Militaryjuntas in neighbouring burkina faso and mali warned that any Foreign Military intervention in niger, would be considered a Declaration Of War on them. A french mp for emmanuel macron s Renaissance Party spoke to the bbc about the countrys Evacuation Mission and said paris was left with no other choice. Translation we estimate that a few hundred people french people wish to leave, and have clearly expressed this intention, since we know that the tradition between European Countries is to show solidarity. If other European Countries decide to organise your evacuations, which is possible, we would Work Together to evacuate those who want to leave. Niger is a key part of africas sahel region which stretches from the atlantic to the red sea. Burkina faso and mali, have also seen recent military coups, and say, they would come to the defence of their neighbour. On sunday, the Regional Bloc ecowas made up of 15 west african countries, gave the coup leaders in niger one week to restore
world. i m michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up here on cnn newsroom, a community in mourning. a killer on the run. we ll have the latest on the intensifying search for the gunman accused of killing five of his neighbors. a sixth cease-fire doing little to ease fears in sudan or to slow the frantic rush to leave the country. and kyiv teases a long-await the counteroffensive against russia. we ll hear from a military expert about what ukraine s efforts might look like. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. a small texas town in mourning and on edge after a deadly shooting in which five people were killed. we ll show you the man who lost his wife and 9-year-old son in the shooting. you see him there. meanwhile, more than 200 officers from multiple law enforcement agencies are involved in the manhunt for the suspected shooter. authorities have identified the suspect as 38-year-old francisco oropesa, a mexican natio
on the kremlin, which russia has called an attempt to assassinate president putin. this video, which has been circulated on social media, and the bbc has now verified shows the moment the drones hit the building. ukraine claims russia is using this accusation as a cover to launch an attack. president volodymyr zelenskiy has been speaking at a news conference in finland. we don t attack putin or moscow, we fight on our territory, we are defending our villages and cities. we don t have enough weapons for this. . . , ~ ., ., , this. that was ukrainian president volod m r this. that was ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky this. that was ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky responding . this. that was ukrainian president| volodymyr zelensky responding to accusations by moscow that that drone strike was launched by ukraine. our russia editor, steven rosenberg, is in moscow and has sent this report. flying in from the left, what appears to be a drone. then an explosion over
officials say at least 78 people have been killed and more than 100 other injured in a stampede at a school in the yemeni capital sanaa, during distribution of charity for ramadan. there is some footage emerging allegedly from the incident a warning: some viewers may find it distressing. this is video footage from al masirah, a tv station linked to the houthi rebel group which controls sanaa. the video was picked up by the reuters news agency and it purports to show the incident in the bab al yemen area of the city. as you can see, it s an apparent crush of people, many of whom look to be in distress. we will have more on this story as it updates. now to sudan where the latest ceasefire has failed. these are pictures from the capital, khartoum. witnesses say gunfire was still being heard across the city. both sudan s army and the paramilitary group its fighting, the rsf, had agreed to the ceasefire, and it s not clear which side, or both, has broken it. civilians like these
borisjohnson urges energy companies to act in the national interest and do more to cut rising bills as he meets energy bosses at downing street. the police watchdog says forces in england and wales are failing victims of burglaries, robberies and theft with too few suspects being charged. the crisis of local swimming pools the bbc finds more than 60 have closed across the uk in the past 3 years. hello and welcome to bbc news at 5:00pm. an amber heat warning for large parts of england and wales has come into force, as temperatures look likely to peak at 37 degrees celsius over the next four days. the met office has also warned there s an exceptional risk of fires spreading in many places and water companies believe a drought could be declared soon. celestina 0lulode has this report. this is what emergency services want to prevent. tinderbox dry conditions helped cause these fires last month. london fire brigade said it needs the public s help to prevent grass fires.