KENYA: Judge Luka Kimaru has rescinded the orders used to deport a politician to Canada for his part in a mock inauguration by opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Mr Kimaru ordered the government yesterday to return the passport of Miguna Miguna, who stood by Mr Odinga when he was sworn in as “people’s president” last month.

Mr Odinga claims that the results of the presidential election in August 2017 were tampered with and he boycotted its rerun in October.

AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has banned government ministers from having sex with their employees following revelations that Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce cheated on his wife of 24 years with his press secretary and impregnated her.

Mr Joyce claims it is a private matter, but opposition MPs have raised questions about the woman’s subsequent employment in two government jobs and her, and then the two of them, living rent-free in a posh flat owned by a millionaire businessman.

INDONESIA: The police are defending giving their top award to Philippines police chief Ronald dela Rosa, who has led the country’s “anti-drugs” crackdown in which cops and vigilantes have killed over 10,000 people.

Indonesian police chief General Tito Karnavian had praised Mr dela Rosa for his “rock star-like inspiration” on how to fight the war on illegal drugs.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte offered soldiers a £350 bounty yesterday for each Maoist rebel they kill.

INDIA: The state-owned Punjab National bank said yesterday that it had been defrauded of £1.3 billion, having discovered fraudulent transactions in a branch in Mumbai.

Indian media outlets have linked the scam to wealthy jeweller Nirav Modi.

Authorities have not publicly blamed Mr Modi for the £1.3bn fraud but say he is under investigation for cheating the bank of £30 million by using fake bank “letters of understanding” to get loans.