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- A middle-aged man has stunned everyone after coming forth with some daring claims
- The man alleges that he was sired by one of the longest serving presidents in Africa
A distraught man has caused controversy after coming forth with claims that he was sired by a President.
Benon Karebere, a Ugandan by nationality, claims that Yoweri Museveni is his biological father.
Kahebere made the shocking claims on a live radio station, where he said that he couldn’t hold on to the ‘truth’ anymore.

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni

One of his primary wishes is to finally meet his ‘father’, who has served as president for a little over 31 years.

                   Benon Karebere

Museveni, whose only known first born son of is Maj. Gen Muhoozi Kainerugab, is yet to respond to the claims.
This is a similar incident to one in Kenya where an individual who has a strangely resemblance to Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka became a sensation when his photos hit the webs.
Although both Kalonzo and his look-alike Jesse Kinyanjui dismissed any rumors of being each other’s kin, the Wiper leader said he was ready to meet the fairly youthful version of himself.

A huge car bomb has blasted a convoy of coaches carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns in Syria, killing at least 45 people.

North Korea has warned the US not to take provocative action in the region, saying it is "ready to hit back with nuclear attacks".

The comments came as North Korea marked the 105th anniversary of the birth of its founding president, Kim Il-sung.

A huge parade in Pyongyang was held amid speculation current leader Kim Jong-un could order a new nuclear test.

Among the hardware on display appeared to be new intercontinental and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

The show of strength comes amid mounting tension, with a US aircraft carrier group steaming towards the region .

"We're prepared to respond to an all-out war with an all-out war," said Choe Ryong-hae, believed to be the country's second most powerful official.

"We are ready to hit back with nuclear attacks of our own style against any nuclear attacks," he said.

Rows of military bands and goose-stepping and sword-wielding soldiers marched through Pyongyang's main Kim Il-sung square for the "Day of the Sun" celebrations, as a black-suited Kim Jong-un watched on.

He saluted an honour guard and took his place on the podium. At times he appeared relaxed and laughed with aides.

The UN Security Council has heard sharp exchanges over the US bombardment of a Syrian air base suspected of using chemical weapons.
Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged restraint as Russia accused the US of encouraging "terrorists" in the region with its unilateral actions.

Russia has promised to strengthen its ally Syria's anti-aircraft defences.
It is also closing down a hotline with the US designed to avoid collisions between their air forces over Syria.

US officials say the base was used to launch a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians on Tuesday.
In the first direct US military action against Syria's government, at least six people are reported to have been killed.
Idlib's opposition-run health authority says 89 people, including 33 children and 18 women, died in the suspected nerve gas attack in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun. Syria denies using nerve gas.

Russia's deputy ambassador to the UN, Vladimir Safronkov, told Friday's session in New York the US military's "illegitimate" missile strikes had encouraged "terrorists" in Syria.
"When you take your own path, this leads to horrible tragedies in the region," he told America.

US ambassador Nikki Haley said America had acted to ensure President Assad would never use chemical weapons again.

She blamed Iran and Russia for standing by the Syrian government when it committed crimes. "Strengthening Assad will only lead to more murders," she said.

The UK ambassador, Matthew Rycroft, said the US strikes were a "proportionate response to unspeakable acts".

America's weapon of choice: Analysis by Jonathan Marcus, BBC defence & diplomatic correspondent
Cruise missiles fly low and have a relatively small radar cross-section so they are difficult to destroy with air defences. Russia may seek to improve Syria's surface-to-air missile system in the wake of this US attack but it would be very much a case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Syria used to have a highly effective national air defence system based on Soviet-era radars and missiles but it has been significantly weakened in the wake of the civil war and the loss of territory by the regime. Look at the ease with which the Israelis carry out strikes against Hezbollah arms convoys and weapons stores in Syria.

Russia has some of its most modern surface-to-air missile systems at its air base in Syria and radars with a huge reach but, for whatever reason, they too have not deterred Israeli strikes.

Their presence makes air strikes by manned US aircraft unlikely and for Washington the Tomahawk cruise missile will remain the weapon of choice.

Two US Navy destroyers in the Mediterranean Sea fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Shayrat airfield in western Homs province at about 04:40 Syrian time (01:40 GMT).
They targeted aircraft, aircraft shelters, storage areas, ammunition supply bunkers and air defence systems at the Syrian government-controlled facility, according to the Pentagon .
It said the base was used to store chemical weapons and that "every precaution" had been taken to avoid casualties. The Russian military was informed beforehand, the Pentagon said.
Speaking from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, US President Donald Trump said in a statement that he had acted to prevent the use of chemical weapons.
Unnamed US intelligence sources have told media they believe Russian personnel were at Shayrat when Sarin was loaded on to a Syrian jet but they have not established whether the Russians knew it was happening.
Russia's military said many cruise missiles had failed to hit their intended targets.

