Hello, im lewis vaughanjones. Welcome to the programme. First this hour a deadline set by the west African Regional bloc ecowas for the militaryjunta to reinstate nigers ousted president Mohammed Bazoum expires later on sunday. Ecowas gave the coup leaders a week to restore the president or potentially face Military Action. Meanwhile, france says it will support efforts by ecowas. Nigers Prime Minister has been in paris saturday, meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the niger embassy. He has dismissed pro coup protests taking place in his country. With the deadline only hours away, our correspondent chris ewokor reports from sokoto, North Western nigeria, close to the border with niger. They are bracing for the worst. Many of them were born here in nigeria but they have never been cut off from their roots in niger. The coup has caught them unawares. With the border is closed and the current political crisis, they are now separated from their families. This man lives here b
Hello im nancy kacungira. The former pakistani Prime Minister imran khan has called on his supporters to protest peacefully, box after he was found guilty on Corruption Charges and sentenced to three years in prison. A Court In Islamabad ruled that he had failed to declare income from the sale of gifts he received while in office. The verdict means he isnt allowed to hold Public Office for the next five years pakistan is just months away from a general election. From islamabad, Caroline Davies reports. Sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former Prime Minister imran khan. Pakistans former Prime Minister imran khan Calls For Peaceful The Judgment came from here. Police filled every corner in islamabads session court. Mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. The court said he is dishonest. So this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally have an announcement. Imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years imprisonment
the vehicle speeding through the intersection. also, the major storm threat tonight. chicago, st. louis, kansas city. then this heads right toward the already hard-hit northeast yet again. new york and vermont, that state already under a new flood watch tonight. and the new warning from vermont s governor, that there could be seven days of rain coming to their state. already under water and under mud. janai norman in vermont, rob marciano timing this out from the midwest to the northeast. tonight, the extremes elsewhere. the heat emergency from california to texas to florida. 100 million americans under heat alerts. tonight, we have just learned phoenix now hitting 110 degrees for the 13th day in a row. and las vegas could soon hit its all-time highest temperature ever. matt rivers in phoenix. tonight, the murder of a well-known and well-respected surgeon in tennessee. police say he was shot and killed by a patient in his exam room. the fbi director chris wray grilled
that state under a new flood watch tonight. and a new warning from vermont s governor, that there could be seven days of rain coming to their state. already under water and under mud. janai norman in vermont, rob marciano timing this out from the midwest to the northeast. tonight, the extremes elsewhere. the heat emergency from california to texas to florida. 100 million americans under heat alerts. tonight, we have just learned phoenix now hitting 110 degrees for the 13th day in a row. and las vegas could soon hit its all-time highest temperature ever. matt rivers in phoenix. tonight, the murder of a well-known and well-respected surgeon in tennessee. police say he was shot and killed by a patient in his exam room. the fbi director chris wray grilled on capol hill today, asked if he s going after trump, but protecting the bidens. how the fbi director, appointed by donald trump, answers. rachel scott on the hill. president biden, the major address at the nato summit i
A Philadelphia Police officer under arrest tonight, charged with murder. Disturbing Body Camera Video released today shows him shoot and kill a driver in his car, firing six shots in seven seconds. The video completely contradicting the original police claim about what happened. Pierre thomas standing by. New details revealed in the Special Grand Jury report in georgia. Were now learning jurors recommended charging 39 people in connection with efforts to overturn the states 2020 Election Results, including u. S. Senator Lindsey Graham. And what the judge has just decided about mark meadows attempt to move his case to Federal Court. And what it could mean for his codefendants, including former president donald trump. Aaron katersky standing by. New developments in the manhunt for that escaped killer in pennsylvania. Abc news confirming the Corrections Officer in the guard tower when the fugitive made that stunning escape up the wall has been fired. More than 350 officers now searching f