anbarasan ethirajan. — in bajaur district. anbarasan ethirajan, thank _ in bajaur district.ank you. - click the economic community of west african states has agreed to impose immediate financial sanctions on the leaders of the military coup in niger. after a meeting in neighbouring nigeria, the bloc — known as ecowas — gave the junta a week to hand back power, and said it wouldn't rule out the use of force. niger's ambassador to the united states told the bbc he would welcome military intervention if a peaceful solution was not reached. the bloc has also imposed a no fly zone on all commercial flights to and from niger, and closed all land borders between niger and member countries. thousands of protesters have gathered outside the french embassy in niamey, the capital of niger, in support of the military coup. many demonstrators were seen with placards calling for the departure of french forces from niger, and shouting pro—russian slogans. there's been speculation that the coup leaders have enlisted the support of the russian mercenary group, wagner, which is active in othe

with more on this let's cross to the newsroom and our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan.ed. do you know any more?

a little earlier i asked our south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan to tell me more about the group whosegeted. well, this islamist political party is called jamiat ulema—e—islam—fazl. it is that a member of the governing coalition at the national level. it is an influential political party in pakistan, there have been a number of rallies across the country over the years. they are seen as a hard—line political party. this is not the first time they were under attack. some of the leaders were attacked a couple of years ago, they also came under attack in 2014, the leader of the group came under a suicide attack, but he escaped very narrowly. so there have been attacks on them claimed by the islamic state group in south asia chapter and also another muslim extremist group because they think this political party is not truly islamic, and that has been a controversy going on in pakistan, but this is a rude awakening and shock to political parties because the elections are later this year, expected to be held later this year, so this is outraged by the political party to reach out to the supp

with more on this, let's cross to the newsroom and our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan.

i'm joined now by our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan.orjoining us on the programme. what can you tell us about the group at the political rally, and who might want to harm them? well, this islamist political party is called... it is that a member of the governing coalition at the national level. it is an influential political party in pakistan they have been a number of rallies across the country over the years. they are seen as a hard—line political party. this is not the first time they were under attack. this is not the first time they were underattack. some this is not the first time they were under attack. some of the leaders were attacked a couple of years ago, they also came under attack in 2014, they also came under attack in 2014, the leader ofjamiat the leader of jamiat ulema—e—islam—fazl came under a suicide attack, but he escaped very narrowly. so there have been attacks on them claimed by the islamic state group in south asia chapter and also another muslim extremist group because they think this political party is not truly

here's our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan this all happened over the past few weeks, heavy rainsrn india in various states, and one of the worst—affected area the indian capital delhi itself, which is a city of 20 million people. the yamuna river, which runs through the city, has seen water level going above the danger mark, and it is the highest in the last 45 years, as a result, many low—lying areas have been flooded, thousands of people living on the banks have been evacuated, and a short while ago, the chief minister of delhi announced that all schools and colleges will be shut until sunday because of this worsening flood situation. there is also another problem, some of the water treatment plants which supply water to the city of delhi have been flooded, so they are expecting some shortage in they are expecting some shortage in the coming days, so the government has already dispatched disaster management teams, first of all to check this waterlogging in some areas and asking people to evacuate, and also setting up some relief centres, but unless the water level decreases, be

our world service south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan has been following events from here in the newsroomtutes like in any other country, they play a crucial role in the afghan education system. what they do is they train teachers after getting some academic qualification, and then they will be deployed to various schools across the country. and they were part of the ministry of education. the taliban run administration is saying that we do not need such a department because they are very ineffective and totally unnecessary. "we want to create a very dynamic and very responsive system, a new department, so that it can address the needs of the country as well as bring quality education". "and that is why we want to shut this particular department". now, on the other hand, the teachers are saying that we have no guarantee of getting anotherjob at the moment, even though the taliban, they have been promising them that they will be moved to the new department or they will be sent to schools or islamic seminaries. but one afghan teacher, he was putting this in context, saying that, "i came to

with more on this let's cross to the newsroom and our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan.he details have just emerged. the details havejust emerged. do you know any more? yes the details have just emerged. do you know any more?— the details have just emerged. do you know any more? yes this is an islamist party _ you know any more? yes this is an islamist party for— you know any more? yes this is an islamist party for workers - islamist party for workers convention in the tribal district of bijou were in north—west pakistan when this incident happened. according to the local authorities, there was a huge explosion, even though they were not able to confirm what caused it. and dozens of people have been injured. we are getting different reports of up to 50 people being injured in this blast. there is footage on social media that shows badly injured people being taken to various hospitals. they are being kept in hallways, because the local health facilities have been overwhelmed by the number of casualties arriving every minute to various hospitals. the authorities in the dis

with more on this, let's cross to the newsroom and our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan.ny more clues as to the cause of this explosion? fix, any more clues as to the cause of this explosion?— this explosion? a short while ago the olice this explosion? a short while ago the police were _ this explosion? a short while ago the police were saying _ this explosion? a short while ago the police were saying that - this explosion? a short while ago the police were saying that they i the police were saying that they have found evidence suggesting that it could be a suicide blast, where hundreds of workers of the islamist party were holding a workers convention. this is a faction of another party and that was the time when this big explosion happened in the tribal district of mercia in north—west pakistan. as we saw in the pictures are there, the ambulances have been constantly ferrying injured people to various hospitals in the area, and it is a very small town, so the health clinics that were not able to cope with the number of arrivals. people are being diverted to big cities li