Militaryjuntas in neighbouring burkina faso and mali warned that any Foreign Military intervention in niger, would be considered a Declaration Of War on them. A french mp for emmanuel macron s Renaissance Party spoke to the bbc about the countrys Evacuation Mission and said paris was left with no other choice. Translation we estimate that a few hundred people french people wish to leave, and have clearly expressed this intention, since we know that the tradition between European Countries is to show solidarity. If other European Countries decide to organise your evacuations, which is possible, we would Work Together to evacuate those who want to leave. Niger is a key part of africas sahel region which stretches from the atlantic to the red sea. Burkina faso and mali, have also seen recent military coups, and say, they would come to the defence of their neighbour. On sunday, the Regional Bloc ecowas made up of 15 west african countries, gave the coup leaders in niger one week to restore
Good afternoon. Donald trump has been accused of plotting to overturn the result of the president ial election in 2020. Hes been charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, by spreading lies, dishonesty, fraud and deceit. Hes described the indictment as ridiculous. It is the third criminal case against mr trump whos already been accused of mishandling classified government documents and of covering up a Hush Money Payment to a porn star. Despite all that, hes still favourite to be the republican candidate in next years race for the white house. Our North America correspondent sean dilley reports. We love trump hes the first president to be charged with a federal crime. But if previous cases are anything to go by, Donald Trumps third indictment is only likely to boost his popularity with republican voters. The charges he faces, though, are serious. The 45 Page Indictment accuses the former president of knowingly spreading false claims about Election Fraud to trick and persuade
evangelicals could be key to winning that all important state, but could it alienate republican voters down the line. let s start with a much needed string of successes this week for president joe biden, domestically, internationally, politically, punctuated by today s big number, $72 million raised in the second quarter of 2023. compare that to the republican side, 35 million reported by former president donald trump s campaign, 20 million for governor ron desantis. and then there is that hugely consequential week on the world stage, biden facing multiple global challenges at the nato summit that threaten to erupt into division, but walked away with unity. and he gave his personal guarantee that the u.s. will stay committed to the alliance despite what he called extreme elements at home that threatened to pull back. the president was going by two strongest economic reports, inflation at its lowest level in two years, in what he says is bidenomics in action. could this kick
the us says there will be more attacks against houthi forces in yemen after overnight american and uk airstrikes which hit more than thirty positions. the houthis, who are backed by iran, have been targetting vessels in the red sea since november they say this is in support of the palestinians in gaza. they are one of several militias in the middle east with iranian backing. the us targeted others in syria and iraq earlier this weekend and there ve been funerals today in baghdad after 17 people were killed. our international editor jeremy bowen considers whether there is any chance of a cessation of the conflict at the heart of all this between israel and hamas in gaza. rafjets took off from the british base in cyprus for the long flight to hit houthi targets in yemen. other western allies also affected by houthi attacks on shipping decided not to join the american air strikes. britain said these raids do not escalate a widening war in the middle east. others in the mid