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Added on the 05/08/2023 18:20:46 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Bamako, Aug 18 (EFE).- Members of the military in Mali, who staged a mutiny against the government on Tuesday in the conflict-ridden West African nation, say that they have captured President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse.(CAMERA: Hadama Diakite)
Turkey's prime minister vows to bring U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen to account as the alleged mastermind of July's failed coup attempt against President Erdogan's rule. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said to Turkish officials that all those involved in last week's failed coup attempt "will be purged and suffer the consequences that they deserve", during a statement alongside Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, in Ankara, on Tuesday. His comments come as officials announced that over 15,000 education staff had been suspended, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government continues to purge its ranks of opponents following Friday’s failed coup.
Mark Toner, deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, said on Tuesday that "it's absurd to think that United States was somehow complicit or anyway connected" to Friday's failed coup in Turkey.
Turkey's prime minister visits some of those wounded when a group of Turkish military officials attempted to overthrow controversial Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan Friday night. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).