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Kenya describes protests as 'coup attempt'

Kenya's interior minister has denied that the police used excessive force during Wednesday's protests in which more than ten people were killed.

The United Nations says it is deeply concerned by the violence that left sixteen people dead and hundreds injured in nationwide protests in Kenya. We'll hear from the mother of one of the victims. And we'll get a response to allegations of police brutality from a Kenyan government spokesperson.

Our business presenter Katie Silver will tell us about a trade deal between the US and China.

Our Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet brings us the latest from inside Iran, after the war with Israel.

And we'll hear from the trial of Hip-hop superstar Diddy too.

(Photo: Musa House, Nairobi, 26 June 2025; Credit: Reuters)

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