A foreign power is preparing to attack. It comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline from west African Regional bloc ecowas, which demanded the coup be reversed. The group now plans to hold an Emergency Summit on thursday. Meanwhile, the United States is suspending more than 100 million in aid to niger. But officials insist theres still time to solve the crisis. The window of opportunity is definitely still open. We believe that they should step aside and allow president Mohamed Bazoum to resume his duties, today, tomorrow, anytime in the nearfuture. They dont want to put a time when that window be close, would you say that using diplomacy to achieve this objective is our top priority with respect to niger. Our correspondent chris ewokor following the story from neighbouring nigeria. It is one day after the expiration of the ultimatum given to niger coup leaders by ecowas to reinstate president Mohamed Bazoum. The leaders are due to meet on thursday this week to deliberate on the pro
Citing the threat of Foreign Military intervention. They claim to have information a foreign power is preparing to attack. It comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline from west African Regional bloc ecowas, which demanded the coup be reversed. The group now plans to hold an Emergency Summit on thursday. Bbc correspondent chris ewokor is following the story from the neighbouring nigeria. It is one day after the expiration of the alternation given to the coup leaders by ecowas to reinstate president mohamed bazoum. The leaders are due to meet later this week to agree on the demands by ecowas mac defence chiefs and other matters which will help them resolve this diplomatically. Believers want to make very clear that coup or military takeover of the government in the region will no longer be acceptable. Meanwhile, here in North Western nigeria the board remains closed against niger. Long lines of vehicles, lorries, carrying loads covered with tombola, have been stranded with their drive
Us presidential election. this comes as officials in the us state of georgia have put up barriers around an atlanta courthouse ahead of a potentialfourth indictment against mr trump. the district attorney there is wrapping up a probe into his alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the state. joining me live are sarah krissoff, former federal prosecutor in the southern district of new york, and cbs chief election and campaign correspondent, robert costa. a warm welcome to you both and good to see you once again. firstly, trump s legal team have today opposed a government order for a protective order. sarah, what does this mean for the january 6 case against the former president? these types of protective orders have become very standard frankly in recent years and they are not going to be litigating the details of this protective order. it is
Violates the former president s first amendment rights. the order would limit what information mr trump, and his legal team, can share publicly. it comes after he posted online what appeared to a threat of revenge for anyone who went after him. these kinds of orders are not uncommon in criminal cases. after his third indictment last week, mr trump pled not guilty to charges of trying to overturn the 2020 us presidential election. this comes as officials in the us state of georgia have put up barriers around an atlanta courthouse ahead of a potentialfourth indictment against mr trump. the district attorney there is wrapping up a probe into his alleged attempts to overturn his election defeat in the state. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voice-over: bbc news, - bringing you different stories from across the uk. meet the cheshire ghost riders who are gearing up for a home world championships. it’s