West African Regional body ecowas had given the countrys junta a week to reverse its coup which has seen Mohamed Bazoum placed under house arrest. The bloc threatened military intervention if the demands werent met by sunday. But the deadline has now passed, so far, without action. But a short time ago nigers junta warned the threat is still there. Translation the planning of this war has been carried out. Free deployment has begun in two Central African countries. Our 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 nigers 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 sunday in the main stadium of nigers capital in support of the coup, Chanting Anti French Slogans and waving russian flags. The bbc� s Nkechi Ogbonna has been monitoring developments in neighbouring nigeria we are yet to hear from the original bloc, ecowas, on what the decision would be concerning niger. The ultimatum has elapsed this sunday evening and we are yet the 7 day ultimatum and we are yet to hear from ecowas but we also know that the supected moves in niger in the coming days, the rally this afternoon, showing pro coup supporters at a stadium in niamey, the capital city, showed that the people were supporting the junta, Chanting Anti France Songs and waving pro russia flags in the crowds. Its a mix of feelings. The first part being that a lot of nigeriens believing since 1960 independence, france has had a stronghold on niger, both economically and politically, and they say that france has not helped in any way to curb the islamist and jihadist operations in that part of the sahel region so they believe it was time for a change, to see if the military would bring the much desired change but on the flipside of things, Civil Society groups and some other private individuals also believe they want democracy to continue as it would offer them a Freedom Of Expression and their human rights would be protected. Rescue teams in Southern Pakistan are continuing to search for the survivors of a Rail Disaster which has killed at least 30 people. Police say 100 passengers were injured when an express train derailed in Sindh Province and there are fears the number of casualties will rise. 0ur pakistan correspondent Caroline Davies reports. Twisted, contorted and thrown off the tracks. Derailed so violently, some carriages flipped on their side. Inside were passengers travelling from karachi to rawalpindi. Locals arrived before the army and rescue services. Translation i was sitting in my shop, suddenly there was a huge bang. We were all stunned. We immediately thought an accident had taken place. We started running and when we arrived here we saw the Train Accident had happened. We pulled out bodies and wounded people from the wreckage. Passers by clambered over wreckage carefully guiding survivors out through windows and down over mangled metal. Other passengers did not walk away. Local hospitals declared an emergency as Tens Of Injured began arriving. Some were treated outside and the dead began to be counted. Losing the light, the rescue teams began moving the train from the tracks, the cause of this disaster is not yet clear. Translation based on this initial investigation, it doesnt seem likely that the incident was caused by sabotage or terrorism. It is more likely that it was due to a technical problem which the railway will look into thoroughly to prevent similar accidents in the future. Local police have told the bbc that this was not due to flooding on the tracks contrary to local media reports, leaving the question what caused this disaster and could such a loss of life have been avoided . Caroline davies, bbc news, islamabad. To the us now, and former Vice President mike pence says he wont rule out testifying against his former president if donald trump goes to trial on charges of undermining the results of the 2020 president ial election. Heres mr pence speaking to cbs news. People can be confident we will obey the law, we will respond to the call of the law if it comes and we willjust tell the truth. President trump was wrong. He was wrong then, he is wrong now. He had no right to overturn the election. Also on sunday, Donald Trumps attorney, john lauro, told cbs news that if called to testify, mr pence would actually be Donald Trumps best witness. The reason why Vice President pence will be so important to the defence is the following. Number one, he agrees that john eastman, who gave legal advice to president trump, was an esteemed legal scholar. Number two, he agrees that there were election irregularities, fraud, unlawful actions at the state level. All of that will eviscerate any allegation of criminal intent on the part of president trump. Meanwhile, legal arguments are already playing out publicly in the former president s Election Fraud case. Donald trump says hell be asking the judge to step aside, claiming he wont get a fair trial unless she does. Mr trump attacked judge Tanya Chutkan on his social media platform, also saying hell be asking to move the trial out of washington, dc. 0ur correspondent sean dilley joined me earlier to help break this all down. Sean, thanks so much for being with us. Now, donald trump says he does not believe that the judge in this trial with regards to january 6 will give him a fair trial. Is there any evidence to support that . Look, these things are very subjective. They are the views of the defendants, arent they . You have to put Donald Trumps views and statements into the context that he doesnt see any of this process as