junta a week to reverse its coup which has seen mohamed bazoum placed under house arrest. the bloc threatened military intervention if the demands weren t met by sunday. but the deadline has now passed, so far, without action. but a short time ago niger s junta warned the threat is still there. translation: the planning of this war has been carried out. was not armed forces mohamed bazoum s armed forces and although defence and security forces backed by the unfailing support our people are ready to defend the integrity of our territory and the honour of our homeland. france has suspended all development aid to niger s neighbour, burkina faso, after its military government said it would see any intervention against the coup leaders as a delcaration of war. thousands of people gathered on sunday in the main stadium of niger s capital in support of the coup, chanting anti french slogans and waving russian flags. the bbc s nkechi ogbonna has been monitoring developments in ne
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 islamabad s session court. mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. the court said he s dishonest. so this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally have an announcement. imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years imprisonment. outside court, shouts of your show is over, khan. minutes later, we heard he d been arrested. this was what happened last time mr khan was arrested. protests, some violent. mr khan was released, but his party faced a dramatic crackdown. many of his senior party leadership were arre
a truce can t come soon enough. in rafah, another day of harrowing loss. palestinians mourn for 20 members of the abu ansa family, killed in their beds by an israeli air strike, according to hospital officials and gaza s civil defence. among the dead, five month old twins, as old as the war. they were laid down gently with their relatives. their mother spent ten years trying to have them and endured three rounds of ivf. now all she can cradle is their baby clothes. i gave birth during the war, she says. it started on saturday, i gave birth next friday. i didn t get enough of them, i swear i didn t get enough. i have no one else, she says. they have gone with their father. we were sleeping, i swear . israel continues to say it takes feasible precautions to lessen civilian harm. there were about 35 people in the house , says farouk abu ansa. most were children. there were no fighters. the house collapsed on them, three or four storeys. in israel, too, families and
thank you forjoining us. the former pakistani prime minister imran khan has called on his supporters to protest peacefully, after he was found guilty on corruption charges and sentenced to three years in prison. a court in islamabad ruled that he had failed to declare income from the sale of gifts he received while in office. the verdict means he isn t allowed to hold public office for the next five years pakistan is just months away from a general election. from islamabad, caroline davies reports. sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former prime minister imran khan. the judgment came from here. police filled every corner in islamabad s session court. mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. the court said he is dishonest. so this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally have an announcement. imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years imprisonment. outside court, shouts of, your show is over, khan