the high court rules the first flight to rwanda — deporting people who've arrived here illegally — can go ahead next week. ministers say the scheme will discourage asylum seekers from crossing the channel — but opponents who challenged the plan in court said their fight will continue. this their fight will continue. isn't in any way a vindicati of this isn't in any way a vindication of the policy it will still be tested in the courts. it is simply a decision related to the flight on tuesday. the court granted permission to appeal, and the case will be heard again at the court of appeal on monday. also tonight. borisjohnson urges ministers to do everything to free the two british men sentenced to death by russia forfighting in ukraine. last year's capitol riot in the us — a congressional inquiry

hears claims that donald trump orchestrated the attack in an �*attempted coup�*. a0 years after the end of the falklands war — we look at the psychological toll on those who fought. and the sprint star dina asher smith tells us of her plans to compete at the commonwealth games in birmingham. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england had a decent start but new zealand had taken the initiative by the end of day one of the second test at trent bridge. good evening. the government has seen off a legal challenge to stop its first flight deporting asylum—seekers to rwanda planned for next tuesday. campaigners and immigration charities went to the high court today to try to convince a judge that the home secretary priti patel�*s policy is unlawful and irrational as rwanda is unsafe.

but the home office argued there was a significant public interest in the government being able to deport people deemed to have entered the uk illegally. here's our home editor mark easton. is it lawful to give people seeking asylum in the uk a one—way ticket to rwanda? telling them to pursue refugee status thousands of miles south in east africa? the first migrants are due to make that journey next tuesday, with campaigners today failing in their legal bid to stop the removals. the high court in london heard from home office lawyers that six asylum seekers who had been due to deported have had their removal directions cancelled, but the judge was not persuaded to halt the flight carrying 31 others, dismissing arguments that the policy is unlawful. the government welcomed thejudgment. campaigners said the fight goes on. no, it's absolutely not a landmark day, it's important to note this isn't the substantive hearing, so this isn't in any way a vindication of the home secretary's policy.

that is still to be tested in the courts in the next few weeks. the lawyer representing those trying to stop next week's flights, raza husain, pointed out that the home office has repeatedly claimed that their rwanda policy has been given the unhcr, the un agency responsible for the refugee convention. "that's misleading and incorrect," he told the judge. the united nations has used around for several years... the united nations has used rwanda for several years... priti patel has consistently claimed her deal with rwanda is lawful under the refugee convention. this agreement is comparable with all our domestic and international legal obligations. but in court today, a barrister for the un told thejudge... notjust once, but on numerous occasions it was claimed. after the deal was signed in kigali in april, the un had two meetings with priti patel and told her the arrangement broke international law.

the government's legal team, however, interprets the convention differently, noting that more than 10,000 asylum seekers have risked their lives crossing the channel in small boats already this year, and arguing there is a significant public interest in a policy that will deter people from making those journeys and undermine the activities of criminal people smugglers. around 100 asylum seekers are now in immigration detention, threatened with deportation to rwanda. in brook house near gatwick, some have been on hunger strike. one syrian spoke to the bbc, a translator has voiced his words. i came to the uk because it's the |only place i have connections to. j my brother, my uncle l and my aunt live here. if i end up in rwanda, _ my future and the future of my two kids will be destroyed. the home office had always expected a legal challenge and welcoming the high court decision tonight, the home secretary insisted she will not be deterred, however, campaigners have been given permission to appeal against today's judgment. the matter to be decided

at a hearing on monday, just hours before the flight to kigali is due to take off. mark easton, bbc news at the high court. markjoins me now — as we've heard, there will be an appeal against the decision about this first plane on monday — but the wider policy is also going to be tested? i think so. thejudge in the case says there was no evidence that allowing this flight to take off on tuesday would lead to ill treatment of asylum seekers or human rights abuses but he wasn't ruling out a review of the whole reminder policy and i think many lawyers expect that to happen at some point. —— the whole rwanda policy. i think it'll be about the legality, the lawfulness of that policy. the hn cr believes it is unlawful. the home office's lawyers, their interpretation of the uk's responsibilities under the convention is different. they think

