US President George W Bush yesterday said he believes Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network was involved in attacks in Kenya last week.

The British High Commission in Kenya has been closed until further notice because of a ”specific” threat, the mission’s spokesman said in Nairobi tonight.

A Mossad-led team of Israeli experts was carrying out sweeping searches in Mombasa today, after the two terrorist attacks on their countrymen.