this is bbc news. i'm lucy grey. our top stories: reports prince charles has voiced his opposition to the british government's plan to send some migrants to rwanda. 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 us relaxes its rules on covid testing for air passengers — you won't have to present a negative result before you fly. after thursday's 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 last month's champions league final.

hello and welcome to bbc news. prince charles is reported to have privately described the british government's policy of sending migrants to rwanda as "appalling". the comments, reported in the times newspaper, the comments, reported in the times newspaper, emerged after the high court ruled that the first flight taking asylum seekers from the uk to the central african country could go ahead next tuesday. we have more on his comments in a moment. but first here's the bbc�*s mark easton on the legal proceedings. 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 thatjourney 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 be 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 thejudgement. campaigners said the fight goes on. no, it's absolutely not a landmark day and it is 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. one 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 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 judgement. the matter to be decided at a hearing on monday, just hours before the flight to kigali is due to take off. we've been speaking to polly mackenzie, a political commentator, about prince charles reportedly calling the government's rwanda policy "appalling". charles, who will be king, potentially sooner than we might wish, given her majesty's ill—health, his position is unique and he has to have a constitutionally independent role.

he has to find a way to be neutral and essentially a sort of a counsellor to the government of the day, but it is not his call what the government does. in the end, they are voted in by a democratic system and, you know, charles has made these blunders — i guess you might call them — or has been outspoken throughout his life. there have so often been controversies. again, lots of them on issues where i tend to agree with him, around the kind of housebuilding that we do, or around the importance of nature. but i think it will be a challenge. of course, having spent — unlike the queen who has spent almost all of her adult life as the monarch — charles is now in his 70s and is still only the heir to the throne. i think that adaptation will be challenging and it is a reminder, i'm sure, for him and those around him that even private remarks can so often become a public controversy so quickly. i think it is also just worth mentioning that it has probably come

to light because he will be representing the queen in kigali at the commonwealth heads of government meeting ukrainian officials are warning that humanitarian conditions in the russian—occupied city of mariupol have deteriorated so far that there's a risk of diseases, such as cholera and dysentery, breaking out. the exiled deputy mayor of the southern port city says bodies are still being discovered in the ruins, there's a lack of doctors, and food and water are in short supply. our correspondent nick beake has more from kyiv. well, it's really desperate, if you listen to some of the people we've been speaking to today. tonight, the ministry of health in ukraine have said they have not recorded official cases.

they say it is not because they do not exist but they cannot do any testing. this is a city where it is hard to get information from, communications are poor. we were able to speak to one ukrainian woman and she said her mother managed to flee a week ago and left a city where corpses are not being buried, rubbish is being piling up, as the temperature rises, where sewage is mixing with" and any rations that the russian soldiers are giving out are simply not enough. —— sewage mixing with water. failing to provide the basic services to people. russia says it has gone in to liberate. drjarno habicht is the world health organization's representative in ukraine. he says the who has been on alert for cholera in mariupol, but it

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

as the painkillers, as well as 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 vaccination is scaled up, regular vaccination programmes are scaled up. tomorrow i am going kyiv to see the problems of primary care which are ensuring access to medicines, so while one part of the country where the heavy fighting goes on, civilians are in a difficult situation, in other parts of the country, the health services are aiming to catch up. what is important is we ensure proper burial is assured because there are risks for infectious diseases and others so this is a particularly important area where more needs

to be done for public health reasons. 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 after an explosive congressional hearing, where the former president donald trump was blamed 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'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 wasjust a war scene. it was carnage. it was chaos. chanting: hang mike pence 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. sarah smith, bbc news, washington. jennifer kerns is a former republican strategist, and now author and conservative national talk show host. she joins us from new york. thanks for coming on. how do you feel about what you have been hearing today? i you feel about what you have been hearing today?- been hearing today? i think there was _ been hearing today? i think there was a _ been hearing today? i think there was a lot _ been hearing today? i think there was a lot of _ been hearing today? i think there was a lot of wheeled | been hearing today? i think. there was a lot of wheeled up and expectation for last night's programme, even it had top building but the ratings were actually quite low, when you compare it to 82 million people who tuned in in some of the 2016 presidential debates between donald trump and hillary clinton. last night's january 6th only drew about 20 million viewers. that speaks volumes, as your reporter said, of people already having made up of people already having made up their mind... but