Retired civil servant Mateea Zefa, who lives about 800m (874yds) from the base, went with his children to look at the base afterwards and found it "totally destroyed".

"We saw lots of bombs," he told the BBC by phone. "Loads of them. It was a tough night. My house was damaged, almost all the windows broke and some walls cracked."

Houses on one side of the base were also "totally destroyed", he added.
A nurse at Shayrat's hospital, Ammar al-Khidr, recalled being woken by "big explosions" at "around 03:30 or 03:45".

Some children and other people were injured by shards of breaking glass but no civilians were killed, she said.

The dead and seriously injured were all soldiers, she said, adding that they had been brought to her hospital.

Syrian state media say as many as nine civilians were killed in the strike, four of them children. The BBC is unable to confirm this information.
The Syrian army said there had been significant damage to the base.

The US has led a coalition carrying out air strikes against jihadist groups in Syria since 2014 but this is the first time it has targeted government forces.
President Trump previously spoke out against US military involvement in Syria, instead calling for a greater focus on domestic interests.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
signalled a sudden shift in policy on Thursday, saying that Bashar al-Assad should have no role in a future Syria.


Russia says it has formally notified the Pentagon that as of 21:00 GMT on Friday their air force hotline for Syrian airspace will close down.
It also sent a frigate armed with cruise missiles, the Admiral Grigorovich, from the Black Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean on Friday, in what may be a routine move.

What do we know about the chemical 'attack'?
Hundreds suffered symptoms consistent with reaction to a nerve agent.
The White House believes the attack was launched from the Shayrat airfield.
Russia said a Syrian air strike had hit a rebel depot containing chemical weapons.
However, experts are sceptical about Russia's explanation.

MPs have warned about the UK and the EU failing to reach a Brexit agreement, urging the government to work out how much "no deal" would cost.

The Brexit committee said ministers' claim that "no deal is better than a bad deal" was "unsubstantiated" until an economic assessment was published.
But the report divided the cross-party committee, with some members saying it was too pessimistic about Brexit.
The government said it was "preparing for all potential outcomes".

Prime Minister Theresa May has formally triggered Brexit using Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, with the UK due to leave in March 2019.
The Brexit committee's report assesses the government's objectives for the negotiations that are to come over the next two years, as set out in a white paper in February.
'Informed position'
A total of 12 principles were set out, including migration control and "taking control of our own laws".

The report said it was important to avoid no deal being reached, saying: "The government has talked about walking away from a bad deal, but has not yet explained what terms would be demonstrably worse for the UK than 'no deal'."

It called for a "thorough assessment of the economic, legal and other implications" to be published, adding: "Without an economic assessment of 'no deal' having been done and without evidence that steps are being taken to mitigate what would be the damaging effect of such an outcome, the government's assertion that 'no deal is better than a bad deal' is unsubstantiated.
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The MPs said it said it was "essential" for Parliament to get a vote on whether to proceed if no deal was reached.
Labour MP Hilary Benn, who chairs the committee, said the government was right to push for both negotiations on a new trade deal and separation talks to take place at the same time.
But he said ministers had to be prepared for "the worst case", given the "particularly tight" timescale.

'Skewed and partisan'
The committee said it was possible that the current "convergence" between the UK and EU would mean talks could move more quickly than previous negotiations, but added: "It is not yet evident, however, that the two-year timetable for achieving this is realistic."
The report looks at different aspects of the EU talks, saying the status of EU nationals "cannot be left unresolved" until the end of talks and warning new migration controls should not damage the economy.

It also says the government has to recognise "differences in the negotiating priorities of the different parts of the UK".

Some MPs walked out of a private meeting of the committee as the report was being finalised, saying it was too "gloomy", and six MPs voted against it, with 10 backing its publication.

Five Conservatives - including former ministers John Whittingdale and Dominic Raab - and Democratic Unionist Sammy Wilson voted against the report, but were outnumbered by 10 Labour, Tory, Liberal Democrat, SNP and SDLP committee members, all of whom backed Remain in last year's referendum.

