although thejunta has way out of the conundrum.has arrived... also way out of the conundrum. although the junta has arrived... also quick restoration of democracy. an election less than two years ago, president bazoum was elected... quick restoration of democracy, only a crisis manufactured for their own selfish reasons. minority within the military and one or two units. thank ou so military and one or two units. thank you so much — military and one or two units. thank you so much for— military and one or two units. thank you so much forjoining _ military and one or two units. thank you so much forjoining us _ military and one or two units. thank you so much forjoining us here - you so much forjoining us here on the programme. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. new figures from the mortgage lender, halifax, says uk house prices have dropped for the fourth month in a row. they were down nought point 3% between june and july. the cost of a typical home is now just over

i mean, that shows that thejunta has no intention to respect human rights as he started by claiming thatn, i mean, this coup has really no reason whatsoever. there was no political tension. there is no situation, security situation that is worsening as they claimed, that just faints. the security situation is improving in our country. you know, you accept to power by the ballot, not by the bullets. and we have elected a legitimate president, mohamed bazoum, and we want him to be restored, like all the international community echo us, the regional body, the african union, the united states of america, france, all our european union, all are asking them just to give back power to preseidnt bazoum. you mentioned ecowas. i do want to ask ecowas, the economic community of west african states and they have threatened military action. would you welcome that, that west african states would stage a military intervention here? yeah, my position, my position is as following. of course, i would hope and wish a peaceful solution that thejunta will come to reason and give up, give back power to presid

thejunta took him of the president would be at risk.age, they took our country hostage, they have took our country hostage, they have to give back our country to the people elected by the people to rule the country. that institution should not be reversed. who is responsible is very important, our people are suffering and we don't want that. people are suffering because all financial influx to the country have been stopped. people don't have electricity. i’m been stopped. people don't have electrici . �* , electricity. i'm so sorry, we will have to leave _ electricity. i'm so sorry, we will have to leave it _ electricity. i'm so sorry, we will have to leave it there. - electricity. i'm so sorry, we will have to leave it there. thank i electricity. i'm so sorry, we will. have to leave it there. thank you forjoining us. hello, good afternoon, it is still blustery for this time of year, but that south westerly wind is falling lighter and yesterday. shower clouds are building here it. a lot of sunshine recorded by our weather watchers. the

partnership, some kind of buy—in from those oher countries in the region, to make life harder for thejuntathey might do is pursue some kind of diplomatic solution whereby they can arrange the release of the democratically—elected president mohamed bazoum in exchange for him agreeing to some kind of democratic process whereby he stands down and there is an election. because ultimately, what we have seen is that now, there is lots of popular support for what has gone on, and it's awkward for ecowas, because then if they push and try and install, reinstall the president who's now seemingly not so popular, then it's hard for them. so that might be another thing, some kind of diplomatic solution, in that respect. you mentioned that popular support for what's really been a coup. we've seen demonstrations on the streets. and among those demonstrators, we've seen pro—russian sentiment, russian flags being waved, and chanting pro—putin slogans. what is behind that amount of support and maybe even a desire for russia to get involved in niger? i think we've got to be cautious. to some extent, that mi

state department says kathleen fitzgibbon�*s arrival does not mean it accepts the government run by thejunta this, i spoke with the former us ambassador to niger, bisa williams. bisa williams, thank you indeed forjoining us this evening. ecowas has activated a standby force ready to invade niger should the military faction continue to hold onto its power and should ecowas deem that that is needed. do you support that use of force? i personally think that that is the most important instrument that ecowas can use as a last resort. they're using the justification for that is the potential for contagion in the region and that is why they have this force on standby. they have used that is the justification as well for closing the borders, shutting off the electricity. are you concerned about that? i think that, rather than say it's the worry about contagion, they also thought it was within the charter that ecowas states had decided to support democratisation in the region, so the imposition of sanctions and the other instruments in their toolbox that they had to use were sort of messages to send

