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    A Brazilian judge on Monday placed former president Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest for breaking a social media ban, escalating a dramatic standoff between the court and the politician, who is accused of plotting a coup. Bolsonaro is on trial at the Supreme Court for allegedly plotting to cling onto power after losing 2022 elections to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. President Donald Trump has sought to punish Brazil, a longtime US ally, for what he sees as a politically motivated "witch hunt" targeting Bolsonaro by imposing eye-watering tariffs on Latin America's biggest economy.The 70-year-old Bolsonaro is banned from social media for the duration of the proceedings, and third parties are barred from sharing his public remarks. But on Sunday, his allies defied the order by sharing footage online of a call between the former army captain and his eldest son Flavio at a solidarity rally in Rio de Janeiro. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes reacted furious...

    Aldai Member of Parliament (MP) Marianne Kitany staged a scattered defense on President William Ruto's local travel budget that has been on a spike. MP Kitany argued on Tuesday that the bloating expenditure on President Ruto's travel allows him to "listen to Kenyans". She defended the travel budget increase to President Ruto's office, stating that it will help him easily facilitate his grassroots travels."When we increase his budget, he is able to travel and listen to people on ground, then we start complaining that we are using so much money. When a president travels there is alot of planning so that they can be able to commit to the people," she said on Citizen TV.President Ruto's travel expenditure for the first nine months of the FY 2024/2025 (July 2024 to March 2025) was Ksh.1.7 billion, up from Ksh.750 million in the previous financial year within the same period. MP Kitany said that the nation needs to appreciate that the President is maki...