Force. What does that mean . Correspondence say its a relatively smalljoint Military Force put on alert. Most likely to secure nigers borders. West African Leaders is a dialogue with the leaders of this Military Coup will be the bedrock of the approach that they take to this crisis. Well, basically, one of the major decisions was the, despite all and open, including the option of Military Force as a last resort. They have now ordered the activation of the Standby Force. When this is going to start, we dont know. One of the other things that the us leaders have done is to reiterate their condemnation of the coup in niger as well as the continued detention of president mohamed bazoum. They also condemned the condition in which they say the president and his family have been kept and they are insisting that all the measures that have been put in place earlier, including a resolution as well as Border Closure and restriction of movement, will remain in force while they explore every means
to discuss the war in ukraine. live now tojimena blanco, chief analyst and head of americas for the global risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. she s in andalucia, spain. thank you so much forjoining us. take us through the agenda of this trip, what does lula want and from the chinese perspective? there are two areas of the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main interest. - the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main interest. the - two areas of main interest. the first one is a commercial one. china is brazil s main trading partner. it is brazil s main trading partner. it is in competition neck and neck with the united states for market share and in numerous industries in the country. of course, agricultural commodities from brazil are crucial for china to feed its population, but china plays a major role in infrastructural development in brazil and also in key industries, like metals and min
in half and announcing deep cuts in public spending. one of those stories in a moment or two. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan pa rtak. newcastle will hope they don t go the same way as manchester united. absolutely, we re looking ahead to the final round of european champions group matches. it s the final round of european champions league group matches on wednesday, with newcastle united among the sides hoping to reach the knockout stages. eddie howe s side are up against ac milan. it s 20 years since their last champions league campaign. if it s to continue and they re to reach the knockout stages they have to beat the italian side and hope paris st germain don t win against the already qualified borussia dortmund. i think being under lights here is very special but champions league, we have something to play for and everything to gain. we would have taken this position before the paris game. it could have been very different but we
drug traffickers calling themselves los lobos, or the wolves. big caution here, because this hasn t been verified. some other groups are contesting that claim. the candidate himself was a critic of corruption. 0ne himself was a critic of corruption. one of the few to allege links between crime and officials in ecuador. the president has said the army will be deployed to ensure elections go ahead as planned on august the 20th. i spoke tojimena blanco, head of americas at the risk analysis company verisk maplecroft. jimena gave us her assessment of why the candidate had been targeted. i think this is a watershed moment for ecuador in terms of we re seeing the confluence of the country s political crisis, which is what triggered this snap general election, together with the security crisis that the country is under.