this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. prince charles is reported to have described the government's rwanda asylum scheme as �*appalling'. the first flight is scheduled to leave on tuesday. prince charles was overheard saying this, he hasn't said it or declared it, his office has made it clear that he is staying politically neutral. police in brazil searching for a missing britishjournalist say they've found possible human remains in a river. borisjohnson urges ministers to do "everything in their power" to secure the release of two british men sentenced to death for fighting russian forces. the maximum interest rate on student loans in england is being cut by almost 5%. ministers hope it will provide �*peace of mind' for graduates.

a father and son have been killed in a crash at the isle of man tt. five riders have died in this year's event. as you can see, this eye is not blinking. and singerjustin bieber reveals the reason he cancelled his performances this week — he's experiencing facial paralysis. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. it is good to have your company this morning. prince charles is reported by the times newspaper on saturday morning to have privately described the british government's policy of sending some asylum seekers to rwanda as "appalling". clarence house insists the prince is "politically neutral". he's due to preside in the rwandan capital,

kigali, at the commonwealth heads of government meeting in ten days�* time. yesterday, an attempt to block a flight taking asylum seekers to rwanda next tuesday was rejected by the courts. our home editor, mark easton, reports. 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 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 thejudgment, 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, 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 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 last night, the home secretary insisted she will not be deterred. however, campaigners have been given permission to appeal against thejudgment.

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. let's speak to the royal commentator victoria howard, editor of the crown chronicles. thank you very much for being with us as a commentator on rural matters. you will know it is not the first time that prince charles�*s views have become public, even if he assumes us or his office assures us that he remains politically neutral. do you think this is damaging at all to the prince when stories of this kind appear in the media? i do think obviously this _ kind appear in the media? i do think obviously this is _ kind appear in the media? i do think obviously this is a _ kind appear in the media? i do think obviously this is a controversial - obviously this is a controversial issue, particularly in my social media feeds i see a lot of opposition to the policy. whether thatis opposition to the policy. whether that is representative of actual british public opinion is of italy another matter. i think when prince

charles two actual british public opinion is possibly another matter. in this case, these comments were made privately and leaked, so it is not like he was publicly trying to influence, sorry, government policy. that is where the fine line is being trialled. it is important as a royal that he does not try to influence government policy of course, they are supposed to remain politically neutral, and that is important is on in his future role. this seems to have been private and therefore just exporting an opinion, which of course he is entitled to hold. unless that opinion was strategically leaked. {iii unless that opinion was strategically leaked. unless that opinion was strateuicall leaked. , . strategically leaked. of course, and we will never _ strategically leaked. of course, and we will never really _ strategically leaked. of course, and we will never really know _ strategically leaked. of course, and we will never really know that. - strategically leaked. of course, and we will never really know that. we l we will never really know that. we don't know who the source was, clarence house are obviously not disclosing the ins and outs of that particular conversation. it makes it difficult for us to deduce that. it is something that does happen, it has happened in the past with prince harry and meghan, things have been leaked strategically to influence to influence opinions on the papers,

for example. it is a difficult one to discuss, but i think he is just on the right side of the line here. could he actually, could it do him some good in the commonwealth? he is going to the heads of government meeting, which happens to be in kigali. historically, kigali was never part of the british empire that has chosen, along with a couple of other countries, to join the commonwealth anyway. they see the value in the commonwealth as an institution, as a collective voice for those countries. i wonder whether it might not do him any harm, given it will be his first meeting in charge, if it has become known that he shares some of the criticisms that have been made by african governments of the british approach to migration. i african governments of the british approach to migration.— african governments of the british approach to migration. i think that is a very valid _ approach to migration. i think that is a very valid point. _ approach to migration. i think that is a very valid point. of— approach to migration. i think that is a very valid point. of course, i approach to migration. i think that is a very valid point. of course, he is a very valid point. of course, he is attending on the green�*s behalf. in 2018, he was appointed or chosen to succeed the queen when the time eventually comes. the commonwealth

and is actually the queen's greatest legacy, i think, and is actually the queen's greatest legacy, ithink, in and is actually the queen's greatest legacy, i think, in terms of what she had achieved in her 70 years as monarch. prince charles is acutely aware of his role, acutely aware of the difficult path he has to walk down and choose to fill after his mother. i don't think it is for him to think about how this perception of his potential leadership and how it will look. that is something to consider. of course, he wants the job, he is a bit of an activist prince, letting his heart is in the right place when it comes to trying to influence things for the greater good, particularly environmentally. he said a couple of years ago he couldn't continue making comments when he becomes king. but his approach in the run—up is different, at least, to the one his mother adopted. she too knew she was going to become manic because there were no brothers and she was the oldest child—like monarch. is it fair to

