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the three us african countries exeted the ecoas and established what they call the sahel alliance after ecoas resolved. to condemn the military cools in the three countries and to impose sanctions on them. experts believe that there are solutions in the medium and long terms for solving the crisis in the regional economic body. the issues i mentioned earlier of pan-africanism, of resource nationalism, of ensuring that people are carried along in decision making processes, of ensuring that there is equitable distribution of resources of ensuring that people have access to the good things of life, of ensuring that dividends of governance is brought to the people must be addressed. as one of the least developed regions in the world, the sahel faces a multitude of challenges, including poverty, food security, poor governance and insecurity. experts say some of these challenges are matter of great concern, not just for the sahel, but for the whole of africa and beyond. they also noted that skillful diplomacy must be employed. addressing the exit of the three west african regions from the eco

they'll face gloucester in the final next month — after they beat exeter yesterday.te drop goal from dan edwards in the united rugby championship. 0spreys were trailing at the break, but kieran williams try got them back into it and set up a grandstand finish. with just seconds remaining, they were a point behind, before edwards sunk this drop goal for his 14th point of the match. 0spreys up to seventh with the win. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. australian open champion jannik sinner has won the rotterdam 0pen, beating alex de minaur in straight sets. it was the world number four�*s first event since winning his maiden grand slam in melbourne last month. gary wilson leads martin 0'donnell by six frames to two at the end of the first session of the welsh 0pen final. they're playing to a finish this evening with nine the target for victory in llandudno. victory on the penultimate stage of rally sweden helped elvin evans claim second overall. but the briton was almost half a minute behind winner esapekka lappi. ending h

they scored three tries without reply in the first half against defending campions exeter chiefs at kingsholmnd will face either championship side ealing trailfinders or leicester tigers in the final who play tomorrow. there are five matches in the united rugby championship today. cardiff were a man down for 65 minutes against connacht after rey lee—lo was sent off for this tackle. despite that they had a six point lead at one point, but the irish side came back to win by 16—12. elsewhere there were wins for bulls, leinster and stormers. glasgow are currently leading dragons 14—0. there are two games today in the celtic challenge cup women's rugby tournament. it ended all square in the top of the table clash between edinburgh and irish wolfhounds. with 20 minutes remaining at hive stadium, edinburgh were beating wolfhounds by 26—12 thanks this try by alex stewart. but the visitors mounted an incredible comeback with katie corrigan scoring with just 50 seconds of the game left. the try was converted to level the match and leaves the two teams level on points. edinburgh play their final game ag

able to get read for a number of friends for many to resolve all of the color odyssey we are using exeter had been short, many thank goes i'm not advocating when they go to us, but i also think that this has been the problem. so any time you have a leader that to try to dispatch the school, you have to ensure the policies in 96 city, we have that. and so they go, well, i want to bring the minister back in. now to explore that the route for right now in terms of, of what you were calling a crisis incentive. all there's a debate as we've been reporting on, if they'll be a vote on august 25th. we understand that the constitution requires elections to be held at least 30 days before the end of the president's time by my understanding. and i'm not supposed to be april 2nd. so minutes to how is that supposed to work inspected. there is no modification of the praises, but we have just a general vision of what we have in mind can be 6 if to 7 is wrong, then the decision taken by the name of the problem is. so we definitely that the election told the only persons for a time limit that will be prec

it was mild — 13 celsius recorded in exeter earlier on.that will clear away from scotland and northern ireland, where we'll see some fairly heavy showers working in during the second half of the night. temperatures about 5—6 celsius in the north, but ten across east anglia, in southeast england, where it'll be a very mild start to thursday. thursday will see cooler air work in from the north and west, but a weather front will bring some persistent outbreaks of rain across east anglia and southeast england, where it'll probably be raining, for some of you, pretty much all day. away from that, brighter weather conditions, but sunshine and showers for scotland and northern ireland where the showers will be heavy with some hail mixed in. temperatures about 7—9 celsius, so a smidge below average for this time of year. on into friday's forecast — where we've got this area of low pressure and this occluded front that's set to bring the risk of some hill snow. now, the risk area's really across the higher areas of northern ireland, the southern up

it was mild — 13 celsius recorded in exeter earlier on.thwards and eastwards across the country. that will clear away from scotland and northern ireland, where we'll see some fairly heavy showers working in during the second half of the night. temperatures about 5—6 celsius in the north, but ten across east anglia, in southeast england, where it'll be a very mild start to thursday. thursday will see cooler air work in from the north and west, but a weather front will bring some persistent outbreaks of rain across east anglia and southeast england, where it'll probably be raining, for some of you, pretty much all day. away from that, brighter weather conditions, but sunshine and showers for scotland and northern ireland where the showers will be heavy with some hail mixed in. temperatures about 7—9 celsius, so a smidge below average for this time of year. 0n into friday's forecast — where we've got this area of low pressure and this occluded front that's set to bring the risk of some hill snow. now, the risk area's really across the higher

