Kenyan elections

Ahead of next week's elections in Kenya, two businesswomen talk about the challenges they have faced in their daily lives.

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China has spent a second day carrying out military drills in response to Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan earlier this week. China also suspended co-operation with the United States on various issues, including climate change and military affairs. We look back at this week's developments and speak to our former China correspondent who is now in Washington DC.

The BBC has been told Russian forces at Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant are using the site to launch rocket attacks on civilians. We speak to our colleague who has been working on the story.

(Photo: Employees of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) arrange ballot boxes and election material at a tallying centre in Nairobi, Kenya, August 4, 2022. Credit: Baz Ratner/REUTERS)