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♪ >> hello. i'm christian fraser, and this is "the context." >> the reason i made the decision is our air in london is a killer. it was difficult decision, not taken lightly, but it is essential and vital. >> it's the wrong time to do a this is rushed in to get ahead of the elections next may and helping people forget by then. it is not giving anyone near enough time to change their vehicle. >> it's really hard. it needs much more incentive. it's clearly going to become a political football. the end of it we have people to think about in the future. something has to be done. christian: hello. welcome to the program.

expended in london through august -- 32 london boroughs, 600 square miles of territory. we'll get reaction from those who support the plan and those who are opposed. there were 100,000 cases of child sexual abuse in england and wales last year. we will hear from one victim who has waived her anonymity to help others who are suffering. in the body of a german climber who went missing in the alps has been found almost 40 years after he disappeared. what else will the melting glaciers give up? last week in a by-election in oxbridge, the conservative party defended a seat against all the odds. they focus their campaign heavily on a single issue, the planned expansion of the labor london mayor's controversial ultra low emission zone. here is a map of the expansion.

the resulting package cost labor a seat, but today the mayor got his revenge. he successfully defended aigh court challenge brought by five conservative-led councils, and after the judgment was delivered to him he can from he will extend the road charging scheme. >> the decision to expand it was a difficult one, not one i took lightly, but it is essential, because in our great city, 4000 people die prematurely linked to air quality. there are children who have stunted lungs forever because of air pollution. adults have a host of health issues from cancer, dementia, to heart disease. i've been listening throughout the process and i will carry on listening from next week. we will be expanding further the support we give to londoners, although it is the case, the high court confirmed, that nine out of 10 cars are compliant. they will pay a penny more. although they will see benefits of clean air from next week

almost a million families eligible for financial support every single small business in london will be eligible for support, and every charity is eligible for more support from next week. christian: well, what it means is drivers and outer london will pay 12 pounds 50 a day if their vehicle is not meet the required emissions standards. the hear from londoners affected. >> too expensive. it should never happen. i think it is a rebuff o-- ripoff. he wants to get money off the people. i understand about the ozone. why does it have to be 12 pounds? why can't it be three pounds, two pounds, something people can afford? he is going to put people in debt. >> it is really hard can it will need much more incentive. but we have people to think about in the future so something has to be done. >> i feel like with my

colleagues that have older vehicles that can't really afford to upgrade their vehicles, they will be affected greatly, and we will work in the area so we will be affected every day. >> it's very important for those who suffer with respiratory problems, i do agree with that. but 12.50 a day is hard for people who haven't got the right vehicles. christian: to reflect on that judgment can the deputy leader of city hall, conservatives, who has campaigned against ulez, and from clean air parents, who has campaigned against it -- for it, i do beg your pardon. your reaction to today's judgment? >> look we absolutely respect the court's judgment. disappointing, of course. a completely wrong scheme double hit the poorest in our -- that will hit the poorest in our community. the impact assessment said it

will have no effect on particulate and negligible effect on niger dioxide. this is absolutely the wrong time to be implementing a scheme like this that isn't even going to work. today i am feeling for all my constituents -- christian: let me pick you up on that. it does work. the sign says particular matter has fallen by a fifth in london. what do you say to people who have asthma, who can't breathe, who are celibate and just result? >> emso you are absolutely right talking by the central london zone. the central london zone is completely and entirely different from the outer london zo, and you have to take in the context timeline, that the vehicles are coming off the road can even in the impact assessment tfl recognize that the vehicles we are talking about driving will be off the road in the next few years. that is why it is minimal impact. it is not me saying this. it is tfl's own impact

assessment, which is that they will have no effect on particulates and negligible effect on niger and the oxide. what the impact assessment did find is that this will have a distal portion effect on low- income londoners and disabled londoners. that is where we are really concerned. it's completely the wrong -- christian: let's put that to lucy. he's expanding the scheme right in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis, there are workers who will have to shoulder for costs at a difficult time. >> it's a big win for clean air and it is a big win for everybody in london because londoners are exposed to high levels of air pollution and that really does affect people's health in manyays. there zero cost to -- there is a real cost to help from children's stunted lungs, chronic heart disease. and so this will benefit

