Tweets Of The Day

• Top US official meets Niger's coup leaders
• UK starts housing asylum-seekers on a barge
• Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's Pokrovsk leads to multiple deaths

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— DW News (@dwnews) August 8, 2023

The West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS gave Niger's coup leaders until last Sunday to reverse their military takeover. But as the deadline passed, the military junta shuttered the country's airspace.' pic.twitter.com/b86RFqguWU

— DW News (@dwnews) August 8, 2023

West African countries and global powers hope there is still a window of opportunity for mediation with Niger's coup leaders before a Thursday summit that could agree on military intervention to restore democracy https://t.co/GPA6XUBBPD pic.twitter.com/cJja1c7otZ

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 8, 2023

#UPDATE Niger's coup leaders have told the West African bloc ECOWAS that they cannot receive a proposed mission to Niamey for "security" reasons, according to an official letter seen by AFP on Tuesday ➡️ https://t.co/cfzsKDMifZ pic.twitter.com/ZqfIN270hZ

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 8, 2023

Myanmar’s military and affiliated militias are committing increasingly frequent and brazen war crimes, including aerial bombings targeting civilians, a group of investigators established by the United Nations said. https://t.co/IGmuvY54Zq

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 8, 2023

South China Sea disputed claims.

China claims almost the entire South China Sea and deploys hundreds of vessels to patrol the waters and reefs. Beijing has ignored a 2016 international court ruling that its assertion has no legal basis#AFPGraphics pic.twitter.com/3Ng455qfTi

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 8, 2023

#UPDATE Polish parliamentary elections will be held on October 15, President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday, announcing the date of the vote that will be closely watched in the European Union ➡️ https://t.co/eOlbVg3U1Y pic.twitter.com/w7M8P4XReP

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 8, 2023