this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. shocking conditions in the russian—occupied city of mariupol. officials warn of the risk of cholera and other infectious diseases as dead bodies lie unburied. the united states is relaxing its rules on covid testing for air passengers. from sunday, there'll be no need to present a negative test 2a hours before you fly. after thursday's first hearing into the deadly insurrection at the us capitol, president biden warns the threat to democracy still remains. and in paris, an official report details a chain of failures by the authorities handling the champions league final last month.

ukrainian officials say humanitarian conditions in the city of mariupol are getting worse under the current russian occupation and people there are at risk of diseases like cholera. the exiled deputy mayor of the southern port city says bodies are still being discovered in the ruins, there is a shortage of doctors, and food and water are in short supply. our correspondet nick beake has more from kyiv. the big concern is that the dire conditions in 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 actually haven't recorded any official cases. that's not to say they don't exist, but they say it's more a case they can't do any testing

there because the russians are not allowing people in and out. this is a city where it's hard to get information from. communications are poor. but earlier today, we were able to speak to one ukrainian woman. she said her mum managed to flee a week ago and left behind a city where the corpses are not 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 that the russian soldiers are giving out are simply said to be not sufficient. so, tonight, russia may well control the city of mariupol, but it stands accused of failing to provide the very basic services to the very people it says it's gone in to liberate. drjarno habicht is the world health organization's representative in ukraine.

drjarno habicht is the world health organization's representative in ukraine. he says the who has been on alert for cholera in mariupol, but hasn't detected it yet. what we know in mariupol that the situation is difficult for many, also due to the drinking water, the sewage system, as well the availability of the health services. so, that's why we also advocate for humanitarian corridors and to ensure that the medicines and other materials can reach to civilians. in the current situation, the who has assessed the risk for cholera already very high at the end of april. as of today, we don't have any signals for cholera, but we need to do everything to be prepared. we have prepared also public health service and helped to manage a surveillance, so we are doing all to be prepared. but as of today, we don't have yet any signal. one of the matters that makes us worried is access to medicines, especially in those parts where the fighting goes on. we see that every second person is saying they have difficulties

with access to medicines. need for heart diseases, hypertension, as well the painkillers, as well the antibiotics. the situation is better in other parts of the country, where every third person has difficulty on access to medicine, but we see that the health system is really under stress. while at the same time there are places where covid vaccinations is scaled up, regular vaccination programmes are scaled up. tomorrow, i'm going to kyiv 0blast to see if programmes of primary care which are ensuring access to medicines, so while one part of the country where the fighting goes on, civilians are in difficult situation, in other parts of the country, the health services are aiming to catch up. what is important is that we ensure proper burial, we ensure that all the dead bodies are found because there are risks for infectious diseases and others, so this is a particularly important area where more needs

to be done as well for the public health reasons. the united states is lifting the requirement for international travellers to have a covid test within 2a hours of boarding their flights from this sunday. the need for testing will be re—evaluated every three months and could be reinstated if a new variant emerges. the move ends one of the last restrictions related to the pandemic in the us, where a more than a million people have died from covid. our new york business correspondent michelle fleury told me more about this latest announcement. the timing of this could not be better for americans getting ready for their summer holidays. it means that if they want to leave the country and travel to europe, for example, they don't have to worry about getting stranded abroad. that was certainly something that the airline industry had been lobbying the administration about, saying it was creating hesitancy amongst americans who were nervous that they would then be out of pocket if they got stuck overseas

with a positive test. the flip side of that is there was another report showing that passengers, travellers from countries like the uk, germany, india were also hesitant about booking travel to the united states because of these kind of restrictions. so, the hope is, at least for the airline industry, is that that will kind of remove some of that and help them move forward in their recovery from the pandemic. 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. 0ur 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'll never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength, and you have to be strong. cheering and applause. 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. i 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. chanting. as the crowd chanted, "hang mike pence," the vice president, the committee says trump agreed with them. mike pence, quote, "deserves it". donald trump has denied ever thinking or saying hang

mike pence, and on his social media channel says... the committee will produce more evidence over the next couple of weeks that they hope will convince people donald trump conspired illegally to try and overturn the election, but they can't actually bring criminal charges against him. they're trying to convict him in the court of public opinion. president biden calls the january 6th attack a brutal assault on democracy. it's important 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 did not agree with the idea - of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff, which i told the president| was bleep. even his daughter and senior adviser agreed. i respect attorney general barr. um, so i accepted

what he was saying. it is an historic evening... the primetime 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's 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's deranged, and we're not playing along. five more hearings will provide more detail about what committee members say amounts to an attempted coup in america. the government in the uk 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 on friday to try to convince a judge that the uk 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, and 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 green light by the unhcr, the un agency responsible for the refugee convention. "that's misleading and incorrect," he told the judge. 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. 0ne syrian spoke to the bbc. a translator has voiced his words. translation: i came to the uk because it's the only place - i have connections to. 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.

