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Burkina Faso and Mali warn against military intervention in Niger

The combined juntas warn that movement “could destabilise the entire region”.

In West Africa, Burkina Faso and Mali have said that any military intervention in Niger to reverse last week's coup to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum will be seen as a declaration of war on the two ruling Juntas. We'll ask what this rapidly escalating crisis means for the wider region.

In China, more than 30,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the capital as a super typhoon causes widespread flooding. We'll talk to our correspondent in Beijing.

Plus, Newsday will hear from a people smuggler from Pakistan who police allege was involved in June’s Greek migrant boat accident and a family who lost their two teenage sons.

50 minutes

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  • Tue 1 Aug 202304:06GMT