being legitimate at all. One thing he is picking up on is that this judge was appointed by one of his predecessor president s, president 0bama, in the same way he personally appointed thejudge who is hearing his florida classified documents case so that in and of itself, judges are supposed to be impartial however what he and his legal team would certainly be likely to pick up on is that this judge has sentenced many of the january 6 attackers and shes been known to give sentences longer than the Department Ofjustice have asked for but in this case what he appears to be upset about is the judges refusal to grant the defence more time to respond to a prosecution request to limit what donald trump can say about the evidence once it is disclosed to him. The former president also says he wants this trial to be moved out of washington. He says it is anti trump. What is the likelihood of these kind of requests succeeding . Again, he would say that because he thinks its all twisted against him. Its very common in different parts of America For A Change In Venue when a small community, for instance, knows the defendants or victim of a crime really well and you cant get a fair trial. His argument is because essentially like 95 of people in washington, dc voted forjoe biden, he is arguing that it is stacked up against him and he cant get a fair trial. West virginia but there is not a massive surprise here because its not the first time he has been asking for this. Of course, sean, this is the third indictment in some four months. Its completely unprecedented for the United States. Now all eyes are on georgia, arent they . Unprecedented seems like a trite word but there is no other word for it, is there, if you think that it isis the first time in history that someone has been running as a candidate for president and they dont know if they could conceivably end up in the white house or a federal prison. The issue around georgia, you are quite right, the county expected to issue its own indictment related to this case around claims of election interference. What youve got to look out for in particular is on 2 of january 2021, donald trump described that as a perfect call, it was released to the media and he asked the Secretary Of State in georgia if he could find 11,780 votes because it was Donald Trumps assertion at that time that there were thousands of people voting who were not even alive but there was no evidence he was able to produce then. Just one point to leave you with, Donald Trumps lawyer speaking to us networks on sunday, picking up on the point that the First Amendment does protect free speech. They are arguing it does include actions and saying donald trump was then allowed to lobby people. Ultimately, the conclusion of their thesis is this, they say the prosecution, or as they put it, joe biden� s administration, but we know what they mean by that, is not going to be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that donald trump didnt honestly believe he won the 2020 election. And just briefly if you dont mind, sean, all of these legal cases stacking up, how is that impacting his race for the republican nomination . If were being totally honest, you never actually know. At the moment, it doesnt look like its impacting him badly because there are two hurdles if you think about it, theres the Republican Party race to become the nominee to run for president and he is way ahead of any of his other candidates. The nearest rival, ron desantis, is 30 points behind him so it looks at the moment as though he will win that Republican Party nomination, but of course anything can change. Bear in mind, hes presumed innocent. If he was convicted of an offence or imprisoned, that could change things, and there are some polls suggest that could be of concern to Republican Voters but if he is running as the Republican Party candidate, those polls seem slightly less believable because the alternative would have to be that Republican Voters would have to vote either forjoe biden or not vote at all, that is pretty much unthinkable. 0ur North America correspondent sean dilley there, thank you very much. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Voiceover bbc news bringing your different stories from across the uk. This was the 22nd pride in hull event. Its just nice being able to celebrate and be able to be open and dress up, and really be proud. What does pride mean to you . Notjust accepting, but celebrating the differences in the world. You can tell that hull really is a great place for pride. L what does pride mean to you . About being yourself and being really open with everybody. As far as the lgb aspect, or Sexual Orientation aspects of the Pride Movement go, a lot of movement has happened, there is an awful lot more work to be done in identifying what can be done for our trans community. 0rganisers say they hope that by walking with transgender groups, it will mean even more people listen to their message. For more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. Youre live with bbc news. On friday, a texasjudge ruled that parts of the states ban on abortion may be too restrictive. Judgejessica mangrum issued a temporary injunction granting exemptions for women with Pregnancy Complications and their doctors. Butjust hours after that decision the states Attorney General filed an appeal with the Texas Supreme Court blocking the judges order from taking effect. In march, 15 women, the Center For Reproductive Rights and their physicians filed a lawsuit against texas, claiming the abortion law put their lives in jeopardy. Heres what polling tells us about attitudes in the us towards abortion. 