say —— monarch. is it fair to say that when he becomes king he will take a different approach, albeit not always visible to the public in the way he will operate? absolutely, and of course — the way he will operate? absolutely, and of course the _ the way he will operate? absolutely, and of course the queen _ the way he will operate? absolutely, and of course the queen when - the way he will operate? absolutely, and of course the queen when she . the way he will operate? absolutely, l and of course the queen when she was princess elizabeth, thinking about her future role, princess elizabeth, thinking about herfuture role, very different times that we didn't have these activist royals. the job was to go and meet people, give out a few honours, for exam, show some charities a bit of public face and move on. now we do expect a bit more from our royals. prince william is also taking on that conservation mantle, the duchess of cambridge is working on addiction. we expect that much more now. prince charles is king, i think he will do things quite differently. everything has to be subtle and slow, we won't expect sweeping changes for the monarchy as soon as he becomes king, because thatis soon as he becomes king, because that is not what we want from our monarchy. we have talked about a

slimmed down version, fewer royals doing more engagements to get better value for money to the public. that is definitely some thing he will enact. i think he will be behind the scenes a little bit more working to discuss the government and advise and one, which is the constitutional monarch's role, not to influence, it is to advise and warn. but i think he is very conscious of britain's standing in the world and actually doing the good things, the right things for the good of the people. so what we see from those changes, it remains to be seen, but it will be subtle, slow but hopefully have a long lasting impact for the betterment of the monarchy and the people. betterment of the monarchy and the neale, . ., ., betterment of the monarchy and the --eole. . ., . ., ., betterment of the monarchy and the --eole. . ., ., ., ., ., betterment of the monarchy and the heole. . ., . ., ., people. victoria howard, editor of the crown chronicles, _ people. victoria howard, editor of the crown chronicles, thank- people. victoria howard, editor of the crown chronicles, thank you | people. victoria howard, editor of. the crown chronicles, thank you very much. brazilian police have found possible human remains in their search for uk journalist dom phillips and bruno pereira, an expert on indigenous peoples. the pair disappeared six days ago while travelling through the amazon rainforest. police say experts will analyse the material that's been found,

as well as blood traces that were discovered on a fishing boat. katy watson reports. from up here you get an idea of the vastness of the amazon. and with that, the challenges faced by the search teams in finding the two men. on friday, though, there was a significant yet devastating breakthrough. materialfound in the river that could be human remains, not far from the area that dom phillips and bruno pereira were last seen. it will now be sent to the city of manaus for forensic analysis. currently, authorities are also examining traces of blood on a boat belonging to a suspect, a local fisherman. dom phillips and bruno pereira are experts in their field. one an established journalist writing a book on saving the amazon. his travel companion, a renowned expert on indigenous affairs, a man who knows these communities well, but also has his enemies, and had been threatened in the past for his work in trying to denounce

illegal mining and fishing. and it was on this river they were threatened again in the days leading up to their disappearance. we urge brazilian authorities to redouble their efforts to find phillips and pereira. with time of the essence in view of the real risks to their life and security. it is therefore crucial that the authorities at the federal and local levels react robustly and expeditiously, including by fully deploying available means and necessary specialised resources to effectively search over the remote area in question. the news of the missing pair has gained worldwide attention. celebrities and footballers including pele have called for the government to step up and find mr phillips and mr pereira. that is a call that has been echoed by mr phillips' sister in london. she called for an in—depth and open investigation into what has happened. katy watson, bbc news, in vale dojavari. the prime minister has urged

ministers to do "everything in their power" to secure the release of two british citizens sentenced to death for fighting russian forces. aiden aslin and shaun pinner were captured while with the ukrainian army and tried as mercenaries by a russian proxy court in the so—called donetsk people's republic in eastern ukraine. our correspondent joe inwood is in kyiv. we've heard a lot of talk about what can be done by the british government to get aiden aslin and shaun pinner out. but in reality, the diplomatic levers they can pull are quite limited. we've had a statement condemning the sentence from liz truss, the british foreign secretary, and dmytro kuleba, her counterpart in ukraine. but more than that, it's difficult to know what they can do. there are no formal relations between the british government and the donetsk people's republic — it doesn't even recognise its legitimacy. and of course, the ukrainians and dnr are at war so there's no options there. in terms of sanctions, the british have pretty much put all the sanctions they can get the global community to go along with on the russians,

and by extension the dnr, as a consequence of the invasion, so i can't see how those can be stepped up. we get then onto the legal route. there is an appeal that the men can make, they've got 30 days to do so, and we understand they are planning on doing it. but all that would do would be to reduce their sentence from death by firing squad to life imprisonment — still an incredibly harsh sentence for people who are fighting on the legitimate side of the ukrainians, therefore should be treated as prisoners of war. then there is the final option, and we get into the realms of speculation, but serious speculation made by serious people, that there could be some sort of prisoner exchange — they will be swapped for russians who have been captured in the course of this fight. it's worth pointing out, however, that those exchanges that have taken place so far were between prisoners of war, and the dnr tried these men as not soldiers but as mercenaries, and they charged them with terrorism offences. we don't have a precedent yet for any such exchange happening like that, and we don't have any confirmation that the russians would want to do so.