the rwanda deal is lawful. one thing i am hearing tonight is may be quite a few more people who had been warned of deportation to rwanda who have now had those orders cancelled. if that's right that suggests it is —— there is something of a rethink going on inside the home office as to who and how many asylum seekers would be eligible for sending to rwanda. . ~ borisjohnson has urged ministers to do "everything in their power" to secure the release of two britons sentenced to death after fighting with the ukrainian army. aiden aslin and shaun pinner were captured and tried as mercenaries by a russian proxy court in eastern ukraine. their families have called for them to have urgent legal and medical help. our diplomatic correspondentjames landale has the latest. aiden aslin and shaun pinner from britain either side of saaudun brahim from morocco, or member of the ukrainian armed forces, —— brahim from morocco, all members

of the ukrainian armed forces, convicted of being mercenaries and facing a sentence of death. these pictures show the two britain's —— these pictures show the two britons military unit on patrol in eastern ukraine in 2020, two years before the latest russian invasion. both men talking openly about why they had chosen to live in ukraine and serve in its army. i've been here two years now. and love it, made a life here, settled down, got a girlfriend in mariupol, plan to get married maybe and now i'm in the marines in ukraine. in a sense, it is like my war because even though i'm not ukrainian, this is on my doorstep. but this courts in a russian court in east ukraine hasjudged both men to be mercenaries, a court not recognised internationally. we are not showing footage of the trial inside but russian state media said

the men had a month to appeal. the foreign secretary, liz truss, discussed the buttons on the phone this morning with her ukrainian counterpart. and in a tweet afterwards, she said the men were prisoners of war and the judgment against them was an egregious breach of the geneva conventions, the treaties that set out the rules of war. she has been ordered by boris johnson to do everything in her power to secure their release. but the foreign office had a dilemma. if it makes a noise and summons the russian ambassador, it risks turning this into a bilateral row between london and moscow, adding fuel to the false idea these two men are british mercenaries. the emphasis instead is on helping ukraine protect two of its own service meant. —— protect two of its own servicemen. ukraine's ambassador here told me he was confident the men would be released. we consider these people as part of the regular ukraine armed forces and should be treated the same way as we treat the russian soldiers in our captivity so we are

preparing the exchanges and in the coming days they will be exchanged. doing amazing. for now, high—level contact between britain and ukraine continue. the defence secretary visited kyiv this week to meet president zelensky and discuss ukraine's latest military needs. and international pressure is growing as well. the united nations in geneva voiced its concerns about the sentences and the fairness of the hearings. such trials against prisoners of war amount to a war crime. for now, the fate of aiden aslin and shaun pinner remains uncertain, their families are said to be anxious and keen to ensure they have access to health services and legal advice. james landale, bbc news. the ministry of defence has warned that the devastated southern ukrainian city of mariupol, which is now under russian control, is at major risk of a cholera outbreak. nick, a grim warning. let's speak now to our correspondent nick beake who's in kyiv for us. nick, a grim warning. a very avery grim a very grim warning, this? the big

concern is the _ a very grim warning, this? the big concern is the dire _ a very grim warning, this? the big concern is the dire conditions - a very grim warning, this? the big concern is the dire conditions in i concern is the dire conditions in mariupol. this city of death and destruction are ideal for the mariupol. this city of death and destruction are idealfor the rapid spread of this disease among the 100,000 people who are still said to be living there. tonight the ministry of health here in ukraine have told us they haven't actually recorded any official cases, that's not to say they don't exist but they say it is more a case they cannot do any testing there because the russians aren't allowing people in and out. this is a city where it is hard to get information from. communication is poor. but earlier today we were able to speak to one ukrainian woman who said her mother managed to flee a week ago and left behind a city where the corpses aren't being buried, where rubbish is piling up in the streets. as the temperature rises, as we go further into the summer, where there are very few medical supplies, where sewage is mixing with drinking water, and any rations the russian soldiers are giving out are said to

be not sufficient. tonight russia may well control the city of mariupol but it stands that the people here don't have basic standards. they say they've gone into liberate them.— into liberate them. thanks very much. more than half of all households in britain have reduced their spending on gas and electricity — because of concerns over the sharply rising cost of living. new figures released by the office for national statistics show that 77% of adults are worried or very worried about rising costs — with almost half the respondents saying they had reduced the number of goods they buy when shopping for food. government figures also show that 22% of pupils in england now qualify for free school meals — up from 14% five years ago — and the cost of filling an average family car with petrol has hit £100 for the first time. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports now from slade green in south london — on people now struggling to afford