approved prime minister or cabinet members that would be appointed, although late into this morning, thejuntanisters in conjunction with the prime minister that was appointed earlier in the week. just minister that was appointed earlier in the week-— in the week. just explain if you can to viewers why _ in the week. just explain if you can to viewers why this _ in the week. just explain if you can to viewers why this is _ in the week. just explain if you can to viewers why this is so _ in the week. just explain if you can | to viewers why this is so important. 0bviously, to viewers why this is so important. obviously, it's notjust what is happening in niger, this has much wider regional consequences and international global consequences. niger has been stable, especially amongst the sahel countries which have faced several clues in the last few years. top of that list are mali and burkina faso, both have military leaders in power at the moment. niger has a lot of attention because all the humanitarian issues that have fallen out as a result of the crisis and the coups and the insecurity opera

left the door open to discussion, to uses good offices to further dialogue, so i think it is up to thejuntaly. i'm not sure what kind of countdown the military leaders of the ecowas states use, that'sjust leaders of the ecowas states use, that's just not my forte. 0k. mohamed bazoum came to powerjust over two years ago in the first democratic transfer of power since independence in 1960. what you think this situation means for the democracy in niger? i think it's an enormous _ the democracy in niger? i think it's an enormous setback. - the democracy in niger? i think it's an enormous setback. it - the democracy in niger? i think it's an enormous setback. it is l it's an enormous setback. it is a tragic, lamentable, and just horrible setback for the country. i do think that if a coup succeeds, if the military overthrow of a productive give democratically elected government succeeds in niger then i think it is a very, very dangerous signal, ominous signalfor the rest of dangerous signal, ominous signal for the rest of the region. signal for the rest of the re . ion. , �* region. president bid

tunisia, i think thejunta here clearly has a lot of support within the gabonese population, many of whomlong rule. this family has been in power, as i said, for more than 50 years, and for a lot of people i think they would rather see the military takeover than the continuation of that. the goalkeeper in spain's world cup winning women's football team has spoken of her disappointment that a contentious kiss has overshadowed their victory. catalina coll said people who stop her on the street want to talk to her about the kiss rather than offering congratulations. during televised celebrations, the president of the spanish football federation, luis rubiales, kissed one of coll�*s team—mates on the lips. let's go to madrid. jose carlos cueto lopez of bbc mundo is there. good to talk to you, what exactly did katrina call say to you? see expressed _ did katrina call say to you? see expressed mixed _ did katrina call say to you? <7? expressed mixed feelings in this case because —— catalina coll. they are all very part of their achievement of the historic title during the world cup, but she and

where borders are closed, although the junta have a situation where borders are closed, although thejuntaopened their borders to some neighbouring african countries. nigeria's border with neish air, and that with the republic of benin remain closed. the majority of their imports come from nigeria and the bending republic. this is hurting businesses and has sparked an increase in prices of foodstuffs. nigeria has also cut electricity, which is also affecting nigerian households tremendously. there was an ultimatum — households tremendously. there was an ultimatum given, _ households tremendously. there was an ultimatum given, reinstate - households tremendously. there was an ultimatum given, reinstate the - an ultimatum given, reinstate the president or else. we are still waiting to hear what they plan to do now, what is the latest from those countries and those negotiators, too? ., countries and those negotiators, too? . , too? the ultimatum expired yesterday. _ too? the ultimatum expired yesterday, sunday. - too? the ultimatum expired yesterday, sunday. people. too? the ultimatum expired

i would hope and wish a peaceful solution, that thejunta will come to reason and give up, give back powerthe parliament that were again elected in a fair and transparent election. but if that is not possible, i will not rule out any solution that will restore democracy in my country. including a military? absolutely. i will not rule out any solution because this junta in africa comes to power by force — they want to substitute force to election. this is not acceptable. they do exactly the same as the terrorist jihadist group we are fighting — because we have the bullets we have to rule the country. but if there were to be a military intervention, we could then see a full fledged conflict between the military leaders and any intervening forces. are you worried about that again? again, i am worried about anything that will create damage to my people. but if the choice is to the junta, they have to come back to reason. they have to realise thatjust because you have the bullets, because you have the arms, you are not ruling a country. if you want to rule the country, you have to run in an ele

thejunta in niger clearly has not backed down itself.wledging the same time making acknowledging the obvious which is it simply doesn't have the resources to stage a military intervention, and even if it did, even if the nigerian parliament had not denied use of its forces for this intervention, even if it could rally forces, i think it would be disastrous for the region knowing what they anticipate if they were to go into niger. what knowing what they anticipate if they were to go into niger.— were to go into niger. what about the state of _ were to go into niger. what about the state of the _ were to go into niger. what about the state of the country _ were to go into niger. what about the state of the country right i were to go into niger. what about the state of the country right now| the state of the country right now chris can they withstand them? i think it de-ends can they withstand them? i think it depends on — can they withstand them? i think it depends on how — can they withstand them? i think it depends on how long _ can they

