live from washington. this is bbc news. niger's airspace closes as the deadline to reverse the military coup expires. donald trump seeks a newjudge and venue as federal prosecutors try to stop him from potentially sharing confidential evidence. plus, shock at the world cup as defending champions, the united states, bow out in their earliest exit ever. i'm helena humphrey, good to have you with us. niger's military leaders have closed the country's airspace, citing the threat of intervention just hours after a deadline to reinstate the country's outsted 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. was not armed forces mohamed bazoum's armed forces and although defence 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. 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 as a delcaration of war. thousands of people gathered on sunday in the main stadium of niger's capital in support of the coup, chanting anti—french slogans and waving russian flags. the bbc�*s nkechi ogbonna

has been monitoring developments in neighbouring nigeria we are yet to hear from the original bloc ecowas on what the decision would be concerning niger. the ultimatum has elapsed this sunday evening and we are yet to hear from ecowas. but we also know that the supected moves in niger in the coming days, the rally this afternoon, showing pro—coup supporters at a stadium in niamey, the capital city, showed that the people supported the junta, chanting anti—france songs and waving pro—russia flags in the crowds. it's a mix of feelings.

the first part being that a lot of nigeriens believing since independence, france has had a stronghold on niger both economically and politically and say france has not helped in any way to curb the islamist and jihadist operations in that part of the sahel region so they believe it was time for a change, to see if the military would ring the much desired change but also civil society groups and some other private individuals also believe they want democracy to continue as it would offer them a freedom of expression and their human rights would be protected. rescue teams in southern pakistan are continuing to search for the survivors of a rail disaster which has killed at least 30 people. police say a hundred passengers were injured when an express train derailed in sindh province and there are fears

the number of casualties will rise. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies reports. twisted, contorted and thrown off the tracks. derailed so violent lee, some carriages flipped on their side. inside were passengers travelling from karachi to rawalpindi. locals arrived before the army and rescue services. translation: i was sitting in my shop, suddenly - there was a huge bang. we were all stunned. we immediately thought an accident had taken place. we started running and when we arrived here we saw the train accident had happened. we pulled out bodies and wounded people from the wreckage. passers—by clambered over wreckage carefully guiding survivors out through windows and down over mangled metal. other passengers did not walk away. local hospitals declared an emergency as tens of injured began arriving.

some were treated outside and the dead began to be counted. losing the light, the rescue teams began moving the train from the tracks, the cause of this disaster is not yet clear. translation: based on this initial investigation, - it doesn't seem likely that the incident was caused by sabotage or terrorism. it is more likely that it was due to a technical problem which the railway will look into thoroughly to prevent similar accidents in the future. local police have told the bbc that this was not due to flooding on the tracks contrary to local media reports, leaving the question — what caused this disaster and could such a loss of life have been avoided? caroline davies, bbc news, islamabad. talks hosted by saudi arabia on finding a way to end the war between russia and ukraine have ended with no sign of concrete action.

a closing statement committed only to more peace discussions. russia was not invited to the talks. but china — which has maintained close ties with moscow — sent a delegation. meanwhile a russian—installed official says ukrainian forces have damaged two bridges linking the occupied region of kherson to crimea. pictures posted to telegram show huge holes in the chonhar bridge. to the us now, and former vice—president mike pence says he won't rule out testifying against his former president if donald trump goes to trial on charges of undermining the results of the 2020 presidential election. here's mr pence speaking to cbs news. people can be confident we will obey the law, we will respond to the call of the law if it comes and we willjust tell the truth. president trump was wrong. he was wrong then, he is wrong. he was wrong then, he is wrong now stop he had no right to overturn the election. also on sunday, donald trump's attorney, john lauro, told cbs news that if called to testify, mr pence would actually be donald trump's best witness. the reason why vice president

pence will be so important to the defence is the following. number one, he agrees thatjohn eastman, who gave legal advice to president trump, was an esteemed legal scholar. number two, he agrees there were election irregularities, fraud, unlawful actions at the state level. all of that will eviscerate any allegation of criminal intent on the part of resident trump. meanwhile, legal arguments are already playing out publicly in the former president's election fraud case. donald trump says he'll be asking the judge to step aside, claiming he won't get a fair trial unless she does. mr trump attacked judge tanya chutkan on his social media platform, also saying he'll be asking to move the trial out of washington, dc. our correspondent sean dilley joined me earlier to help break this all down. thanks so much for being with us. donald trump says he does believe that the judge in this trial with regards to january six will give him a fair trial.

