this is bbc world news. i'm lucy grey. our top stories: the row over british plans to send migrants to rwanda heats up. the high court gives the go—ahead, but the uk's future king is reportedly not so keen. more misery for mariupol, with warnings of the risk of cholera and other infectious diseases, as the dead go unburied. after thursday's hearing into the deadly insurrection at the us capitol, president biden warns the threat to democracy still remains. and how the shamans of peru are trying to help the national football team qualify for the world cup.

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, 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 thejudge 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 doesn't — 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 flight, 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: not

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 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. mark easton, bbc news, at the high court. 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's 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's 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's probably come to light because he will be representing the queen in kigali at the commonwealth heads of government meeting.

polly mackenzie there. 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. the big concern is that the dire conditions in mariupol, this city of death and destruction, are ideal for 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 have not recorded any official cases. and that's not to say they do not exist, but they say it is more a case that they cannot do any testing there because the russians are not allowing people in and out. this is a city where it is very hard to get any information from — communications are poor — but earlier today, we were able to speak to one ukrainian woman,

anastasia. she said that 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 has gone in to liberate. nick beake reporting. police in brazil say they've found apparently human remains in a river near where a britishjournalist was last seen in the amazon rainforest. the organic material is being sent for forensic analysis, along with blood found earlier 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. 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. man over 2-way radio: 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. all chant: usa! usa! 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. all chant: hang mike pence! 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 sixth 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 sixth 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, 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'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. well, earlier i spoke to allan lichtman, a us presidential historian and distinguished professor of history at the american university in washington. i asked what he thought this inquiry could achieve? it would really matter if you change one person's opinion or at least reinforced his opinion. i'm talking about the attorney general merrick garland who nearly a year and a half afterjanuary 6th and even longer than that, after the beginning of trump's plot, does not seem to have moved to prosecute the leaders and that is what really matters. unless you hold trump and his allies accountable, they are going to do the same thing over and over again, and perhaps next time succeed in destroying our democracy. in terms of moving

the american people, your commentary is right. most people are hard baked in their views but if they only move 2%, 3%, 5% of voters that will make an enormous difference for the upcoming mid term elections, since there are a lot of closely contested us house elections that could turn on a point or two. you study these things, you have been looking at the rise of conspiracy theories. does it surprise you that so many millions of people still believe the election was stolen even though courts have looked into this, electoral officials have looked into this, even republicans admit it was not stolen — it's a lot of people who still believe that it was? absolutely. there is something called the big lie which has been exploited by every authoritarian in the modern world.

if you say something loudly and you say it often enough, people are going to come to believe it, particularly people who feel a bond with you, as many americans do with donald trump. the american people, at last some of them that support donald trump, they are not fact checkers, they have not looked into this and they believe their president. the other thing you have to understand is the role of social media, which tends to create these insular bubbles whereby algorithm social media reinforces their beliefs however erroneous. for example, there are a lot of people who believe the earth is flat and they are also caught in a bubble that reinforces that false belief and they come to be inert to any kind of contrary information. look, there are millions, tens of millions of americans who believe that the democratic party is run by satan to exploit young children, or who believe that our government is controlled by shape shifting reptiles.

it is just incredible what social media and the big lie can do. taking a step back on it, what you think the impact on democracy itself is? i mean, you could forgive people for thinking that there are always issues over us presidential elections. there have been debates so many times about whether they were fair or not. what impact does that have? you know, the conservatives are trying to change the subject. we should be talking about inflation, for example. inflation comes and goes and neither party really has an answer because it is driven by fundamental economic forces but once you lose your democracy, you are not going to get it back and i would stress to all of your viewers how close we came to losing our democracy.

it was due to just some incredible heroism and brilliance by some of the police defenders that they did not stop the counting and that they didn't either badly injure or even kill members of the house or senate. if they had stopped the count, there is nothing in the constitution to restore that. trump would have succeeded in throwing the election to the states, perhaps, where republicans have a majority. if mike pence had got in that car that he was asked to get into, who knows what would have happened. he might have been whisked away many miles not had a chance to preside over the counting of the vote. the other thing your viewers must understand, is january 6th was not as singular event. as the conservative republican liz cheney said, it was the culmination of a seven—point plan to destroy our democracy. allan lichtman there. the united states is lifting the requirement for international travellers to have a covid test in the 2a

