this is bbc news. the headlines at five: prince charles is reported to have described the government's rwanda asylum scheme as "appalling" — one conservative mp says more understanding of the policy is required. he is entitled to his view, as is anyone else. but a number of the views that have been made about rwanda seem to be on the basis of a lack of information about what this programme and what migrant experience has been like. 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 government is expected to reject proposals to introduce a new salt

and sugar tax on process food sold in england. 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. good afternoon. royal officials have said that prince charles "remains politically neutral", following a report that he has strongly criticised plans to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. an unnamed source told the times newspaper that prince charles has

described the policy as "appalling" and said he was "more than disappointed" by it. the first flight carrying asylum seekers to rwanda is due to leave on tuesday. simonjones reports. their destination, dover. more than 10,000 migrants have reached the uk in small that so far this year. —— boats so far this year. the government says it is determined to stop people risking their lives crossing the channel and to tackle the people smugglers who are dangerously overloading the boats. it's big idea, to send some asylum seekers to rwanda to act as a deterrent. the first flight is scheduled for tuesday. but now prince charles has reportedly described the policy as appalling. according to the times, in private conversations he said he was unimpressed with the government's direction of travel, and said he feared it could overshadow a commonwealth heads of state meeting in rwanda in ten days. this is one of the hotel is preparing for uk arrivals.

the british government insists rwanda is a safe country. clarence house wouldn't comment on supposedly anonymous private conversations except to restate that the prince of wales remains politically neutral and matters of policy for government. but it has proved controversial. the archbishop of canterbury said it would not stand the judgment of god, and the un said it would be illegal. but the mp for dover told me that despite the criticism, the government is doing the right thing. what you make of the comments apparently made by prince charles? he is entitled to his view, as is anyone else, but a number of comments made on rwanda seem to be on the basis of a lack of information about what this programme and the experience has been like in rwanda. the home secretary herself travelled to rwanda in april to announce the plan. campaigners failed in an initial legal bid to ground to ground the first flight

yesterday, but they will seek a full judicial review next month. we very much welcome what prince charles seems to have said. this policy is wrong. we believe it is unlawful and morally indefensible. the government describes its partnership with rwanda as world leading. people sent there will be given support. but the opposition has been loud and is now reportedly coming from some unexpected quarters. simon jones, bbc news. matt dathan, who wrote the times story, told me why he thought the prince's views had emerged at this stage. i think what will be the most uncomfortable for clarence house is the fact that he is due to travel to rwanda later this month to represent the queen at the commonwealth heads of government meeting, and i think it will be an awkward... it is awkward, i think, that this is coming... these private views are being published in a newspaper, are now known to be public. i think that was really part of the reason why he has expressed his dissatisfaction

about policy to people in private, because of his very public role later this month. i mean, he has been in the past, as we all know, accused of meddling in politics. 2015, he had to defend writing letters to government ministers, the so—called black spider memos. but at the same time, he is in a slightly different position, isn't he, as heir to the throne? and he has made it clear that when he becomes king, he will be rather more careful about what he says or is heard to say. yeah, and i think that's why maybe you will find the fact that his private views have been made public slightly uncomfortable. but i think there is a difference here. he wasn't... there is no suggestion that we have that he was trying to influence government policy in the same way that perhaps he was in the past with his black spider memos, writing to tony blair and other ministers on all kinds of topics, from herbal medicine, to badger culls, to even equipment

for soldiers in iraq. campaign groups have accused the government of failing to deliver on its promise of a new food strategy for england. a leak of of its plans suggests there will be no new tax on salt and sugar in processed foods. 0ur political reporter tony bonsignore has more details. the environmental impact of intensive farming methods, and the role of low—cost processed foods in contributing to obesity have all become hot political topics in recent years. in 2018, the government commissioned a major review into the whole food chain, from field to fork. the subsequent report recommended a tax on sugar and salt, reducing meat and dairy consumption and expanding free school meals. but a leaked copy of the government's long—awaited response suggests many of those

recommendations won't be accepted. the white paper instead talks more generally about initiatives to boost health sustainability and accessibility of diets, and on food prices, the government simply says it will engage closely with the food industry to understand price impacts. one of the few new practical suggestions as to increase the use of responsibly sourced wild venison. all this will come as a disappointment to campaigners who have called for tougher measures to reduce meat and dairy consumption, and to tackle obesity. it wasn't all bad. we are pleased to see a framework in there which will help the transition to nature friendly farming, but we do need government intervention in diet. we need to change the way that we eat. we need the government to be proposing changes to public procurement policy, to support more sustainable dietary patterns in schools and hospitals. we need them to introduce the salt and sugar tax, to change the way the products are manufactured and how they are sold, and we need an overarching ambition that we get

