Attempt to cut costs and deter migrants attempting to come to the uk illegally by boat. Also on the programme, the standoff in niger continues. The countrys coup leaders have closed nigers airspace until further notice, citing the threat of Military Invervention from neighbouring powers. Arizonas blistering heat wave continues as us President Biden heads to the state to promote his clean energy plans. And the american millionaire allegedly working with the Chinese Government to influence politics in the west. Ill speak to the New York Times reporter behind the investigation. First lets focus on the barge for Asylum Seekers here in the uk. The government hopes that around 500 men can be housed on board the vessel called the bibby stockholm. But so far, just 15 are on board. Ministers say the barge will be better value for taxpayers than hotel rooms, which are costing more than six Million Pounds a day. There have been concerns about conditions on board, but the government insists the ba
After a match decided in a tense penalty shootout. Hello, im lukwesa burak. We start with Breaking News from Southern Pakistan where at least 19 people have been killed in a train derailment. Another 50 are injured. The Hazara Express came off the rails near nawabshah in sindh province, as it travelled from karachi to abbottabad. These are the latest pictures from the scene, in a remote area. Emergency workers are battling to rescue passengers trapped in at least five overturned carriages with more rescue teams deployed to the scene. An emergency has been declared in nearby hospitals, including this one in nawabshah, where casualties have been arriving. Earlier the Infomation Minister of sindh gave us more details about the crash. This train was travelling from karachi. The top priority of government as the rescue work which we are focusing on. In terms of the rescue work, please confirm the town that smack crash happened near nawabshah . Happened near nawa bshah . This happened near n
Lets turn straightaway to Breaking News of the last few minutes. Three hill walkers have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glen coe thats in the scottish highlands. Police scotland said the bodies were discovered during a search, which had been launched after the group failed to return. The alarm was raised shortly after 9pm on saturday and Mountain Rescue teams assisted with the recovery operation. A Force Spokeswoman said, there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances. A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal. So that news just coming in, that three people have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glencoe in the scottish highlands. When we get more on that, we will return to it. Now lets move on to the row in the uk about the government use of a barge to house Asylum Seekers. Migrants have started boarding the vessel called the Bibby Stockholm In Dorset on the south coast of england. The government hopes to house up to 500 me
Hello, im lewis vaughanjones. Welcome to the programme. First this hour a deadline set by the west African Regional bloc ecowas for the militaryjunta to reinstate nigers ousted president Mohammed Bazoum expires later on sunday. Ecowas gave the coup leaders a week to restore the president or potentially face Military Action. Meanwhile, france says it will support efforts by ecowas. Nigers Prime Minister has been in paris saturday, meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the niger embassy. He has dismissed pro coup protests taking place in his country. With the deadline only hours away, our correspondent chris ewokor reports from sokoto, North Western nigeria, close to the border with niger. They are bracing for the worst. Many of them were born here in nigeria but they have never been cut off from their roots in niger. The coup has caught them unawares. With the border is closed and the current political crisis, they are now separated from their families. This man lives here b
Another 45 are said to be injured. The Hazara Express came off the rails near nawabshah in Sindh Province, as it travelled from karachi to abbottabad. These are the latest pictures from the scene, in a remote area. Emergency workers are battling to rescue passengers trapped in at least five overturned carriages. Pakistans Railways Minister says more rescue teams have been dispatched to the site. An emergency has been declared in nearby hospitals including this one in nawabshah where casualties have been arriving. We are hoping to speak to an individual close to the town, where that derailment took place. Hopefully we will be able to bring you more details on that here on bbc news. Ukraines president Volodymyr Zelensky says a russian guided bomb struck a Blood Transfusion Centre in the north east on Saturday Night as part of Overnight Shelling across the country. Speaking in his night time address, mr zelensky said rescuers at the scene in the town of kupiansk in Eastern Kharkiv had rep