hours before boarding their flights. it will take effect from sunday. the move ends one of the last restrictions related to the pandemic in the us. i'm joined now by dr saad omer, a professor of medicine and the director of yale institute for global health. hello to you. just explain to me, then, why you think this has happened now.— me, then, why you think this has happened now. well, there are a few _ has happened now. well, there are a few decisions _ has happened now. well, there are a few decisions about - has happened now. well, there are a few decisions about this l are a few decisions about this pandemic but this is a reasonable decision, given the epidemiology of this virus in terms of cases and deaths right now so on balance, given that the summer travel season is coming up or is actually under way and the fact that the deaths are relatively lower at this point, i think it's a reasonable decision. and the travel industry, _ reasonable decision. and the travel industry, the - reasonable decision. and the travel industry, the airlines l travel industry, the airlines will be very pleased, won't they, because they have been asking for this for a long

time. do you expect to see a big hike? ithink time. do you expect to see a big hike? i think the main concern from the americans�*s point of view was going abroad and being stuck abroad because they could not come home. that was art they could not come home. that was part of _ they could not come home. that was part of the _ they could not come home. that was part of the concern - they could not come home. twat was part of the concern and then, families have been divided for a while and many families have been divided for a while due to this pandemic and it increases the overall hassle of travel. so, i think it does make sense right now. frankly, it did not have the supportive evidence to do that even a couple of months ago but where the situation is now enables public health authorities or other officials to relax these restrictions, given the current situation. the department of health has said it will reinstate this if needed. it's harder, though, isn't it, once people have had a taste of freedom again to go back on things, isn't it? where do you think public opinion is on this? �* . . ,

do you think public opinion is on this? �* . ., , ., ~' on this? actually, i do think if the government _ on this? actually, i do think if the government is - on this? actually, i do think- if the government is responsive to the data and to the situation, it actually buys more goodwill to ramp up some of these restrictions if there is a need to do so. so, for example, in autumn or winter in afew example, in autumn or winter in a few months, if there is a worsening of the situation, there is more of an ability for there is more of an ability for the government to come in and say that they need to add a few more restrictions or add a few more restrictions or add a few more tiers of effort to ensure that things remain under control. ~ . , that things remain under control-— control. what is your assessment - control. what is your assessment of - control. what is your assessment of the i control. what is your l assessment of the way control. what is your - assessment of the way covid is going at the moment? we keep hearing over here in the uk and in europe about an increase in cases and lots of complaints from people that we're not talking about it as much as should be. what do you think? i think we are not out of this pandemic. it will take a few years for this virus to settle

down to a more endemic pattern. but things are better than before and the risers are not as sharp as the previous ones have been. —— rises. some of us are a bit more concerned about the autumn— winter susceptibility of the virus to increase because the conditions will be more conducive to spread, the booster rates are not that high, even in countries where the vaccine is available, and in many countries, the vaccine, the doses are now available but it has not been administered in the numbers that we need to have sustainable control of the vaccine, and we're also seeing data after the infection, the immunity is there but it dies down after a few months. so, on the other hand, we've had more drugs available now for

treatment, we know that vaccines are working, continue to work against severe infection, etc, so on balance, things are unlikely to be as bad as what we have seen, you know, in the past. but we may feel a little bit of a jolt in the next few months so we need to get ready for that. it involves being able to add a few more things to the toolbox in terms of science but also being able to impose a few more public health measures if needed but i think it does make sense now. needed but i think it does make sense now-— needed but i think it does make sense now. 0k. to ease up on some sense now. ok. to ease up on some of— sense now. 0k. to ease up on some of those _ sense now. 0k. to ease up on some of those issues now, given the situation.— the situation. thank you for shafinu the situation. thank you for sharing your _ the situation. thank you for sharing your thoughts - the situation. thank you for sharing your thoughts with l the situation. thank you for i sharing your thoughts with us. appreciated. dr saad omer. a new documentary aims to shed light on the work of a group of american activists who banded together to form jane, a secret organisation that provided safe abortions in the years before america's landmark roe v wade ruling. the bbc�*s azadeh

