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Hello to you, welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service.

I'm Sean Lay with you live from the BBC studios in London.

Coming up in just over five minutes time, we'll hear about a heroic intervention by school

children in the

U.S. state of Mississippi after their bus driver suffered a serious asthma attack.

Jackson, he's a sixth grader. He initially saw her head kind of nodding off, and that's whenever

those five students really took charge and safely parked it.

We'll also hear from the Falkland Islands in the Southern Atlantic after Argentina,

says it wants to reopen talks with Britain about which country they should belong to.

But first, in August 2020, the civilian government in Mali in West Africa was overthrown by the military.

This was followed by a series of coups across the Sahel region.

But these military governments have struggled to provide security for their populations.

Sometimes fighting among themselves, they've also faced insurgency.

Mali experienced two coups in less than a year, whilst, like many of its neighbours,

using Russian mercenaries to supplement its troops. On Saturday morning, explosions were heard

in Bamako, the capital, along with protracted gunfire. Witnesses reported intense fighting

in the nearby town of Kati, home to the leader of the military junta, General Assimi Goethe.

There are also reports of attacks in Gao and the northern desert town of Kedal, where its surgeons paraded through the streets.

Well, the military, we said the attacks were orchestrated by what it called terrorist groups issued this statement, claiming to have repelled them.

The general staff of the armed forces informs the nation that on the morning of April

25th, 2026, armed terrorist groups attempted to attack certain cities of the country.

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