earlier, i spoke with zoe bantleman, legal director at immigration law practitioner's association, who told us questions remain over the government's plans. it's not merely the appeal which the court of appeal will hear from today's injunction. it's also the case that the high court will hear a separate court application from asylum aid, timeframes of people have to present their case against removal. the current way the home secretary is operating this process if she is detaining people seeking asylum, only allowing them seven days to find a lawyer and make representations before she makes a decision and give them five days' notice of a flight to send them to rwanda.

these are extremely short time frames, and they can affect the client's ability to access justice. please carry on. sorry. i was also going to say the injunction application of detention action from calais and the union, which was refused today, but there is still the broader policy challenge as to whether the policy is lawful and that will go ahead in the coming weeks. just on that broader policy question, though, this all presumably comes under... let me put it another way, does it underjudicial review of government action, and if it does for that is how they follow the procedure correctly rather than the actual rights and wrongs of the policy? as you said earlier in your recap, it's about whether the policy is irrational, unlawful or unfair. and, yes, it is a judicial review claim. just in terms of irrationality then, presumably part of the argument

reasonably is if this is illegal under international law, that per se makes it irrational, for a government do something that breaks law would be irrational. but there is a problem with that in that in international law's status is ambiguous. well, i don't understand that one of the grounds was that it broke international law per se, but it would not necessarily be an irrationality claim but that would also be an illegality claim so about whether it's unlawful. but the main claim which it seems that mrjustice swift heard, and this is more more second—hand reporting because i was not there in person today, it appears to be the home secretary was irrational in finding that rwanda is a safe third country to send people to. yes, and on that it seems that the court did not think it was and did not regard that was on adequate case for stopping

for a general relief that would freeze these flights. the appeal takes place and there are other legal challenges challenges to this policy, but more broadly, what does your organisation make of the way the law is being used at the moment to deal with asylum—seekers because at the moment one of the criticisms is has been there is not actually an alternative route for asylum—seekers to come and seek asylum in this country and that that may be one of the factors that is driving them to take the risks to life that is involved for example in trying to cross the channel? yes, i think that is the real question. the real question is how do we unravel the myths that underpin this agreement between the and rwanda. the home secretary has been very clear that she thinks it's based on deterrence and stopping people smugglers and that there are safer routes, but let's not forget that even her permanent secretary said that he couldn't see sufficient evidence for the deterrent effect and that several thousand people that have arrived on small boats in may, after this policy was announced

on the 14th of april, strongly suggest that it has not had an effective... it hasn't been an effective deterrent, but it's notjust that the policy is not intended to be a deterrent. it doesn't apply only to those who came since the memorandum of understanding was signed on the 13th of april, it applies to those who came since the 1st of january this year and before there was any agreement with rwanda who have not been deterred and may have already been smuggled. the government also wants to argue there are safe routes, but where are the safe routes for the vulnerable women, girls, lgbtqi+ people we left in afghanistan and not in the afghan citizen resettlement scheme which remains closed nine months after operation. they have no other choice but to make the very dangerous perilous journeys that the home secretary seeks to deter them from making. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, a report from the french government blames a chain of "failures" for last

month's chaotic scenes at the champions league final in paris. the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops have begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorbymania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who, for them, has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. it happened as the queen moved toward horse guards parade for the start of tropping the colour. the queen looks worried, but recovers quickly.

as long as they'll pay to go see me, i'll get out there and kick— them down the hills. what does it feel like to be the first man to go across this is bbc news. the latest headlines — ukrainian officials are warning of the risk of cholera and other infectious diseases in the russian—occupied city of mariupol. the united states says it's relaxing its rules on covid testing for air passengers. from sunday, there'll be no need to present a negative test 2a hours before you fly. 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. honestly, 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. police in brazil say they've found "apparently human" remains in a river near where a british journalist was last seen in the amazon rainforest. the "organic material" is being sent forforensic anlysis, along with blood found ealier on a suspect�*s boat. dom phillips and the brazilian indigenous expert bruno pereira were last spotted on sunday in the remote javari valley, one of the largest indigenous territories in brazil. the suspect, a fisherman, was arrested with illegal possession of ammunition shortly after the two

men went missing. ecuador will play at the world cup finals in qatar later this year after football's world governing body, fifa, dismissed claims that they had fielded an ineligible player in south american qualifiers. the chilean football federation said they had proof that ecuadorian footballer byron castillo was actually born in colombia. they said that he used a false passport and birth certificate to play for ecuador�*s national team. ecuador picked up 1a of their 26 points in matches castillo played. now, it's not uncommon to return a library book late by a couple of days, but how about 48 years? one library in south london had a shock when a book last checked out in 1974 appeared in their mail via canada, begging the question who sent it? the bbc�*s harry lowe tracked down the mystery sender and has this report. so, how did the story come to pass? well, basically what happened was we just got a package in the mail one monday morning, and one of my colleagues opened it up and went, "oh, look, somebody sent a book back to us..."