everybody stratford to hands low. that is really important. obviously there is one in 10 cars that are compliant and that will create change. ulez is incredibly effective at creating that change. christian: well, hang on -- the concern is, lucy, really for the people who drive into london who will fall afoul of the new restrictions. i want to play you whether prime minister said about banning vehicles. prime min. sunak: i don't think we are going to get in at zero by telling everybody they can't fly anywhere or can't do this or that. that is not my approach to it for some i'm committed to an zero, of course i am, but we will do it in a pragmatic and proportionate way without adding burdens to families, particular at a time like now when the cost of living is a challenge for people with inflation where it is. and we are making great progress.

our track record on reducing carbon emissions is better than any of our -- the government is investing, we have been talking about nuclear power, that is going to help us get to net zero and improve our energy security. i talked about the giga factory investment we announced the other week. there is lots of progress to celebrate. banning things and stopping people from doing things is not the right approach. christian: and the problem is, lucy, that the scheme only applies to people who live within zone. people coming in won't be eligible. the scrappage scheme is for 2000 pounds. that is not going to buy you a new electric car, let's face it. there is a lot at stake and not enough -- there is a lot of stick and not enough carrot, that is what people are saying. lucy: i absolutely agree, we are all affected by the cost of living, and there are people affected by having to change their car or pay their charge. we would call on government to

step up to this and put in better support people have to change their cars and better scrappage scheme, look at extending it. they need to resource these changes to make their pledges. they have got to embrace it and do much more to help people do that, rather than leaving it on the cost of people who are affected. we want the government to do more, and put adequate resources behind these things. make it easier for people -- so that it doesn't affect people just make it difficult to get to work. christian: i'm going to come back to that. i want to hear from emma as to whether there will be any further challenges. emma: actually the moment we have channel inched -- we have challenge from the summary perspective, we have campaign. normal residents and ordinary people have never protested before, everyone has done all

they can. i think the challenge comes down to the labour party. they know what people want him to do. he needs to reflect, and i hope the next couple of weeks -- christian: this is what you will campaign on? emma: absolutely. do you know what can this is an political foursome -- do you know what, this is into political. we can't wait until may. i have food banks in my area who don't know how they will survive, people who don't know how they will get to health care payments, businesses that may go out of business. what we need is in the next few weeks the labour party to stop this, because those are the people now before this comes in at the end of august that need to challenge it, and i hope they do so. christian: it's interesting, lucy, that sir keir starmer, labor leader, has called on them to further reflect on the plan. we are coming into election season and it is likely that labor's experience in oxford

could suppress the labor vote in other seats . lucy: yeah, keir starmer want to we shouldn't be seeing politicians pitted against each other. we should see them working together to great strong changes to make sure we don't keep a kicking this can down the path, and we have got to address it now. we know the problems people are facing, air quality, climate change. it's really about the government's failure to protect people from toxic air. they need to be doing more and we need keir starmer to actually really support it and support sadiq khan in what he is doing. he is doing the right thing for air quality. by doing that, he is going to protect thousands of people's lives, which will protect nhs, which is having to take the burden -- christian: yeah, knock on effect, quite right. we will ve to leave it there. thank you so much for your thoughts this evening.

greatly appreciate it. the man who orchestrated a coup in niger, general abdourahmane tchiani, has appeared on television to declare himself the country's new leader. gen. tchiani: the action of the cnp is motivated by the sole desire to preserve our beloved homeland in the face of the continuous deterioration of the security situation of our country. the fallen authorities have failed to give real solution to the crisis and have provided poor economic and social governance. christian: the ousted president mohamed bazoum was elected two years ago in niger's first democratic transition, but on wednesday he was taken captive by his own guards. coup supporters have staged demonstrations in the capital, some waving russian flags. the head of the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin, who you will remember wasn't boiled in his own armed rebellion, has weighed