moshiri has more. in the wake of the us supreme court's draft decision, suggesting the landmark ruling roe v wade could be overturned, many in america have been sharing what it was like to live in a time before 1973, when abortion was illegal. like the story of a small group of women called the janes. they operated an underground network providing illegal abortions to desperate women who needed them. it desperate women who needed them. . , . , desperate women who needed them. ., , ., , ., them. it was really the lower middle class _ them. it was really the lower middle class and _ them. it was really the lower middle class and poor- them. it was really the lower| middle class and poor women them. it was really the lower - middle class and poor women who were stuck. if you have other kids, if you don't have the money, it was hard to do. women of colour were _ money, it was hard to do. women of colour were just _ money, it was hard to do. women of colour were just kind _ money, it was hard to do. women of colour were just kind of - money, it was hard to do. women of colour were just kind of on - of colour were just kind of on the outs_ of colour were just kind of on the outs because they could not afford _ the outs because they could not afford it — the outs because they could not afford it and to me, that was just— afford it and to me, that was just outrageous. in afford it and to me, that was just outrageous.— just outrageous. in the late 60s and early _ just outrageous. in the late 60s and early 70s, - just outrageous. in the late 60s and early 70s, women| just outrageous. in the late - 60s and early 70s, women who wanted an abortion could call a phone number and ask forjane.

one member, eileen, joined the group after she sought them out for her own abortion. she group after she sought them out for her own abortion.— for her own abortion. she said aet for her own abortion. she said get undressed _ for her own abortion. she said get undressed from _ for her own abortion. she said get undressed from your- for her own abortion. she said| get undressed from your waste down. i did that. and she said now you will put a blindfold on, and they let me do it which i think made it not so scary. you know, i actually put it on? and she explained it was so i could never wreck lies the doctor who did the —— recognise the person who did the abortion.— the person who did the abortion. g. , ., abortion. the janes took on these risks _ abortion. the janes took on these risks with _ abortion. the janes took on these risks with little - abortion. the janes took on these risks with little to - abortion. the janes took on these risks with little to no| these risks with little to no medical background and despite the threat of spending decades in prison. the threat of spending decades in rison. ~ ., ., , in prison. women did awful thins in prison. women did awful things out _ in prison. women did awful things out of— in prison. women did awful things out of fear _ in prison. women did awful things out of fear and - things out of fear and desperation. when you that some would be injured, some would die. so we thought we can be of use. you need an abortion? we will help you. call this number and ask forjane. the will help you. call this number and ask forjane.— and ask forjane. the janes were eventually _ and ask forjane. the janes were eventually arrested . and ask forjane. the janes i were eventually arrested but escaping conviction, they only spent one night injail. the charges were dropped once roe v wade came to pass. and the need

for the janes disappeared. the now new generations of women are now looking back at history and wondering whether it could become their future. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. 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. and staying with the world cup, the line—up is almost complete. there are two spots still up for grabs. 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. chanting.

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 a sort of spiritual team talk. translation: we've carried out a victory ceremony. - there are 13 shamans, because they play onjune 13. we have foreseen peru passing to the next round. peru will be present in the qatar world cup because we've seen the people's joy. dog barks. 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. translation: we're 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. and finally, a rare stradivarius violin, once heard in the film the wizard of oz, has sold at auction for more than $15 million. the instrument, made in 1714, is one of around 650 that remain, made by the italian craftsman whose violins have served as an example for makers for more than 200 years. this particular violin, with original parts, has become the second most expensive ever sold. a reminder of our top story — like prince charles, the heir to the british throne, is reported to have criticised the government public policy to send some migrants to rwanda. the times newspaper said prince charles expressed his

dissatisfaction in several private conversations. royal officials have declined to comment but have not denied the story. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lucyegrey. 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 also 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 as well. but further south, lots of sunshine. just look at that view across london — you could see for miles. now, if you are stepping out early in the morning in the sunshine across england and wales, temperatures of 13 or 1a 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 some gales in 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, i think, across scotland, northern ireland and perhaps the far north of england but head further south again 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're not going to give much, if any, rain on monday but we will see more cloud coming into scotland and northern ireland. the winds are going to be lighter across england and wales and we will see some spells of sunshine coming and going. temperatures, again, not changing much — 16—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 have criticised 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. london's high court has ruled that the first flight to take migrants arriving illegally in britain to rwanda can go ahead next week. thejudge dismissed campaigners' attempts to win an injunction to stop it. charities and a trade union had launched a challenge against the uk government's controversial plan. 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.