so, alpha conde is not fighting for democracy.e is somebody who was literally no longer willing to listen to any sort of wisdom. he's like a young boy insisting he get to stay in power. he was willing to kill people. even tony blair, who became his economic advisor, and the foreign french -- former french minister who helped him win the presidential election, people closed their eyes. they said let's give him a chance. unfortunately, when i met him at the african union, he literally wanted to fight with me physically. alpha conde has become a crazy person. host: i see your point. you don't turn overnight from being a political leader, and opposition leader, to a dictator. do you see them being a key player, particularly in the mining sector? kwesi: the primary challenge is that we didn't know him anymore. several african leaders are chameleons. they have the narrative, the discourse, the language of the rule of law and the respect for human rights. i think alpha conde has demonstrated this and several african leaders have, they ge

a military coup in guinea — after soldiers appear on television to say they've ousted president alpha condeformer girls aloud singer sarah harding has died at the age of 39, after being diagnosed with breast cancer last year. she was a girl next door that had got it all. she was identifiable by the audience that were going to buy her records. that was the beauty of sarah. and football's world cup qualifier between brazil and argentina is dramatically abandoned after a row about covid quarantine rules. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we begin in afghanistan — where the resistance leader ahmad massoud says he is ready for peace talks to end fighting in the pansjhir valley. the northern province of panjshir is two hours from the capital kabul, and is now the only region not controlled by the taliban. they claim they have reached panjshir�*s provincial capital, after securing the surrounding districts. but massoud's national resistance front disputes this. posting on facebook, mr massoud said that to reach a lasting peace, the nrf is ready to stop fighting on

they seized power in a coup on sunday capturing the president, alpha conde.e state broadcaster, the group said they guaranteed the wellbeing of the president. four people including a young child have been killed in a shooting in florida. police say it happened at twohouses in the lakeland area of the state. an 11—year—old girl was seriously injured and is being treated in hospital. police shot and injured the gunman who is also in hospital. it's not known why he targetted these houses. the former south african president, jacob zuma, has been released from prison on medical parole. the authorities say due to ill health he will serve the remainder of his sentence in the community. jacob zuma has served two months of a 15—month prison sentence he received after being found guilty of contempt of court. conjoined twins from israel have been able to see each other for the first time, after a marathon operation to separate them. the one year old sisters — who were born conjoined at the back of their heads — underwent a 12—hour operation. it's the first time such an

this unverified footage, allegedly showing president alpha conde being detained by the military was widelya, fuelling rumours of a coup. the military soon appeared on tv, claiming they were moved to take over because of corruption and economic mismanagement. translation: the government is dissolved. _ land borders will be closed for one week and we will then see what will happen with our air borders. the coup plotters are from an elite military unit who have historically received training with the united states. their leader can be seen here with american soldiers. this coup is the latest chapter in what's been a fractious year for guinea. last october, the country held violently disputed elections after the president changed the constitution to run for a third term. dozens of people were killed in the ensuing clashes. many of the protesters were young guineans, unhappy with president conde's management of the country's economy. this is the fourth coup attempt in the region injust over a year. mali is now under military rule, and there was a failed armed takeover in niger in march. in a re

they have met with the proposed president alpha conde and demand he has -- is released.y ousted him because of corruption. he is there and since as this update. >> there are concerns among people here in this area and other parts of getting. it is a community or a nation that have suffered enough high levels of poverty, economic stagnation, inequities, crimes as well as what they accused the government of high handedness over the last 11 years. some think the new military rulers here say they want to correct. now the fear is that the economic immunity of west african states in the african union ahead with threats of sanctions, this could worsen the economic addition of guinea who has already suffered under the previous government. it is a big problem but so far the meeting between them and the new luke perry rulers in guinea -- military rulers in guinea has passed. we spoken with some members of the delegation come the discussions between them were her luminary and frank and open and they also got the opportunity of meeting the president of guinea, alpha -- alpha conde.

