Unit, general abdourahmane tchiani, declared himself nigers new leader, saying insecurity, economic woes and corruption prompted him to seize power. The us, the eu, and france nigers former colonial ruler say they wont recognise the coup leaders, with some suspending Security Cooperation and budgetary aid. There are concerns among many countries over which states nigers new leader will align with potentially moving closer to russia as happened after coups in neighbouring burkina faso and mali. Later, leaders from the 15 countries that make up ecowas, the Economic Community of west african states, and the eight leaders from the west African Economic and monetary union, will meet to discuss their response. Earlier, chris ewokor, who is following the story from neighbouring nigeria gave me an update on what can come out of this meeting. Well, right now in niger, things are happening quite fast. Earlier today, one of the members of the Military Coup came out on State Television to denounce
now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. a record breaking crowd at the emirates as arsenal hammer north london rivals tottenham in the womens super league. northern ireland come from behind to beat kosovo. it s cruel but it counts. india beat england s women with a controversial mankad to clean sweep the one day series. tears ofjoy for british cyclist zoe backstedt who s on top of the world after retaining a title down under. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. and an historic day for women s football. with a record attendance at the emirates, for the north london derby between arsenal and tottenham in the women s super league. the home side in total control as they continue their emphatic start to the season. jane dougall reports. always an electric atmosphere at a north london derby and this one magnified by the 10,000 strong crowd. a new record in the women s super league. not long before they were on the
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better than ever after his first tour title. i m just i mjust in i m just in such a different place mentally, physically and just my tennis as well as very different. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. 2a hours on from england s winning start at the european championship, gareth southgate says his side have hard work to do if they re to progress at the tournament. their nervy1 0 win over serbia wasn t entirely convicing but one player who was wasjude bellingham, living up to the hype after his dream season at real madrid, scoring the winner in what was another imperious display, as ever though, there are questions not least how do england get the best out of phil foden, the premier league s player of the season struggled to make an impact. let s go to erfurt where england are based in germany. alex howell is there for us. let s start with the positives and top of that list isjude bellingham who enjoyed his goal and the celebration? that s right, so much spoken ab
So will it work . In sport, six titles in a row for celtic. They take the Scottish Premiership with eight games to spare. And carol has the weather. Good morning from bristol were four yea rs good morning from bristol were four years it has been rumoured someone has been going out late at night correcting bad punctuation. This morning the man who describes himself as a vigilante talks to us on breakfast. And carol has the weather. A cold start for some, some frost around and fog too but that will give way to a bright day with sunny spells. But in the west, expect some rain in Northern Ireland and Western Scotland. More details in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Significant restrictions on the use of bail by police in england and wales come into force today. The amount of time a suspect released from custody can remain on bail will be limited to 28 days in most cases. The decision is in response to concerns that people were being left in limbo for months or e