Antony blinken, has voiced his concern that nigersjunta might turn to the Russian Mercenary Group wagnerfor help. The group is active in neighbouring countries and its leader has welcomed the takeover. The coup leaders are currently Standing Firm against calls to restore democratic rule. Heres what mr blinken had to say about wagner. For sure, we have concerns when we see Something Like the wagner group possibly manifesting itself in different parts of the sahel. And here is why we are concerned. Because every single place that this group, wagner group has gone, death, destruction and exploitation have followed. Insecurity has gone up, not down. It has not been a response to the needs of the countries in question for greater security. I think what happened and what continues to happen in niger was not instigated by russia or by wagner but to the extent that they try to take advantage of it and we see a repeat of what has happened in other countries where theyve brought nothing but bad
20s across the south east but the humidity will be ebbing away and into the weekend it looks like its going to be one of sunshine and showers, and some of them heavy. Thats it. Ill be back at ten, but you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. The news continues here on bbc one, as wejoin our colleagues for the news where you are. Bye for now. Hello and welcome to sportsday im gavin ramjaun. Columbia continue their world cup journey with victory over jamaica england now wait in the Quarter Finals. Laurenjames will miss that game the england player says sorry to the fans and her teammates for her red card in their last 16 win over nigeria. And france turn on the style to cruise into the last eight they hit four past morocco. Also coming up on sportsday. Sanctions for time wasting and approaching the referee. We hearfrom the head of the Premier League on new rules that could impact Player Behaviour next season. And we speak to the newest star of the bmx park Keiran
And checking out printing and checking out news. Pakistan Election Commission printing news. Pakistan Election Commission has disqualified the former Prime Minister for five years as a consequence of that conviction over the weekend in that case about selling state gifts and islamabad on saturday in sentencing macro two to three years in prison and this means that imran khan will not be able to contest elections that are coming up later in the year or able to any Public Office until the year 2028 and the Commission Says in this notification that imran khan has been de notified as a Member Of Parliament with immediate effects and significant news after sentence cut on saturday that imran khan is been disqualified from taking part in any sort of elections for five years and that will bring you more in my correspondent later in the programme. We turn to brazil and a Landmark Summit to protect the amazon rainforest. The leaders of eight South American countries that share the amazon, have
Coming up on bbc news, england Quarterfinal Opponents will be columbia who got the better of jamaica and the womens world cup of a i jamaica and the womens world cup of a i 01 jamaica and the womens world cup of a i 01 victory. Hello. Thousands of people, including politicians and pop stars have turned out, to pay tribute to the singer, Sinead Oconnor. The private Funeral Service took place in her hometown of bray in County Wicklow, with well wishers lining the streets, as the cortege passed by. She died in london last month, at the age of 56. Colin paterson has the story. They had come in their thousands to pay tribute to that woman they loved. My mother is 93 and she wanted to come out here. It was your mums idea . Yes. She was a woman that spoke what she wanted, you know . Yeah. For the people. She was a warrior and a weapon standing up to the powers that be before anyone else was. I Sinead Oconnor lived on the Sea Front In Bray County Wicklow for 15 years. She loved the town. We lo
Andriy khlyvnyuk, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me here. Good day, sir. Its a pleasure to have you here. Im very mindful that youve just made a pretty extraordinaryjourney, serving on the front line in ukraine with the Security Forces just a couple of days ago, and then, a long journey to here in london. In a couple of days, you will be making music in front of Tens Of Thousands of people at chelsea football stadium. All of that sounds kind of surreal. Does it feel that way to you . This is one kind of contrast. Three days ago, me and, actually, my partner who is here as a Shooting Cameraman we were under Artillery Fire in kherson and then, a trip by bus, sleep on a bus last night, and then, a flight here, and here i am. This is quite a contrast, believe me. And im very, very glad and happy to observe People Living a peaceful life and having peace problems, chatting in cafes and having, i dont know, everything even those trafficjams is fun. Is there any sense of guilt when