joe Biden's election victory. The Democratic leaders in Congress, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, demanded that Vice President Mike Pence remove Trump under the Constitution's 25th Amendment. The calls were echoed by a Republican governor, a Republican lawmaker and numerous House Democrats. "If the vice president and Cabinet do not act, the Congress may be pre...
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US transport secretary is first Trump cabinet official to resign
US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is the first official in President Donald Trump's Cabinet to announce his or her resignation following the recent attack on the US Capitol. "Yesterday, our country experienced a traumatic and entirely avoidable event as supporters of the president stormed the Capitol building following a rally he addressed," Chao said in a statement. "As I'm sure is the case with many of you, it has deeply troubled me in a way that I simply cannot set aside." Chao is the wife of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a long-time Trump loyalist. McConnell has condemned...
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