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 aikawa. I do
mariana islands and gave us this update earlier. they said he will be landing in australia wants to hearing wraps up. his plan is committed to depart inside three hours time, that he would land around 6:1i1pm australian eastern time. that is later today. our correspondent shaimaa khalil was at the northern mariana islands and gave us this update earlier. julian assange is in the us district court house behind me where the final steps of the legal proceedings for his guilty plea are under way, his pleading guilty for one felony thatis pleading guilty for one felony that is illegally obtaining and disclosing classified national security material, no for him because as for the deal that was agreed the usjustice department, he will get credit for time served in the uk. he is here because crucially, this is here because crucially, this is continental usa, julian assange refused to go to mainland us because he deeply distrust the us government. in the past, he accused him of plotti
khalil. we know that julian we know thatjulian assange change of the courtjust over an hour ago, change of the courtjust over an hourago, can change of the courtjust over an hour ago, can you get us up to speed with the latest? that s right. julian sanchez is in the courthouse behind me, where the final steps of the legal proceedings for his guilty plea are under way one felony illegally obtaining an national security because as the deal agreed by the us justice department, he will get credit for time served in the uk. he is here because crucially this is continental usa, he refused to go to mainland us because he deeply distrusts the us government. he in the past had accused them of plotting to kill him, something that washington has denied. this picturesque island way remote in the pacific, us territory is going to be the place for that last chapter is playing out. if you look at the some of the courthouse itself is overlooking a beautiful beach. we are surrounded by lush g
my friends in haiti are so desperate that they re like, well, let s try it, let s try it. i mean, we wanted canada, we wanted the us, we wanted a coalition, maybe the un troops, but nothing is happening. nothing is happening. so maybe some of the really well trained, best trained haitian, i mean, sorry, kenyan police force, maybe they can come over and really get in with the haitian national police, who at one time was functioned very well. the problem is also with the national haitian police is that their numbers are going down, not up, that anyone that can escape to the united states under the biden immigrant visa sponsorship program, it s going to get out of there. i mean, it s so dangerous and no one is free and no one could say, well, i m not going to get kidnapped because i m x, y, z. everyone lives in fear. well, we ve seen civil society groups in kenya say
five magnitude quake shook the surrounding area but there are no initial reports of casualties or damage officials also ruled out a tsunami warning gay and lesbian activists in kenya say that they are disappointed at the high court s decision to delay a ruling on decriminalizing homosexuality the judge deferred proceedings until may twenty fourth citing what he called a heavy caseload some activists called the decision quote ludicrous under the current law from the sexual acts can be punished with long jail terms discrimination against gay people is widespread in kenya our correspondent melanie carr deval is following these developments outside of the courthouse in nairobi so you know melanie this was a decision which was really highly anticipated in the country why was it postponed . well the activists i have spoken to believe that the court might be stalling this is of course not what this judge has