Security cooperation and budgetary aid. There are concerns among many countries over which states nigers new leader will align with potentially moving closer to russia as happened after coups in neighbouring burkina faso and mali. Later, leaders from the 15 countries that make up ecowas, the Economic Community of west african states, and the eight leaders from the west African Economic and Monetary Union will meet to discuss their response. Live now to chris ewokor in nigeria with the latest on this. Good to see. Tell us more about the statement about possible Military Intervention. Well, right now in niger, things are happening quite fast. Earliertoday, one of niger, things are happening quite fast. Earlier today, one of the members of the Military Coup came out on State Television to denounce the ecowas meeting and alleged that the ecowas meeting and alleged that the meeting was intended to take action on carrying out Military Intervention of that country and now they have also calle
Coming up on bbc news, aston villa fall short of the first european final in 42 years, but they are beaten by a team who have never been in one up until now, olympiakos. Hello. The uk is officially out of recession, with economic output up by 0. 6 in the first three months of the year. Thats better than expected, and marks a modest return to growth after the mild recession, of late last year. Rishi sunak says its proof the economy is turning a corner, but hes told the bbc itll take time for people to really feel better. Dharshini david, is here with all the details. Dharshini. Finally, some news we really can use the sun is not only shining across the country today, the economy also hit a brighter spot at the start of the year according to these initial estimates, beating expectations. With stronger Consumer Spending in shops, hotels and restaurants, the Service Sector perked up, and while a rebound in trade kept manufacturers busy, the heavy rain did dampen construction activity. But
have been killed in a russian missile attack on the port city of odesa. 18 others were wounded. this video shows the aftermath of a strike on a residential building. other russian missiles hit a military facility in odesa and a cemetery. the russian defence ministry says its missiles destroyed a logistics terminal in the port city, where it said foreign weapons were stored. in the city of mariupol, russian forces appear to be trying to storm the azovstal steel works, where ukraine s remaining forces in the city are holding out. russians are said to have resumed air strikes on the plant in the south east of the country. we begin our coverage with the attack in odesa, and this report from our correspondent caroline davies. siren wails thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in odesa. this was the aftermath of missile strike on the city. on the ground blown out glass, debris, burning cars. and ukraine s firefighters and army trying to limit the dest
in the battle of the brits against dillian whyte. we start in ukraine, where officials say at least five people have been killed in missile strikes on the southern port city of odesa. the dead include a three month old baby. 18 others were injured in the attacks on a military facility and two residential buildings. the ukrainian foreign minister says they were designed to spread terror . it comes as russian forces are reported to be trying to storm the azovstal steel works in the city of mariupol, where ukraine s remaining forces in the city are still holding out. more on that in a moment, but first, our correspondent caroline davies has the latest from odesa. thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in odesa. this was the aftermath of a missile strike on the city. blown out glass and rubble, cars crushed and burnt, floors collapsed. through the debris, the city s firefighters lead those that can walk out to safety. vitalia and her son nikita were
After three years in captivity. In sport, its the final day of the Premier League season, with Champions League places at stake. Manchester city, liverpool and arsenal will vie for the last two spots to join europes elite next season. And phil has the weather for us this morning. Good morning. There is a much improved started day compared to yesterday in scotland and the rest of the British Isles is not far behind. Details in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. In business, sometimes, you have to do the dance. And having won billions of Dollars Worth of contracts for us firms, donald trump is more confident celebrating with the saudis than you might think. Its beautiful. It certainly more comfortable for him here than it is back home, given the furore over his sacking of the fbi director investigating allegations his president ial campaign was tied to russia. But day two of this tour could be the beginning of a far greater challenge as he leaves the world of striking co