even the basics of life. once we've paid all our bills, there's nothing left, nothing. i've had a stroke, covid—19, but i was fit, i was active, earning 40 grand a year, gone. don't do mashed potato, - it takes too long for the gas. i've lost two stone - because i literallyjust walk everywhere because i can't afford the fuel. _ running the slade green food bank can feel never—ending. hundreds of people are fed from this small hall in south—east london each week. families that once just about managed are now barely surviving. my energy prices have gone up from £90 a month to £300 a month. i've got a car but the mot runs out next week so i can't afford to put it through another mot so i'm going to have to scrap my car. michelle and her husband were laid off when the company they worked for went under during the pandemic. i am actually registered disabled so when you do apply for a job, no one wants to hire me

because there are so many able—bodied people out there. heating's off. we all have a rota of when we are allowed to have a shower so, every other day we have a shower. we don't have any butter left, i'm afraid, sorry. i just as the need is increasing, so donations are falling. i've got no baby milk and i've got no chocolate spread. over several days, we regularly saw the food bank run out of various basic supplies. everything is going up in the shops so not only are we seeing - the knock—on effect of people not being able to afford to donate, i but we are also not being able to go out and buy it ourselves _ because of the prices. slade green is an area of relatively high unemployment and low wages. the lack of money creates stress. domestic violence is a significant issue and mental health problems are rocketing. this small group meet up weekly for a walk — an attempt to tackle isolation. all my bills, gas and electric, has gone up. sue bailey, who suffers from anxiety, told me about the mental impact

of rising costs. yeah, you do struggle, and that doesn't help you, your mental health. i mean, you try and brush it off when you are out and about with people but then you go back indoors and you sit in there and that's when you start to think about it. and things like this i think do help. stretched finances create other health problems, too. eating cheap but often unhealthy foods is increasing obesity levels, while some people can't afford even basic medicines. you are going to get more people coming in for paracetamol and that because they get free prescriptions where they can't afford a box of paracetamol. not that we can prescribe that because obviously there are certain things they can buy over the counter. but it's really, really hard for people to actually have that disposable income. that's brilliant, thanks. ministers say they are protecting 8 million vulnerable families, giving them at least £1200 this year in direct payments. but until that help feels real, many families will continue to struggle. i haven't done washing for about

a week, and it's piling up. because it's either that you do the washing and you run out of electric, or you don't do the electric and you do the washing by hand. i never thought i'd be this desperate in 2022. it is horrendous. more people need help getting food today than did so during the pandemic. a basic requirement to eat has become a daily, sometimes desperate challenge for many. michael buchanan, bbc news, south london. coronavirus cases have risen slightly in the uk for the first time in two months, according to estimates from roughly one in 65 people were estimated to have had the virus last week, up from around one in 70 the week before. the small rise is likely due to two newer variants of omicron. a report from the french government has blamed a chain of "failures" for last month's chaotic scenes at the champions league final in paris.

it said the events at the stade de france, which included police firing tear gas at some liverpool fans, had damaged the country's image and raised questions about its ability to host major sporting events. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has more details. ten days on from the chaos at the champions league final, the first assessment of the french government on events at the stade de france. it says police asked that signs directing people to an alternative entrance to the stadium be taken down days before the match, and that it would have been desirable to reinstall the signs once a train strike was announced. it also says an unprecedented influx of people without valid tickets rapidly overwhelmed security controls, and that this was the key problem on the night. the report makes five recommendations, including a requirement that fans use electronic tickets in future to reduce the risk of fraud. the report broadly sticks to the government's line

that the problems here began with large numbers of fake tickets among liverpool fans. what it doesn't address are claims that some valid electronic tickets also didn't work because of problems with internet access around the stadium. the paris police chief is facing questions from several different inquiries. in the french parliament yesterday, he defended police actions on the night. translation: the use of tear gas worked. - i am well aware that by doing this, people of good faith were gassed. there were people who were caught up in this crowd, and sometimes even families. on behalf of the police headquarters, i am very sorry about that. but i will say it again, unfortunately, there was no other way. i've never seen anything like it, it was so bizarre. tonight, liverpool fans reacted to the french explanations. it wasn't just small amounts of tear gas, it was relentless. like, you would be running, then you would run into more tear gas.

