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
of the ultra low emission zone by labour s mayor of london. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you re live with bbc news some breaking news coming to the bbc that there were plans to start moving asylum seekers onto the bibby stockholm barge and it is now a barge that was mortared at portland port in dorsett and they were plans to move asylum seekers onto that barge and it is now being delayed and we are told as a result of fire safety concerns. and the potential dates at that it is going to move next week. the home office sources say the delay is because working practice for port staff haven t been signed off yet. they say there is no