welcome to world news america. we start with the deepening crisis in niger as european nations begin evacuating hundreds of citizens from the country. france, italy, and spain announced the evacuations over concerns that their nationals would become trapped after a military coup plunged the nation into crisis. the regional bloc ecowas has threatened to use force to reinstage niger s ousted president mohamed bazoum. niger s new military leaders have warned against these attempts. some countries in the region have come to the new leadership s defence, including burkina faso, mali, and guinea declaring that any military invention in niger would be considered a declaration of war. niger is located in the sahel region. it s a key region for western countries in counterterrorism operations. the uk foreign secretaryjames cleverly is visiting west africa and talked to the bbc about the coup s impact on the fight against insurgency.