hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. the first flights taking asylum—seekers to rwanda is due to leave the uk in the next few hours. these are the plans expected to fly them out on only in hand flow may be on board but they are determined to press ahead. fix, on board but they are determined to press ahead-— press ahead. a sensible partnership that we have _ press ahead. a sensible partnership that we have set _ press ahead. a sensible partnership that we have set out _ press ahead. a sensible partnership that we have set out in _ press ahead. a sensible partnership that we have set out in it _ press ahead. a sensible partnership that we have set out in it may - that we have set out in it may take a while to get working properly but it is a new build to keep going. activists have been blocking the road to the airport in the be looking at the government policy. also conduct, the bbc are among 28 uk journalists also conduct, the bbc are among 28 ukjournalists to be

also conduct, the bbc are among 28 uk journalists to be blacklisted ukjournalists to be blacklisted by russia. foreign ministry accuses them of disseminating false information. in the cape pop supergroup have announced that they are taking a break with some members going solo. welcome to the programme. in just a few hours from now, the first flight of the government's controversial asylum scheme will take off from the uk. the plans will see some asylum seekers flown four thousand miles away to claim asylum in rwanda instead. it's faced widespread criticism, and we'll be examining why in a few minutes. but the uk government maintains that the scheme will discourage others from crossing the english channel. this is the uk foreign secretary.

the flight will take off tonight and it is very important that we establish the principles of this region and it's a key part of a strategy for tackling the people appalling smugglers who are trading in peoples hopes and dreams and in many cases, costing their lives and so this is why it is vitally important that we press forward with this policy and if people aren't on the flight today, they will be on subsequent flights. charities and campaigners have launched legal challenges to try to block the flight. when today's flight was first organised, over 100 people were reportedly told they'd be on it. but many of them succeeded in their individual appeals against removal. so now that number could be as low as seven. one of the charities involved in the legal challenge said the scheme was sending asylum seekers �*a,000 miles into uncertainty and danger.�* but the prime minister insists it's the right thing to do.

with the criminal gangs are doing and those who effectively are abetting the work of the criminal gangs are doing is undermining peoples confidence in the safe and legal general acceptance of immigration and so, my message to everybody today is that we are not going to be in any way deterred or abashed by some of the criticisms that are being directed upon this policy. recent bbc analysis found that more than 10,000 have crossed the english channel in small boats so far this year. this was the port of dover earlier on tuesday. we know that more than 270 asylum seekers are believed to have crossed the channel throughout the day. the former head of the uk border force stressed that

as numbers continue to rise, action is needed. you will make 80 million refugees around the world and even more now after ukraine seeking a settlement in the western world but i think there is an upper limit to the number that any country can take. but there's been widespread criticism of the scheme on several fronts. one of them is its legality. at the centre of that argument is the refugee convention of 1951. it enshrines asylum seekers' right to protection. it allows people to seek asylum in any country they choose. and the uk is a signatory. the un refugee agency says the rwanda arrangement is �*incompatible with the letter and spirit�* of that legal document. we�*ve seen protests here in the uk against the plan. these are pictures from one of those protests. the un�*s high commissionerfor refugees also shared his thoughts. we believe that this is all wrong. this is all wrong. for so many

different reasons it is the foundation of the asylum that they�*re are any countries territory and the country that is a signatory to the convention and has the institutions to deal with that and export that responsibility to another country and runs contrary to any notion of responsibility sharing, of international responsibility and so forth. 0ther critics have called the policy immoral. among them, the entire senior leadership of the church of england. they�*ve published this letter in the times saying: "many they�*ve published this letter in the times saying: here�*s the bishop of manchester. we ta ke we take exactly the same view if perhaps care for refugees and asylum—seekers to any of the third country, this is about people of the

right to establish since the 1951 convention to seek asylum in the uk and asylum case and determined here. there�*s another element to this too — allegations about rwanda�*s human rights record. the uk home secretary says: but a recent us state department report describes �*significant human rights issues�* in the country. those findings were echoed by the uk government itself — just last year. in a speech at the un injanuary 2021, the uk raised concerns about "continued restrictions to civil and political rights and media freedom" in rwanda. for its part, rwanda insists the scheme is a solution and not a problem. we don�*t think it�*s immoral to offer the home to people, something that we have done here for more than 30