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seven—month long flight. that juxtaposed to what they said previously, up to last night that donald trump spontaneously wept people into a frenzy and he was the cause of the capitol attack... ., ~' ., ,, , attack... you know yourself he sent attack... you know yourself he spent weeks — attack... you know yourself he spent weeks whipping - attack... you know yourself he spent weeks whipping up - attack... you know yourself he spent weeks whipping up the l spent weeks whipping up the discourse with false allegations of fraud in the election?— allegations of fraud in the election? ~ , ., ., election? well, he began to promote — election? well, he began to promote this _ election? well, he began to promote this rally _ election? well, he began to| promote this rally december election? well, he began to - promote this rally december 15, only two weeks before but one thing the panel should have addressed and liz cheney said they will plan to address it in one of their next five hearings, this issue that so many millions of americans still have issue with, was their actual voter fraud? maybe not enough to overturn the election but we have been told not to speak about it and not to ask questions about it and

yesterday in america, in this city of philadelphia, a democrat pled guilty to election interference and election interference and election fraud... election interference and election fraud. . .- election interference and election fraud... but you know - i am sorry — election fraud... but you know - i am sorry to _ election fraud... but you know - i am sorry to interrupt - - — i am sorry to interrupt — that has been no evidence found that has been no evidence found that this selection was silent and even if the attorney general at the time and republicans have said that there has been no evidence showing that this election was stolen? ., ., ~' showing that this election was stolen? ., ., ~ ., , stolen? look, there was never reall a stolen? look, there was never really a full — stolen? look, there was never really a full audit _ stolen? look, there was never really a full audit of— stolen? look, there was never really a full audit of the - really a full audit of the election after 2020. i will not go back and read talk about that. i believejoe biden is the president. but the was i believe election fraud. don't forget, philadelphia was the city where hundreds of thousands of ballots shut up overnight and we need to hear more about what that gentleman was involved in, the guy who played walter yesterday. that

is why 70 million americans still have some questions. —— pleaded guilty yesterday. still have some questions. -- pleaded guilty yesterday. thank ou for pleaded guilty yesterday. thank you for talking _ pleaded guilty yesterday. thank you for talking to _ pleaded guilty yesterday. thank you for talking to us. _ this is bbc news, a reminder of the headlines: reports prince charles has voiced his opposition to the british government's plan to send some migrants to rwanda. ukrainian officials are warning of the risk of cholera and other infectious diseases in the russian—occupied city of mariupol. 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'tjust 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. the united states is lifting the requirement for international travellers to have a covid test 2a hours before boarding their flights. it will take effect 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. football now, and the line—up for this year's world cup is almost complete. there are two spots still up for grabs — and in the coming days we'll find out who'll be filling them. new zealand are due to take on costa rica, but first peru face australia. and the peruvians are looking for some spiritual help — as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. when it comes to world cup qualification, the shamans of lima are leaving nothing to chance. these ancient rituals involving flowers, plants, seashells and some football

posters are aimed at bringing good fortune — both a mystical ceremony and the sort of spiritual team talk. translation: we have carried out a victory ceremony. there are 13 shamans before they play on 13 june. we are 13 shamans before they play on 13june. we have foreseen through passing to the next round. peru will be pleasant in the qatar world cup because we have seen the people's joy. but have seen the people's 'oy. but the people i have seen the people'sjoy. but the people are taking no chances and nor are their pets. a special event with dogs decked out in the colours of the national team. if the shamans don't do the trick, this should seal the deal surely. this should seal the deal surel . �* ,, �* ~ this should seal the deal surel . �* ,, ~ . ., surely. translation: we are excited peru _ surely. translation: we are excited peru will _ surely. translation: we are excited peru will win - surely. translation: we are excited peru will win and - surely. translation: we are excited peru will win and this | excited peru will win and this parade will encourage them. with support both divine and canine, victory must be a formality. tim allman, bbc news. 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 taken out in 1974 appeared in their post via canada, begging the question — who sent it? the bbc�*s harry lowe tracked down the mystery sender. 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. the search is on to find the toughest firefighter. every yearin toughest firefighter. every year in poland, firefighters compete against one another to the ground the hardest firefighter. more than 250 competitors signed up for this year's competition, including yea r�*s competition, including people year's competition, including people from the united states and iran. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lucyegrey. thanks for watching.

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 showers 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 around 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 this time, 21 degrees in london, perhaps 15 in the central belt of scotland. the start of next week sees one area of low pressure then moving away. another one coming in from the atlantic, these weather fronts approaching the north—west, they will not give much if any rain on monday but we will see more cloud coming into scotland and northern ireland. the 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 south—eastern parts of the uk could get very much warmer later next week.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the heir to the british throne, prince charles, is reported to be displeased with the government's policy of sending some migrants to rwanda. the times newspaper says prince charles expressed his opposition in several private conversations. royal officials have refused to comment but didn't deny the story. ukrainian officials are warning of the risks of an epidemic in the russian—occupied port of mariupol because of the poor humanitarian conditions there. the city's mayor, who's now sought safety in ukrainian—controlled territory, has alleged there were already cases of cholera, dysentery and other infectious diseases. the us is lifting the requirement for international travellers to have a covid test within 2a hours of boarding their flights. an official said the current mandate would expire on sunday.

the need for testing will be re—evaluated every three months