it's not every day that books are returned from outside of this south london borough. even rarer that they travel across oceans. so, imagine the surprise for staff at tooting library when this novel arrived from canada 48 years and 107 days overdue. a confederate general from big sur reportedly sold less than 1000 copies when published in the 1960s, and the author has long since died. but the book was taken out so long ago, librarians didn't even notice it was missing. we don't have a record of this loan going out because it manages to predate our computer system. you know, normally we would have records of everything that comes in and goes out, but, no, in this case, it's literally too old even for that. you may think this story is too good to be true. the borrower would've racked up a fine for this book of more than £6000. however, wandsworth libraries has agreed to waive the charge on this occasion, much to the sender's relief. the book arrived without a note inside, but the bbc tracked down the mystery sender using the postmark on the envelope to the town of port moody near vancouver, population 35,000,

where we found retired judge tony, who lived in tooting in his 20s. originally i was going to put a note in there, but i completely forgot. and when i went to mail it, i realised i hadn't put the note in, but by then, i couldn't be bothered. ijust wanted to get this thing going. so, ijust sent it. and i must admit when i sent it, i thought if they have a good sense of humour, they'll get a chuckle out of this _ if not, at least they'll get the book back. as this chapter comes to a close, tony has a message for the library staff. i want to apologise for taking this amount of time to return it, and i hope the people who are on the hold list waiting for it to come in are not too angry at me. it's now back in the library, and the guy who put in the request in 1977 to read this book can finally be contacted and he can, you know, get it if he still would like. i'm just glad to see that he's doing well. i'm glad that he enjoyed the book. and it's actually really nice to hear from the person that took it. nearly half a century later, it's safe to say some stories

still have a fairy tale ending. harry lowe, bbc news, london. we are checking out now. goodbye. hello there. a bit like on friday, the weather this weekend is looking rather mixed. there will be some warm spells of sunshine, but there will be some blustery showers. most of those will be across the northern half of the uk once again. now, on friday, we had some torrential, thundery downpours pushing eastwards across scotland, quite a few shows for northern ireland, but further south, lots of sunshine. just look at that view across london, you could see for miles. if you are stepping out early in the morning, in the sunshine across england and wales, temperatures of 13—14 degrees. further north, though, there is more cloud, some wetter weather, particularly in the north west of scotland. we've still got some very

high pollen levels on saturday across england and wales. those levels are dropping a bit across northern england and north wales, perhaps because there will be a bit more cloud run on saturday and maybe a few more showers, too, but further south, probably going to be dry. most of the showers coming in across northern ireland and scotland, some longer spells of rain in the north west of scotland and windy in scotland with gales of the far north of the country. and it may be a little bit cooler in scotland and northern ireland on saturday, but warm in the sunshine for england and wales. it will be breezy here, certainly some brisk winds blowing across trent bridge again on saturday for day two of the test match. should stay dry, really, through the rest of the match itself. those westerly winds tending to ease down. that's really because that low pressure is bringing the windier weather and most of the showers, but that's moving away as we head into sunday. so, it won't be as windy on sunday. there will be a scattering of lighter showers across scotland, northern ireland and perhaps the far north of england, but head further

south across england and wales, more in the way of sunshine, not much cloud and with lighter winds. again, it will feel quite warm. temperatures 21 degrees in london, perhaps 15 in the central belt of scotland. the start of next week sees one area of low pressure moving away. another one coming in from the atlantic, these weather fronts approaching the north west, there are not to give much if any rain on monday but we will see more cloud coming into scotland and northern ireland. winds will be lighter across england and wales and we will see some spells of sunshine coming and going. temperatures not changing much, 16 to 22 degrees but southeastern parts of the uk could get very much warmer later next week.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me again, the political commentator polly mackenzie and david bond, the deputy political editor at the evening standard. just bring you up—to—date with the front pages at home, we've got a full set, even though it is a friday night, when everybody wants to get out of the office early! the times claims prince charles has called government plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda "appalling". that same claim also in the mail. it's after a high courtjudge ruled

that the first deportation flight can go ahead as planned next week.