years in between this for right reasons. so, people may have their own opinions but with this programme is like, where they come from, where we coming from, we do this for the right reasons and we wanted to be a welcoming place and will make sure that the migrants are taking care of in the be able to build a life here. as the controversy rages — a rwandan government spokeswoman described the policy today, as an �*innovative program�* — and that rwanda would provide refugees with a safe haven and opportunity to build new lives. anne soy has more from the rwandan capital, kigali. they say they are all set and have responded to criticisms directed at the steel saying that this is not immoral and easy to punish to send people to live here and is a sense of pride when you listen to the government and saying they are proud to do this and it really suggests that this is about changing perceptions about africa, as well. the government said that africa is notjust the government said that africa is not just the the government said that africa is notjust the place of problems, it is a place of solutions and says they are doing this for the right

reasons and their offering a solution to a global problem and so, despite all the criticisms that have been coming, they are saying that this is something that will benefit the asylum—seekers and it would be given all the support that they need here. they said they hope they take of the government offered to live here and there will be given jobs in government if they worked. i asked one person with a thought about asylum—seekers coming from elsewhere, the middle east, perhaps north africa and coming to live here and they said they�*re welcome, if they getjobs, that is fine because this is something that many people here have been through because of the countries history. the 1994 genocide many were displaced and many have grown up elsewhere and therefore, they see this as a way to give back because of an experience they have had themselves.

david wallace—lockhart is in westminster. is the government getting much support politically? do you bring us up—to—date in terms of the numbers of people on the flight because i know you have an update and also, politically, what kind of support is government getting here? the kind of support is government getting here?— kind of support is government getting here? home office sources, this evening, the number is getting very small now and of course, we heard that the foreign secretary stresses today that she believes it is important that she believes it is important that the flight goes as long as they can get some sort of passengers on it it�*s about sending a message to the governments new policies and sending a message to anyone thinking of making a journey across the channel that this is ultimately what could happen and why make the dangerous journey if you are going

to be potentially sent to rwanda and of course, even if you�*re successful in claiming asylum, you have to build a new life there in africa or at least not in the uk and we have heard borisjohnson saying that this policy, although it has faced criticism from many places, that this is the right approach a thinks it will help with keeping people safe by not making those journeys in the channel and thinks it will break up the channel and thinks it will break up people trafficking gangs that are profiting off those kinds of journeys but opposition parties still very much against this policy and seeing it as unworkable, questionable legally which we have seen through many individual cases of people who were originally due to be sentenced to rwanda and not ending up on the plane tonight and theyjust do not think it�*s the sort of policy that the uk should be enacting. of policy that the uk should be

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let�*s look at why. russia�*s foreign ministry says. it goes on to say... the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent james landale is accross this. russia says it is banning dozens of british journalists, media representatives and defence industry figures from entering the country. this was largely anticipated and i�*m surprised it hasn�*t come earlier with a lot of western powers posing sanctions on the russian media figures back in may, accusing them of spreading false lines, propaganda about russia�*s invasion of ukraine and the russian foreign ministry said that it would respond and it

has not responded with its own list of 29 journalists at the bit of a scattered list, some senior media leaders such as the chairman and director general of the bbc, five national newspaper editors and senior correspondence, a few academics but also fairly significant list of senior figures and sojunior defence significant list of senior figures and so junior defence ministers significant list of senior figures and sojunior defence ministers on the list as well as the head of the raf and senior military commanders and defence manufacturers. it�*s a pretty straightforward list and crucially, all the people now are banned from travelling to russia. straightforward list for the sport happens to those journalists who are in russia and on that list. mast happens to those journalists who are in russia and on that list.— in russia and on that list. most of these journalists _ in russia and on that list. most of these journalists are _ in russia and on that list. most of these journalists are not - in russia and on that list. most of these journalists are not in - in russia and on that list. most of these journalists are not in russia russia�*s already targeted some western media figures within russia

and took them out of the country and thatis and took them out of the country and that is the next potential option for the russian state to target more western media inside its borders but inside the list are those clearly outside of russia. certainly a lot of them are experts to spend a great deal of time in russia, some of them. ., ~ ,, deal of time in russia, some of them. ., ~ i. deal of time in russia, some of them. ., ~ . so, let�*s turn to what is happening on the ground in ukraine. for weeks now, the eastern city of severodonetsk has been a frontline in this war. it�*s in the donbas region where russia is now focusing its offensive. severodonetsk is now cut off. this maps shows how all three bridges to the city that have been destroyed. thousands of locals and ukrainian troops are now trapped there. 0ur correspondent in ukrainejoe inwood explains more. the fact that these three bridges are down is a significant moment although it�*s worth pointing out

