Hello, im lewis vaughanjones. Welcome to the programme. First this hour a deadline set by the west African Regional bloc ecowas for the militaryjunta to reinstate nigers ousted president Mohammed Bazoum expires later on sunday. Ecowas gave the coup leaders a week to restore the president or potentially face Military Action. Meanwhile, france says it will support efforts by ecowas. Nigers Prime Minister has been in paris saturday, meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the niger embassy. He has dismissed pro coup protests taking place in his country. With the deadline only hours away, our correspondent chris ewokor reports from sokoto, North Western nigeria, close to the border with niger. They are bracing for the worst. Many of them were born here in nigeria but they have never been cut off from their roots in niger. The coup has caught them unawares. With the border is closed and the current political crisis, they are now separated from their families. This man lives here b
And the sports biggest prize. And after the wet and windy day for some of us yesterday, some improvements in the weather for today. For many of us they will be some sunny spells, it also a few showers which could be heavy at times. I will have the full forecast throughout the programme. Good morning. Its sunday the 6th of august. Our main story people who were wrongly convicted of crimes will no longer be charged living costs for the time they spent in prison. The Ministry Forjustice is scrapping the rule with immediate effect, following an outcry over the case of a man who spent 17 years injailfora crime he didnt commit. Joe inwood has the details. There are many shocking things about the case of Andy Malkinson. Ajury misled. Dna evidence suppressed. 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. But for many, it was the revelation that Andy Malkinson would have to pay back some of his compensation to cover board and lodgings that was most shocking. The very idea of paying, once yo
Where president Volodymyr Zelensky says a russian guided bomb has hit a Blood Transfusion Centre in the north east, causing casualties. He says rescuers are at the scene in the town of kupiansk where there are dead and wounded. The reported strike came shortly after kyiv said missiles had hit a facility which manufactures engines for aircraft and helicopters in the countrys west. In a tweet, president zelensky said so far, theres been no comment from russia. Our ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse is in kyiv. If there is accuracy to president zelensky s claim, it appears once again a medical building has come in harms way. Weve seen it before with a Maternity Hospital in the besieged city of Mariupol Last year. Weve seen it in a Mental Health hospital in dnipro just a few months ago. This is a war that is synonymous with civilian areas, with cities being directly targeted. Now, in president zelensky s tweet, he says, this war crime alone says everything about russian aggression. He
To wake up to. The sunrise will be coming up in the next 20 minutes. We are here for a serious reason. Not just to enjoy what promises to be a lovely day. We are discussing a topic which matters an awful lot to you at home. Water quality. The amount of sewage in our water. This morning we will hear from the Water Companies. We hearfrom the Environment Secretary, Therese Coffey. We will hear from campaigners. And we would love to hearfrom campaigners. And we would love to hear from you as well. We will let you know how to get in touch throughout breakfast. Because we have a big bbc investigation today, it has found that what looks like the Water Companies illegally discharging raw Sewage Hundreds Of Times Last year. Our team has seen analysis. They have looked at data from three of the largest Water Companies, times, wessex and Southern Water. It appears to show that On 400 Spills Last year, lasting thousands of hours, sewage was released, not during wet weather, storms, heavy rain and