This is bbc world news america. European nations begin evacuating their citizens from niger as the country remains in limbo. Evacuation orders have eased for an explosive wildfire at the u. S. Canada border but residents are still on alert. Underage of pakistani migrants have reportedly drowned in a deadly voyage to europe. The bbc takes a look at their dangerous journey. Welcome to world news america. We start with the deepening crisis in niger as european nations begin evacuating hundreds of citizens. France, italy and spain announced the evacuations over concerns their nationals would become trapped after a military coup plunged of the nation into crisis. The regional block has threatened to use force to reinstate the ousted president. Nigers new military leaders have warned against these attempts. Some countries in the region have come to the new leaderships defense including burkina faso, mali and guinea declaring any military intervention would be considered a declaration of war.
message is even more stark. the bank of england won t hesitate to raise interest rates if needed. also on the programme. flinching from the constant shelling the struggle for survival on ukraine s front line. in the last few minutes we have been hearing incoming and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so. it really doesn t stop. and science fiction made reality as nasa plans to try to divert an asteroid by crashing a rocket into it. and coming up on the bbc news channel. worcester warriors have been suspended from all competitions after failing to meet the deadline set by the rfu to provide evidenced they could continue as a viable business. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government is under pressure tonight as the financial markets give their verdict on the government s so called mini budget last friday. the value of the pound plunged to an all time low against the us dollar this morning though has since somewhat. and the amount it costs the governme
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. the kremlin admits it made mistakes in the way it mobilised reservists to fight in ukraine as protests against the pound has a roller coaster day on the financial markets as the uk government and the bank of england try to offer reassurance. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. the kremlin admits it made mistakes in the way it mobilised reservists to fight in ukraine as protests against the call up continue. it s six in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in moscow where the kremlin has admitted it made mistakes in the way it tried to mobilise hundreds of thousands of reservists to fight in ukraine. the call up triggered widespread protests and there were reports that people with no military experience or who are too old or disabled were being handed draught papers. draft president putin s spokesperson acknowledg
leaders from around the world gather to pay their respects. i m outside where the event will be taking place this afternoon but there was growing opposition from protesters citing the legitimacy and the cost. and work begins to remove the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour the queen in central london. welcome to the programme. it sounds like a hollywood film, but in under 15 minutes time, the american space agency, nasa, is going to crash a rocket into an asteroid. it is the agency s first planetary defence mission and scientists there are about to try diverting the path of an asteroid by crashing a spacecraft the size of a small car into it. it s a test to see if something similar could be done if an asteroid was heading towards earth in the future. our science editor rebecca morelle has the details. it s a cataclysmic scenario. an asteroid headed for our planet, with the potential for mass devastation. it s happened before. a space rock wiped out the din
the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an american president. # yeah, yeah, yeah. and sir paul mccartney leads a tribute concert dedicated to the foo fighters drummer, taylor hawkins, who died in march. hello and welcome to bbc news. fighting around the russian occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine has been increasing worries of an accident there. families living close to europe s largest nuclear facility say they are living in fear, despite the arrival of un monitors at the site. both russia and ukraine accuse each other of shelling the plant, with moscow claiming that ukrainian forces launched a failed attempt to storm the power station on friday. our security correspondent frank gardner reports now from the nearby city of zaporizhzhia. siren wails. under police escort, more than 100 ukrainian civilians make it to safety after enduring six months of fear and insecurity. just on the edge of zaporizhzhia city, we came across this convoy of a