we begin in niger, where the breaking news in the last half an hour is the military leaders who staged a coup say they have closed the country s airspace over what they called the threat of intervention against them. the announcement came as a deadline expired for them to restore the ousted president or face the possible action from the west african regional grouping known as ecowas. earlier thousands of people gathered in niger s capital to support the militaryjunta, despite international condemnation of the soldiers actions. some neighbouring countries including mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. and algeria, which borders niger to the north, has said it is categorically against armed intervention. france says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore niger s elected president. niger s prime minister was in paris on saturday, meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the country s embassy. he has dismissed that pro coup p
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of the country over easter. former formula 1 commentator murray walker has died. he was 97. walker was appointed an obe in 1996 for his services to broadcasting and motor racing. the prime minister says he will do everything he can to make women feel safe on the streets after the kidnap and murder of sarah everard and said he and carrie would light a candle for her tonight. at clapham common, where a planned vigil was to take place, many laid flowers in memory of sarah among them was the duchess of cambridge. but that memorial has now been cancelled because of covid restrictions and the public are being encouraged to take part in doorstep vigils instead. this morning, wayne couzens, a serving metropolitan police officer appeared in court, charged with her kidnap and murder. sarah everard disappeared while walking home in south london ten days ago, and the 33 year old s body was discovered in woodland in kent on wednesday. our correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn is on clapham
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