of ukraine as nazi , despite its president being jewish. also on the programme, at least 350 people crossing the channel on boats have been intercepted in the past two days, after 11 days without any crossings. we ll look at the reasons why. in the us state of alabama, police have issued arrest warrants for an escaped inmate who is facing murder charges and for a guard who may have helped him. we have had a warrant issued for director vicki white. - the charges are permitting or facilitating an escape i in the first degree. let s start in ukraine. a further operation to evacuate civilians from mariupol has been delayed. buses were due to leave this morning, but ukraine accuses russia of blocking humanitarian corridors. russia hasn t commented, and the focus of the attempted evacuation is a steel mill. this is the city s deputy mayor. there are hundreds of civilians who look for safe place in bomb shelter. among them a lot of children, and they are always waiting. i think we
province of kwazulu natal are on high alert for further floods as more rain is forecast in the area this weekend. at least 400 people are now known to have died. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are martin bentham, home affairs editor at the evening standard and broadcaster matthew stadlen. tomorrow s front pages. starting with: the observer leads with the archbishop of canterbury s criticism of the government s plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda saying it is against of the nature of god. the archbishop s comments are also on the front of the sunday telegraph he is expected to say in his easter sermon that he has serious ethical questions about sending asylum seekers overseas. priti heartless is how the sunday mirror describes the rwanda plan saying that orphans of genocide will lose their home to make way for refugees from the uk. punish eco mob now! reads the front of the sunday express cla
after a deadline to reinstate the country s ousted president expired. west african regional body ecowas had given the country s junta a week to reverse its coup, which has seen mohamed bazoum placed under house arrest. the bloc threatened military intervention if the demands weren t met by sunday. but the deadline has now passed, so far, without action. but a short time ago, niger s junta warned the threat is still there. translation: the planning of this war has been carried out. | free deployment of forces to take part in this war has begun in two central african countries. niger s armed forces and all our defence and and security forces, backed by the unfailing support our people, are ready to defend the integrity of our territory and the honour of our homeland. well, france has suspended all development aid to niger s neighbour, burkina faso, after its military government said it would see any intervention against the coup leaders a declaration of war. thousands of peo
his time for choosing. i wondered if he will choose his time for choosing. i wondered if he will choose her his time for choosing. i wondered if he will choose her as his time for choosing. i wondered if he will choose her as his his time for choosing. i wondered if he will choose her as his vice - he will choose her as his vice presidential candidate. nikki haley they re bowing out of the us presidential race this year. the government has warned it mayjudge israel to be in breach of international humanitarian law if it fails to allow more aid into gaza. it comes as the world food programme says the israeli army has thwarted its first attempt in two weeks to take food aid to northern gaza. israel hasn t commented yet. but israeli war cabinet member benny gantz is in london today, where he has met the foreign secretary, lord cameron. earlier, lord cameron had told parliament there was dreadful suffering in the territory and patience with israel was running thin. and the
following the story for us. there is pressure being piled on the coup leaders in niger. we have heard that france has suspended financial aids to the country with immediate effect and this is a result of the coup in the overthrow the government that country. the eu has suspended aid, financial and military aid and the united states secretary of state has earlier threatened that the country risks having millions of dollars of aid being suspended. the strongest reaction yet is from the african union giving the military in nigeran african union giving the military in niger an ultimatum to return to the barracks and restore democracy. they ve also called for the leader, president bazoum who we know it is still being held by the military. is still being held by the military- is still being held by the milita . . , ., military. earlier i spoke to cameron military. earlier i spoke to cameron hudson, - military. earlier i spoke to cameron hudson, a - military. earlier i spoke to i