years since we have seen this level of disruption when a bomb was detonated near the university of exeterrom the news at one now and take you to westminster. mps are due to vote on the snp�*s call for an immediate gaza ceasefire later this afternoon. the government says there should be an "immediate humanitarian pause", while labour is calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire". let's speak to our political correspondent, rob watson. thank you forjoining us. took us through what is expected to happen in parliament today. the through what is expected to happen in parliament today.— in parliament today. the first thing we are looking _ in parliament today. the first thing we are looking out _ in parliament today. the first thing we are looking out for _ in parliament today. the first thing we are looking out for is _ in parliament today. the first thing we are looking out for is to - in parliament today. the first thing we are looking out for is to find - we are looking out for is to find out what the speaker decides as to exactly what members of parliament are going to be rebooting

they scored three tries without reply in the first half against defending campions exeter chiefs at kingsholm tomorrow. there are two games today in the celtic challenge cup women's rugby tournament. it ended all square in the top of the table clash between edinburgh and irish wolfhounds. with 20 minutes remaining at hive stadium, edinburgh were beating wolfhounds by 26—12 thanks this try by alex stewart. but the visitors mounted an incredible comeback with katie corrigan scoring with just 50 seconds of the game left. the try was converted to level the match and leaves the two teams level on points. edinburgh play their final game against clovers in a fortnight. in the day's other match welsh side brython thunder overcame glasgow warriors at scotstown stadium winning by 2a—17. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. world number one iga swiatek has defended her qatar open title for the third consecutive year after beating world number four elena rybakina in straight sets, 7—6, 6—2. it is swiatek�*s seventh career wta 1000 title. a great result for the

it was mild — 13 celsius recorded in exeter earlier on.g in during the second half of the night. temperatures about 5—6 celsius in the north, but ten across east anglia, in southeast england, where it'll be a very mild start to thursday. thursday will see cooler air work in from the north and west, but a weather front will bring some persistent outbreaks of rain across east anglia and southeast england, where it'll probably be raining, for some of you, pretty much all day away from that. brighter weather conditions, but sunshine and showers for scotland and northern ireland where the showers will be heavy with some hail mixed in. temperatures about 7—9 celsius, so a smidge below average for this time of year. on into friday's forecast — where we've got this area of low pressure and this occluded front that's set to bring the risk of some hill snow. now, the risk area's really across the higher areas of northern ireland, the southern uplands, in scotland peaks pennines, cumbrian fells, and northern parts of wales. above 200 metres elevation

exeter�*s ethan roots will start at blind—side flanker against italy in rome.r northampton, will also win his first cap at inside centre alongside the returning henry slade. that is all this work for now, more later, but back to you matthew. the bank of england has held interest rates at 5.25% but indicated it is edging towards cutting borrowing costs. at its latest meeting, the bank said it had discussed cutting rates, with inflation — the pace of price rises — set to fall quickly this year. but the bank's governor said it would wait for firm evidence that inflation was under control before doing so. for the first time since the 2020 covid pandemic, one bank policymaker voted for an immediate cut. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity report at this distillery in chatham in kent, every cost has to be carefully managed, from workers wages which across the uk have risen faster than they have for decades, to the precise ingredients of the drinks. the cost of raw materials has dropped and energy prices have plummeted, but they are yet to see the benefit. we are

it was mild, 13 celsius recorded in exeter.ntry. that will clear away from scotland and northern ireland where we will see some fairly heavy showers working in during the second half of the night. temperatures five or six in the north but ten across east anglia and south—east england where it will be a mild start to thursday. thursday will see cool air working from the north and west but a weather front will bring some persistent outbreaks of rain across east anglia and south—east england, where it will probably be raining for some of you pretty much all day. away from that, brighter weather conditions, but sunshine and showers for scotland and northern ireland where the showers will be heavy with some pale mixed in. temperature is about seven to nine celsius. a bit below average for the time of year. it's a friday's forecast we have this area of low pressure and this occluded front that is set to bring the risk of some hill snow. risk area is across the higher areas of northern ireland, the southern uplands in scotland, the pe