and this went on for ages. by the time people got into the stadium, everyone had sore throats. the chaos outside the stade de france was filmed by fans on mobile phones but footage from surveillance cameras inside the stadium was found to have been automatically deleted a week after the final, in the absence of any order to preserve it. the search for a clear picture of events is only leading to more questions. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. president biden has warned that the "forces" behind the deadly insurrection at the us capitol last year remain a threat to democracy. his remarks came in the wake of an explosive congressional hearing that blamed the former president donald trump for an "attempted coup" which sparked the violence at the capitol in january last year. our north america editor sarah smith's report contains some strong language. we have a breach of the capitol! never—before—seen footage of rioters

storming the capitol was designed to shock. because you will never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength and you have to be strong. as the committee promised to demonstrate, donald trump deliberately orchestrated this attack. president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. and mean, i saw friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in people's blood. the first police officer to be injured in the attack described the sheer scale of the violence. what i saw was just a war scene. it was carnage, it was chaos. as the crowd chanted, "hang mike pence," the vice president, the committee says trump agreed with them. mike pence "deserves it." donald trump has denied ever thinking or saying hang mike pence and on his social media channel

says, "the so—called rush on the capitol was not caused by me, it was caused by a rigged and stolen election. " the committee will produce more evidence over the next couple of weeks that they hope will convince people donald trump conspired illegally to try to overturn the election but they can't actually bring criminal charges against him — they are trying to convict him in the court of public opinion. president biden calls the january 6th attack a brutal assault on democracy. it is important that the american people understand what truly happened, and to understand that the same forces that led january 6th remain at work today. testimony from committee witnesses was used to show that trump knew the election was not stolen. i do not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff which i told the president was bullshit. even his daughter and senior adviser agreed. i i respect attorney general barr, i so i accepted what he was saying.

it is an historic evening... the prime—time broadcast commanded attention... it shows donald trump at the centre of a violent plot to overturn... ..but it may not convince an audience who have largely made up their minds about who is to blame for the capitol attack. trump supporting tv channels like fox refused to air the hearing live. the whole thing is insulting. in fact, it is deranged - and we are not playing along. five more hearings will provide more detail about what committee members amounts to an attempted coup in america. committee members say they think there is still a very real threat to american democracy, that this conspiracy is not over yet. donald trump of course continues ad nauseam to repeat the big lie, the idea that the election was stolen from him in 2020 and worryingly, a large number of americans seem to believe that with polls suggesting a quarter of people here think it is true that there was fraud in the election and

trump was the real winner. and most concerning lee, over 20 million adults agree with the statement that the use of force is justified to try to restore donald trump to the presidency. these are not people whose minds will be changed by watching five more congressional committee hearings. sarah, thank you. next week marks a0 years since the liberation of port stanley, and the end of the falklands war. but the conflict came at a high cost for some of its survivors, who went on to develop symptoms of what would eventually be recognised as post—traumatic stress disorder, including flashbacks, violence, insomnia and heavy drinking, as our special correspondent allan little reports. couldn't see my kids because i was a bit of a loose cannon really. i wasn't a nice person in them days and everything was taken away, you know? and that's hard. when paul bromwell came home from the falklands his life fell apart. for years he drank, he couldn't

sleep, he was violent. when he realised others were also struggling, he founded valley veterans. i started helping other people. that's what i've done ever since. that's when i started to mend myself as well. started to get involved with the horses. that was massive for me because i found something that i could channel my mind into, you know? and the horse will give you so much. i will sit in the corner and just listen to them munching the hay and it chills me out. but also at the same time i've got the guys up here. we are all like minded. we are out in the air. not hurting anybody. and we are trying to build something positive, you know? the conversations we've had in our little room there. amazing. this is the erskine veterans village near glasgow. it's home to hundreds of former servicemen and women. for them, a0 years is the blink of an eye and they commemorate the experience still.

after the falklands, a long, slow evolution began in the way we think about war trauma but back then the stigma it carried caused many to suffer in silent shame. i think it goes back to a long—standing view that if you stay ill then it is really a question of character. there's something wrong with you. it's a weakness, it's a character flaw. that was a very common view in the mid—20th century and you still see echoes of that in the 80s and 90s. it's very unusual to find that now and i would actually say rather the opposite now, i think the military have had massive changes. we know that a considerable number of people in the military do come forward now with their mental health problems. the military have made major strides there. i'm not saying it's perfect but it is much better than it was. david cruickshanks was a beneficiary of that change. he's written a book about his ptsd.