to the sustainable diet within this decade, because the clock is ticking and time is running out. the government is expected to say its plans will create a food system aimed at maintaining and increasing production levels. there will be much for mps to digest when they get the final next week. earlier i spoke to the author and former labour deputy leader tom watson, whose health drive has included cutting out sugar, and he started by telling me his story. i was 22 stone when i first plucked up i was 22 stone when i first plucked up enough courage to weigh myself. that was five years ago. and i stopped eating sugar, change my nutrition a little bit more than that, cut out ultra—processed food and all the bad stuff, and got well again. forfive years, i have controlled type two diabetes

nutritionally. 0ver that time, controlled type two diabetes nutritionally. 0verthat time, i have got to sort of know, because i do not have sugar in my diet, there are whole empty aisles in supermarkets now that are full of products that i know will make me unwell. that is why i think if the reports of this report are accurate, i think it is probably a missed opportunity to try to make many hundreds of thousands of other people well again.— hundreds of thousands of other people well again. what would you see the government _ people well again. what would you see the government need - people well again. what would you see the government need to - people well again. what would you see the government need to do? l people well again. what would you i see the government need to do? we know what the recommendations are, a tax on sugar, tax on salt, the government's position essentially seems to be you cannot do that in the middle of a cost of living crisis, it will put more on the cost of basic foodstuffs, people simply cannot afford those extra costs. the suuar cannot afford those extra costs. the su . ar tax cannot afford those extra costs. tue: sugar tax would cannot afford those extra costs. tte: sugar tax would apply to foodstuffs that are very bad for us, that makers unwell, that make us overweight. so i think it is a bit of an excuse. it is a real shame for this government because it was

actually former chancellor, george osborne, in the early years of this 0sborne, in the early years of this government, he was very courageous, he faced down some very powerful lobby interests and threats of legal action to introduce the first sugar tax on fizzy pop. the reason that was significant as nearly a third of our children are leaving primary school either overweight and obese, their biggest source of sugar back then was drinking pop every day. what that immediately did was make the producers reformulate their products to avoid paying the tax. there were some household name drinks that basically took 40% of their sugar out of the formula for their sugar out of the formula for their drinks overnight. i think george osborne will probably be responsible for saving many thousands of lives for that intervention. what the dimbleby report is saying that actually you could deploy the ideas behind that sugar levy two more very high sugar products that would force those big global producers to take more sugar

out of their products. that will make our kids healthy again, it will help us with our battle... is middle aged people with our battle against weight gain. and the opportunity for the country is great because the other challenge the government have given us is they want is to be a more productive nation. well, with 10% of us with type two diabetes nodding off in the afternoon, having to go to the loo, having more days off work, we know that those conditions could be reversed nutritionally. there is a real economic argument for some of these changes because it will make the country more productive again, i think. , �* ., think. isn't there a political reality that _ think. isn't there a political reality that boris _ think. isn't there a political reality that boris johnson l think. isn't there a political- reality that boris johnson perhaps reality that boris johnson perhaps does not want... i mean this is what has been reported from westminster, he doesn't want to offend some of his conservative backbench mps who are not keen at all see this kind of tax on sugar and salt. and also he himself has said he does not want the food strategy to have an impact on hard—working people. t

the food strategy to have an impact on hard-working people.— on hard-working people. i think hard-working — on hard-working people. i think hard-working people _ on hard-working people. i think hard-working people are - on hard—working people. t t't “ta; hard—working people are struggling to stay healthy to stop part of the issue they get as they are so confused with labelling, with what is good for us, what is bad for us. it requires really strong leadership. ironically with the sugar tax, this could potentially be the only tax in britain that enjoy support of nearly every political party in the house of commons. i am not a politician any more, so i might be wrong that, but i suspect everyone knows, even george 0sborne's opponents were sleekly very admiring of him for having the courage to set the country down this road. it would be a shame ten years into a conservative government they miss out on those great reforming measures they made all that time ago. so it is a missed opportunity. tom watson, author and former deputy leader of the labour party. the number of people testing positive for covid in scotland rose last week, according to the latest figures. data from the office of national statistics estimated

