This was billed as a high level delegation that was meant to go to meet with the top Military Leaders to try and get them to step down. Part of this delegation was a former Military Leader of nigeria, neighbouring nigeria, and then also an influential cleric. But the information we are getting right now is that this delegation was in the country forjust a few hours. They met some members of the military but they didnt really meet the top man himself, general abdourahamane tiani, or the deposed president , to try and mediate between the two of them possibly. We understand the delegation has now left. They reason why this is also important is because ecowas, the military bloc, had given the military a deadline of this sunday to step down, or otherwise they might use force to remove them from power. So right now the scene is set for this countdown to sunday to see if the military steps down, and if doesnt what happens next. You mentioned that deadline. Is it any clearer whether that inter
Hello. Good evening. Wayne couzens, who abducted and murdered Sarah Everard while he was in the metropolitan police, should never have been given a job as a police officer. That is one of the stark findings of an independent inquiry. Its chair, lady elish angiolini, said red flags about couzens had repeatedly been ignored by three police forces, and that without significant overhaul, she believed theres nothing to stop another Couzens Operating in plain sight. The metropolitan police has responded that it must go further and faster to regain public trust. Heres our home Affairs Correspondent, june kelly. He was a predatory sex offender in a police uniform. A criminal with state sanctioned powers. Wayne couzens should never have been allowed to join the police, and constant flawed vetting meant he was able to continue in his role despite a series of red flags. These are the stark conclusions of todays inquiry report. The metropolitan Police Service told the inquiry in 2022 that it would
And a large part of that has been driven by growth in the manufacturing and the construction space. Some of the numbers do offer a lot of question marks because if you look at agriculture, if you look at industries, you know, our core sector data is from steel, cement, all of them have actually shrunk. Consumption, in fact, has also been weak too, almost for the nine months it grew by only 5 . And thats why there was there has been a lot of question mark, but a large bit of this has been pushed by the Government Spending in the construction space. You know, Building Infrastructure around the country and some bit of private capital and private investments also seem to be flowing in to the economy right now. And that has pushed the growth to this level right before the national elections, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third term in power. Narendra modi. And this is the premise, the high growth rate where india has become somewhere an alternative to china for most compan
to be executed using nitrogen gas a method which the united nations has called cruel and inhumane . smith s adviser said he is absolutely terrified. it will be the state 5 second attempt to execute smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preachers wife, in a hired killing. for more on this story, i spoke a little earlier to ralph chapoco he s a reporter with it s been just described it s beenjust described his method. that will involve kenneth smith being led into the execution chamber having an airtight mask strapped to his face and a pure nitrogen pumped from a pressurised tank. find from a pressurised tank. and him of effectively from a pressurised tank. fific him of effectively being forced or asked to breathe it in. there have of course been many experts suggesting that one of the problems is this is never been done before. it s interesting, we ve heard from some of your contributors there that the state of alabama is waiting to find out whether or not i
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