so, as it stands, theirfuture is still very uncertain. the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen is visiting ukraine for talks on its proposal tojoin the european union. she's pictured here shaking hands with ukraine's deputy prime minister for european and euro—atlantic integration of ukraine. ms von der leyen said she would also discuss ukraine's reconstruction with the country's president. the us and china have been trading words over security in the asia—pacific region, particularly over taiwan. washington and beijing have sent their most senior defence officials to a conference in singapore and have already met on the sidelines. the meeting seems to have gone well, but china's defence minister told journalists that beijing would �*not hesitate to start a war�* if anyone tried to split taiwan, which it sees as a rebel province from china. our correspondent nick marsh reports. this was the first of

a doubleheader here in singapore. today, it was the us secretary of defence, lloyd austin, who got the top billing. tomorrow, it will be his chinese counterpart, the defence minister wei fenghe, who will be addressing the delegates. now yesterday, the two men did meet on the sidelines. it was the first top—level military encounter of its kind since 2019, a small thaw in a relationship that has reached worrying levels of hostility for countries in this region. now, mr austin said he was in singapore to listen, that the united states did not seek conflict and that it wasn't seeking a new cold war. but he did criticise china for what he calls a more coercive and more aggressive approach it was taking with regards to its territorial disputes in the region. now, that means the south china sea and that means taiwan. on taiwan, mr austin also criticised the increased military operations

that china was engaging in near the self—governing island. he called them provocative and destabilising. we also heard today from the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky. he addressed delegates via video link and he said that the outcome of the war would notjust affect his country, but it would affect the entire international order. he also spoke about the impact the war was having on food prices, something which is being felt acutely here in asia. translation: the shortage of food supplies will inexorably _ lead to political chaos, which could result in governments falling and politicians being overthrown. this looming threat, it's obvious just by looking at the skyrocketing prices for basic products on the world markets, it is a direct consequence of the acts of the russian state. now, don't forget that while some countries in the region have

denounced russia's invasion of ukraine and even imposed sanctions, imposed sanctions — singapore, south korea, japan, australia, for example, many others haven't, notably china. and you cannot discount the importance of beijing's sphere of influence in the indo—pacific and how sharply the war in ukraine has brought that into focus over the past few months. nick marsh at the shangri—la dialogue in singapore. next week marks a0 years since the end of the falklands war, a conflict that came at a high cost for some of its survivors, who went on to develop symptoms of post—traumatic stress. flashbacks, insomnia and heavy drinking were some of the long term issues they faced, 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 it was hard. come on...come on. 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. whoa. i started helping other people, and that's what i've done ever since, and that's when i started to mend myself as well. i 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 would give me so much. i'd sit in the corner and just listen to them munching the hay, and that cheers me up. but also, at the same time, i've got the guys up here, we're all like—minded, we're out in the air, not hurting anyone, and we're trying to build something positive, you know. and the guys and the conversations we've had in our little room in there...amazing. bagpipes skirl 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's really a question of character — there's something wrong with you, and it's a weakness, it's a character flaw. that was a very common view in the mid 20th century, and you still see — that was 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 mental health problems. the military have made major strides there. i'm not saying it's perfect, but it's 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, and when that doctor said, "i think...| think you might "have some sort of panic disorder or anxiety, "i'm going to refer you," and i rememberthat day because ijust burst out crying. it was like a complete release. "oh, my god, i do not have to pretend any more," you know, "and there's help. " i get so much out of this, for me. itjust chills me out. the vast majority of combat veterans do not 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 was not alone and in the company of old comrades. allan little, bbc news. almost one in six people in england, wales and northern ireland used foodbanks or food charities in march, with one in five skipping meals or cutting portion sizes to cope with the cost of living. foodbanks are struggling with increasing demand at a time of falling donations. this report from our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan. without mel hudson, hundreds of people each week would struggle to eat. she set up the slade green food bank at the start of the pandemic. but despite covid easing, her efforts are still desperately needed. have a lovely day. thank you. who was next? people need us more than ever, because the cost of living is spiralling at the moment, and the costs in shops are going up every day. sometimes we just have to accept

