they arrested president ibrahim boubacar keita and the prime minister. armed troops were seen escorting a vehicle believed to be carrying the president. couldhave come out today -- today to call for the resignation of the president because we heard there were shots fired by the military and have, to help the military get rid of the president. >> we are tired, the country is paralyzed, and i do not want this government. reporter: soldiers were seen patrolling the streets of a garrison town 15 kilometers from the capital, where there were earlier reports of gunfire at a military base. it is believed mutineer big soldiers rounded up senior officials. a 2012 army uprising at the base open the way to keita's presidency. isif it is a coup d'État, it a piece to end this regime. everything is being done peacefully. as a member of the opposition, i thank them. reporter: there were reports a small number of the national guard had seized a military facility. a french military source said discussions are taking place between mali's army command and the mutineers. pr

>>> president ibrahim boubacar keita in the african nation of mali said late tuesday he will resign. he was being detained by rebel soldiers in a military coup. >> translator: this is my decisision. i'm stepping down from my duties, all my duties, starting now. >> keitata also announced on ste television the dissolution of mali's parliament hours after he and other government officials were detained near the capital, bamako. the turmoil comes amid continuing insurgency by islamic extremists i in northern mali where french forces have been helping the government fight back. however, the fresh political crisis could affect those operations and allow the militants to gain ground. ♪

ibrahim boubacar keita has resigned. he was known by his initials ibk, but he was forced out after he was arrested. mali has been rocked by protests. mullions -- malians discovered overnight who was in charge and the mako -- chuck in charge -- in charge in bamako. [speaking foreign language] >> the committee announced to shut all borders until further notice. a cucurfew h has been put in p . >> [ [speaking foreign language] >> the rebels no information about thehe whereabouts of the deposed president.t. ibrahim boubacar keita appeared on the s same tv station. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the rebels took control of the military camp 15 kilometers from bamako. then, they took the president there. beingimages show keita escorted from the presidential palace. when the president was taken, crowds flooded independence square and gathered outside thank t the to rebels. >> [speaking foreign language] the mutiny marks a dramatic shift after more than two months of antigovernment protests. demonstrators have been demanding k

welcome to the program ali's president ibrahim boubacar catarrh has resigned after being detained by soldiers in a coup he said he had no choice but to step down as he didn't want any bloodshed speaking on national television the coup leaders said they would oversee a political transition leading to fresh elections mali and 1000000 people of mali we are not holding on to power but we are holding on to the stability of the country which will allow us to organize within an agreed reasonable timeframe general elections to equip mali with strong institutions which are able to better manage our everyday lives and restore confidence between the government and the government. the west african economic bloc echo us has closed borders with mali suspended financial flows and called for sanctions shelob ellis reports. the bamako residence of president abraham. secure and heavily guarded but instead of keeping people out the soldiers were keeping him in he and prime minister abu says say we detained here on tuesday confusion prevailed today with no explanation by the military all government unti

. >>> president ibrahim boubacar keita in the african nation of mali said late tuesday he will resignhe was being detained by rebel soldiers in a military coup. >> translator: this is my decisision. i'm stepping down from my duties, all my duties, starting now. >> keitata also announced on ste television the dissolution of mali's parliament hours after he and other government officials were detained near the capital, bamako. the turmoil comes amid continuing insurgency by islamic extremists i in northern mali where french forces have been helping the government fight back. however, the fresh political crisis could affect those operations and allow the militants to gain ground. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and here's a look at what the weather will be like in your part of the world. >>> we have a glimpse of summer in a part of northeast japan that's emerging from difficult times. namie town is in fukushima prefecture. this farmland was abandoned after the 2011 nuclear accident forced local people to evacuate. now the 12-hectare site is filled with sunflowers. the evacuation order was lifted three years a

