Thursday 27 July

Soldiers in Niger claim to have seized power. Deutsche Welle’s West Africa correspondent Olisa Chukwumah has the latest. Plus, Antony Blinken tours the Pacific, Ukraine threatens an Olympic boycott and why dictators like to pose on horses. With Lisette Reymer and Jonathan Fenby.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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