Kenya discusses tougher punishment for 'deadbeat' parents

Should lawmakers introduce stiffer punishments for parents who don't support their children? Senator Irungu Kang'ata believes so. He's presenting an amendment to Kenya's Children's Act that would see parents who fall foul of this law punished with a range of sanctions.

Boeing is behind two malfunctioning planes that killed hundreds in two separated crashes.

Our correspondent Sally Nabil brings us the latest from Egypt, where a train supervisor has been charged with murder after being accused of forcing two ticketless hawkers to jump off the moving train.

(Photo: A child is seen at a makeshift orphanage that houses children abandoned or separated from their families. Credit: JOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images)