on a transition of power after last week's coup but the 2 sides agree that ousted president ibrahim boubacar katter could be released from detention mali's military on the west african regional bloc echo us held talks for 3 days those were the headlines and back with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera do stay with us. world war one. what. 4 years of bitter conflict. known as the great war. all the war 2 and all. its grim trains warfare. with europe the main feature. but this was a war fault on many fronts. so there's another story rarely told. of huge importance during the war. and of lost in the significance. of a story of troops in fault and died but who are often forgotten. i'm given outcome that shaped the middle east of today. this is going on more one through our local high. money to reeky it's an izzy and writer and broadcaster is taking us on a personal journey across a dozen countries. his grandfather's generation fault in the war. so far he's looked at the contributions made by arab north african troops conscripted by the british and french colonial powers in north africa

military leaders in mali say they'll prepare for new elections after forcing president ibrahim boubacarater out of power. hello i'm adrian for the given this is a live from go also coming up. there all this 9 elections where neither fair nor transparent.

transitional government in the meantime zuffa soldiers that staged a coup to oust president ibrahim boubacar to step down on tuesday former colonial power and key ally france has condemned the case it was artie's killing more pain reports irises track record in the region in quelling violence and unrest is open to scrutiny. forced to step down the president of mali has been detained by the military after months of protest. but. the former leader has been accused of mismanaging the economy corruption worsening the situation when it came to the fight with jihad just groups in the north however he did enjoy the backing of somalis former colonizer and french troops have been in mali since 2013 to keep terrorists at bay the results in the country have been rather modest the security situation in mali has recently deteriorated. the security situation in the central countries has deteriorated considerably in recent months conflicts prevailing in the region are have an unprecedented humanitarian consequences on civilian populations face an insecurity and displacement. french president in my new i'm

announcing his resignation after he was detained on tuesday during a military revolt ibrahim boubacar katie said that the decision to leave power would avoid bloodshed in the country. i would like to inform you of my decision to resign from my position with immediate effect and with all the legal consequences this entails the dissolution of the national assembly and of the government. tuesday's uprising began with a shootout at the scene military camp los to the capital group of soldiers detained senior officers before marching on bomb a car on storming the president's residence meets and he was swiftly condemned by the african union you and the head of the un neighboring countries and close the borders schooling for sanctions against the revolutionaries can follow several months of protests in mali so the opposition demanding the president's resignation over corruption allegations and the security situation is still in jail and home claims that the roots of mali's latest insurrection can be traced back to nato intervention in libya 9 years ago this coup accept basically a result of t

about a political transition and hold new elections within reasonable time mollie's president ibrahim boubacar kato announced his resignation just hours after being detained by armed soldiers his ousting follows months of protests over corruption and economic mismanagement and while the events have been met by jubilation inside mali they've sparked alarm among international observers. gunshots that on meant to kill but to celebrate this con navigates the geron crowd sitting inside is believed to be the detained president abraham boubacar kato and other officials and later in the day where we're looking president k to appeared on state t.v. . so you will know. if some elements of our armed forces concluded that my presidency should end with their intervention whose job it is going to be once you. do i really have a choice. i accept the decision because not a single drop of blood should be shed to keep me in power. the coup leaders also appeared on state television vowing a transition that would lead to fresh elections. descends into chaos day by day anneke and insecurity because of the people i

and these are the men they blame — president ibrahim boubacar keita, who won a second term in electionser boubou cisse, seen here voting back in april. both now under arrest by these soldiers and their supporters. translation: the whole of mali has been liberated by a republican force. the malian people support them from above and from below. we are really very, very happy. there is no education, there is no health, there is no security. he does not want to listen to these people. he is never going to stay in power. even if the men accept it, we women are never going to accept it. he has been cursed by the good lord, which is why the military stood up today — because what he has done is not normal. we are happy because we can see that ibk wants to run away. he will leave power. we are happy to see that mali is starting to breathe. the children are outside defending their rights, which they see being flouted, because the future belongs to the children. even today, an atomic bomb cannot stop us. in recent months, huge crowds led by this populist have been calling on the president to step

