Military intervention. News being reported by afp news agency, dozens of Coup Supporters have gathered near french basis in niger, you might remember at the start of the coup the French Embassy was attacked by supporters of the coup which will be of concern, thousands of supporters gathering near the french base in niger. Russia seeing Military Intervention would quote destabilisation, quote. Interesting, their take on it. Russia prepared to take maximum advantage, and the wagner group, all the worries about them in the whole region. A lot of new is dropping in on the last while, we are keeping an eye on the constantly moving story and will return to it. The government are calling the hawaii fire is the states largest ever natural disaster. My gosh the scale of what has happened on the Island Of Maui has stunned all those living here. Unbelievable. And the thousands of tourists who were on holiday. The wildfire is fanned by destroying almost everything in their path. And taking many li
Will play Spain On Tuesday who scored in extra time winner against netherlands, a Substitute Scoring as spain reached the womens world cup semifinals for the first time. Tottenham managerfirst semifinals for the first time. Tottenham manager first says semifinals for the first time. Tottenham managerfirst says he understands the deal is imminent for harry kane to go to Bayern Munich and they have been planning for it for a while, harry kane set for a medical following the agreement of a 100 million deal, the new german season starts next week. Harry kane, Ange Postecoglou described him as one of the greats. It was injune spurs reached an agreement for manager Ange Postecoglou and he told the media it is when he firstjoined the media it is when he firstjoined the club that harry kane first discussed his desire to leave. He said they have been planning for weeks for a Future Without Harry Kane and never tried to persuade the striker to stay. He said harry kanes record speaks for itself a
eurovision fever heats up with 16 countries taking to the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the war in ukraine and confirmation from the british defence secretary that storm shadow cruise missiles are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin saying the decision would require an adequate response from the russian military. we will hear from of the from the russian military. we will hearfrom of the un s humanitarian coordinator in ukraine but first we have ben wallace in the house of commons. in december i informed the house i was developing options to respond to russia s continued aggression and today i can confirm the uk is sending storm shadow missiles to ukraine, storm shadow is a long range conventional only precision strike capability and it compliments the long range system already gifte
the uk today for the first time since the russian invasion of ukraine. the first stamps featuring king charles the third had been unveiled by the royal mail. and lebronjames has become the nba s all time leading scorer, passing the 39 year old record. hello and welcome. more than 9500 people are now known to have died following two devastating earthquakes which hit turkey and syria. the death toll is likely to rise significantly as rescue workers and civilians continue to search the rubble and survivors trapped beneath it succumb to their injuries and the bitterly cold weather. the earthquakes were the biggest in the region since 1939, and they have triggered dozens of after shocks along the east anatolian fault line. it is one of the world s most active areas for seismic activity. we can show you the scene live now at one attempted search and rescue operation. this scene, replicated throughout turkey and, indeed, northern syria. rescuers still hope to find survivors beneath
we begin today with samsung electronics. it s forecasting a likely 96% plunge in first quarter operating profits. in a preliminary earnings report, the world s largest memory chip and tv manufacturer estimated its operating profit fell to $455 million for the first three months of the year. samsung electronics is going to release its full earnings later this month. katie silver sent this report from the bbc s asia business hub in singapore. in its preliminary estimates, samsung says its operating profits fell by about $450 million in the january march period this year, when compared to the same time the previous year. now demand for memory chips ramped up during covid lockdowns as consumers bought new electronics to use at home think new phones, computers, those expensive smart washing machines all of those use a lot of chips. but with fears of an economic recession looming, consumers are buying fewer tech devices, reducing demand for chips and, as a result, the companies