—— will not. is there any evidence to support that? -- will not. is there any evidence to support that? these thins evidence to support that? these thin . s are evidence to support that? these things are very _ evidence to support that? these things are very subjective, - things are very subjective, they are the views of the dependence, aren't they. you have to put donald trump's views and statements into the context that he doesn't see this process as being legitimate at all. one thing he is picking up on is that this judge was appointed by one of his predecessor presidents, obama, in the same way he personally appointed the judge was hearing his amenoni nasilasila classified documents case so that in and of itself, judges are supposed to be impartial however what he and his legal team would certainly be likely to pick up on is that thisjudge has sentenced many of the january six attackers and she's been known to give sentences longer than the department ofjustice have asked for but in this case what he appears to be upset about is the judge's refusal to grant the judge's refusal to grant the defence more time to respond to a prosecution request to limit what donald trump can say about the evidence once it is disclosed to him. ., , to him. the former resident also says —

to him. the former resident also says once _ to him. the former resident also says once this - to him. the former resident also says once this trial - to him. the former resident also says once this trial to l to him. the former resident. also says once this trial to be moved out of washington. —— president. he says it is anti—trump. what is the likelihood of these kind of requests succeeding? again, he would see _ requests succeeding? again, he would see fax _ requests succeeding? again, he would see fax -- _ requests succeeding? again, he would see fax -- say _ requests succeeding? again, he would see fax -- say that - would see fax —— say that because he thinks it's all twisted against him. it's common in different parts of america parade change in venue when a small community, for instance, knows the defendants or the victims of crime really well and you can't get a fair trial. his argument essentially because like 95% of people in washington voted forjoe biden, is arguing that it is stacked up is arguing that it is stacked up against him and he can't get afair up against him and he can't get a fair trial. what he would like to do is move it barely nearby to west virginia but there is not a massive surprise here because it's not the first time he has been asking for this. u, , time he has been asking for this. _, , ,, ., , time he has been asking for this. , ,, ., , , this. of course, sean, this is the third _ this. of course, sean, this is the third indictment - this. of course, sean, this is the third indictment in - this. of course, sean, this is the third indictment in some | the third indictment in some four months. it's completely unprecedented for the united states. now all eyes are on georgia, aren't they? unprecedented seems like a tight word but there is no other word for it, isn't there,

but if you look at it that this is the first time in history that someone has been running as a candidate for resident and they could conceivably end up in the white house or a federal prison. issue around georgia, you are quite right, falls to the county expected to issue its own indictment related to this case around claims of election interference. what you've got to look out for in particular is the 2nd of january 2021, donald trump described that as a "perfect call", it was released to the media and he asked the secretary of state in georgia if you could find 11,780 votes because it was donald trump's assertion at that time that there were thousands of people voting who were not even alive there was no evidence he was able to produce then. just one point to leave you with, donald trump's lawyer speaking to us networks on sunday, picking up on the point that the first amendment does protect free speech. they are arguing it does include actions and saying that donald trump was then

