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A mechanical excavator had ripped through the facade of the East Wing, leaving a tangle of broken masonry, rubble and steel wires, AFP journalists at the scene saw.

On Prince Andrew, she recalls standing outside a courtroom and telling journalists: "He knows exactly what he's done… and I hope he comes clean about it."

In Israel's Haaretz newspaper, journalist and author Amir Tibon notes that it was "full of vague wording that left significant loopholes."

One local journalist, who also asked not to be identified, said the main danger was no longer Islamist militants but the VDPs and destabilisation by the junta in Burkina.

One of the most influential sports journalists in the country would see it differently.