that about one in 40 people had the virus — an increase from one in 50 the week before. earlier i spoke to scotland's national clinical directorjason leitch, who explained the reasons behind the rise. roughly speaking, everybody has reached a lower level plateau, and just beginning to creep up again. it is a mixture of things, then, it is pretty predictable now, you know this disease just as well as the rest of the country has got to know it. it is mixing, of course, we are back, we are back to festivals, we are back to theatres, we are back to work, but also we have got some nasty variants, some variants from 0micron, the same basic shape as 0micron, but they are good at transmission. a little bit better at transmission. the vaccines still work, and the illness is still mild in the vast majority of people, but there is definitelyjust a little movement in the numbers. you talked about the variants there. can you just be a bit more specific? what do you think is the variant

that is causing the slight uptick? well, it is still 0micron. if you remember, we have had four big variants in 2a months. we have had the wild type, the wuhan one, then we had alpha, delta, and now we have 0micron. 0micron is giving us variants of itself, unlike the other ones. so we have now got... it gets a little bit complicated with the letters and the numbers. so we have got bai, 2, 4 and 5. and 4 and 5 appear to be a little bit more transmissible than i and 2, which is what we had as the basis for our last way. —— which is what we had as the basis for our last wave. it is not anything to panic about, it is not escaping the vaccine, it is not different in terms of its fundamental core disease, but it likes to transmit, so it is finding vulnerable people and it manages to bridge that gap. so the same things apply. we are in control here, we can get vaccinated, we can stay off work if we are ill,

and if we are an employer, we can make that easier, so we can allow people to be off work if they have got an infection. you say hitting vulnerable people, people need to get vaccinated, of course, what is the vaccination picture in scotland in terms of those who still have not been vaccinated or who have not had the booster? it is really, really good, the numbers are really high, but they are not at 100%. i mean, i never expected to get to 100%. i looked yesterday, and the first dose over 12s is nine out of ten. when you get down to third, fourth doses, it goes to about eight out of ten, sometimes 8.5 out of ten. the boosters for the over 75s, those with underlying conditions are way up at 88%. there is a few stragglers still getting envelopes through the mail, still coming. so if you have not had one, two, three, four, i don't care if you have not had it, you should come. and you look on websites for wherever you live, whether you live in bristol or manchester or elgin in scotland, we will want to vaccinate you.

and we will be in touch in the autumn about the next round of vaccinations to protect the population. jason leech, scott and's national clinical director. —— scotland's. sport now for a full round up from the bbc sport centre with sarah. it's been another slow day with the ball for england — as new zealand are firmly in control having strolled past 500 runs on day two of the second test at trent bridge. a great morning session for the tourists saw daryl mitchell reach his century in the morning session and he almost got to 200. out with the very last ball of the innings on 190 having faced 318 balls. another century was racked up by tom blundell, who missed out on one at lords but made up for it this time. 553 all out for new zealand — their highest ever test match score in england. play can continue tilljust

after 7pm this evening. there was a rain delay. england just starting their reply at the crease at the moment. and it's also finals day in the charlotte edwards cup — central sparks taking on southern vipers, who are coached by the namesake of this trophy, charlotte edwards. sparks were 93—7 with two overs left. you can follow that life on the bbc sport website, along with the men's cricket as well. england, scotland and wales are all in nations league action later. england play italy behind closed doors at wolves molineux stadium — although 3,000 fans who are mainly schoolchildren will be inside. england will be without phil foden who is still recovering from covid. it's a repeat of last years euro 2020 final — which italy won on penalties. but this time it's with minimal fans as a punishment handed down to the football association for the crowd trouble that marred the final at wembley.

also kicking off at 7.45 is wales against belgium in cardiff. with the hosts hoping to collect their first points of this nations league campaign, having lost already to poland and the netherlands. but belgium are ranked second in the world and thrashed poland 6—1. wales though have lost only once to belgium in six meetings over the past nine years. scotland versus the republic of ireland in dublin has kicked off in the nations league. that is a five o'clock kick—off. at the moment, it's goalless. john souttar is left out for scotland. grant hanley is back in and scott mctominay is also playing in a more familiar position. plenty of british interest at the world triathlon event over in leeds. but it was disappointing results wise from the men's team. jonathan brownlee finished outside of the top 30 and alex yee crashed on the bike leg.

