5 pupils at a rally on monday. And setting the stage for a president ial race u. S. Democratic candidates begin a 2nd round of debates we will be live in downtown detroit for that. And a call for investigation u. N. Security Council Members demand an inquiry into the bombing of hospitals in syrias adlib province. South korea says north korea has launched 2 Ballistic Missiles off its east coast its the 2nd such tests in a week now the missiles flew 250 kilometers into the japan see the south Korean Military joint chiefs of staff say they are monitoring the situation and case if additional launches and tests come at the United States struggles to reach a diplomatic agreement with north korea over its Nuclear Weapons program or we can get more on this from rob mcbride whos in seoul for us or rob whats been the reaction in south korea to these missile tests. Thats right so the joint chiefs of staff here in south korea say that these 2 missiles are indeed similar to 2 missiles that were fir
Month recorded on the planet, beating the 2019 record by a large margin. Its good to have you with us. We begin in niger where the military junta has derefused the latest diplomatic attempt to reinstate the president. Coup leaders rejected a visit proposal by ecowas. The African Union and u. N. On tuesday citing reasons of security. Ecowas gave the mutinous soldiers until sunday to restore constitutionalled or ore face military intervention but the threat hasnt been acted upon. The u. S. Has joined the diplomatic effort with its senior official meeting with coup leaders monday work no fruitful outcome. Francineor reporter katherine gives us an update on developments. The coup leaders in niger are digging in as the political crisis keeps simmering. After the deadline given by ecowas on sunday to reinstate the ousted president has passed, they have this tuesday refused authorizations for a high level ecowas delegation to travel from nigeria to niger citing public anger at the economic sa
materially, that didn t happen. nobody came to me and said, you know, if that said agreed to restart work on independence, that would mean something much more than that it does. there was not a process of consideration of that then saw somebody come to me with a proposal to restart work on independence. i m sorry, i am genuinely sorry if it sounds like i m dancing on the head of a pin, i sounds like i m dancing on the head ofa pin, i don t sounds like i m dancing on the head of a pin, i don t mean to. but the key point here is that we did not restart work on independence at that point, oranywhere restart work on independence at that point, or anywhere near that point. if it were to be decided on the basis if it were to be decided on the basis of if it were to be decided on the basis of the evidence before this inquiry basis of the evidence before this inquiry that there was a politicisation of the pandemic, and that you politicisation of the pandemic, and that you had u
carried out air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamichhad militant group. palestinian sources told the bbc that at least nine palestinians were killed in the air strikes which targeted the homes of three of the top commanders of the al quds brigade, the armed wing of islamichhad. civilians are reportedly among the dead. a bbc correspondent in gaza said explosions were heard throughout gaza city and rafah in the south of the gaza strip, causing panic among residents. we ll have more next hour. we ll be speaking to our correpondent in gaza city. to the us state of texas, where the driver of a car that struck a group of people at a bus stop killing eight, has been charged with manslaughter. it happned in the city of brownsville, texas, it happened in the city of brownsville, texas, which is right near the mexico border. police have identified the driver as george alvarez, a 34 year old brownsville resident with a lengthy criminal history. investigato
pictures from gaza city, hours ago the israeli military carried out areas, targeting areas belong to the al shabab group. three members were among at least nine killed. civilians are reportedly among the dead. explosions were reportedly heard throughout gaza city and in a factory on the south, causing panic among residents. in statements, the military wing of islamichhad said resistance to israel would continue. this is a developing story and we will continue a little later in the show. to the us state of texas, where the driver of a car that struck a group of people at a bus stop, killing eight, has been charged with manslaughter. it happned in the city of brownsville, texas, which is right near the mexico border. police have identified the driver as george alvarez, a 34 year old brownsville resident with a lengthy criminal history. investigators have not yet determined if the incident was intentional or accidental. and further north in texas, more details have been released