guinea's new military leaders have announced a nationwide curfew after they removed president alpha condewed hours of heavy gunfire near the presidential palace in the capital, conakry. our west africa correspondent, mayenijones, reports. unexpected violence. a quiet sunday morning in the capital conakry disrupted by gunfire. soon, residents were reporting a heavy military presence on the streets of the city. access to a bridge leading to the presidential palace was also reportedly blocked. this unverified footage, allegedly showing president alpha conde being detained by the military was widely shared on social media, fuelling rumours of a coup. the military soon appeared on tv, claiming they were moved to take over because of corruption and economic mismanagement. translation: the government is dissolved. _ land borders will be closed for one week and we will then see what will happen with our air orders. the coup plotters are from an elite military unit who have historically received training with the united states. their leader can be seen here with american soldiers. this coup is the

the constitution, which explains why some people were in the street jub lating after president alpha condehere certainly is video of people seeming happy. what sparked it in many ways? was this a long time coming, or do you feel that the military -- and particularly these were special forces that seemed to take every. >> firstly, i should explain the uniqueness of special forces in the sense that in the past decade, many african countries, guinea and a number of other african countries, have created special forces to deal with new threats of terrorism that many african countries face. and these are units that are more agile, better trained, and most of the time better equipped than most of the other military units. so when they moved on the president's office, it was a big chance they wouldn't get a lot of resistance from other infantry units. i should also say that since 2020, the controversies around the presidential elections and the constitutional referendum have taken away a lot of the president's legitimacy, so much so that the collapse of his government today comes as no surprise to

they were against the fact that president alpha conde was trying to run for a third term.in those clashes and now, just a year later, we are seeing a coup d'etat by the military. they claim that it is because of corruption and mismanagement. guinea is a country that should be very wealthy, it has a lot of mineral wealth, diamond, iron ore, bauxite, but it is amongst one of the world's poorest countries and last year, when those protests were happening, a lot of young people were complaining about economic management and unemployment. so this all seems tied to this economic downfall of the country and the unhappiness that a lot of guineans feel with the government. at the moment, that is what they say they want to do, they want to scrap the past constitution, start a new one. they have not said anything about elections, but they said they want a guinea that is more inclusive for everyone and this is part of a worrying trend across west africa. we have seen coups recently in mali and in other countries like niger and it seems that we are seeing a trend in west africa after s

as i said, alpha conde's personal standing has bn damaged by his behavior of the past couple years.ot of political opponentss are in jail. human rights had been getting worse and that governments previously reasonable economic track record had become less and less popular as he was forced to impose austerity measures. covid hit hard. and guinea, like other west african countries, has been going really through a very difficult economic time. so there was a lot of discontent. but the trust for the military is fragile, a huge amount, on the manner in which they discussed discussions over the next -- they condu discussions over the next several days, will it be an open minded group of people as they would like everyone to believe athis stage, trying to draw together all the different strands of politics, former government, opposition, civil socie, to plot a new route back to restoring proper democracy, or will they in fact become preoccupied with defending their much more specific vested interests, and the military over decades had a big big role in power in guinea. and so, that will be

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soldiers from an elite unit took over the country's capital and detained its long time president, alpha condet of brazil has signed a decree aimed at restricting the powers of social media companies. jair bolsonaro said that the new legislation would protect freedom of speech. twitter and facebook have deleted many posts on the pandemic, shared by mr bolsonaro and his supporters, deemed to be false and misleading. a grace period to avoid checks on some goods the israeli authorities are conducting a huge search operation for six palestinian prisoners who escaped from one of the country's most secure jails. the inmates tunnelled their way out of gilboa prison, known as �*the safe', in the early hours of monday morning. the families of the 298 people who died a grace period to avoid checks on some goods entering northern ireland from the rest of great britain will stay in place for the time being. the checks were due to be toughened up next month as part of the brexit deal agreed with the eu. the families of the 298 people who died when a malaysian airliner was shot down over rebel—held eastern

soldiers from an elite unit took over the country's capital and detained its long time president, alpha conde brazil has signed a decree aimed at restricting the powers of social media companies. jair bolsonaro said that the new legislation would protect freedom of speech. twitter and facebook have deleted many posts on the pandemic, shared by mr bolsonaro and his supporters, deemed to be false and misleading. the families of the 298 people who died when a malaysian airliner was shot down over rebel—held eastern ukraine are testifying at a murder trial in the netherlands. three russians and one ukrainian national are accused of being responsible for the downing of flight mhi7, in 2014. they are being tried in their absence and russia has denied any involvement. anna holligan sent this report from the high security court. the bereaved families want the world to know their scars may have healed but the wounds remain. ria van der steen was the first relative to speak in the courtroom. her father and stepmother were among those killed. she described her recurring nightmare in which she is walking

long been beset by political instability but tensions came to a head last year when president's alpha condel third term in office after pushing through a constitutional change that allowed him to re—run. that sparked huge street protests and the response was a brutal crackdown. over 30 died. his critics accuse him of human rights abuses — charges he denies. here's a founding member of the opposition fndc party — who is in washington. our country had been in dictatorship for a long while and two 2010 and then we elected mr conde we were very happy to be back to democracy. he had his first term and the second term the constitution said he should not have more than two terms. but mr conde tried to fool us by using money, buying people, using the military and forced to change the constitution. we know it was illegal, we had a demonstration against it. he killed many people, he arrested many of us. i was lucky to leave the country. but he did by force. so the only option we had now was to wait for his natural death or have something like that. in charge of guinea now is a 41— —year—old french le

