Kenya election: Kenyatta blames primaries chaos on turnout
President Kenyatta admits not enough election materials were provided for his party’s primaries. BBC News – Africa
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Biggest fall in UK retail sales in seven years
Sales were down 1.4% in the first quarter of 2017, their biggest decline since early 2010. BBC News – Business
Iran election: Ahmadinejad barred from running
President Hassan Rouhani is among six people allowed to run, but the former firebrand president is not. BBC News – Middle East
Venezuela crisis: Police fire tear gas as protests enter second day
Police fire tear gas at demonstrators during the second day of violent protests in the capital, Caracas. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Former England defender Ugo Ehiogu dies
Former England and Aston Villa defender Ugo Ehiogu dies aged 44 after suffering a cardiac arrest at Tottenham’s training centre on Thursday. BBC News – UK
Paris shooting: Gunman was ‘focus of anti-terror’ probe
The gunman who killed a policeman had earlier been seen as a potential Islamist radical, media say. BBC News – Europe