Mr Whittingdale said he thought the report was "unduly negative" and had "very much concentrated on the problems without really recognising the opportunities" of Brexit, and Mr Raab added: "The report was rushed, skewed and partisan. After two reports that had strong support, it's regrettable that this one split the committee.

"That undermines its credibility and influence, but I hope and expect the committee will learn the right lessons as we move forward."

But Lib Dem committee member Alistair Carmichael said the report was "a devastating critique of the shambles that is the Conservative Brexit strategy".
Brexit Secretary David Davis said: "We are confident that such an outcome is in the interests of both sides.

However, a responsible government should prepare for all potential outcomes, including the unlikely scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached, and that is exactly what we are doing.
"We have also been analysing the impact of different scenarios on different sectors of the economy.

"We are clear that no deal is not what we want or expect, but that it would be better than a deal which sought to punish the UK."

The parents of a toddler who drowned in a bath have been found guilty of manslaughter.

Lisa Passey, 28, and her former partner Wayne Dale, 45, left 13-month-old Kian Dale and a two-year-old child alone while the pair entertained a friend, a court heard.

Earlier, Passey told Worcester Crown Court she had been "stupid" to leave Kian unsupervised for 15 minutes.
Passey, from Tenbury Wells, and Dale, will be sentenced on 25 April.
They were also found guilty of child cruelty with wilful neglect.

Kian Dale had been left in an upstairs bath seat in the couple's home in Kyreside, Tenbury Wells, on 26 September, 2015, Worcester Crown Court was told.

Passey was with a friend downstairs while Dale was "socialising" and "using his computer".
When he went upstairs to check on Kian he had drowned.

Prosecutors said Passey and her friend had been drinking coffee and smoking outside.
After Kian was discovered lifeless in the water, Passey dialled 999 telling the operator her baby had "drowned in the bath".

The court heard Dale, of no fixed address, told police officers he "had a beer, rolled a cigarette outside and burned a CD" and that he had only left his son for "a couple of minutes".

A post-mortem examination found the child's death was consistent with drowning, including what was believed to be soap bubbles in his lungs.
Ms Passey, of Tenbury Wells, initially claimed she had not run a bath, but twice changed her account, the prosecutor alleged.

Prime Minister Theresa May has laughed off journalists' questions about going to war with Spain following the Gibraltar Brexit row.

Mrs May said her approach to negotiations was "definitely jaw jaw".
On Sunday ex-Tory leader Lord Howard said the PM would defend Gibraltar in the same way as Margaret Thatcher defended the Falklands in the 1982 war.

Spain's foreign minister said his government was "surprised by the tone of comments coming out of Britain".
"It seems someone is losing their cool," Alfonso Dastis told a conference in Madrid.

The current row was sparked by draft Brexit negotiating guidelines published by the EU last Friday saying any decisions affecting Gibraltar would be run past Spain.
The guidelines said: "After the United Kingdom leaves the Union, no agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom may apply to the territory of Gibraltar without the agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and the United Kingdom."

Speaking to reporters on a flight to Jordan, Mrs May was asked if - borrowing from a phase used by Winston Churchill - Britain's approach should be described as "jaw jaw, not war war".

"It's definitely jaw jaw," replied the PM, who laughed when asked to rule out a war with Spain.
"What we are doing, with all EU countries in the EU is sitting down and talking to them," she said.

"We're going to be talking to them about getting the best possible deal for the UK and for those countries - Spain included."
Mrs May said British policy on Gibraltar had not, and would not, change.
Gibraltar: key facts
Gibraltarians are British citizens but they run their own affairs under a chief minister
The territory is self-governing in all matters - including taxation - except foreign policy and defence, which are dealt with by the UK government
Despite its small size, Gibraltar is strategically important, standing only 12 miles from the north coast of Africa. It has a UK military base, including a port and airstrip
Gibraltar's chief minister Fabian Picardo said: "Gibraltar is not a bargaining chip in these negotiations. Gibraltar belongs to the Gibraltarians and we want to stay British."
Mr Picardo urged European Council President Donald Tusk to remove the reference to Gibraltar.

"Mr Tusk, who has been given to using the analogies of the divorce and divorce petition, is behaving like a cuckolded husband who is taking it out on the children," he said.

The EU's guidelines followed a letter from Mrs May formally triggering Brexit talks, which did not mention Gibraltar directly.

Lord Howard raised the spectre of military action, saying that 35 years ago, "another woman prime minister sent a taskforce halfway across the world to protect another small group of British people against another Spanish-speaking country.

"And I'm absolutely clear that our current woman prime minister will show the same resolve in relation to Gibraltar as her predecessor did."