26 of texans believe abortion should always be legal without any restrictions, according to a joint University Of Houston sta nford poll. 28 believe that there should be at least some minor restrictions. 33 say it should only be allowed in special circumstances like when the mothers life is at risk. And 13 of texans believe abortion should be completly illegal. Nationwide, 64 of us adults believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases according to a june survey. But all earlier, i spoke to lead plaintiff in the texas lawsuit, amanda zurawski. Thank you so much for taking the time to be with us on the programme today. To begin with, if you would, tell us what happened to you because of the Abortion Laws currently in place in texas. Thank you so much for having me, it is a pleasure to be here, despite the circumstances. Last summer almost exactly one year ago, it was august 2022, i was one day shy of 18 weeks pregnant and was diagnosed with a condition called Cervical Insufficiency or incompetent cervix which meant that i was dilating prematurely and we were told after a Brief Examination that miscarriage was inevitable. And so we asked what could be done to move the process along and protect me and respectfully lose the baby which meant doctors intervening but doctors could not because of the laws in texas. Because the babys heart was still beating so providing any sort of intervention would have been considered an illegal abortion so we had to wait until her heart stopped beating or until my life was considered at risk enough that i would then have qualified for healthcare and what happened to me was eventually after three days i went into septic shock and finally doctors were able to provide healthcare. An incredibly distressing situation and we are grateful that you will share it with us. So this situation of yours meant that not only did you lose your daughter, your own health was also at risk through this. Yes. You are exactly right. Imagine getting the news that you are going to lose your child that you have wanted and worked desperately for over a year and there is nothing they can do to protect you so not only was i grieving and trying to mourn her loss but i was also terrified because i did not know what was going to happen to me. And you went into sepsis and if i understand, it also means that could potentially make future conception more challenging. We know that conceiving in the future will be more difficult. It was extremely difficult the first time and it will be even harder, if it can happen, again because the sepsis left in my reproductive organs a substantial amount of scar tissue, leaving one of my fallopian tubes permanently closed. The state of texas there says it does make exceptions for mothers whose life is threatened but you brought a case against the state calling for more clarifications. Why doesnt the current law go far enough . To your mind . I am not a healthcare professional but i understand that the law is extremely vague and has very confusing language and so Healthcare Professionals do not know what they can do and when they can provide healthcare and what kind of healthcare they can provide. Some of my fellow plaintiffs are physicians in the state of texas and they have said time and time again that they do not know, you know, what the law truly means and when they can practice bestjudgement. On top of that if they make a mistake, if they violate the law they face up to 99 years in prison, massive fines, losing their license and those are risks that they should not have to even consider when potentially providing life saving healthcare. So we now know that a judge in texas has ruled in favour of your case but the state Attorney General has already appealed it. So, halting it while the ultimately considered. What do you anticipate happening next . Firstly we were thrilled that the judge ruled in our favour. It was really, i think, encouraging to see a court rule that patients like us are being harmed and will continue to be harmed so that gave us a huge amount of hope. Were not surprised the state appealed, for sure, we expected that but i think it really speaks to their views on pregnant people in texas. Now we know in no Uncertain Terms that they intend for pregnant people in texas to be facing harm. They know what the possible consequences are, they do not seem to care about our lives and our health and our safety and they say that, yes, we should have to face these crimes. You brought this case forward very publicly, sparking a conversation there in texas. When you speak to people in your community and when you speak to people in the state about the Abortion Laws currently in place, what kind of things do they tell you . What kind of views are they sharing and do you see any kind of Momentum Shift in the conversation . Definitely. It has been an amazing amount of support, of outrage, of disbelief. I think were kind of through the phase of shock and disbelief because initially people did understand that this was happening and they did not understand why. I think we have made a lot of headway there and now people know this is happening and they are outraged and they wanted change. So we are getting support from not just people in texas all across the country, across the world. I think people are very, very motivated to fix this and to change it and, so, i a