let's turn to mali now, where in the last hour, we've received reports that president ibrahim boubacarears to be an attempted coup. the leaders of the protest movement which has been out on the streets in the day prior to this said it was not a military coup, but a popular insurrection, saying the president did not want to listen to his people. the news has come from a government spokesperson who presumably won't be in beina be inajob be in a job for much longer, but says that the president and the prime minister of that country were both arrested by the military. a number of arrests of other senior officials have gone on today. it started out as what looked like a mutiny. two of the military barracks with soldiers shooting and some talk of disputes over pay. it then became pretty clear that this was something more serious. it now looks as though this is a coup that is in full swing, which, of course is being widely condemned by the international community including the african union, but it comes as —— at the african union, but it comes as ——ata the african union, but it comes as —— a

on a transition of power after last week's coup the 2 sides did agree that ousted president ibrahim boubacar kitto will be released after being detained last week those were the headlines about with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next it's inside story to stay with us. e.u. countries using that coded 19 emergency to clamp down on refugees if they in greece are accused of being more hostile to migrants during the pandemic is another humanitarian crisis in the mediterranean on the way this isn't a story. hello welcome. italy and greece of long complained of being overwhelmed by undocumented migrants desperate to get into europe the e.u. members are the main landing points for refugees and asylum seekers crossing the mediterranean sea from north africa and the middle east rights groups say the coronavirus pandemic has given both countries a chance to crack down on the unwanted visitors the president of the italian island of sicily has banned new arrivals and ordered all refugee centers to close by midnight on monday now let me see where she says it's needed to stop the spread of c

want you all to 0 with means the whole romney a reminder of our top stories molly's president ibrahim boubacar cantor has resigned and dissolved parliament just hours after mutinous soldiers detained him and top members of his government he said he wanted no blood to be spilled to keep him in power the west african regional bloc awhile says order the closure of borders with mali the african union and the e.u. are condemning the action and the un security council has called an emergency meeting. the us democratic party has formally nominated joe biden as its 2020 presidential candidate it happened on the 2nd night of its national convention which is being carried out virtually because of the coronavirus biden and the support of some big names with the former u.s. president bill clinton and former secretary of state john kerry addressing party supporters when this president goes overseas it isn't a goodwill mission it's a blooper reel he breaks up with our allies and writes love letters to dictators america deserves a president who is looked up to not laughed at donald trump pretends russia didn

protests as a back on the streets of mali as capital demanding the resignation of president ibrahim boubacar kaita the opposition had stopped the rallies for the muslim holiday of ied. at least 14 people have died during demonstrations over the past few weeks mollies opposition accuses kater of failing to deal with insecurity and corruption the regional bloc ecowas has been leading mediation efforts it's given both sides until thursday to implement its proposals which includes the formation of a unity government al-jazeera is because hawke is following developments from neighboring saga. what the president has done is named a few new cabinet ministers 6 of them there's still the same new prime minister who's in charge the judges of the constitutional court refused to resign and so have the 31 ruling party members of parliament that when there are seats in contested elections earlier this year well they also refused to resign and that was part of the ecowas recommendation that they that they resign or that new elections are held so they're not meeting their end of the bargain meanwhile the op

can i ask you what the future could be for president ibrahim. boubacar keita than. again difficult to say i think one of the things that i'm looking at very closely though is the emphasis that. the leader of the military leaders are placing on corruption and accountability in their public statements. they have been very clear that they are frustrated and angered over what they hear specific instances in which- political leaders are using the- the levers of the state to benefit themselves and to gain money and sometimes at the expense of the military and this is. a game that we can always across decades wherere. military leadership and all the way down into the lower levels of the military can be quite frustrated with political leaders. when they feel as though they are encouraging themselves at the expense of. troops and families who are losing their friends and their loved ones and not the battle against insecurity and final extremism so. i t think. whahat we're considering accountability for potential corrupt act by. the president or others in his cabinet. this is