a military coup in guinea — after soldiers appear on television to say they've ousted president alpha condethe head of one of prince charles�* charities temporarily steps down after claims he helped secure an honourfor a major donor. now on bbc news... hardtalk. stephen sackur speaks to veteran us senator lindsey graham, one of the republican party's most outspoken voices on foreign policy. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. and today i'm on the shores of italy's lake como at the ambrosetti forum, an annual opportunity for politicians on both sides of the atlantic to gather and talk geopolitics, and this year, there is one dominant issue — the us—led pull—out from afghanistan. now that it's done, how does america see itself and its global role? well, my guest is influential american senator lindsey graham, a close confidant of donald trump. is "america first" now a bipartisan consensus? senator lindsey graham, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. america is sacrificing no more blood and treasure in afghanistan. isn't that a source of profound relief to the american people? no, i think most

soldiers from an elite unit took over the country's capital and detained its long time president, alpha condeia says the country's military has carried out a successful test—firing of a domestically produced submarine—launched ballistic missile, making it only the eighth country in the world to possess such a weapon. reports say the missile will be equipped with conventional warheads with a range of 500 kilometres. the uk prime minister is preparing to announce plans to reform social care in england. it's widely thought that improvements to the sector will be funded by an increase to national insurance contributions — expected to be around i.25%. many mps, including some senior conservatives, have expressed concern about the proposals. we'll have more on this later in the programme. we're used to reports of palestinians protesting at israel's occupation but recently many demonstrations held in the west bank have been against their own government. the palestinian authority, which is backed by international donors, including the uk, has come in for harsh criticism since the cancellation of long

they seized power in a coup on sunday capturing the president, alpha conde.e broadcaster, the group said they guaranteed the wellbeing of the president. four people including a young child have been killed in a shooting in the us state of florida. police say it happened at two houses in the lakeland area. an 11—year—old girl was seriously injured and is being treated in hospital. 0fficers shot and injured the gunman who is also in hospital. it's not known why he targetted these houses. divers have been trying to locate the source of an oil slick in the gulf of mexico. the slick which is over ten miles long emerged near port fourchon in louisiana in the aftermath of hurricane ida. containment booms and skimmer devices are being used to try to stop the slick from reaching the shore. the families of victims of the mhi7 air disaster will give testimony for the first time at the dutch murder trial. four suspects, three russians and one ukranian national, are accused of shooting down the plane over rebel—held eastern ukraine in 2014, murdering all 298 people on boa

nations and the african union have condemned the military coup in guinea that's seen president alpha condegement and poverty. it follows hours of heavy gunfire near the presidential palace in the capital, conakry. 0ur west africa correspondent, mayenijones, reports. unexpected my comic violence. a quiet sunday morning in the capital conakry disrupted by gunfire. —— unexpected violence. the street leading to the presidential palace was also reportedly blocked. this unverified footage allegedly showing the president being detained by the military was widely shared on social media, fuelling rumours of a coup. the military soon appeared on national tv claiming they were moved to take over because of corruption and economic mismanagement. translation: the and economic mismanagement. translation: the government is dissolved. land _ translation: the government is dissolved. land borders— translation: the government is dissolved. land borders will- translation: the government is dissolved. land borders will be - dissolved. land borders will be closed for one week and we will then see what will hap

special army forces last weekend when they staged a coup that ousted former president alpha condÉ, replacingim with a military leader. the u.s. has denied involvement in the coup, despite training those who carried it out. guinea holds major mineral deposits,ncluding gold, iron ore, and bauxite, and china is its biggest trading partner. last week, the economic community of west african states suspended guinea following the military coup. in burma, at least 20 people have been killed in a new wave of violent clashes between militias and burmese security forces following the february military coup that ousted the country's democratically elected government. since the coup, at least 1080 people have been killed by the military junta and over 6000 arrested. this week the united nations is holding its 76th general assembly where it could decide whether burma's military junta or its civilian government will be recognized for a seat at the u.n. the united nations atomic agency and iran said they reached a deal sunday to allow international inspectors into some of iran's nuclear sites and to reset e

