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Ambassador, thank you very much forjoining us here in our studio. Military coup leaders in niger have on monday arrested two more cabinet ministers, as well as the head of the governing party. What do you make of these latest developments . I mean, that shows that thejunta has no intention to respect human rights as he started by claiming that he will do that. And again, i mean, this coup has really no reason whatsoever. There was no political tension. There is no situation, Security Situation t...

Have been killed, including a mother and her ten year old daughter. Almost 70 have been injured and around a dozen are trapped under rubble. It is a familiar yet still horrifying sight where you have a residential block with a chunk missing smoldering debris and rescue teams frantically trying to save who they can. And when you have wave after wave of missile strikes, there is always a place in ukraine that is the most acute, acutely hit, and it is the turn of kiev. But alongside this, ukraine i...

We know six people have been killed, including a mother and her ten year old daughter. Almost 70 have been injured and around a dozen are trapped under rubble. It is a familiar yet still horrifying sight where you have a residential block with a chunk missing smoldering debris and rescue teams frantically trying to save who they can. And when you have wave after wave of missile strikes, there is always a place in ukraine that is the most acute, acutely hit, and it is the turn of kiev. But alongs...

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