Kenya Blasts As Britons Warned To Leave

Ten people are killed in Nairobi explosions as a British holiday operator begins evacuating customers from the country.

A woman walks near a damaged vehicle at the scene of a twin explosion at the Gikomba open-air market for second-hand clothes in Nairobi

By Tim Marshall, Diplomatic Editor

Two explosions have rocked a busy market in the Kenyan capital Nairobi as hundreds of British tourists prepare to return to the UK amid warnings of a “high threat” of terrorism.

Ten people have died and...

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