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Hello, im lewis vaughanjones. Welcome to the programme. First this hour a deadline set by the west African Regional bloc ecowas for the militaryjunta to reinstate nigers ousted president Mohammed Bazoum expires later on sunday. Ecowas gave the coup leaders a week to restore the president or potentially face Military Action. Meanwhile, france says it will support efforts by ecowas. Nigers Prime Minister has been in paris saturday, meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the niger embass...

Announcements from the budget starting with tax. The chancellor has announced that National Insurance will be cut by another 2p. He says the cut which will begin next month is worth £450 a year for each worker. Mr hunt also announced. 0n taxes there will be a new tax on vaping products that will start in october 2026. The chancellor says thatis october 2026. The chancellor says that is to maintain the financial incentive to choose vaping over smoking. The chancellor finished his statement by At...

Trump renting a New Hampshire is a familiar warning of what he will do in 2024. The future of abortion on the ballot in ohio tonight, results expected anytime that Special Election, it could also signal between the swing state, might go next year for the president. Also the brutal fight for ukraine, and attempted Reality Check on the losses ukraine has suffered a counter offensive, and later tonight and the west coast guard hit a damning investigation on Sexual Assault from public view, the newe...

To defend themselves, citing the threat of Foreign Military intervention. They claim to have information a foreign power is preparing to attack. It comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline from west African Regional bloc ecowas, which demanded the coup be reversed. The group now plans to hold an Emergency Summit on thursday. Meanwhile, the United States is suspending more than 100 million in aid to niger. But officials insist theres still time to solve the crisis. I spoke to former state Depa...

We begin in cyprus, where a Spanish Charity ship carrying vital supplies is preparing to set sail for gaza, along a new maritime aid corridor. The vessel operated by The Open Arms Charity has been repositioning itself in the harbour in larnaca, while another, smaller boat, towed a Barge Carrying Aid Supplies out onto the water. Over the last two days, its been loaded with around two hundred tonnes of food and medical supplies. The aid will be overseen by the world central kitchen organisation. B...

20s across the south east but the humidity will be ebbing away and into the weekend it looks like its going to be one of sunshine and showers, and some of them heavy. Thats it. Ill be back at ten, but you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. The news continues here on bbc one, as wejoin our colleagues for the news where you are. Bye for now. Hello and welcome to sportsday im gavin ramjaun. Columbia continue their world cup journey with victory over jamaica england now wai...

Another 45 are said to be injured. The Hazara Express came off the rails near nawabshah in Sindh Province, as it travelled from karachi to abbottabad. These are the latest pictures from the scene, in a remote area. Emergency workers are battling to rescue passengers trapped in at least five overturned carriages. Pakistans Railways Minister says more rescue teams have been dispatched to the site. An emergency has been declared in nearby hospitals including this one in nawabshah where casualties h...

He failed to declare income from the sale of gifts he received while in office from 2018 to 2022. The verdict means he is not allowed to hold Public Office forfive years, with pakistan just months away from a general election. Our correspondent, caroline davies, reports. Sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former Prime Minister imran khan. The judgement came from here. Police filled every corner in islamabads session court. Mr khan says that the case is politically motivat...

Persuasive rather than polarising . Kwame kwei armah, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much for having me. It is a great pleasure to have you. Now, youve been in the Theatre Business as an actor, a writer and a director for the best part of three decades. Ijust used that phrase, some would call it a cliche, about the culture wars. Does it feel to you that today there is a somewhat toxic culture war . I think youve framed it beautifully. It is toxic, but most importantly, its disingenuous. In my...

Now on bbc news. Click. This week, laras checking out some fast food sort of. Ive just been told to stand back as things might get messy. Dont know how messy. The Laundry Making Fast Fashion greener. And. Oh, no er, yeah, i think thats fast enough, thank you. Pizza baking, burger flipping, salad tossing. Over the years, weve seen food robots chop, fry and saute their way across the kitchen, saving us from one job at a time. Im such a lazy chef. I love eating the food but i want to make making it...