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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...

Antony blinken, has voiced his concern that nigersjunta might turn to the Russian Mercenary Group wagnerfor help. The group is active in neighbouring countries and its leader has welcomed the takeover. The coup leaders are currently Standing Firm against calls to restore democratic rule. Heres what mr blinken had to say about wagner. For sure, we have concerns when we see Something Like the wagner group possibly manifesting itself in different parts of the sahel. And here is why we are concerned...

And checking out printing and checking out news. Pakistan Election Commission printing news. Pakistan Election Commission has disqualified the former Prime Minister for five years as a consequence of that conviction over the weekend in that case about selling state gifts and islamabad on saturday in sentencing macro two to three years in prison and this means that imran khan will not be able to contest elections that are coming up later in the year or able to any Public Office until the year 202...

An incident in the game against nigeria, when the lioness is defeated the super falcons on penalties, you can see it happening here, this is when laurenjames, who has been a key player, got a red card against nigeria. She was shown a straight red for what was seen as stamping. You can see pictures of it here. It means you will not be able to play on the quarter final match on saturday. England will be playing colombia. We understand now that she has just apologised. She colombia. We understand n...

The verdict means he is not allowed to hold Public Office for five 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 motivated. The court said hes dishonest. So, this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally hav...

Hello and welcome. We start in ukraine, where president Volodymyr Zelensky says a russian guided bomb has hit a Blood Transfusion Centre in the north east, causing casualties. He says rescuers are at the scene in the town of kupiansk 7 where there are quote dead and wounded. The reported strike came shortly after kyiv said missiles had hit a facility which manufactures engines for aircraft and helicopters in the country s west. In a tweet, president zelensky said this war crime alone says everyt...

He received while in office from 2018 to 2022. The verdict means he is not allowed to hold Public Office for five 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 judgment came from here. Police filled every corner in islamabads session court. Mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. The court said hes dishonest. So this is after mo...

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 ...

The leaders of eight South American countries that share the amazon, have gathered in the city of belem. The summit� s host brazilian president Lula Da Silva has urged leaders to agree on common policies to protect the environment and boost sustainable development. Scientists are concerned that, deforestation in the amazon may be approaching an irreversible Tipping Point. President lula is hoping for a co ordinated regional approach, to tackle illegal mining and logging as well as other enviro...

At least 30 passengers have been killed after an express train derailed in southern pakistan. A Police Officer supervising the Rescue Operation said more than a hundred people had been injured in the incident. The Hazara Express came off the rails near nawabshah in sindh province, as it travelled from karachi to abbottabad. Its not immediately clear what caused the derailment. These are the latest pictures from the scene, in a remote area. Emergency workers are battling to rescue passengers trap...