ambassador, thank you very much forjoining us here in our studio. military coup leaders in niger have on monday arrested two more cabinet ministers, as well as the head of the governing party. what do you make of these latest developments? i mean, that shows that thejunta has no intention to respect human rights as he started by claiming that he will do that. and again, i mean, this coup has really no reason whatsoever. there was no political tension. there is no situation, security situation that is worsening as they claimed, that just faints. the security situation is improving in our country. you know, you accept to power by the ballot, not by the bullets. and we have elected a legitimate president, mohamed bazoum, and we want him to be restored, like all the international community echo us, the regional body, the african union, the united states of america, france, all our european union, all are asking them just to give back power to preseidnt bazoum. you mentioned aikaw
have been killed, including a mother and her ten year old daughter. almost 70 have been injured and around a dozen are trapped under rubble. it is a familiar yet still horrifying sight where you have a residential block with a chunk missing smoldering debris and rescue teams frantically trying to save who they can. and when you have wave after wave of missile strikes, there is always a place in ukraine that is the most acute, acutely hit, and it is the turn of kiev. but alongside this, ukraine is desperately trying to seize the initiative in its counteroffensive, which is coming up to two months old. the gains it has made have been modest and they have been intensely contested. we are seeing an increase in fighting. it is true to say that they are concentrating men and machinery, notably in the southeastern and eastern parts of the front line. but we are getting comments from the kremlin alleging that the counteroffensive is not going according to plan, in their words, saying
we know six people have been killed, including a mother and her ten year old daughter. almost 70 have been injured and around a dozen are trapped under rubble. it is a familiar yet still horrifying sight where you have a residential block with a chunk missing smoldering debris and rescue teams frantically trying to save who they can. and when you have wave after wave of missile strikes, there is always a place in ukraine that is the most acute, acutely hit, and it is the turn of kiev. but alongside this, ukraine is desperately trying to seize the initiative in its counteroffensive, which is coming up to two months old. the gains it has made have been modest and they have been intensely contested. we are seeing an increase in fighting. it is true to say that they are concentrating men and machinery, notably in the southeastern and eastern parts of the front line. but we are getting comments from the kremlin alleging that the counteroffensive is not going according to plan, in
russian forces advance with aid at the center of an urgent meeting between president biden and top congressional leaders. this is an existential moment for the free world. we must take care of america s needs first. norah: cbs evening news starts now. good evening, i m norah o donnell. good tonight, more than 40 million people are in the path of a severe storm threat rolling across the country. heavy snow from colorado to minnesota caused travel chaos at the nation s airports with more than 3,000 flights delayed, and the biggest threat from this dangerous weather will come overnight from missouri to michigan, with dangerous winds, massive hail, and possible tornadoes. we are going to have more on that dangerous system in just a moment. but first, we want to begin tonight here in washington with the age-old story of congress leaving it to the last minute to get its job done. tonight, the issue is a potential government shutdown friday night and the decision to fund
good evening. a summer of extreme weather has shown the dangers posed by climate change, while the war in ukraine has prompted worries about the uk s energy security. today, the prime minister said it was important that britain produces more of its own energy, and announced that oil and gas drilling in the north sea will be expanded. a hundred new licences will be issued this autumn, with more potentially to follow. rishi sunak says that domestic production will cut the carbon footprint of imported gas, but critics say he s backtracking on pledges to cut co2 emissions. the government has also promised new funding for carbon capture projects. our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. powering up britain from britain is today s slogan. the more than 100 licences for companies to explore for and then drill to extract oil and gas are part of a plan to max out production from uk reserves. i d say it s entirely consistent with transitioning to net zero that we use the energy we ve