he was just 17 when he came home from the falklands. by his mid—30s he was also drinking heavily. it took nearly 20 years for him to seek help. i knew there was something going on. i didn't know what it was called. i didn't know how to explain it. i didn't want to tell anybody about it. i wanted to mask it. you knew something was wrong but you didn't really want to admit it. when that doctor said i think you might have some sort of panic disorder or anxiety, i'm going to refer you. i remember that day because ijust burst out crying. it was like a complete release. oh, my god, i don't have to pretend any more, you know? and there is help. i get so much out of this. personally, just chills me out... the vast majority of combat veterans don't develop ptsd, and many of those who do get better in time. but the falklands generation is the last for whom the condition went initially, at least, unrecognised and untreated. they paid a high price for that.

for paul bromwell, recovery began with the discovery that he wasn't alone and in the company of old comrades. allan little, bbc news. the former northern ireland football manager billy bingham has died at the age of 90. he'd been diagnosed with dementia in 2006. he had played for northern ireland in the 1958 world cup, before leading his country to the finals as manager in 1982, and again in 1986. he won a famous victory over hosts spain in 1982 which remains one of the sport's biggest upsets. billy bingham, who has died at the age of 90. a 17th—century ship which sank off the coast of norfolk has been found and experts say it's the most important maritime discovery since the mary rose was raised a0 years ago. the gloucester ran aground off the coast of great yarmouth in 1682, nearly killing the future king james stuart.

the wreck�*s location was unknown until it was discovered by divers after a four—year search. she's the fastest british woman of all time but she's seen her training disrupted by the pandemic and her hopes of an olympic title at the 2020 tokyo games ruined by injury. now dina asher—smith has confirmed that she'll be competing at the birmingham commonwealth games where she'll be one of the biggest names. she's been talking to our sports correspondent laura scott. the world champion from doha. dina asher—smith is used to living life in the fast lane, but summers don't come much busier than hers with the potential for three major championships. winning won't be easy, as she found out last night in rome, finishing third behind two jamaicans. she could face them at the world championships next month and then in birmingham at the commonwealth games where she has just committed to compete. quite frankly, it is a very uniquely british challenge for the summer because obviously

we are the only nation that falls into the categories of the worlds and the europeans and the commonwealth games but i see it as a fantastic opportunity. we've got three back—to—back and you've just got to go for it and enjoy it. has she been eliminated? hampered by a hamstring injury, there were tears in tokyo but asher—smith is desperate to bounce back. given those setbacks, what would constitute a successful summer for you? just winning stuff, quite frankly. i had an unfortunately timed injury last year, very frustrating, but i just want to come back and run some really fast times and be successful across the track season. asher—smith said she feels part of a golden age of women's sprinting but despite the talent on the track, she said work needs to be done to improve how female athletes are treated. there is still a humongous pay disparity, there is still humongous gap in female coaching, female staff behind—the—scenes and whether you are front of house, so the athlete, or part of the team behind—the—scenes, everybody should always be treated

with respect as well. she's going to take the gold medal! the fastest british woman in history isn't about to slow down. having reached the heights before, she is primed to peak again when it matters most. dina has done it! laura scott, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. and there is a first look at the papers on the bbc news channel. have a very good night. just before the papers let me bring you some breaking news that is just appeared on reuters news agency, this is coming out of the amazon area of brazil brazilian search teams are found but they are describing as a human organic material in the river with a british

journalist dawn phillips disappeared alongside indigenous peoples expert for the police say they collected genetic material from the blood found on the boat at the tishman who they say is being held as a suspect, he was a fisherman involved in illegal fishing he was a fisherman involved in illegalfishing on he was a fisherman involved in illegal fishing on the he was a fisherman involved in illegalfishing on the river in he was a fisherman involved in illegal fishing on the river in the area with a disappeared. to be held for further 30 days while area with a disappeared. to be held forfurther 30 days while police investigation continues, that is the judge who said the resilience are under seal she couldn't have meant any further over the audience is planned for the fisherman was called. police say costa was one of the one people to see dawn phillips who works for the newspaper the guardian and mr pereira on sunday after going missing. that's the

latest we have. just to confirm