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BBC Africa Eye investigates a shocking spate of elderly people accused of witchcraft then murdered along Kenya’s Kilifi coast, and discovers the true motives behind the killings. Seventy-four-year-old Tambala Jefwa stares vacantly out of his one remaining eye as his wife, Sidi, gently removes his shirt. “They stabbed him with a knife like this and pulled,” she says pointing to the long scar stretching down from his collar bone. She takes his head in her hands showing what happened in another attack. “They had to pull the scalp back and sew it together.” Mr Jefwa was accused of being a…

John Deere announced it will lay off about 600 employees across three US factories as the Illinois-based company shifts production to a newly planned facility in Ramos, Mexico. Effective August 30, about 310 employees will be laid off at two Iowa-based plants in Dubuque and Davenport, as well as 280 from a factory in East Moline, Illinois. In total, the three factories have roughly 4,175 production and maintenance employees. The Illinois factory primarily produces harvesting equipment such as combines, while the two Iowa factories manufacture construction and forestry equipment. The decision is the latest in a string of production layoffs by the…

Six Flags this week completed an $8 billion merger with rival Cedar Fair to create the largest amusement park operator in the United States. Together, they operate 42 amusement and water parks across 17 states. The success of the deal will determine the future of these amusement parks, and diehard rollercoaster fans are watching carefully. Some are optimistic that the condition of Six Flags’ parks will improve. Others worry it will become more expensive to get into their favorite parks. Many amusement park fans are passionate about the parks’ design and history and notice the smallest of changes. For now, each park…

One of Hollywood’s oldest studios, Paramount Global, has agreed to merge with production firm Skydance Media. Under the deal, Paramount’s non-executive chair Shari Redstone will sell her family’s controlling stake in the company in a complex transaction that will result in a merger. It marks the end of an era for the Redstone family, whose late patriarch, Sumner Redstone, transformed a chain of drive-in cinemas into a vast media empire. As well as Paramount, the group includes the television networks CBS, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and MTV. According to the company its TV channels have a global reach of over 4.3…

Fetching drinking water is a gruelling daily routine for millions of women in India. Even without enduring the scorching summer months or the freezing winters, they walk for miles every day, balancing plastic or earthen pots on their heads and carrying buckets in their hands to manage the household water stock. “It’s a daily struggle. I get so tired that I collapse when I’m done,” says Sunita Bhurbade from Tringalwadi, a tribal village 180km (112 miles) from India’s financial hub, Mumbai. Ms Bhurbade spends four-to-five hours every day travelling back and forth from her nearest reliable water source – a…

President Joe Biden sought to revive his beleaguered re-election effort on Sunday, as members of his party debated the future of his candidacy. The president’s halting debate performance last week raised serious questions about his physical and mental capacity to run. A prime time interview with ABC on Friday fuelled further speculation about his campaign’s future. Amid the uncertainty, Mr Biden appeared at two campaign events in Pennsylvania, a key swing state, on Sunday. But those efforts have not stopped the president’s fellow Democrats from weighing the risks and rewards of keeping Mr Biden, 81, at the top of the…

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after the US found the company violated a deal meant to reform it after two fatal crashes by its 737 Max planes that killed 346 passengers and crew. The Department of Justice (DoJ) said the plane-maker had also agreed to pay a criminal fine of $243.6m (£190m). However, the families of the people who died on the flights five years ago have criticised it as a “sweetheart deal” that would allow Boeing to avoid full responsibility for the deaths. By pleading guilty, Boeing will avoid the spectacle of…

For the first time ever, Tesla cars have been placed on a local Chinese government’s purchase list, according to state-owned media outlet Paper.cn. That means that government agencies and public groups in the province can procure them as service cars, highlighting the cozy relationship China has with Elon Musk’s company. Tesla is the only foreign-owned EV car brand on the purchase catalog published by the government of Jiangsu province in eastern China. The other brands mentioned include Volvo, owned by China’s Geely, and state-owned SAIC, among others. The development has gone viral on Chinese social media, with some users questioning if foreign cars…

It is the hosts versus arguably the best performers of Euro 2024 so far as Germany face Spain in a huge quarter-final match at Arena Stuttgart on Friday. A wave of belief has swept across the home nation, with low expectations before the tournament now growing higher with every German win. Spain, meanwhile, have been strong from the outset and look the most complete package of those in the last eight. In many ways, this is a game that would have been a fitting final, but one of the two heavyweights will see their journey come to an end. Germany…

Former prime minister Liz Truss has lost her seat in Labour’s landslide election victory, as the Conservatives suffer a historic election defeat. She lost her South West Norfolk constituency to Labour by 630 votes, having previously held a huge 24,180 majority. Commons leader Penny Mordaunt and former minister Jacob Rees-Mogg are among senior other senior Tories to have lost their seats. Ms Mordaunt, who was tipped as a future Tory leadership contender, saw her majority of more than 15,000 overturned in Portsmouth North. Mr Rees-Mogg, a former business secretary, lost in North East Somerset and Hanham, with Labour overturning his…