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Lets turn straightaway to Breaking News of the last few minutes. Three hill walkers have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glen coe thats in the scottish highlands. Police scotland said the bodies were discovered during a search, which had been launched after the group failed to return. The alarm was raised shortly after 9pm on saturday and Mountain Rescue teams assisted with the recovery operation. A Force Spokeswoman said, there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances. A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal. So that news just coming in, that three people have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glencoe in the scottish highlands. When we get more on that, we will return to it. Now lets move on to the row in the uk about the government use of a barge to hou ....
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 ....
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. And on sunday, the Regional Bloc Ecowas made up of 15 west african countries gave the coup leaders in niger one week to restore democratic rule, or face what it called all necessary mea ns. Lets talk to beatriz de leon cobo from the security think tank the Royal United Services institute. Thank you for being here with us on bbc news. Your assessment, first, of what we are seeing in niger . Thank ou ve what we are seeing in niger . Thank you very much what we are seeing in niger . Thank you very much. Right what we are seeing in niger . Thank you very much. Right now what we are seeing in niger . Th ....