were to decide on a military intervention to force the coup leaders to cede the power back to mohamed bazoum. 0ne leaders to cede the power back to mohamed bazoum. one thing is certain, ecowas says it will explore diplomatic and political options and the military intervention would be the military intervention would be the last resort is the group has had before. —— as the group has said before. -- as the group has said before. . ., ., , around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. nhs flu jabs and covid boosters, will be scrapped for under—65s this winter. 12 million people aged 50 to 60 who were eligible during the pandemic — can no longer get the free jabs. the roll—out of boosters, is expected to start in october, a full month later than usual.
appeasing the russians any more. ok, let's discuss — appeasing the russians any more. ok, let's discuss a — appeasing the russians any more. ok, let's discuss a little further but the russians are seeing of the war. we are joined the russians are seeing of the war. we arejoined by the russians are seeing of the war. we are joined by francis from bbc monitoring. he follows russian state tv day—to—day. so tell us what they are making on the current moment that they are seeing from nato leaders particularly lloyd austin. 0ne leaders particularly lloyd austin. one of the narratives coming from russian tv throughout the en fete that this is a defend of operation in reaction to defensive operations from the west. the longer it goes on the more russian tv is telling viewers they should mobilise around their president and that they are really trying to defend the country. and in particular, in response to comments made from austin, one presented today said that finally the americans had begun to call a spade a spade and another presenter on a different show said that this meeting today in germany was effectively a declaration of war by