allowed to lobby people. ultimately the conclusion of their thesis is this, but they say the prosecution, orjoe biden�*s administration, but we know what they mean by that, is not going to be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that donald trump didn't honestly believe he won the 2020 election. believe he won the 2020 election-— believe he won the 2020 election. �* , , , election. and 'ust briefly if ou election. and 'ust briefly if you don-t _ election. and just briefly if you don't mind, _ election. and just briefly if you don't mind, sean, - election. and just briefly if you don't mind, sean, alll election. and just briefly if. you don't mind, sean, all of these legal cases stacking up, how is that impacting is race for the republican nomination? if we're being totally honest, you never actually know. at the moment it doesn't look like it's impacting him badly because there are two hurdles if you think about it, the republican party race to become the nominee to run for president and he is way ahead of any of his other candidates, the nearest rival, john desantis, 30 points behind him so it looks at the moment as though we will win that republican party nomination but anything can change. —— ron. bearin anything can change. —— ron. bear in mind, his presumed innocent, if he was convicted of an offence that could change things, there are some polls suggest that could be of

concern to republican voters but he is running as the republican party candidate, those polls are slim slightly less believable because the alternative would have to be that republican voters without a vote forjoe biden or not at all, that is pretty much unthinkable.— all, that is pretty much unthinkable. ., ~ u, unthinkable. our north america correspondent _ unthinkable. our north america correspondent sean _ unthinkable. our north america correspondent sean dilley - correspondent sean dilley there, thank you very much. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. all the plastic that has ever been created still exists in some form because it takes so long to break down. leading to pollution like this. but a new invention might be able to help. this may look like a normal plastic bag, but there is something quite different about it. it dissolves in water. in boiling water this process takes about a minute. i caught up with the australian company's co—founder at the compa ny�*s co—founder at the bupa company's co—founder at the bupa eco— disruptive live event for start—ups to find out more.

these bags look like plastic but they are not.— these bags look like plastic but they are not. what is the ma . ic but they are not. what is the magic ingredient? _ but they are not. what is the magic ingredient? a - but they are not. what is the magic ingredient? a magic. magic ingredient? a magic ingredient is the cassava plant and more specifically we utilise the starches. what is the advantage _ utilise the starches. what is the advantage of— utilise the starches. what is the advantage of these - utilise the starches. what is l the advantage of these plastic —— over plastic in terms of sustainability? ihla -- over plastic in terms of sustainability?— sustainability? no micro -lastics sustainability? no micro plastics when _ sustainability? no micro plastics when it - sustainability? no micro plastics when it acts - sustainability? no micro i plastics when it acts down sustainability? no micro - plastics when it acts down are no toxins as well. it can dissolve in hot water in under 60 seconds and will compost in six underneath stop ——6— eight months. you're live with bbc news. on friday, a texasjudge ruled that parts of the state's ban on abortion may be too restrictive. judgejessica mangrum issued a temporary injunction, granting exemptions for women with pregnancy complications and their doctors. butjust hours after that decision, the state's attorney general filed an appeal with the texas supreme court, blocking the judge's order from taking effect. in march, 15 women, and the center for reproductive rights and their physicians filed a lawsuit against texas, claiming the abortion law

put their lives in jeopardy. here's what polling tells us about attitudes in the us towards abortion. 26% of texans believe abortion should always be legal without any restrictions, according to a joint university of houston — stanford poll. 28% believe that there should be at least some minor restrictions. 33% say it should only be allowed in special circumstances — like when the mother's life is at risk. and 13% of texans believe abortion should be completly illegal. nationwide — 64% of us adults believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases — according to a june survey. earlier, i spoke to lead plaintiff in the texas lawsuit, amanda zurawski. thank you so much for taking the time to be with us on the programme today. to begin with, if you would, tell us what happened to you because of the abortion laws currently in place in texas.— abortion laws currently in place in texas. thank you so

much for _ place in texas. thank you so much for having _ place in texas. thank you so much for having me, - place in texas. thank you so much for having me, it - place in texas. thank you so much for having me, it is - place in texas. thank you so much for having me, it is a l much for having me, it is a pleasure to be here, despite the circumstances. last summer almost exactly one year ago, it was august 2022, i was one—day shy of 18 weeks pregnant and was diagnosed with a condition called cervical insufficiency or incompetent cervix which meant that i was dilating and we were told after a brief examination that miscarriage was inevitable. and so we asked what could be done to move the process along and protect me and respectfully lose the baby which meant doctors intervening but doctors could not because of the laws in texas. because the baby's heart was still beating so providing any sort of intervention would have been considered an illegal abortion

