live from washington, this is bbc news. questions swirl and drama grows over the reported death of wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin in a plane crash. donald trump s former lawyer, rudy giuliani, joins a handful and i m caitriona perry in milwaukee, where republicans are debating each other right now, but not attacking the frontrunner who skippd out. we hearing from a donald trump night on his indictment and what he plans next. iam sumi i am sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us. two months after he led a failed mutiny against vladimir putin, russian mercenary leader evegeny prigozhin is reported to have been killed. this footage, verified by the bbc, shows the moment his wagner group s private jet hurtled to earth about 300
questions swirl and drama grows over the reported death of wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin in a plane crash. donald trump s former lawyer, rudy giuliani, joins a handful and i m caitriona perry in milwaukee, where republicans are debating each other right now, but not attacking the frontrunner who skippd out. we hearing from a donald trump night on his indictment and what he plans next. iam sumi i am sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us. two months after he led a failed mutiny against vladimir putin, russian mercenary leader evegeny prigozhin is reported to have been killed. this footage, verified by the bbc, shows the moment his wagner group s private jet hurtled to earth about 300 kilometres or 200 miles
iam sumi i am sumi somaskanda in washington, dc. stay with bbc news. hello there. weather across the uk has certainly been testing our patience of late. we are heading for the fourth consecutive weekend where an area of low pressure will dominate the weather story, bringing us some wet and windy weather. but every cloud has a silver lining. and next weekend, i can offer you something a little more promising, settled and summer like. but at the moment, it s all about storm anthony, which is moving its way across northern ireland, bringing a heavy spell of rain during the early hours of saturday morning. and as that rain continues to drive its way steadily eastwards, the winds will strengthen as well. so we re widely likely to see 20 to 40 millimetres, maybe more for northern ireland for a time. and then the winds gusting 50 to 65 miles an hour along west facing coasts of wales and south west england. very unusual, really, for this time of year. the rain drives its way
story tonight. thank you very much forjoining us.- story tonight. thank you very much forjoining us. that s our show. for more information please head to our website. our team has a live page up with the latest on the trump indcictment. iam sumi i am sumi somaskanda. thanks for being with us on bbc news. wet and windy weather on the way for wednesday. more on that in a second. but first of all, we start off with the news that for northern ireland, we ve had the wettestjuly on record, with over double the averagejuly rainfall. those records go back to 1836. it was also the wettestjuly on record for greater manchester, merseyside and lancashire as well. now, we ve got more rain to come through wednesday. this area of low pressure continues to strengthen and we re going to see a swathe of particularly strong winds just running to the south of this hook of cloud
announce a coup, following the military s detention of the country s president. iam sumi i am sumi somaskanda. great to have you with us. we start tonight with a developing story. soldiers in the west african country, niger, announced a coup, on national television. the speaker colonel major amadou adramane said they dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions, and closed the country s borders. protests erupted in the streets in response to the attempt to overthrow the government. in the announcement, adramane did not reference president mohamed bazoum, who has been detained by troops from the presidental guard since early on wednesday. translation: this day, july 23, 2023, we, the defence and security forces, meeting within the security council for the safeguard of