guinea's coup leaders are promising to establish a transitional government after ousting alpha conde.the military offered no details on the makeup of the government or when democracy might return. sunday's coup was widely condemned by the international community. it is the third takeover in western and central africa in the past five months raising concerns of a slide to military rule and away from democracy. >>> brazil's president has introduced new regulations by decree targeting social media. it is aimed at stopping what is described as the arbitrary removal of accounts and content. critics say it would make combatting misinformation almost impossible. the decree comes on the eve of their independence day and series of planned rallies both for and against the president. m . >>> and washington, d.c. police are bracing for potential violence at the u.s. capitol on september 18, that is when a right wing rally will be held in support of those still jailed af after the insurrection. as jessica schneider reports, security is ramping up. >> we're going right back to the capitol where it

fire and heavy arms and then that you have extraordinary video showing the president, 83-year-old alpha condee looks dazed and confused. the leaders of the apparently kroop the special forces, it seemed. the former french foreign l legionaire, and trained by the u.s. in previous years. not that there's any connection there specifically. but while you saw those cheering crowds on the streets, it is a very tense time. though relatively calm. this nation has had a disputed election last year which conde run. he is accused of corruption, particularly in the mining sector. the regional powers condemning it for what it is, a forcible transfer of power. >> let's talk about what happens next. how countries, particularly in the region, are reacting and the implications for security. >> well, i think the key body to look at now is the west african regional bloc. they have been in the past, quite forthright and aggressive dealing with transfers of power. there have been a cascade of kul coups that provides a real test for them. they are asking for the return to, quote, constitutional order. what happens

amy: in guinea, an army colonel said he has dissolved the government of president alpha conde, spiraling the country into political uncertainty. on sunday, pictures surfaced of condÉ in the custody of men wearing military attire. meanwhile, guinea government officials have been banned from leaving the country. this is colonelmamady doumbouya, the coup's leader. >> the committee wants to reassure our economic and financial process of the normal coinuation o activities in the country. mining companies are asked to continue their activities the maritime borders will stay open for the export of mining products. the curfew in mining areas as listed in order to continue to do so. amy: condÉ was a year into a contested third term he won after he made changes to the constitution allowing him to run for reelection. in brazil, millions of supporters of far-right president jair bolsonaro are expected to take to the streets today on brazil's independence day triggering fears from opponents of potential chaos and violence. ahead of the massive march over 150 lawmakers, academics and former government

and nabbing the 83-year-old president alpha conde and then whisking him away.leaders of guinea appear to be led by a special forces commander lieutenant colonel former french legion their and has had some training by american special forces. he got up on state tv draped in a flag surrounded by his compatriots saying that they are doing this for the guinea people. now, the outgoing president, won election last year, clinging to power and accused of corruption. but at this hour it is unclear how they will consolidate their power if they will consolidate their power. there has been condemnation from the u.s. state department saying that it might call into question the foreign assistance of that question as well as the region bloc in the african union. but they have closed the borders and have installed the curfew, so it is unclear what impact foreign nations can have on the dramatic turn of efrvents. >> david, thank you very much. >>> to california where firefighters made significant progress against the caldor fire over the weekend. some evacuation orders in the

president alpha condÉ and for elections to be held in six months.e west african leaders also called for elections in mali by february of next year, saying is responsible for a coup there were holding up a transition to democratic rule. there have been multiple military coups in west and central africa since last ar in guinea, chad, and two in mali. in argentina, tens of thousands of people led a march in buenos aires thursday protesting the country's economic crisis, chronic unemployment, and worsening poverty. this is a labor leader. >> some retirees cannot live, cannot beat despite having worked all their lives. there is extreme poverty in which 11 million people eat in soup kitchens and in extreme situation which 5 million people are in severe poverty and do not eat. amy: the march came days after primary elections were held in argentina, where the political coalition of president alberto fernandez suffered a massive loss, triggering fears fernandez's government may lose its majority in congress in november's parliamentary elections. a political

soldiers from an elite unit took over the country's capital and detained its long—time president, alpha condehe rest of great britain will stay in place for the time being. the checks were due to be toughened up next month as part of the brexit deal agreed with the eu. today el salvador becomes the first country in the world to formally adopt bitcoin as legal tender. the us dollar remains in use in this central american country but salvadorians can pay for services or goods with bitcoin. but many in el salvador have concerns about the move, as they say they are unfamiliar with the cryptocurrency and worried about its volatility. sergi forcada reports. hairdressers, supermarkets or pizza places in el salvador are now accepting bitcoin as a form of payment. it has been adopted as legal tender in the country alongside the us dollar, and it has its own bitcoin law which says that all businesses should be able to take the cryptocurrency. more than 200 new cash machines have been installed across the country to exchange the cryptocurrency for dollars and withdraw cash. the government is offering $3