so we had to wait until her heart stopped beating or until my life was considered at risk enough that i would then have qualified for healthcare and what happened to me was eventually after three days i went into septic shock and finally doctors were able to provide healthcare. than provide healthcare. an incredibly _ provide healthcare. an incredibly distressing situation and we are grateful that you will share it with us. so this situation of yours meant that not only did you lose your daughter, your own health was also at risk through this. yes. ., ., health was also at risk through this- yes-_ this. yes. you are exactly ri . ht. this. yes. you are exactly right. imagine _ this. yes. you are exactly right. imagine getting - this. yes. you are exactlyj right. imagine getting the this. yes. you are exactly - right. imagine getting the news that you are going to use lose your child that you have wanted and worked desperately for for over a year and there is nothing they can do to protect you so not only was i grieving and trying to mourn her loss but i was also terrified because i did not know what was going to happen to me. find

because i did not know what was going to happen to me.- going to happen to me. and you went in to _ going to happen to me. and you went in to sepsis _ going to happen to me. and you went in to sepsis and _ going to happen to me. and you went in to sepsis and if - going to happen to me. and you went in to sepsis and if i - went in to sepsis and if i understand, it also means that could potentially make future conception more challenging. we know conception more challenging. - know that conceiving in the future will be more difficult. it was extremely difficult the first time and it will be even harder, if it can happen, again because the sepsis left in my reproductive organs a substantial amount of scar tissue, leaving one of my fallopian tubes permanently closed. , ., ., ., , closed. the state of texas there says _ closed. the state of texas there says it _ closed. the state of texas there says it does - closed. the state of texas there says it does make . there says it does make exceptions for mothers whose life is threatened but you brought a case against the state calling for more clarifications. why doesn't the current law go far enough? to your mind? i current law go far enough? to your mind?— your mind? i am not a healthcare _ your mind? i am not a | healthcare professional your mind? i am not a - healthcare professional but i understand that the law is

extremely vague and has very confusing language and so healthcare professionals do not know what they can do and when they can provide healthcare and what kind of healthcare they can provide. some of my fellow plaintiffs are physicians in the state of texas and they have said time and time again that they do not know, you know, what the law suggests and when they can practice best judgement. on top of that if they make a mistake, if they violate the law they face up to 99 years in prison, massive fines, losing their license and those are risks that they should not have to even consider when potentially providing life—saving healthcare. providing life-saving healthcare.- providing life-saving healthcare. ., ~ ., providing life-saving healthcare. ., ~' ., ., healthcare. so we now know that a 'ud . e in healthcare. so we now know that a judge in texas _ healthcare. so we now know that a judge in texas has _ healthcare. so we now know that a judge in texas has ruled - healthcare. so we now know that a judge in texas has ruled in - a judge in texas has ruled in favour of your case but the state attorney general has already appealed it. so, halting it while the ultimately considered. what do you anticipate happening next?

firstly we were thrilled that the judge firstly we were thrilled that thejudge ruled in ourfavour. it was really, i think, encouraging to see a court rule that patients like us are being harmed and will continue to be harmed and will continue to be harmed so that gave us a huge amount of hope. we're not surprised the state appealed, for sure, we expected that but i think it really speaks to their views on pregnant people in texas. now we know in no uncertain terms that they intend for pregnant people in texas to be facing harm. they know what the possible consequences are, they do not seem to care about our lives and our health and our safety and our health and our safety and they say that, yes, we should have to face these crimes. ., , ., , , crimes. you brought this case forward very _ crimes. you brought this case forward very publicly, - crimes. you brought this case | forward very publicly, sparking a conversation there in texas. when you speak to people in your community and when you speak to people in the state