it was hayden wilde of new zealand who took first place. cassandre beaugrand of france won in the women's despite getting a ten second penalty. britain's double 0lympic medallist georgia taylor—brown was still on the podium though in second. saracens are through to the premierhship final after a thrilling victory over former champions harlequins at home. the hosts overcame three yellow cards and a late fightback from quins to seal a place at twickenham next weekend. ben earl crashed over in the final minutes to complete a hatrick. they'll face the winners of the other semi—final between leicester and northampton. it is 6-3 it is 6—3 to leicester at the moment in that first half. it's going to be an all south african final in the united rugby championship as ulster were beaten by the stormers in south africa. they were leading until the closing moments when warrick gelant crossed

the line and the kick was converted to seal the win. so it will be the stormers against the bulls in cape town next saturday. charles leclerc will be hoping to close the gap to max verstappen in the formula one drivers championship after claiming pole for tomorrow's azerbaijan grand prix. the ferrari driver put in a scintilating lap to beat red bull's sergio perez by more than a quarter of a second. championship leader max verstappen will start from third in the other red bull. george russell is the best placed briton in fifth, two places ahead of his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton. ican i canjust i can just tell you i canjust tell you before i can just tell you before we go, i canjust tell you before we go, 19 minutes gone in that game between ireland and scotland. ireland have just scored a goal. i have not seen who scored, but i am sure you will find that on the bbc sport website. ireland leading scotland 1—0 in the nation's league.

just want to take you to washington. there are lots of demonstrations calling for more gun control and change to america's gun laws. this is in the wake of those two horrific shootings last month. 0ne is in the wake of those two horrific shootings last month. one at the elementary school in uvalde in texas that killed 19 young children and two teachers, and also a shooting at a supermarket in new york that left ten black people dead. this is in washington, but there are also similar rallies and marches being held across america calling for reform of gun laws. it is all organised by a campaign called march for our lives. that is a group that was founded in parkland florida by students from a high school there after a gunman killed 17 students in

2018. lots of rallies across america today calling for gun control. 0ne figure which is very striking, actually, on the problem of gun violence in the united states, it is guns have killed more than 19,300 people so far this year alone, according to one estimate. that is notjust high—profile mass killings but suicides by firearms, as well. march for our lives is that group which is campaigning across america. that rally there in washington, dc. police in brazil searching for a missing britishjournalist and his travelling companion say they've found what may be human remains, in a river close to where the men were last seen. dom phillips and bruno pereira went missing in the amazon rainforest last weekend. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson has sent this report. 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. it was on this river they were threatened again in the days leading up to their disappearance. on friday, there was a significant yet devastating breakthrough. materialfound in the river that could be cumin remains. —— 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 nearby for forensic analysis. currently authorities are also examining traces of blood on a boat belonging to a suspect, a local fisherman. translation: since last sunday . we had information that eu citizens,

-- translation: since last sunday we had information that two citizens, - one british, dom phillips, and brazilian, bruno pereira, disappeared in the valley. from that moment on, our military forces have started a search to find those people. we ask god that they may be found alive. the news of the missing pair has gained worldwide attention. celebrities and footballers, including pele, have called for the government to step up to find the men. we urge brazilian authorities to redouble their efforts to find phillips and pereira. as time increases, so increases the risk to their security. it is crucial that officials reacted robustly including deploying local resources to search the area in question. 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.

a father and son have been killed in a crash during the isle of man tt. roger stockton and his son bradley, both from crewe, died during the final lap of the second sidecar race. in a statement, organisers said it was "with a deep sense of sorrow" that they could confirm both racers had been killed. the family of shaun pinner — one of the britons sentenced to death for fighting russian forces in ukraine — have released a statement. shaun pinner is on the right of this image. the statement says... "as a ukrainian resident for over 4 years and contracted serving marine in the 36th brigade, of which he is very proud, shaun should be accorded all the rights of a prisoner of war according to the geneva convention — including full independent legal representation." the statement went on to call on all parties to ensure the safe release or exchange of shaun.

sir lindsay hoyle, the speaker of the house of commons, is planning to make the house of commons a "menopause—friendly" employer. possible changes could include better—ventilated rooms and fans, and flexible working for affected women. the speaker says he wants to "break the taboo" about the menopause. he is set to sign a pledge that commits the commons to recognising and supporting female employees who are going through the menopause. joining me now is the labour mp carolyn harris — who chairs the all—party parliamentary group on menopause. thank you very much for being with us. do you welcome this step by the commons speaker? tell is a bit more about what it will actually mean. t about what it will actually mean. i am delighted that sir lindsey is doing this. he is a man who surrounded by women all day, not only in the but in his own office, he has promoted women to very senior positions. you would not want anyone to have to give up work because of the menopause, but that is sadly