After Argentina invaded the Falklands in 1982, Margaret Thatcher sent a task force to reclaim the islands, in the South Atlantic.
An estimated 655 Argentine and 255 British servicemen lost their lives in the fighting that followed.

Former Labour foreign secretary Jack Straw, whose 2002 referendum asking Gibraltarians if they wanted Britain to share sovereignty with Spain was rejected by 99% to 1%, dismissed the threat of military action as "frankly absurd and reeks of 19th century jingoism", adding that Britain leaving the EU would result in "all sorts of problems" popping up.

"For the Spanish, Gibraltar is an affront to their sense of national identity and their sense of sovereignty - it's a bit like having a part of Dover owned by Spain," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Mr Straw said while Britain was in the EU "we held equal cards with Spain", but once it left, the situation would be reversed, with the 27 EU nations "holding the cards".

Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said of Lord Howard's comments: "In only a few days the Conservative right are turning long-term allies into potential enemies."
But Brexit Secretary David Davis, in Spain for meetings with members of its government, said Lord Howard was expressing the "resolve" of the UK in supporting the sovereignty of Gibraltar. He made it clear any talk of Falklands style taskforces "wasn't going to happen".

Former Labour minister Lord Foulkes used House of Lords' question time to ask why Gibraltar had not been mentioned in Mrs May's letter to the EU last week, which triggered the start of Brexit negotiations.

Foreign Office Minister Baroness Anelay of St John's replied, saying the government took the matter "so seriously" it did not want to mention just one aspect of the negotiations in a letter that set out general principles which all applied to Gibraltar.

Spain has long contested Britain's 300 year-rule of Gibraltar, which has a population of about 30,000.

Democrats have enough votes to use a tactic called a filibuster to thwart President Trump's Supreme Court nominee.

Four more Senate Democrats said they would use the procedural roadblock on the nomination of Neil Gorsuch, giving the party the 41 votes they need.
Republicans may then resort to the so-called "nuclear option", changing the rules to ram through their nominee.
The nomination went through committee on Monday.

The stage is now set for a showdown on Friday when it goes to the full Senate.
The standoff could leave Congress even more plagued by bitter gridlock.
Many Democrats say Mr Gorsuch has shown he is too prone to favouring corporations to earn their support.

Republicans control the Senate chamber by 52 to 48, but need 60 votes to overcome a Democratic filibuster.
But changing the rules means they can overcome the obstruction without 60 votes.


Step towards doomsday? - Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington
Depending on whom you ask, the US government on Monday will move one step closer to doomsday, or one step closer to preserving a conservative majority on the US Supreme Court.

The near certain approval of Judge Neil Gorsuch by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday sets up a high-stakes partisan showdown later in the week, when Senate Republicans will likely vote to confirm Mr Gorsuch, even if it means abandoning the long-held Senate filibuster rule.
Senate Democrats, prodded by the anti-Trump anger of their base, appear to have the votes to support a filibuster.

Republicans, wary of a protracted battle with no obvious endgame, seem determined to confirm Mr Gorsuch with a simple majority - the so-called "nuclear option"
If this particular doomsday comes to pass, all that will be left of the once potent filibuster rule is a 40-vote Senate minority's ability to block major legislation - and there are some Republicans clamouring for a change there, as well.

The filibuster was considered a tool to promote bipartisanship in the Senate, allowing the minority to have input on lawmaking and judicial and executive branch staffing. In today's hyper-partisan environment, however, such sensibilities seem increasingly quaint.
The full Senate chamber is expected to vote on Friday after three days of debate.

At Monday's hearing, California Democrat Dianne Feinstein attacked the nominee's rulings in cases involving a sacked truck driver and an autistic child.

Mr Gorsuch sided with a haulage firm that sacked an Illinois driver after he left a trailer in 2009 when its brakes seized up in sub-zero temperatures and he began to feel numb from the cold.
Mrs Feinstein also railed against Mr Gorsuch's record as a lawyer in former President George W Bush's Justice Department on so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques".

But South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham warned: "If we have to, we will change the rules. And it looks like we're going to have to."

Democrats are also still fuming at Senate Republicans for refusing to even consider then-Democratic President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee last year.


There has been a vacancy on America's highest court since conservative judge Antonin Scalia died in February 2016.
If confirmed, Judge Gorsuch would restore the conservative majority to the nine-seat bench, which holds the final say in US legal matters.

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is visiting the White House for the first time since he led the military's overthrow of his predecessor in 2013.

