“Western forces” are reported to have launched a pre-dawn raid on an al-Shabab base at Barawe in southern Somalia.
The UK Foreign Office has confirmed that a British national has been detained in Nairobi, Kenya, with a numbe rof reports that the arrest is related to the terror attack in the Westgate mall.
The battle to regain control of the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi has continued into its third day, with reports of fresh gunfire and explosions heard on the scene.
At least 59 people have been killed and more than 150 injured in an ongoing attack on a shopping centre in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, with 10-15 gunmen reportedly still in the building.