and west african mediators there are reports that the army has agreed to allow the president ibrahim boubacar quetta to return to his home it also wants a transitional role in leading the country to 3 years soldiers seize power on choose day an innocent kid after months of anti-government protests spearheaded by the former nigerian president goodluck jonathan the regional echo arsala geisha is trying to lead talks for both sides of gold is joining the global race for a current virus vaccine it also is launching voluntary must testing next month to combat what seen as a 3rd wave the government has enlisted the help of medical experts from mainland china does divya parlor reports what everyone supports the move. hong kong's latest outbreak with the worst and most widespread prompting the government to impose its sick to social distancing measures yet it's proved effective for now but according to the medical community here this will not be the last way for the city overnighting virus is a very smart virus so it is behaving more and more like in france. so is likely to be staying with us for a l

west african mediators there are reports that the army has agreed to allow a good president ibrahim boubacar quetta to return to his home but also wants a transitional role in the leading of the country for the next 3 years. the governor of sicily has ordered all migrants to leave the island by midnight on monday citing krone virus fears but it's unclear how the decree will be implemented since those policies are decided by the italian government the order also bans iran of any new migrants all refugees. well those were the headlines so you can follow those stories on the websites to al-jazeera dot com back with more news here next it's inside story to stay with us. what's behind the recalled rise in global covert 19 infections several countries are reporting some of the biggest numbers since the pandemic began should we be worried a more look. this is it's a story. hello and welcome to the program on the wrong nearly 9 months since coated 19 from the chinese city of wood.

african mediators there are reports that the army has agreed to allow our student president ibrahim boubacar quetta to return to his home also once a transitional role in leading the country for 3 years. protesters in southern iraq are threatening more unrest unless the local governor resigns the killings of a number of problems activists by the rallies the prime minister visited balancer to help resolve the crisis. ward cleaver have to has rejected the un recognized government's calls for a ceasefire is spokesman described as a publicity stunt and accused the tripoli administration of planning a turkish backed defensive on the city of sirte. and by munich have won europe's biggest club trophy for a 6th time fans in germany celebrated the club's champions league victory i am the . one those who headlines laura karl is up next with news and half an hour here on our desire next it's talk to al-jazeera to stay with us. on counting the cost cracks in the global economy to stop saw to record highs despite the coronavirus that make billionaires become richer but the poor get poorer so is the time

on a transition of power after last week's coup the 2 sides did agree that ousted president ibrahim boubacar will be released after being detained last week those were the headlines about with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next it's inside story to stay with us. e.u. countries using that coded 19 emergency to clamp down on refugees if they in greece are accused of being more hostile to migrants during the pandemic is another humanitarian crisis in the mediterranean on the way this isn't a story. hello welcome. italy and greece of long complained of being overwhelmed by undocumented migrants desperate to get into europe the e.u. members are the main landing points for refugees and asylum seekers crossing the mediterranean sea for north.

denying that they forcefully remove the president from power saying that he resigned voluntarily ibrahim boubacar kato has been seen since stepping down on tuesday his speech came up to soldiers surrounded his house and detained him and the prime minister the military says that he's being held of an army barracks for his own protection. supported clearly. he's doing very well as a rule the others they aren't under race to the time and to keep in safety for their own security you'll agree with me that after this kind of situation this insecurity for example after he left his home some people attacked his house after he'd left some people even come to us on their own initiative for their own safety . and can keep an eye on things iran's foreign minister has told the un security council that the united states has no right to demand that sanctions be reimposed on his country u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o says that iran is violating its nuclear deal with world powers he wants to use a mechanism in the agreement to put sanctions back into place but the u.s. pulled out of that deal in 2018 of ir

mali for another anti-government protest they've been demanding the resignation of president ibrahim boubacar since june on monday the constitutional court swore in 9 new judges hoping to calm political tension nicholas hock is following developments from dhaka and they bring senekal. yesterday when there was a swearing in ceremony in the presence of the chief negotiator from the echo was a former nigerian president goodluck jonathan and the president was the end 5 in their leaders who were not involved in the decision on who these judges will be nor is there a national unity government as planned by the ecowas mediation effort and the 31 judges that were supposed to resign well they haven't only an aunt and the one of these judges who is the president of the national assembly was in fact the person that nominated these judges and who is he well he's no other than the father in law of the president's son another close ally to the president and adding fuel to the fire in this feeling among amongst protesters that the president is abusing power bringing close allies close to him and this govern

