This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Paul Moss and in the early hours of Friday the 19th of April these are our main

stories. Kenya's defense chief and nine other military personnel have

died in a helicopter crash. The president William Ruto announced three days of

morning. Our motherland has lost one of her most valiant generals.

A bid by Palestine to gain full membership of the United Nations has been blocked by the US.

And we hear how a growing population means Chinese cities are suffering

subsidence with water extraction the culprit. This is not just a few local

places that are sinking, it's something that's affecting a lot of people.

There's a lot of commonalities and there probably needs to be a national response.

Also in this podcast, we have a disproportionate burden of intimate partner violence.

We also see higher rates of femicide, which is the murder of a woman by her partner, or a former partner.

New research reveals high levels of domestic violence in the US state of Louisiana.

And White UNESCO's famous World Heritage sites are at the center of controversy

over the treatment of indigenous peoples.

Flags are flying at half-mast throughout Kenya.

Three days of morning having been declared, after the head of the

armed forces was killed in a helicopter crash, nine other military figures also

died. General Francis Agala had only been in the post for a year.

He was himself a fighter pilot.

Kenya's President William Ruto expressed his personal sadness at the disaster.

Our motherland has lost one of her most valiant generals. We have also lost

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