Or face the possibility of Military Action. Thousands of people gathered in the countrys capital to support the militaryjunta as that deadline expired. Some neighbouring countries including mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. And algeria, which Borders Niger to the north, has said it is categorically against armed intervention. France says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore nigers elected president. Niger s Prime Minister was in paris on saturday 7 meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the countrys embassy. Our reporter in lagos, in neighbouring nigeria, gave us this update. We are yet to hear from ecowas on what the decision would be concerning niger. The ultimatum has elapsed this sunday evening and we are yet to hear from ecowas. But we also know that there are expected moves in niger in the coming days, the rally this afternoon showing pro coup supporters at a stadium in niamey. This showed that the people supported the junt
of speculation about how it will deal with an estimated $5 billion of debt due to pandemic losses. pressure intensifies on the exam board, pearson, to explain why hundreds of students have still not received their btec results, four days after they were due to be released. the duke and duchess of cambridge say they will permenantly move to adelaide cottage in windsor and send their children to school in nearby ascot from september. good afternoon. criminal barristers in england and wales have voted for an all out strike next month joining a wave of industrial action as workers seek pay rises to keep up with high inflation. some barristers say they earn less than the minumum wage the government claims strike action will simply delay justice for victims of crime. railway workers, dockers, postal workers and refuse collectors are among those who ve already gone on strike in what s been called a summer of discontent while nurses are to be balloted on industrial action. our
To put lebanons vineyards back at the top table. And, bad maths skills could be costing us as much as £1 billion a year. Let us know, have your maths skills ever resulted in you getting a bad deal . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Us President Donald Trump has only been in office for 12 days but hes already turned every president ial convention on its head. Temporarily banning immigration from seven countries may have emboldened the president s supporters but it has been condemned by many nations. Leading experts now say those International Relationships could be further tested and even result in a trade war if mr trump follows through on his radical plan for tax cuts. There are around 2. 5 trillion worth of us profits currently overseas held by some of the biggest us Companies Like google, microsoft and apple that would get hit by some of the highest tax rates in the world at 35 if they were repatriated now. Donald trump has proposed three areas of tax refo
The news of the Snap Election, this is how the numbers in europe have open. We will have the details for you, and why. The uk election will be dominated by brexit so whats the view from the eu . Well be crossing live to brussels to find out. What do you want to ask about what the election means for brexitjust use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Here we go again. Nine months after becoming Prime Minister, theresa may is throwing the dice and betting on victory in a Snap Election onjune the 8th. Today, mps are expected to vote in favour of the proposal, which mrs may says will bring greater certainty as britain prepares to leave the European Union. Markets reacted swiftly to the news. The pound was on a Roller Coaster Ride Itjumped then swung to loss and back again rising by as much as two point 7 against the us dollar some analysts believe markets are cheering the prospect of a larger conservative majority which would give less power to Hardline Eurosceptics within her
here. the man with a gun walked in and threatened staff. when he left police say he fired several shots into the air before escaping in a car. the police were called to the incident, the cinemagoers and staff were escorted to safety. the third incident was in the crocs to the area of liverpool, not far from here, police say shots were fired. police say then at quarter to five this morning they arrested a 49 year old man, they say during this operation which was carried out by armed police, the man became aggressive and he was tasered. he has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and also suspicion of robbery and he is now being questioned at a police station on merseyside. the police are stressing that these incidents are rare, they