Month recorded on the planet, beating the 2019 record by a large margin. Its good to have you with us. We begin in niger where the military junta has derefused the latest diplomatic attempt to reinstate the president. Coup leaders rejected a visit proposal by ecowas. The African Union and u. N. On tuesday citing reasons of security. Ecowas gave the mutinous soldiers until sunday to restore constitutionalled or ore face military intervention but the threat hasnt been acted upon. The u. S. Has joined the diplomatic effort with its senior official meeting with coup leaders monday work no fruitful outcome. Francineor reporter katherine gives us an update on developments. The coup leaders in niger are digging in as the political crisis keeps simmering. After the deadline given by ecowas on sunday to reinstate the ousted president has passed, they have this tuesday refused authorizations for a high level ecowas delegation to travel from nigeria to niger citing public anger at the economic sa