all of this comes after months of anti government demonstrations against the rule of president ibrahim boubacar keita members of the protest movement in mali are describing the situation as a quote popular insurrection. some of the multitude of events have been organized to see the military given the support today's. great to god this is the end this is the reason we're coming here today. and then in a mosque in our tendencies to be here we pray for our country. he's never going to stay in power even if the men accept it we women are never going to accept it. he's been cursed by the g good lord which is why the military stood up because what he's done is not normal. we are happy because we can see that president keita wants to run away. he is going to leave power. we are happy to see that molly is starting to breed. the children are outside defending their rights which they see being floated because the future belongs to the children. even an atomi bomb couldndn't stop u us today. for embassy is warning people in and around bamako to stay inside their homes earlier we spoke to journalist m moha

in mali have faced a wave of international pressure after they forced the civilian president, ibrahim boubacarass protests. the un security council condemned what it called the "mutiny in mali" and demanded that the soldiers release mr keita and other officials. the african union has suspended mali. the us says it will not seek the death penalty for two british members of the islamic state group accused of murdering western hostages in the middle east. alexander kotey and el shafee elsheikh — nicknamed the beatles — have been stripped of their uk citizenship and are currently in us military custody in iraq. hundreds of thousands of b—tec students have become the latest to face chaos with their results after an exam board announced the grades would be reconsidered just hours before they were due to be published today but gcse students will get their results. the european union has increased pressure on belarus over the disputed presidential election, announcing it will impose targeted sanctions on some officials. eu leaders say the election was neither free nor fair, and that they do not recogn

let‘s return to that developing story in mali, where the president — ibrahim boubacar keita — and theing the president "did not want to listen to his people". connectivity issues have been hampering our efforts to speak from bbc afrique. what do we know about what is happening on the ground now? what we know is that what seems to be a coup committee they are saying it‘s not a coup, is taking place right now in the country. the president and the prime minister have been arrested. they are now detained, a city 15 km from where the first gunshots took place this morning. they are being taken over there to respond to questions. the military, the soldiers are saying, is not a military coup but looks a little bit similarto military coup but looks a little bit similar to the same scenario that happened eight years ago when that president was ousted after ten years in power. and what do we know about what has prompted this? it seems it‘s a man in the army. a colonel. where is no evidence if he is linked to the movement of the 5th ofjune, a coalition of the opposition. started two months ago t

president ibrahim boubacar keit 20ok powere northwest african nation i, but he has faced growing unrestng-running islamist insurgency. in the capital, bamako, armed meandirected traffic today, proteste cheered the soldiers. the u.s., u.n. and a bloc of african nations condemned the coup. authorities in mauritius have arsted the captain of a japanese ship that spied more than 1,000 tons of oil off its coast. the ship struck a coral reef off the indian ocean island nation in late july before eaking in two. clean-up is still ongoing, amid fears of substantial damage to marine life. local activists say cove will take time. >> we expect that the cleanup will last for seveto eight more weeks, and then from there, there is going to be additional work to be done. but the work will be donin a more discreet way, because the oil spill itself is one thing, but the consequences of the oil spill will last for a long time. >> sy: the shipping company investigating why the tanker was should have been ten miles out. back in this country, california braced for more power outages as a searing heat wave st

amy: in mali, president ibrahim boubacar keita resigned tuesday after soldiers in the capitall bamako staged a coup d'etat t tt followeded weeks of anti-government protesests. mali's prime minister also deposed by coup leaders who called themselves the national committee for the salvation of the people. in a broroadcast on state television, ththe coup leaders promisised to organize new elections. >> we are not keen on power, but we are keen on stability of the country which will allow us to organize within a reasonable time limit to allow molly to equip itself with strong institutions capable of handling our daily lives and restore the confidence between governmnment- amy: the united nanations and african union condemned the coup and the arrest of mali's president. opposition leaders praised the coup as a "popular insurrection." before tuesday's coup, president keita faced weeks of protests against rampant corruption, police brutality, and mounting violence from separatiststroups in mali.i. back in the united states, the republican-controlled senate intelligence committee has publishe

