France says it has no plans to withdraw around 1,000 of its soldiers based in niger where they are part of an International Effort to fight islamist militants. Aichatou kane is the nigerian ambassador to paris and the uk she has been in contact with president bazoum in niger and just before we came on air she told me how he is doing. The president of niger. Effectively, we have a daily call and is still a serious threat. But he is well and his morale is high as well as his familys morale. Does he think there will be a solution . And does he know when hell be freed . No, no, he dont talk with us on his terms. But as you know, the Prime Minister of niger is here in paris with him. We exchanged on the prevailing situation in niger, which is most worrying. And what is the Prime Minister saying . 0ur exchange is about the niger situation. We think together that this unfortunate event for our country cannot be caused by any internal crisis on all fronts. We are on a good trajectory, particul
From the Civil Aviation authority. The hope is that, once thats complete, a suborbital launch could be completed by the end of this year, with actual rockets going up into space by the middle of next year. Police in australia say a former Childcare Worker has been charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offences, including 136 counts of rape. The mans alleged victims, more than 90, were all young girls. Police say they were alerted when they found material on the dark web, that they could trace back to a childcare centre. The 45 year old man who has not been named was arrested nearly a year ago. Officers said his alleged crimes were unfathomable. 0ur correspondent phil mercer gave us this update from sydney a little earlier. Well, these are deeply disturbing allegations it goes without saying given that this is an individual whos charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offences against alleged victims numbering more than 90. Now, investigators here in australia say that this man, 45
for the uk in this year s eurovision song contest mae muller will be heading to liverpool in may. on bbc london: more than 200 people arrested by the met police and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. four days after their 7 0 thrashing at anfield, how will manchester united respond in europe? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the cost of childcare is rising making it increasingly difficult for many parents to go to work. one children s charity found the average cost of childcare for under twos in britain is almost 15,000 pounds a year though that varies greatly depending on where you are. (ani look at the difference in the amount of your wages you ll spend roughly 44% for full time workers on average pay but in scotland it s around 35% and more than 50% in london. the government says its invested £20 billion over five years to help families with childcare. labour says it would completely overhaul childcare calling the current sys
russian forces still occupy europe s biggest nuclear power plant at zaporizhzhia. the situation there remains unstable. my guest, rafael grossi, director general of the international nuclear watchdog, the iaea, has been there in an effort to avert disaster. with zaporizhzhia in mind, why is he pushing for more nuclear power right across the world? thank you, it s good to be with you again, hello. it s great to have you on the show. i think we have to begin with the situation in zaporizhzhia, the huge nuclear power plant in ukraine. you ve spent months trying to stabilise the situation there. how high are your anxiety levels right now? unfortunately, they remain quite high because even, even though we ve been making some progress now, i have, for example, the permanent presence of some of my experts at the plant, and we have a clear idea of what is going on exactly, every day, we continue to see shelling. we continue to see cut of the, of the external power to the station. so