about the abortion laws currently in place, what kind of things do they tell you? what kind of views are they sharing and do you see any kind of momentum shift in the conversation?— of momentum shift in the conversation? definitely. it has been — conversation? definitely. it has been an _ conversation? definitely. it has been an amazing - conversation? definitely. it. has been an amazing amount conversation? definitely. it- has been an amazing amount of support, of outrage, of disbelief. i think we're kind of through the phase of shock and disbelief because initially people did understand that this was happening and they did not understand why. i think we have made a lot of headway there and now people know this is happening and they are outraged and they wanted change. so we are getting support from not just people in texas all across the country, across the world. i think people are very, very motivated to fix this and to change it and, so, motivated to fix this and to change itand, so, i motivated to fix this and to change it and, so, i am very hopeful that we may be the first lawsuit of our nature but i do not think we will be the

last and that is very encouraging.- last and that is very encouraging. last and that is very encourauain. . ~' . encouraging. thank you so much for bein: encouraging. thank you so much for being with — encouraging. thank you so much for being with us _ encouraging. thank you so much for being with us and _ encouraging. thank you so much for being with us and for - for being with us and for sharing your story on bbc news. thank you so much for having me. the two—time defending champions at the women's football world cup, the united states, have crashed out of the tournament, with the final result decided by just millimetres. the round of 16 match finished scoreless in regular and extra time — sending it to a dramatic shootout. sweden prevailed 5—4, with three us players missing their penalty kicks, including star forward megan rapinoe. sweden sealed the deal on this penalty shot. it was nearly saved by us keeper alyssa naeher, but was ruled to have just crossed the line. live now to dw sports correspondent oliver moody, who is in auckland, new zealand. good you once again it is fair to say that the us seemed dominant for most of this mansion and in the end it came down tojust a mansion and in the end it came down to just a couple of

millimetres. how big a shock as this result?— this result? the defending champions _ this result? the defending champions and _ this result? the defending champions and the - this result? the defending - champions and the top-ranked champions and the top—ranked team in the world are out and that will always be a big shock. to realise how much of a shock. to realise how much of a shock this is, you must think about how long the usa have been at the top of women's football around the world. it was 2015 when they won the world cup in canada and that was when they reach the summit and they have been there ever since. so for that eight years of dominance to come to an end will always be a big surprise for fans around the world. and just on the fans, i think we must remember that women's football is a sport that has experienced tremendous growth in that time, in that last eight years and even more recently than that. so many people who today are avid women's football fans have only known the usa as the world champions so i think this will be something that people around the world experience is quite a big deal and you can see it on the faces of the usa players as

well straight after the game. they were clearly in a state of shock. they were experiencing was that they were going out of the world cup after putting in the world cup after putting in the best performance of the tournament so far. as you said they dominated sweden for large stretches of the game and it was only excellent goalkeeping that stop them from scoring and then at the end, two, maybe three millimetres was the difference. this is the world cup, it is not out football decided by the finest of margins and that is why we love the sport. i margins and that is why we love the sort. ., ,., ., margins and that is why we love the sport-— the sport. i also saw a recent headline _ the sport. i also saw a recent headline saying _ the sport. i also saw a recent headline saying that - the sport. i also saw a recent headline saying that if - the sport. i also saw a recent headline saying that if the i the sport. i also saw a recentj headline saying that if the us loses the world cup does global soccer win? what do you think? is this now set the stage for a new era in women's football? i certainly think it is not good for any sport to be dominated by one team for too long. i think that can lead to a bit of apathy among fans and that is never good. looking at, for example, the experience england had last year winning the

european championship and how that increased the awareness of the women's game and engagement with it and now, if you could imagine that happening on an even bigger scale to columbia or even australia, that is something that is really exciting prospect for women's football. but we should also acknowledge and recognise just how much of a driving force this usa team has been doing this usa team has been doing this spell of dominance. on the pitch, obviously, how many people got into the game because they loved meghan rapinoe or alex morgan. but of the pitch, the way the team fought for its rights in regard to equal pay, for example, in the way that they have engaged with social courses as well. i really do think we have to pay attention to just what this team has dumb for the profile of women's football around the world. so while i think it is exciting for the women's game to see a different team coming out on top this time around, i

