the security council for the safeguard of the homeland have decided to put an end to the resume you know. this follows the continuing deterioration of the continuing deterioration of the security situation and poor economic and social governance. the apparent coup attempt has drawn strong international a spokesman for the un secretary general said in a statement, the secretary general calls on all actors involved to exercise restraint and to ensure the protection of constitutional order. the united nations stands by the government and the people of niger . us secretary of state antony blinken also condemned the attack, and called for mr bazoum s immediate release. we are very closely monitoring the situation and developments in niger. i spoke with president bazoum earlier this morning and made clear that the united states resolutely supports him as the democratically elected president of niger. we call for his immediate release. we condemn any effort to seize power by fo
the homeland, have decided to put an end to the regime you know. this follows the continuing deterioration of the security situation, and poor economic and social governance. the apparent coup attempt has drawn strong international condemnation. a spokesman for the un secretary general said, the secretary general calls on all actors involved to exercise restraint and to ensure the protection of constitutional order. the united nations stands by the government and the people of niger . us secretary of state antony blinken also condemned these actions. we are very closely monitoring the situation and developments in niger. i spoke with president bazoum earlier this morning, and made clear that the united states resolutely supports him, as the democratically elected president of niger. we call for his immediate release. we condemn any effort to seize power by force. our reporter camilla mills is following the latest. tell us more about what happened on wednesday. mi tell us
been publicly released yet. i think people have reported what the prosecutors are asking for. i think you have to wait until the court proceeding happens to know, but, you know, i think the judge is going to do what s fair, and i think what s fair is, you know, my client gets on with his life. let s get to the courthouse now, and nbc news investigations correspondent, tom winter who was inside during the proceedings today. also with us, former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst, joyce vance. tom, how did this happen? reporter: well, it happened because what is normally a routine hearing and normally a routine plea agreement process, and prosecutors seeking more of a fast tracked opening, if you will, where a judge would sign off on the agreement, provided she was able to make sure the defendant in this case, hunter biden understood the terms of the agreement, understood the scope of the agreement, and understood his rights, and the rights he is waiving as a result of t
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israel hamas wore widespread the region. here s our business reporter david waddell. the situation has come to a head because two big shipping companies, maersk, the container company and hapag lloyd another big shipping container company have both announced that they would stop sending shipping through the babar el mandeh strip. i lljust show you where that is. it is at the south side of the red sea. and at the north side of the red sea, we have the suez canal. these are two of the world s biggest choke points. if anything halts shipping through these points then it has a major effect on other shipping. any ships making their way from india or the philippines to europe or the united states, further west has to come through here and here then eventually through the straits of gibraltar before going further west or north from there. the alternative is to go south around the cape of good hope, suez canal and that adds 14 days possibly on to the journey time. now the suez cana