it was mild — 13 celsius recorded in exeter earlier on.'ll see some fairly heavy showers working in during the second half of the night. temperatures about 5—6 celsius in the north, but ten across east anglia, in southeast england, where it'll be a very mild start to thursday. thursday will see cooler air work in from the north and west, but a weather front will bring some persistent outbreaks of rain across east anglia and southeast england, where it'll probably be raining, for some of you, pretty much all day away from that. brighter weather conditions, but sunshine and showers for scotland and northern ireland where the showers will be heavy with some hail mixed in. temperatures about 7—9 celsius, so a smidge below average for this time of year. on into friday's forecast — where we've got this area of low pressure and this occluded front that's set to bring the risk of some hill snow. now, the risk area's really across the higher areas of northern ireland, the southern uplands, in scotland peaks pennines, cumbrian fells, and northern pa

in the back row, he was born in new zealand but has an english father and has been impressive for exetertello starts at fly half. scotland having newcomer i'd full—back as well, with client role making his first start for his country. the six nations after a world cup year is always a chance for teams to ring the changes a bit and chance for teams to ring the changes a bitand bringing chance for teams to ring the changes a bit and bringing few fresh fishes and that will certainly be the case this weekend.— and that will certainly be the case this weekend. ., ~ ~ , ,, ,, this weekend. thank you, andy swiss in marseilles — this weekend. thank you, andy swiss in marseilles for _ this weekend. thank you, andy swiss in marseilles for us _ this weekend. thank you, andy swiss in marseilles for us and _ this weekend. thank you, andy swiss in marseilles for us and of _ this weekend. thank you, andy swiss in marseilles for us and of the six - in marseilles for us and of the six nations. top level darts returns this evening for the start of the premier league in cardiff — and a debut for 17—year—ol

he went to exeter. he went to yale so he had sort of an elite education in. but he so in that sense, he was sort the opposite of thomas smallwood, who had first been taught to read by his enslaver, and then was a servant in a house household of an educator in washington, a guy who ran a number of schools and, that guy who was from scotland and his adult children, all apparently took an interest in thomas and you know, sort of getting him into literature. and so on so strangely enough i think by the time they meet in the beginning of 1842, despite those very different backgrounds, i think their education were in some ways comparable because smallwood had just absorbed this from all over the place and later, you know, he's sort of constantly quoting philosophers and quoting poets and showing how much he knew. and i think the other thing they had in common over the chasm of race, age and edge, formal education was as tory had been as a new who became an abolitionist he'd been on the lecture circuit, he'd been involved in these kind of internecine fights in the i

it was mild — 13 celsius recorded in exeter earlier on.eather front will bring some persistent outbreaks of rain across east anglia and southeast england, where it'll probably be raining, for some of you, pretty much all day away from that. brighter weather conditions, but sunshine and showers for scotland and northern ireland where the showers will be heavy with some hail mixed in. temperatures about 7—9 celsius, so a smidge below average for this time of year. on into friday's forecast — where we've got this area of low pressure and this occluded front that's set to bring the risk of some hill snow. now, the risk area's really across the higher areas of northern ireland, the southern uplands, in scotland peaks pennines, cumbrian fells, and northern parts of wales. above 200 metres elevation — that's where the greatest risk of snow is. there could be some places that see a little bit more than five centimetres of snow bringing the threat of some disruption. however, at lower elevations where the vast majority of us live, we're looking atj

let's go to horse racing. >> let's do horse racing dan shepherd now the 235 exeter yesterday i love uhen in this country since 1990. absolute steal . is since 1990. absolute steal. is the name of the horse. this absolute steal coming over the front door. i've always wanted to do that. so absolute steal in the lead 200 to 1. brilliant. holding off a late challenge. now the one that's coming up behind there is the hot favourite lowry's bar who was 4 to 9 favourite, which means for every nine you put on he's 9 to 4, no 4 to 9 because for every nine weights, 4 to 9 on yes, because for every nine you put on, you get four back. if you were 9 to 4, i think i'm going to do tic tac with you. it's 4 to do tic tac with you. it's 4 to 9 favourite. yeah but anyway 200 to 1. so basically if you put a quid on absolute steal. >> no doubt about that. >> no doubt about that. >> £100. yes. >> £200. absolutely. very good a quid on you get £200 back. >> that's not is it. uh, >> that's not bad is it. uh, right. phoenix open. >> oh the phoenix >> oh yeah, the phoenix open. this is off. >> oh goodness the pho

in the to aberdeen exeter in the south to aberdeen in north. find about them and website, find out about them and come along and discuss. website, find out about them and conand ong and discuss. website, find out about them and conand it's and discuss. website, find out about them and conand it's starting:uss. website, find out about them and conand it's starting next week, >> and it's starting next week, tuesday, tuesday oriel tuesday, tuesday oxford, oriel college oxford. fantastic. great stuff . well, uh, alistair and stuff. well, uh, alistair and phyllis, thanks so much for joining me . next up on free joining me. next up on free speech nation , we're going to speech nation, we're going to hear about how the crown prosecution service has a potentially been ideologically captured. it's been having meetings in secret with mermaids and stonewall. don't go anywhere. woo . which the country doesn't need doesn't actually want. >> welcome back to free speech nafion >> welcome back to free speech nation with me, andrew doyle. now it was disclosed th