pro—coup supporters at a stadium in niamey, the capital city, showed that the people were supporting thejuntafrance songs and waving pro—russia flags in the crowds. it's a mix of feelings. the first part being that a lot of nigeriens believing since 1960 independence, france has had a stronghold on niger, both economically and politically, and they say that france has not helped in any way to curb the islamist and jihadist operations in that part of the sahel region so, they believe it was time for a change, to see if the military would bring the much—desired change. but on the flip side of things, civil society groups and some other private individuals also believe that they want democracy to continue, as it would offer them a freedom of expression and their human rights would be protected. rescue teams in southern pakistan are continuing to search for the survivors of a rail disaster which has killed at least 30 people. police say 100 passengers were injured when an express train derailed in sindh province, and there are fears the number of casualties will rise. 0ur pakistan correspondent c

the head of thejunta is targeting him. he's been deprived for the last five days.his is inhumane and cruel treatment. they should not let that happen, to kill people, to get one man and his family, this is not something that we should accept. this is not something the world should tolerate, and it tells a lot about two are the perpetrators of this war. i willi perpetrators of this war. i will follow up _ perpetrators of this war. i will follow up on _ perpetrators of this war. i will follow up on that, _ perpetrators of this war. i will follow up on that, because i perpetrators of this war. i will| follow up on that, because the perpetrators of this war. i will follow up on that, because the us acting secretary of state went there and was not able to meet the president nor was he able to meet the crew leader. what do you think that means?— that means? that means that the “unta has that means? that means that the junta has no _ that means? that means that the junta has no regard _ that means? that means that the junta has no regard for _ that means? that means that

she had conversations with thejunta in niger's capital.tary intervention after the expiry of a sunday deadline from the expiry of a sunday deadline from the western african regional bloc ecowas. the group now plans to hold an emergency summit on thursday. meanwhile, the us is suspending aid payments to niger but officials insist there is still time to resolve this crisis. the window of opportunity is definitely still open. we believe that the junta should step aside and allow president bazoum to resume his duties tomorrow, today, tomorrow, any time in the near future. i don't want to put an assessment on when that window would be closed, other than to say that using diplomacy to achieve this objective is our top priority in respect to niger. bisa williams is a former us ambassador to niger. she told us more about the meeting between the us state department official, victoria nuland and the coup leaders. my understanding was that the acting deputy secretary left the door open for continued discussions and that basically the united states, i

they sent a junta delegation in support of thejunta.unta delegation in support of the junta. the sentence imposed on the country continue to take effect. the price of commodities have gone up price of commodities have gone up and niger remains darkness, cut off from electricity supply from nigeria. chris ewokor, bbc news, at the border with niger. meanwhile, a state department spokesman says that following the military coup, more than $100 million of aid to niger has been suspended and would be withheld until president bazoum is reinstated. secretary of state's antony blinken said in a statement that: the programmes that will be cut have not been specified. earlier, my colleague caitriona perry spoke to the chairman of the house intelligence committee, republican mike turner, about the situation in niger and other international crises. chairman turner, thanks for joining us. we'll start off just looking at niger. macaron�*s coup leaders have closed the country's is space sizing potential intervention from other countries in the region t

this is something thejunta been denied medical care. with him. the president because my daughter says the family doesn't have electricity at the moment, is eating very poorly or eating rice and pastor and because of the lack of electricity, the fresh produce in the house is spoiling. —— pastor. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other news now. for the first time in us history, three branches of the armed forces don't have a senate confirmed leader. the navy, army and marine corps are without because a republican senator continues to block military nominations over abortion rights. senator tommy tuberville of alabama says the pentagon is using government funds improperly — by paying the travel costs for service members who want to terminate a pregnancy. a hospital official in ethiopia's amhara region says at least 26 were killed in a suspected air strike on sunday. it follows reports an ethiopian army drone attacked protesters in the town of finote selam, killing 70 civilians. the state—appoi