Hello, iam none hello, i am none to thanks for joining us on bbc news. First to niger where, in the last two hours, a deadline for the militaryjunta to step down has passed. The leaders of nigers coup have hours to restore the ousted president , or face the possibility of Military Action. Thousands of people gathered in nigers capital to support the militaryjunta as that deadline expired. Despite International Condemnation of the soldiers actions, thousands of nigeriens continue to show support for the army 7 hoping it can offer the country stability. Some neighbouring countries including mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. And algeria, which Borders Niger to the north, has said it is categorically against armed intervention. France says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore nigers elected president. Niger s Prime Minister was in paris on saturday 7 meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the countrys embassy. He has dismissed pro co
He did not commit. A man who was wrongly imprisoned for rape has welcomed a government decision to scrap rules which meant people who had been cleared by the courts could be charged for living costs incurred injail. Andrew malkinson told the bbc the change was a step in the right direction, but said more needed to be done to support people who were wrongly convicted. 0ur correspondent Sarah Campbell has this report. To add insult to injury, the rules, at this point, said he would have to pay back his living costs while wrongly imprisoned. I pay back his living costs while wrongly imprisoned. I thought, to a these wrongly imprisoned. I thought, to pay these peeple wrongly imprisoned. I thought, to pay these people for wrongly imprisoned. I thought, to pay these people for doing wrongly imprisoned. I thought, to pay these people for doing what l pay these people for doing what doing to me is the most sickening, abhorrent, repugnant thing i could imagine. The guilty dont pay, why should t
We begin in niger, where the Breaking News in the last half an hour is the military leaders who staged a coup say they have closed the countrys airspace over what they called the threat of intervention against them. The announcement came as a deadline expired for them to restore the ousted president or face the possible action from the west African Regional grouping known as ecowas. Earlier thousands of people gathered in nigers capital to support the militaryjunta, despite International Condemnation of the soldiers actions. Some neighbouring countries including mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. And algeria, which Borders Niger to the north, has said it is categorically against armed intervention. France says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore nigers elected president. Nigers Prime Minister was in paris on saturday, meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the countrys embassy. He has dismissed that pro coup protests are taking p
Defending champions, the usa. The match was decided by a tense penalty shootout. Now on bbc news, hardtalk with imran khan. This interview was recorded before he was sentenced to three years in prison on saturday. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. How grave is the risk of pakistan spiralling into political and Security Chaos . Terror attacks continue to impose a heavy toll whilst the nation braces for a potentially destabilising election season. And at the heart of the political turbulence, my guest today, former Prime Minister imran khan, currently facing close to 200 charges which threaten his pti partys ability to mount an electoral challenge. Has pakistans populist political star been outmanoeuvred by the generals who once backed him . Imran khan, in lahore, pakistan, welcome to hardtalk. From the outside, mr khan, it looks as though a legal noose is tightening around your neck. Does it feel that way to you . Yes, stephen. Its been like that for a while, ever since i was out