tension tens of thousands of demonstrating since june demanding the resignation of president ibrahim boubacar kaita a protester led by the end 5 movement of opposition activists they accuse president of corruption mishandling the economy of failing to improve security and 5 is rejected proposals by the regional body echo was which include the formation of a unity government let's go live now to dhaka of zeros nicholas hark is following the situation from the nick why has the appointment of these do judges not. these demonstrations. well you do it certainly has been called the demonstrations because right now as we speak hundreds of people are gathering on independence square in bamako there's a heavy police presence well yesterday when there was this swearing in ceremony in the presence of the chief negotiator from the ecowas of former nigerian president goodluck jonathan and the president sent was the and 5 in their leaders who are not involved in the the the the decision on who these judges will be nor is there a national unity government as planned by the cost mediation effort and the $31.

celebration rallies in the money in capital bamako days after the military coup the president ibrahim boubacar kita announced his resignation on tuesday after soldiers detained him a west african bloc echo also sending a delegation there on saturday to discuss mom his political future overnight a u.n. mission in mali paid a visit to quito in detention let's bring in a committed dress who is monitoring the story from a budget before we get to the choreography of the coming couple of days we're seeing these claims saying that the president resigned voluntarily he wasn't told to leave his job what do we believe. well basically for many molly ends the question is would have would president bramble worker announce that resignation if the military had not stepped in i spoke to an academic a short while ago and he believed that president. will still hold on to power and will not leave despite the demonstrations that have been taking place in money since june so a lot of people in the international community especially believe it was a coup and all the elements of an african coup what they're. chargin

without agreement on how to restore civilian rule, but both sides said the ousted president, ibrahim boubacarnvestigation by the national wildlife unit and lancashire police found that 29—year—old aaron halstead had admitted selling black rhino horns, acquiring tiger skulls and keeping elephant tusks for sale. for the last 12 months, jacey normand has been following the case. these images were recorded by the national wildlife crime unit in 2018. after raiding an ordinary looking property in burnley they were surprised by the collection of rare breeds inside. the property was registered to aaron halstead, already known to police after serving a 24—week sentence in 2015, for trading rare and endangered species. these are just some of the photos he posted of himself on social media at the time, featuring him posing with an array of stuffed wild animals. we ended up searching his business premises in burnley and that was absolutely crammed with taxidermy. what we did find was, in a freezer we found two rhinoceros horns. we found a critically endangered species. we found various skulls, we found

in mali have faced a wave of international pressure after they forced the civilian president, ibrahim boubacarf—proclaimed chairman of the national committee for the salvation of the people. after getting rid of president keita, he has been a meeting top government civil servants to work out a way forward. translation: we can't afford any more mistakes, so we, by making this intervention yesterday, have put the country first, mali first. that is why we no longer have the right to make mistakes. it looked like any other wednesday in the capital. there was little military presence, —— military presence, and no indication a coup had taken place the day before. translation:” a coup had taken place the day before. translation: i support and congratulate the military. i very much appreciated their actions yesterday, by acknowledging the front of the malians. if the population that demands the president's departure, he should have resigned for himself. translation: it is not a coup, because he resigned, so we cannot call it a coup. the army took over at the right time. the army had the cry of the hea

the soldiers who ousted president ibrahim boubacar kata say they plan to set up a civilian transitionalan address on television — here's some of it. translation: horror has become the daily life of the malian people. malians have become referees in their own country, prey to all difficulties. highway banditry and armed robberies have become numerous. terrorism and extremism are destroying central cohesion and are not inevitable. bad governance and the frustration that come from it has cause malians to lose hope for a better tomorrow. it's still unclear exactly what happened yesterday, but here's what we do know. it appears to have started with a mutiny at kati military base, about 15 kilometres from bamako. there were reports of soldiers firing in the air and blocking roads leading to the capital. we think it was led by this man, colonel malick diaw. he was deputy head of the kati camp, and we think he had the support of another commander, general sadio camara. it's been reported both had recently returned from training in russia. this is another of the men we think led the coup — this