Hello, iam none hello, i am none to thanks for joining us on bbc news. First to niger where, in the last two hours, a deadline for the militaryjunta to step down has passed. The leaders of nigers coup have hours to restore the ousted president , or face the possibility of Military Action. Thousands of people gathered in nigers capital to support the militaryjunta as that deadline expired. Despite International Condemnation of the soldiers actions, thousands of nigeriens continue to show support for the army 7 hoping it can offer the country stability. 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. He has dismissed pro co
Rates have gone up again, for the 14th time in a row. The Bank Of England has put up its main rate from 5 to 5. 25 . That will mean higher mortgages for some people, but its also good news for savers. The Bank Of England is using Interest Rate rises to fight inflation, which has slowed recently, but which is still nearly 8 . Our economics correspondent andy verity reports the father of two, peter, keeping up the payments for his familys mortgages looking like anything but childs play. They bought their home under the governments help to buy scheme, but since then Interest Rates have risen 1a times. When his fixed rate deal expires early next year, the payments willjump. Somehow we are supposed to spend less and find an extra £750 per month to pay for that. For many families it is a terrifying situation, but if you have a young family like ourselves, who have been swayed into the Housing Market by government who has advertised help to buy as an affordable scheme, right, when things bec
Some thundery, but there will be some thundery, but there will be some sunshine around. Because the air is coming down from the north, a cool direction, these temperatures are below par, generally the mid to high teens for most, 20 or 21 in the south east. Eitherthe high teens for most, 20 or 21 in the south east. Either the heaviest of the showers Eastern Scotland and eastern england, some of them could be quite thundery and could cause some localised flooding. Further west, a better chance of staying dry with sunshine on friday. Those temperatures are below par for the time of year. We can stay is unsettled, another area of low pressure moving in. Sunshine and showers, some quite heavy and pretty disappointing temperatures once again. Thats it from me. Back to you then. Thanks very much indeed. As promised we go back to the womens world cup. And are playing china in Theirfinal Group D game, back to jane dougall in adelaide. It was 3 0 when we talk to you before. What is the score now
Out with an old new manager at the helm of the champions and first victoria now alberta, the Commonwealth Games has no future hosts right now as another pulls out with Cost Concerns of course we want to hold on and secure Commonwealth Games which is held so closely to everyones hearts and has fantastic memories. Also coming up on sportsday. We hear from six time world motogp champion marc marquez who rides into silverstone this weekend in a rare position. Out of contention for title number seven. And the playing has taken a rest but the anticipation hasnt. We look ahead to the womens world cup last 16 hello again. Doesnt august come around quickly each year . While a world cup continues on the other side of the world, here, anew Football League season is about to start. Hillsborough will host the opening game in the championship as two teams that last season were two divisions apart kick things off tonight. Tomorrow celtic, under new management, begin the defence of their Scottish Prem
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, meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the countrys embassy. Lets now go live to our correspondent in lagos in neighbouring nigeria. We are yet to hear from ecowas and what of would be concerning niger. The ultimatum has elapsed the 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 any army. This showed that the people supported the junto, this showed that the people supported thejunto, chanting supported the junto