in. "what happened in niger," he said, "is nothing more than the struggle of people against colonizers trying to keep african countries in check." t-- it presents former colonial power france with a serious problem. not only did they move headquarters to niger recently, but 50% of the uranium they use in their power plants comes from niger. emmanuel macron says his government is prepared to support sanctions, and the white house has said it condemns an effort to seize power by force. director of the africa program at the institute for international relations in ussels, thank you for being with us. what does the former colonial power france do about it? >> i know there's not much that france can do about it for some they ha -- right now there's not much that france can do about it. they have condemned the coup, not recognizing the coup plotters, supporting the elected

president. at the moment there is not anything else they can do. christian: can niger stand on its own two feet without the support of the formal colonial power the former colonial power and the support of the united states? >> it depends on what you mean by standing on their tv. niger has been a relatively stable country in an unstable region. it has received support, security assistance, from france and the u.s., amongst others, but niger has been able to fight against terrorists earlier before that as well. standing on their two feet, depends on what you mean by that. christian: i've been there, i'd spent -- i spent time there about 10 years ago, and i reported on the yellowcake, the uranium moved out of niger and finds its way into the nuclear power plants that france runs. it is a very tight operation. under tight security as well.

i imagine that becomes very difficult to come in such an unstable situation. nina: i think it becomes difficult but i don't think we should overestimate the natural resources that niger has. that is something that other external actors are trying to overestimate, notably the ones that we discussed earlier or that you discussed earlier on wagner. so far tt does not seem to be part of the reason for this instigated coup. christian: extensively wagner's is in this country to boost their fight against terrorist groups, and in neighboring countries in west africa. but it also has business interests there as well for the do we know what their presence is in niger and the wider region? >> we don't know if wagner is present. of course, wagner is striving from these sort of movements.

coup is playing into the hands of wagner, that drives on instability. support of the coup, this is of course promotion from his part, and it is trying to boost wagner's popularity within different movements. but so far there is no evidence at all of a wagner being involved in this coup. christian: and if they are placed under sanctions -- if it france leads the way on sanctions, would west african states follow? nina: i think it should be the other way around. we're talking about the regional organization, and i think they will be the first one to decide if they are imposing sanctions, which it seems likely that they will do, then western partners will follow suit. christian: we will have to leave it there. thank you so much for your expertise this evening. nina: thank you. christian: around the world,

acrosshe u.k., this is bbc news. let's look at stories making stories in the u.k. a coroner has ruled a baby died after her vulnerable 18-year-old mother gave birth alone in a jail cell following systemic failings by state agencies. the mother made two calls to staff that went unanswered before her baby was born in 2019 at hmp bronze field. the mother had to cut the umbilical cord with her teeth. a 14-year-old boy has been arrested after a seven-year-old girl was killed following a hit and run in the west midlands thursday evening. the child was hit by a motorcycle and died later in hospital. police are appealing for help to find the bike involved. former health secretary jeremy hunt says no decisions have been made about delayed compensation for victims of the contaminated blood scandal. thousands of people died in the 1970's and '80s after they developed hiv and hepatitis c

through blood they were given. mr. hunt said the government was working to set up a compensation scheme. you are live with bbc news. so, we are going to follow up on the breaking news from ukraine, where a missile has this evening struck a multistory residential building in the central city of dnipro, killing -- injuring, i do beg your pardon, three people. we don't have any news of fatalities, just injuries at the moment. we can see pictures from the aftermath of the incident. president volodymyr zelenskyy has described the incident as russian missile terror. you can see there are lights on in the building. a lot of smo out of the tarp as well. i bbc crew on the ground says the top part of the building is destroyed. let's speak to our reporter in the newsroom. what are you hearing from

colleagues you are talking to? reporter: christian come as you mentioned, a russian missile has hit in fact two taets in the center of dnipro, and one of the target has been this residential building. what we know, that this building is very new, and not all of the apartments of the building were occupied, and that is why maybe, we understand, we do not have a large number of casualties. however, the casualties may increase because we have seen a lot of rubble and a lot of building being destroyed. but the second building which is interesting can it's an administrative building of ukrainian security service, and according to my colleagues, this is an old building, and it hasn't been used. what we know now is that all the emergency services have been rushed to the place and they go door-to-door. they are checking on people on