what happens, women all over the world are having to give up work because they struggle through the menopause, and there is never any allowances made for them in the workplace. so sir lindsay is leading by example and saying to employers everywhere it is really important to keep women in work and by making very small adjustments, this is what the menopause by cheetah signing does, then he is giving women right across the country encouragement that there is hope that other employers will follow. that that there is hope that other employers will follow. that is the oint, employers will follow. that is the point. really- _ employers will follow. that is the point. really- i— employers will follow. that is the point, really. i suppose _ employers will follow. that is the point, really. i suppose the - employers will follow. that is the | point, really. i suppose the house of commons is not really a typical employer in many ways. so we are talking about what factories, businesses, offices up and down the land can do about this. can you give us a few indications of what more they could be doing to help? there is no company _ they could be doing to help? there is no company that _ they could be doing to help? there is no company that cannot - they could be doing to help? there is no company that cannot make i they could be doing to help? ii—ii” is no company that cannot make any reasonable adjustment to accommodate menopausal women. we are not talking about huge changes, we are talking about huge changes, we are talking about minimal changes. those

changes, things like having a fan, things like having the window open, things like having the window open, things like having the window open, things like making sure a uniform is airy and women can breathe in it, understanding that women need extra toilet breaks, literally there is no work environment that cannot do this. by doing it, they will keep valuable women in the workforce. the menopause affects every social policy area. i could talk to you for days about the damage it could do to society if it is not... if we do not do the appropriate thing is to keep women, give them the right treatment, get them the right diagnosis, get them the right medication. if they are on the right path, then the menopause can be an experience they will survive and come out the other end much stronger people. t come out the other end much stronger --eole. . ~ come out the other end much stronger neale, ., ~' ., . ., people. i talked in the introduction about breaking _ people. i talked in the introduction about breaking the _ people. i talked in the introduction about breaking the taboo. - people. i talked in the introduction about breaking the taboo. it - people. i talked in the introduction about breaking the taboo. it is - people. i talked in the introduction j about breaking the taboo. it is part of this that we just need to talk about the menopause a lot more? as we are doing now anyway. we about the menopause a lot more? as we are doing now anyway.— we are doing now anyway. we are beauinnin we are doing now anyway. we are beginning to _ we are doing now anyway. we are beginning to talk _ we are doing now anyway. we are beginning to talk about _ we are doing now anyway. we are beginning to talk about periods, l we are doing now anyway. we are i beginning to talk about periods, but now we talk about periods, we are getting there by talking about the menopause. but until it is a

mainstream conversation, tell everybody is talking about the menopause, that is how women are discovering the menopause, by talking about it to other women. there is a huge lack of knowledge within the medical profession about what the menopause actually is, and women are self diagnosing, and then trying to get medication. the whole environment around the menopause needs changing. but monday is menopause monday in parliament, that is what i have dubbed it, we have events all day culminating in the evening with the speaker signing the well—being of women menopause pledge. well-being of women menopause ledue., , well-being of women menopause ledue. , , , ., pledge. just briefly, the sort of chances pledge. just briefly, the sort of changes you — pledge. just briefly, the sort of changes you have _ pledge. just briefly, the sort of changes you have been - pledge. just briefly, the sort of changes you have been talking | pledge. just briefly, the sort of- changes you have been talking about in the workplace, is something that needs to be forced through by legislation or are we talking about a kind of voluntary code where employers just do this off of their own backs? fist employersjust do this off of their own backs?— employersjust do this off of their own backs? �* ., ., ., own backs? at one time, i would have said es own backs? at one time, i would have said yes there — own backs? at one time, i would have said yes there should _ own backs? at one time, i would have said yes there should have _ own backs? at one time, i would have said yes there should have been - said yes there should have been statutory legislation, but what i've learned from the work i have done talking to employers, it is that if something is statutory, it becomes

standardised and a tick box. every women's menopause is different, every workplace is different, but a respectful employer will talk to their staff and put into place whatever is relevant to that individual. it needs to be organic and flexible, but we do need every workplace to have a framework on which to hang their policy or their guidelines, whatever they want to call it. respect women and do the right thing. call it. respect women and do the right thing-— right thing. very good to talk to ou. an right thing. very good to talk to you. an important _ right thing. very good to talk to you. an important subject, - right thing. very good to talk to you. an important subject, i- right thing. very good to talk to j you. an important subject, i am right thing. very good to talk to - you. an important subject, i am glad we were able to discuss it with you. caroline harris, thank you very much. the singerjustin bieber has revealed he is suffering from facial paralysis after cancelling shows this week. the 28—year—old said in an instagram video that the condition is due to a diagnosis of ramsay hunt syndrome. the condition which affects the facial nerves is usually temporary. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear.