anchor: politicians in niger arrested in the aftermath of last week's coup. ecowas threatened to intervene if democracy wasn't restored within a week. the islamic state lames responsibility for sunday's suicide bombing at a political rally in northwest pakistan. and ukrainian authorities essay at least six people were killed after a russian missile struck civilian targets.

this comes after president zelenskyy said the fighting was drawing closer to the border with moscow. thank you for joining us on france 24. we begin in niger, at least four ministers have arrested. this is a day after ecowas threatened to intervene if democracy was not restored within a week. economic sanctions have been slapped on niger, and western states have suspended development aid with immediate effect. i spoke to a score -- for a course -- i spoke to a correspondent about the coup. >> it's interesting to see. not everybody is a radical in the politicians come up but when

you talk with people on the street in shops and restaurants, you can feel that they didn't like the previous government. what is important is this politician had nothing to do with the french position, there's no hostility toward french politics. he is not representative of the whole country.

people didn't like the previous government come about may be the reason why they were so convinced to follow the coup leader. anchor: the niger military hunta is accusing france of trying to reinstate the previous leader. emmanuel macron speaking after protests in front of the french embassy on monday. reporter: coup leaders continue their standoff in niger, on monday accusing france of planning a military intervention to extract the nigerian president. >> in its search for ways to intervene materially in niger, france with the complexity of some nigerians, held a meeting

to obtain the necessary military authorization needed. reporter: france for its part has denied the accusations. >> the president has been very clear by saying we will not tolerate any incidents and we are working hard to bolster security measures. reporter: thousands of junta supporters rallied outside the french embassy. the presidential guard has kept the former president under guard in the palace and has warned against foreign intervention to extract him. coup leaders face mounting international pressure, including from the eu, u.s. and u.n. meanwhile, the african bloc ecowas has threatened to use

force if the countries democratically elected president is not reinstated within a week. anchor: the party of the opposition leader in senegal has been dissolved. they were accused of fomenting insurrection after he was arrested at his home. reporter: supporters had called for protests against this arrest on friday but it seems so far relatively quiet here, nothing like the violent protests we saw in june when at least 16 people were killed here. as you said, it is hard to tell as mobile internet has been switched off for most of the day across the country. the minister of communications

said that was to prevent a threat against the public order. similar steps were taken in june as well. today, as far as we can tell, it is unusually calm. roads seem more empty than they would normally be in the city. scooters are not allowed in the streets and many shops are closed, events were c anceled, and you can feel the growing tension throughout the city. anchor: the islamic state has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a political rally in northwestern pakistan on sunday. at least 45 people were killed in the attack which comes in the run-up to november's election. pakistan's prime minister has denounced the blast and said it was an attack on the democratic process. we have a report. reporter: family members

collapse in grief as tweo teenae cousins are late to rest. they are among dozens killed at a rally by a suicide bomber. at least half of the dead were children. >> they were responsible members of our family, they never picked on anyone. this is a great injustice. reporter: the attack happened in northwest pakistan not far from the afghan border at a rally. as a speeches were about to begin, the suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives and ball bearings near the stage in a crowd of about 400 people. >> i was very close to the stage. as we were standing to welcome the speaker there was a powerful explosion and i don't know what happened next. i lost consciousness and when i came to, i headed for the road.

i was soaked in blood and there was a ringing in my ears. reporter: monday, the islamic state group claimed responsibility. a news outlet linked to the group reported that a suicide attack or from the islamic state detonated his explosive jacket in the middle of a crowd. this party has been targeted by the islamic state group in the past. it's leader is an islamist hardliner but has formed alliances with other parties. since the ousting of the prime minister last year, pakistan has been plunged into a period of political turmoil. the rise of militant violence could impede campaigning ahead of the next general election expected in the fall. anchor: in china, at least two

people have died after the remnants of a typhoon dumped record amounts of rainfall on the capital beijing. some 55,000 people have been evacuated from parts of the city after roots were transformed into rivers. millions of people remain under red alert as authorities warn of potentially hazardous flood and landslides. we have a report. reporter: wading through waist high muddy waters, first responders pulling people out of homes. rescue efforts made it difficult due to both unable to navigate narrow streets. further east, firefighters race to rescue truck drivers and passengers as the water continues to swell. and in beijing, hundreds of bus services have ground to a standstill. authorities have raised the heavy rainfall alert to the

highest level, warning of floods, and slides and mudslides. china has been battered by a storm that made landfall on friday after hitting the philippines as a typhoon, bringing winds up to 175 kilometers per hour. over the weekend, the storm affected more than 880,000 people in a coastal city, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate and causing more than -- costing some 60 million euros in economic losses. china has been expensing extreme weather conditions and has seen record temperatures this summer. events scientists say are exacerbated by climate change. anchor: ukrainian authorities that say at least six people were killed after a russian missile struck civilian targets in the hometown of president volodymyr zelenskyy. the kremlin has responded to suspected attacks by ukraine inside the russian capital.

they say it is retaliation for setbacks on the battlefield. in the ukrainian capital, workers have moved the hammer and sickle emblem in kyiv. there will now be a three prong emblem symbolizing ukraine. it will be set on ukraine's independence day. volodymyr zelenskyy signed a bill celebrating christmas. reporter: towering above the ukrainian capital skyline, the motherland monument has been watching over kyiv since 1981, before the fall of the soviet union. now workers are chipping away at the soviet past. it will be replaced with this trident, and emblem of ukraine.

>> our ukraine has always existed and will always exist. we will remove the rubbish and build a new ukraine. we have already started and will continue. reporter: since the start of the russian invasion, the ukrainian authorities have a ahead with the process known as de- reciprocation -- russification. they started with street names. >> there should be no russian names. reporter: commercial imports of's from russia have been banned and days ago president zelenskyy signed a law changing the christmas state holiday to december 25, a symbolic break with the russian orthodox church. these policies are not entirely new in 2019, a law made --

mandatory for ukrainian workers. these statues were once seen by millions in city squares across the country. any were torn down in 2014 at the height of ukraine's revolution that toppled the pro-russian president. anchor: a judge presiding over a georgia grand jury investigation into donald trump has rejected a bid by his eagle team to disqualify the prosecutor from leading the inquiry. in short, the property manager from mar-a-lago made his first court appearance this monday. he is accused of scheming with the former president to delete security footage is sought by investigators looking into the classified documents case. speculation is mounting over french superstar mbappe's future. he has until the end of the day

to sign. he's been in the stand up with the french club psg since he said he would not extend his contract past last year. that is it for me. thank you for watching. ♪ ♪ >> hello. you are watching france 24. stay tuned. >> she has been called africa's premier diva. one of the most inspiring women

in the world and most powerful celebrity in africa. with over 16 million albums sold , and multiple grammys, she is the laureate of pride, perhaps the music world's most prestigious award. you always seem so joyful. your energy is infectious. is that in you? do you have to work at it? angelique: joy is a state of mind and we all have it. is there any reason for me not to be joyful? eve: you just won what is perhaps considered the most prestigious music prize, the polar music prize.

what does it mean to you? angelique: it comes as a surprise, i was not expecting any prize. it is humbling and at the same time it is a responsibility. each of the artists that have received that prize have brought something immense and really helpful for music. i'm going to try to do my best to fit those shoes. eve: you are also the holder of numerous grammy awards, first nominated in 1993. first won in 2007. angelique: yes indeed. eve: what is it like when you see all of them lined up? angelique: i spread them, i don't have a place for all of impede i just spread them around. eve: the last was for mother

nature. 30 years ago, one of your early hits, the message was also to pay attention to mother earth. you've been a climate activist all of your career. when did you become aware of the importance of the planet and climate change? angelique: my mother's mother was a healer and she would wake me up in summertime at 6:00 in the morning. i've got to do this, do that and i am like a grandma i just want to sleep, i don't know your business of herbs. she's like you have to understand, you're part of all of this. i learned that from her, to respect that we are each other's keeper. what we do for ourselves has to benefit somebody else and vice versa. she was nurturing the next generation. eve: what made you right agolo?

zaporizhzhia -- angeline: i was pregnant and i was concerned about the way we consume and recycle garbage. that was the purpose of agolo. the way the garbage is always full, what can i do to diminish that? in 2020 it's no longer about talking, it's about action. we've seen glaciers melting into they will disappear. -- melting and they will disappear. when you travel as much as i do, you see it. it's not just words, it is reality.

how do you stay a human being knowing that other human beings are being impacted by climate change and you stay quiet? we have to do something about it. eve: and your song about nature on sting features, over the years you've collaborated with so many people, john legend, peter gabriel, so many. talk about one of your favorite collaborations. angeline: they are all different and unique. we were humbled by the service of the song we were working on. sting was one of the first to talk about rain forces. -- rain forests. it takes the planet to take the

nitrates from the sahara desert to travel above the oceans to nourish the amazon. sting and mother nature is the right thing to do. ♪ eve: your message is getting through to people. you inspire your fans and when you are on stage, the audience is smiling, mesmerized and joyful. i was looking at comments people write about you online -- so many. queen angelique, always the best at showing positivity. do you realize how much you mean to the fans? angelique: realizing that, when

i became unicef ambassador -- when you are an artist, you do your music and help people listen to it and come to your concert. i was not in the mindset to think about how to impact the generation of young musicians today. here i was in 2002 traveling across africa and you see people call you by your song's name and you say ok, i made something positive. that's when it hits me that everything i've been doing has been closely watched and has been penetrating the culture in every part of africa, empowering young boys and young women. that's responsibility i don't take lightly. that's when we did -- why when we did mother nature, i asked them to come and speak about climate change, what is important for them? most of them talked about social justice because for them it goes

hand-in-hand. we pay the biggest price of climate change in africa. eve: it seems and everything you do, you are seeking to better the world. writing a song, creating a foundation, like batonga foundation. what is the biggest challenge in helping young women in africa? angelique: there are many challenges. during the pandemic, the strides that have been made against violence, we had to start from scratch because the perpetrator was houma. it was -- perpetrator was houma. it was difficult. in most of the countries in africa, rape is a crime, but we

don't put together child marriage and rape. the men that marry those young girls, they have the blessing of the father. a game changer in reducing poverty is young women axing -- accessing credit. we need the banks to be more women oriented, to give loans to the poorest of the poorest they are on the forefront of poverty. they can raise people out of poverty, to have access to money to produce more and create jobs. eve: you are on one hand fighting for the planet and better understanding about the climate crisis, you are also fighting for young african woman girls to have a voice and not be married off early. underprivileged people in africa , do they feel there are more

pressing problems than climate change? angelique: oh yeah but everything is linked. how can you tell people because of this and because of that, they are hungry? if there's no rain, everything that can produce co2 -- you have to be educated to understand that p had -- understand that. we are complex beings and society is challenging. in every challenge you can only understand if you are educated. you understand it's not against you. it's about how you can bring a solution to that problem in your community, in your family. how together we can work that are. eve: you speak and sing in five linkages, maybe more.

you live in paris, you came here 40 years ago because you wanted to be an independent musician and artist and that was complicated back home. how important has paris been on your journey? angelique: paris like new york -- they are melting pot cities. when you get out of your house, your footstep is in the world. it's not just an image, it is reality. on the subway you see the whole human family. when african music started here, it was obvious people from around the world would listen to it. my goal going to music school was to learn more. also to discover new music and to learn more about using come of the history of music.

eve: angelique, thank you so much. do you think you could sing us out? angelique: ♪ don't ever let them hurt you in any way don't let them steal and take the best of you keep building cities from the ground we rise anyway mother nature has a way of warning us do you hear it would you stop it will you listen ♪ ♪ >> well-known stars of french heritage, but french genius and france harbors many other treasures. come along with france 24 and discover france's oven heritage, from young apprentices to craftsmen and farmers to

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