the ground and we are expecting a larger number of casualties just yet. as you mentioned, we only know about three people who have been wounded. but according to ukrainian authorities, 100 square meters were on fire after the missile attack. we know that this is central dnipro, the evening of friday, a lot of people uld have been at home, so they could have been in that building. christian: ok, oksana, thank you very much for that. we will keep an eye on developments in central city of dnipro. let's hope that there were apartment at the top of the building that were empty. it does seem that it wasn't wholly a residential building, and maybe some of those are administered offices. let's hope so. we will turn to the story of a remarkable young woman. she is 18 and she was sexually abused as a child by her grandfather. he was eventually convicted of her rape and jailed for 13

years. but now poppy has waived her right to anonymity so she can talk more openly about her experience in the have that that will help other victims of sexual abuse. our social affairs editor has her story. reporter: through words with her get on the phone and her mom watching, this is a big day for poppy just before her 18th birthday. she is doing her first skydive to raise money for charity that helped her cope with the sexual abuse that devastated her early life. she's also trying to change attitudes. >> takeaway that shamefuhy should we be -- take away that shame? why should we be hidden? it's a crime and you were a victim of the crime. simple as that. reporter: she set aside her legal right to remain anonymous. she hopes by speaking to me so openly, it will make it easier for abuse survivors to get support. >> i think if people can see a

face behind so taboo, it makes it mor relatable. i am like any other person going through it, and one thing survivors are good at is hiding that can like nothing was wrong. reporter: abuse can put betrayal at the heart of a home for some poppy was sexually abused -- abuse can put betrayal at the hearof her home. poppy was sexually abused by her paternal grandfather. it started when e was a toddler. >> i thought it happened to everyone, that grand parents did that to their grand children. reporter: this is her on a trip to legoland, age five. she had just tried to tell her parents about the peacabuse. they thought she had accidentally seen her grandfather in the shower, so spoke to him about that. the abuse did stop, but poppy

said she was eaten alive by guilt and anxiety. >> i thought, i'm really that bad, i shouldn't be here, i don't deserve anything. reporter: one day when she was 11, she was being physically sick. her mom suggested a walk. >> i said to her, something awful happened to you? and she said, "you know what has, -- you know it has, mum." and i was like -- sorry. "what you mean?' she said "remember that day we went to legoland and you spoke to dad dad? it wasn't just naked, mum." the look on her face, it was

awful, i just knew. >> i was so terrified of telling my mum and she would turn around and be like "you are lying" or "that's disgusting" or think i was a horrible person, as i had done. reporter: what was her reaction? >> it was an immediate "we are going to get through this." reporter: for her dad, there was the distress of knowing his father was the abuser. >> jan one hand was abusing her daughter -- he on one hand was abusing her daughter and then five minutes later was having a couple tea with us. -- cup of tea with us. on one had, who is this man? on another, i grew up with happy memories. there was a real conflict in my mind. reporter: david reporter his father --reported his father to the police and john was convicted of raping poppy and jailed for 13.5 years.

he died in prison last november. what would you say to those who say "it couldn't happen in my family?" >> i said that. it happens with people who generally you know and generally you love. it can happen under your nose. reporter: now through her skydive, poppy is raising money for a health plan to support abuse survivors whilst they wait for counseling. it can take months to get that help, but the family says it was vital for them. above all, poppy wants survivors to know that someone will listen. >> take fthat jump. easy for me to say, i've taken that jump. i can't promise that you will be believed by everyone, but i can promise that there is someone that will believe you, and there is a way through this. christian: if you are affected by narrator: funding for this presentation of this program

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♪ ♪ narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: pediatric surgeon. volunteer. topiary artist. a raymond james financial advisor tailors advice to help you live your life. life well planned. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by jy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. announcer: and now, "bbc news".