think if you are a fan of the global game it is perhaps not the time to celebrate an early demise of the usa team. such an im ortant demise of the usa team. such an important point — demise of the usa team. such an important point to _ demise of the usa team. such an important point to make. - important point to make. briefly, england and nigeria, what do we expect from that game? what do we expect from that came? ., ., , ., what do we expect from that . ame? ., ., , ., ., game? england have started to come on strong _ game? england have started to come on strong at _ game? england have started to come on strong at the - game? england have started to come on strong at the back- game? england have started to j come on strong at the back end of the group stage and we heard the quite surprising news that kira walsh, the midfielder, is backin kira walsh, the midfielder, is back in training after suffering an earlier knee injury. that will be a big roost for england, she is an important playerfor roost for england, she is an important player for them. roost for england, she is an important playerfor them. a important player for them. a strong important playerfor them. a strong england team, european champions and nigeria spring a surprise against australia although, who knows, it is knocked out football. always aood to knocked out football. always good to talk _ knocked out football. always good to talk to _ knocked out football. always good to talk to you. - knocked out football. always good to talk to you. thank i knocked out football. always i good to talk to you. thank you so much. iam i am helen humphrey in washington, thank you for your company. more news for you at the top of the hour and i will see you then.

hello. well, i have got some good news for you. the weather outlook for most of us this week isn't looking too bad at all. and as promised, it is going to turn warmer for all of us. but it may not last that long. let's have a look at the big picture across the atlantic. and here's the jet stream, that current of wind, the weather systems, the rain here. and notice how by thursday, the jet stream takes on the shape of a ridge, which means it allows the warmer air to stream in from the south. but let's have a look at the short term. and this is the satellite picture — we're in between weather systems, the gap in the clouds here, so some clear spells through the early hours, and then this smaller area of low pressure will be a bit of a fly in the ointment, i think, for the beginning of the week through monday and into tuesday. so here's the forecast, then, through the early hours. for most of us, it's dry, a few showers in the north

and the northwest. but as i say, sunny spells, if not even clear blue skies in one or two parts of the country. now, through the morning, into the afternoon, the cumulus clouds will bubble up and we will see showers developing. but i think they will be well scattered and most of us will miss the showers. but you might catch one or two, particularly across the north of the country. temperatures between 17—21 celsius. now, here's that rather small area of low pressure, but the winds are coming in from the south—west, which means it's relatively humid air. so turning quite murky in the south—west late on monday, perhaps drizzly and wet. there is that small weather system here. if anything, this meansjust a fair amount of cloud across the uk during the course of tuesday. also, the humidity will rise — it will feel quite muggy out there. so, cloudy, maybe damp at times with a bit of rain across the south, with sunny spells, too. but the best of the weather — northern half of the uk. so, sunshine for newcastle and glasgow on tuesday. temperatures in the high teens. and then the weather really does improve on wednesday. i think broken cloud with some sunny spells, a generally dry day. the winds are coming in from the south. the temperatures are rising widely into the 20s

across the uk, mid 20s in the southeast and the south. and i think by thursday, we could be hitting the high 20s. but as i say, it's not going to last for that long because by the weekend in the northwest of the country, guess what? showers and strengthening winds.

after three years, china drops bali tariffs against australia in the latest sign of warming tyres. plus is gearing up to be a big week on the economic data front. we will tell you what you can expect. welcome to asia business report with me, mariko oi. ourtop business report with me, mariko oi. our top story, business report with me, mariko oi. ourtop story, china business report with me, mariko oi. our top story, china and australia looking to be moving beyond trade spats because over the weekend, beijing ended tariffs on australian bali. they were implemented three years ago in a move that cut of almost $1 billion in annual trade. the bali decision

follows the resumption of trade in other products like