Detaining the president , mohamed bazoum. On friday, the head of the president ial guards unit, general abdourahmane tchiani, declared himself nigers new leader, saying insecurity, economic woes and corruption prompted him to seize power. The us, the eu, and france, nigers former colonial ruler, say they wont recognise the coup leaders, with some suspending Security Cooperation and budgetary aid. There are concerns among many countries over which states nigers new leader will align with, potentially moving closer to russia, as happened after coups in neighbouring burkina faso and mali. Later, leaders from the 15 countries that make up ecowas, the Economic Community of west african states, and the eight leaders from the west African Economic and Monetary Union will meet to discuss their response. Earlier, chris ewokor, who is following the story from neighbouring nigeria. Well, right now in niger, things are happening quite fast. Earlier today, one of the members of the Military Coup ca
Its been verified by police in pakistan. It shows the build up to that blast which killed 35 people. Weve paused the video before the moment of the explosion. The tribal area of bajaur is near pakistans border with afghanistan. Its not immediately clear what caused the explosion, though Police Suspect it was a suicide bomber. No organisation has admitted carrying out the attack. With more on this, lets cross to the newsroom and our south asia editor, Anbarasan Ethirajan. It broke in the last few hours. What more can you tell us about the explosion and about the motive of the attack . About the explosion as about the explosion you have seen in the footage showed as you have seen in the footage we showed a short while ago, hundreds of people had gathered from the party called thejui, they had a meeting in a town very close to the border with afghanistan and suddenly, you see this ball of fire. And now police are saying that they have evidence to suggest it was a suicide attack. It is not
Are just getting new details in. But what is the very latest . Are just getting new details in. But what is the very latest . Yes, we are onl still what is the very latest . Yes, we are only still understanding what is the very latest . Yes, we are only still understanding the what is the very latest . Yes, we are only still understanding the full only still understanding the full total number of people injured. The total number of people injured. The total number of people injured. The total number of people that have been killed by this blast. This was a political rally by a party. This is a major religious party here in pakistan. A key component of one of the coalition parties, as part of the coalition parties, as part of the government here. They were holding a political rally. We are starting to hear more information from some of the police force. They have said that they think that over 100 people have been injured in this blast. And of course we have heard the total number of pe