gloucester beat exeter chiefs holding on to win by 17 points to 1a points.semifinal againstjohn higgins, he won by six frames to four and this moment a huge ovation from the crowd, the first the maximum break of the tournament. martin o'donnell reach the final having had a terrific break of 126 to reach his first ranking final, stay across that final on the bbc sport website and iplayer from 12:45 this afternoon. the opening day of the new netball super league season saw wins for severn stars and team bath, while saracens mavericks drew 48—a8 with cardiff dragons. manchester thunder, semifinalists last season, beat london pulse 56—40. some clever play, led by imogen alisson on her debut, led to this basket by lois pearson. thunder second in the table, behind severn stars after the first matches. defending champions loughborough lightning are third after also starting with a win over surrey storm, 63—50. lightning held a slender 2—point lead at half—time, but made their dominance count in the second half. keep in the second half. across the net for on bbc spo

in lossiemouth it is minus one degree and freezing in exeter. but in north—west wales, plus five.est with rain. under clearskies, a see cloud build in the south—west with rain. under clear skies, a cold night in parts of scotland and northern england with some frost and the risk of ice. if you are standing outside first—in, 4—6 will feel warm. tomorrow, this is the weather front pushing in and moving northwards and eastwards. behind it we will see mild air. we start the day with showers in the north and west. some of them wintry in the hills in scotland. a bright start in england and northern ireland but then the cloud will build and we will see rain. note how behind the rain, temperatures will rise to 11-12. on the rain, temperatures will rise to 11—12. on the other side, still in fresh conditions. 6—9. into wednesday, the weather front moves northwards. we have another coming in that will sweep across the south. we are pulling in mild airfrom far south across most areas except the north of scotland. wednesday will be cloudy. two weather fronts, north of scotland. wednesday will

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and i was absolutely devastated because then i had to go all the way to exeter to find out, and thenwere affected? that is devastating. 0ne affected? that is devastating. one of my children was severely damaged. and then i've got three children that are really seriously damaged. and karen, you are sitting next to john now, one of yourfour children. john, if i could just bring you in at this point. i know this is an issue that has affected your whole family. just tell us how it has affected you personally? well, i had affected you personally? well, i had a lot of learning _ affected you personally? well, i had a lot of learning difficulties - a lot of learning difficulties growing up. socialising with other children — growing up. socialising with other children i— growing up. socialising with other children. i never, ijust couldn't iet children. i never, ijust couldn't get the — children. i never, ijust couldn't get the grasp of it. very lonely. just didn't— get the grasp of it. very lonely. just didn't know why. i have a twisted — just didn't know why. i have a twisted oesophagus. i

a man in his 50s from the exeter area has attended a voluntary police interview in relation to suspectedell, it might not be deliberate harm, of course. >> it may just be illegal importing of some sort. >> well, hope not or . >> well, hope not or. >> well, hope not or. >> but i mean, it's just a disgrace . so these creatures can disgrace. so these creatures can live to you know. well, twice as long as we can like trees. >> i mean, the they're they're organic , completely organic. and organic, completely organic. and i think this is just awful. i really, really do such a shame. >> well, they need to get to the bottom of this because absolutely. are clearly absolutely. these are clearly animals imported animals that have been imported and yes, yes, and have either. yes, yes, because they're not. it must have been. been have been. they've been neglected. they're very rare. and die, they're being and when they die, they're being dumped nearby forest. dumped in a nearby forest. >> terrible. it's awful . >> it's terrible. it's awful. >> it's terrible. it's awful. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> anyway, a

van gerwen is well clear at the top of the table, as they head to exeter for the next round.rently exempt from rules limiting how much players can wager on similar games found in gambling shops on the high street. but from september, new rules being introduced by the government will mean 18 to 2a—year—olds will only be able to place a maximum £2 stake per game, while anyone over that age will be able to place up to £5. we re joined now by colin ware, from the charity gamcare. he was part of the consultation on the measures. good morning. i imagine quite a lot of thought has been put into this consultation and these measures. why £2 and £5, because there was a wider limit considered, wasn't there? there was. thank you. it has been a long time coming. the current regulations have been around for a long time. if you look at the data, the current average stake is currently 60 p. two pounds is still a significant amount. i think 97% of all games and slots are below £2. is this really covers a lot of the current market. the regulations and the suggested £2 is still a lot of money.