Or face the possibility of Military Action. Thousands of people gathered in the countrys capital to support the militaryjunta as that deadline expired. 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 nigers elected president. Niger s Prime Minister was in paris on saturday 7 meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the countrys embassy. Our reporter in lagos, in neighbouring nigeria, gave us this update. We are yet to hear from ecowas on what the decision would be concerning niger. The ultimatum has elapsed this sunday evening and we are yet to hear from ecowas. But we also know that there are expected moves in niger in the coming days, the rally this afternoon showing pro coup supporters at a stadium in niamey. This showed that the people supported the junt
Now on bbc news, this cultural life whoopi goldberg. Whoopi goldberg is one of the very few people to have won all four of americas big entertainment awards. Whoopi goldberg . Emmy, grammy, 0scarand tony, for her work in film, theatre and television. Lovely to meet you. Thank you. Please take a seat. Brought up by a single mother in a new york housing project, she first made her name with a solo comedy show onstage before turning to dramatic acting roles, starting with her movie debut in The Color Purple. Until you do right by me, everything you think about is going to crumble. Since then, shes made around 100 films, including ghost and sister act. Shes hosted the Academy Awards several times and has forged a career as an outspoken and Controversial Television personality. The craziness of whats going on in this country at the moment. Lets mic you up. In this episode of this cultural life, the radio 4 programme, she reveals herformative influences and experiences. Just come on under th
aircraft using the emergency inflatable slides before it was engulfed by flames. japan airlines and airbus have both expressed their sympathies for those affected by the accident. searching for survivors japanese officials say at least 48 people have died and many others are trapped beneath rubble, after a powerful earthquake. ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. we have just had a couple of statements on the aircraft collision in tokyo and i will read them out for you. statement from japan airlines confirms that on the evening of the 2nd ofjanuary, airlines confirms that on the evening of the 2nd of january, the evening of the 2nd ofjanuary, the flight was involved in a collision with a japan coastguard aircraft during its landing which resulted in a fire on the runway. the statement extends thoughts and prayers with the deceased members of the japan coastgu
ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims with more than 112,000 cases processed last year. 0n verified today, has the government cleared the legacy asylum backlog? we ve been looking at the numbers and it s a lot more complicated than ministers have claimed. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. five japanese coastguard crew have been killed in a collision between their plane and a japan airlines passengerjet at tokyo s haneda airport. dramatic pictures showed the airbus a350 passenger plane ablaze as it travelled at speed down the runway. all 379
doomed to we come on air with some breaking news, a hamas. was killed. three other people were killed. three other people were killed in the attack, the deputy head of hamas political bureau deeply involved in his military affairs. and the founder of its military wing. this took a stronghold of the hezbollah group. you can see there at these pictures just coming into us at the moment. this is of course a developing story, and it s been confirmed by an official from hamas that they are deputy has been killed. in that attack, and these pictures there just coming into us from beirut, and we are, at the moment, awaiting a response from the israeli government and we will have more on that at the moment, just showing you those pictures that are just coming into us of the aftermath of that attack. a statement said more than 200 people have been killed by israeli strikes, israeli forces have stepped up strikes, israeli forces have stepped up their bombardment of khan younis in south