that we need a little bit of help. i tell you what, it's difficult. i know _ it really is difficult. i know it is. - i've been independent all my life, i've had money in my pocket. - keith buckingham worked in construction, earning up to £40,000 before covid. he had a stroke during the pandemic, forcing him to use up his savings and is now homeless. the girls that run it, mel- and the girls, are just brilliant. |without this place, i don't knowj where i would be, i really don't. i'd be inside, if i was going to say the truth, i'd be inside. _ how do you mean? well, i would have had to turn to crime to get food. - we've run out of tinned meat, corned beef, ham, etc. we've run out of hot dogs, meatballs. we've literally run out of everything. keeping the help going, however, is getting harder, as we discovered as we followed mel over several days. morrisons, sainsbury�*s and asda, see if we can get some fruit and veg. i'm not brave enough to phone them, i'lljust text them! donations are falling, and the food bank's own meagre funds don't stretch as far due to rising prices. we can'tjust shut it.

it will come to a point where we only have beans and pasta, and no—one wants to eat that seven days a week, but for two days a week it's better than having nothing at all. it's about knowing where all the players are on the pitch. each weekend, mel coaches the slade green knights, the compassion of the food bank replaced by conviction on the football field. don't panic! just turn, take the ball. if they don't listen, it's press—ups or laps. they don't ever want to do that, so they listen. it's really good fun and nice to see the boys enjoy themselves. slade green has high levels of deprivation, domestic violence and mental health conditions. listening to the area's problems daily does, of course, take its toll. i don't sleep very well at all, because obviously you think about those people, and you have to think, "i'm going to help them the next day," or "do this the next day to get them help," and it does make it really hard.

you can only take one, all right? a single mother of four, the youngestjust eight, mel's dynamism is driven by a desire to see both her own and others do well. i live in this area and i want to see the area get better. it's notjust about coming to get food or coming to play a game of football, it's about how we can move them onto something else. this corner of south east london has often felt overlooked. it needs its own community, it needs mel hudson to see it through its current challenges. michael buchanan, bbc news. justin bieber has revealed he's suffering from facial paralysis after cancelling shows on his world tour. in an instagram video, bieber said he had ramsay hunt syndrome, which affects a facial nerve near the ears. he said he doesn't know how long it will take to recover. as you can see, this eye is not blinking. i can't smile on this side of my face. this nostril will not move. so there's full paralysis on this side of my face. so for those who are frustrated by my cancellations of the next shows, i'm just physically,

obviously not capable of doing them. i'll be using this time to just rest and relax and get back to 100% so that i can do what i was born to do. but in the meantime, this ain't it. justin bieber. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise. good afternoon. it's quite quiet out there for many, with some lovely sunny spells coming through, and in the sunshine it's feeling quite warm. but there is some cloud and some nuisance rain, accompanied by gusty winds across much of western scotland, turning showery into northern ireland and northern england. that's how we are going to continue through the rest of the day. so, with the best of the sunshine comes the best of the warmth. we could see temperatures just peaking at 23 celsius.

a little bit more disappointing if you've got the cloud, the wind and the rain further north. now, that rain will tend to ease as we go through the night, becoming quite showery in nature. so we keep a little bit of cloud here. elsewhere, it will be a relatively mild night, so temperatures widely into double figures first thing on sunday morning. but sunday will be a quieter, settled and sunnier day for many of us. the winds will be noticeably lighter. we are still going to run the risk of a few showers, chiefly through scotland, northern ireland and northern england, but the rain not as persistent as today. top temperatures in the sun 22 degrees.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines... prince charles is reported to have described the government's rwanda asylum scheme as "appalling". the first flight is scheduled to leave on tuesday. prince charles was overheard saying this. he hasn't said it, he hasn't declared it. his office has made it clear that he is staying politically neutral. police in brazil searching for a missing britishjournalist and an expert on indigenous peoples say they've found possible human remains in a river. borisjohnson urges ministers to do "everything in their power" to secure the release of two british men sentenced to death

for fighting russian forces. the maximum interest rate on student loans in england is being cut by almost 5%. ministers hope it will provide "peace of mind" for graduates. a father and son have been killed in a crash at the isle of man tt. five riders have died in this year's event. as you can see, this eye is not blinking. and singerjustin bieber reveals the reason he cancelled his performances this week — he's experiencing facial paralysis. some breaking news from italy. five people have died after a helicopter crash in a wooded area. we'll bring you more on that use later. now on bbc news, click investigates the new therapies being developed to help with brain repair. plus, we explore the future of air travel.