US President Donald Trump said he was "very much behind" Mr Sisi, whose deadly crackdown on dissent was criticised by the Obama administration.
Mr Sisi declared his deep appreciation for Mr Trump's "unique" personality.

US officials have said Mr Trump is seeking to "reboot" the countries' bilateral relationship at the talks.

He also wants to "build on the strong connection" established with Mr Sisi when they met in New York in September, during the US election campaign.

As Egypt's defence minister and armed forces chief in July 2013, Mr Sisi led the overthrow of the country's first freely elected president, Mohammed Morsi, after mass protests against his rule.

The following month, he oversaw the violent dispersal of protests by supporters of Mr Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood, which left more than 1,000 people dead.

Human Rights Watch says tens of thousands people have been arrested in a crackdown on dissent, and that security forces have committed flagrant abuses, including torture, enforced disappearances and likely extrajudicial executions.

Mr Sisi, who was elected president in May 2014, has also presided over severe restrictions on civil and political rights that have effectively erased the gains of the 2011 uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak, according to the US-based group.

Barack Obama froze some US military assistance to Egypt in response to the crackdown in October 2013.

He insisted the restrictions would continue until Egypt showed "credible progress" towards democracy, but ended up restoring the military support in April 2015 because it was "in the interest of US national security".

A senior Trump administration official
briefed reporters that human rights concerns would be raised at Monday's meeting, but that it would be handled in a "private, more discreet way."
"We believe it's the most effective way to advance those issues to a favourable outcome," the official added.
Trump era heralds warming of US-Egypt ties
Paying the price for seeking freedom in Egypt
HRW's Washington director, Sarah Margon, criticised that approach.
"Inviting Sisi for an official visit to Washington as tens of thousands of Egyptians rot in jail and when torture is again the order of the day is a strange way to build a stable strategic relationship," she said.

The two presidents are also expected to discuss a range of regional issues, including efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the battle against so-called Islamic State.

Since 2013, hundreds of Egyptian security personnel have been killed in attacks by an affiliate of the jihadist group that is based in the Sinai Peninsula.

To assist it in the fight against IS, Mr Sisi is believed to want an increase in the $1.3bn (£1bn) in military aid that Egypt receives annually.

The White House has promised to maintain a "strong and sufficient" level of support, but recently proposed drastic cuts to its international aid budget.

The administration official said Mr Trump was also "interested in hearing President Sisi's views on the Muslim Brotherhood", which the Egyptian leader wants the White House to designate a terrorist organisation.
Brotherhood officials insist that the group opposes violence.

 However, members of some of its regional offshoots have condoned or committed violent acts

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a listening session on health care with truckers and CEOs from the American Trucking Associations in the Cabinet Room at the White House on March 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. 

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Donald Trump has issued an ultimatum to Republicans in the House, telling them to get behind his proposed overhaul of Obamacare or he will leave his predecessor’s healthcare legislation in place.

The US President faces a vote in the House later.
Some Republicans are opposed to Mr Trump’s proposed overhaul because they say it doesn’t go far enough in repealing Obamacare.

Moderate Republicans believe it could leave millions of Americans without coverage.

The showdown is the first key test of Mr Trump’s presidency and a huge gamble for him, given that it was not clear as of Thursday night whether he had the backing necessary to win approval.


A vote had been scheduled for Thursday but it had to be postponed because a rebellion by conservatives and moderates would have doomed the measure.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan has now scheduled a vote on the President’s American Healthcare Act on Friday.


“We have been promising the American people that we will repeal and replace this broken law because it’s collapsing and it’s failing families, and tomorrow we’re proceeding” said Mr Ryan said on Thursday night.

One of Mr Trump’s main election promises was to repeal and replace Obamacare, which he views as too intrusive and too expensive.

But he has struggled to get his own party representatives to support his alternative.
Mr Trump’s American Healthcare Act will fail to pass if 22 or more Republicans vote against it.


Republican leaders appear to be gambling that by going ahead with the vote the rebels will be forced to support the bill or risk being left with Barack Obama’s healthcare legislation.

After Mr Trump’s ultimatum Representative Mark Meadows said he would still vote against the bill, but did not say whether the conservative Freedom Caucus, which is opposed to it, still had enough votes to prevent it passing.

If the bill passes the House it will go to the Senate, where lawmakers are also threatening to block it.

The failure to pass the bill would be seen as a huge setback for the Trump administration at a time when it is already facing two congressional investigations and growing evidence of Trump officials caught up in surveillance by US intelligence agencies.