that you created to a saying they�*re not completely cut off and they can still get supplies in and out of some extent but getting very difficult for civilians there, it�*s virtually impossible to get out now and they�*re having to extend his huge bombardment and russians are carrying on the usual strategy of mass process of artillery and infantry coming in and street battles, you could even say they�*re holding onto this for single square metre but it is very difficult battle indeed. and on what this means for ukraine — here�*s president zelensky. the price of this battle is very high. it�*sjust scary. we the price of this battle is very high. it�*s just scary. we tell our partners on a daily basis that only a sufficient number of artillery will ensure our advantage and finally into the russian torture of ukrainian dawn finally into the russian torture of ukrainian donbas

so president zelensky says more weapons are a priority, as russia continues to attack ukrainian positions in the donbas. ukraine is hitting back — but there are reports of difficulties getting weapons in. on what that means for its resistance, here�*s the former prime minister of ukraine. i believe the ukrainian military is capable of repelling the russian military but have to understand that the russian military is heavily equipped in ukrainian military is both outgunned and outnumbered and this is the reality we are living in. and — as we�*ve seen throughout russia�*s invasion — civilians are a target. let�*s hear from one of them there. translation: when will they be satisfied? where should i go? where will i sleep at night? and it�*s not clear if there will be more shelling or more bangs that night. people are afraid to sleep here.

now to washington — where the white house has confirmed joe biden will go on his first middle east tour as us president. it�*ll take place in july. he�*ll visit israel, then the west bank, and then he�*ll go to saudi arabia, where he�*ll meet the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. it�*s the first meeting since the murder of the dissident saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi. in 2018 he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul, and was murdered. us intelligence concluded that the crown prince approved the operation. as presidential candidate on the campaign trail, president biden had this to say about saudi arabia. we were not going to infect sell more weapons to them, we were going to make them pay the price and make them the pariah that they are. now — he�*s visiting the country. and the reason is because the us needs oil. here�*s barbara plett usher. we know they want to talk about

energy production because rising energy production because rising energy prices and the americans have been pressing saudi arabia to increase oil production. candidate biden was very aware of the country stay verged on human rights and the killing of jamaal, stay verged on human rights and the killing ofjamaal, and the american see the relationship of saudi arabia and he has said that its president, he needs to make this visit that he will continue to respect human rights we are told that human rights will be raised and officials would not confirm whether or not he would discuss jamal khashoggi directly with the prince. there�*s been reaction from saudi activists. like abdullah alaoudh, a us based activist, whose father has been imprisoned in saudi since 2017. frank gardner is our

security correspondent. hearing the kind of reaction that activists are having, what about reaction from saudi arabia? saudi arabia is quite _ reaction from saudi arabia? saudi arabia is quite a _ reaction from saudi arabia? saudi arabia is quite a substantial- arabia is quite a substantial community in their cingulate very much forward to this visit and that the us president is notjust going to be meeting the king was that of state and his sun, the crown prince, but it is also going to attend a summit onjuly the 16th i will include king ofjordan and prime minister of iraq as well as the saudi hosts. it�*s quite a significant regional meeting and they�*re really looking forward to taking revenge of this visit to get us support for their vision of the middle east should be and these are all conservative allies, the egyptian and jordanian leaders. has

not been good blood between the white house and the saudi arabia evidence is biden became president he heard him referring to the country as a pariah in something thatis country as a pariah in something that is insulting notjust to the crown prince but to the whole of all societies. and i was there for the previous president who was given an absolute red carpet welcome and i�*m certain thatjoe biden will get the same but people are going to feel this quite a lot of ground to catch up this quite a lot of ground to catch up and president trump was very popular in saudi arabia we had a really good mood music to get with the saudi arabian hosts. president biden as can be viewed differently, he�*s not been supportive of the war in yemen and more interested in human rights and they will not want to talk about human rights and they made it clear that the topics on the agenda with things like climate change, space and emerging technologies, green energy and food security. things like that, they

have not mentioned oil or defence. given the us intelligence agencies themselves have concluded that the crown prince had involvement and played a key role in the murder of jamal khashoggi, what is the messaging? that all is forgiven now? is one of reality. this is going to be a very galling thing for the activists and the widow of jamal khashoggi before he was murdered and i�*m sure it will be condemned by human rights groups for the fact is that saudi arabia is the most important country in the arab world and it is the main producer of oil but the oil prices being soaring above hundred dollars, really hurting western economies and industry in the whole world as well

as other parts and it is a bulwark strategically across the encroachment of iran and that�*s so it�*s seen and is also home to the two holy shrines of islam, mecca and it is the destination for millions of muslims around the world. it is far too important to country for the white house or the americans to ignore hence this visit. the biggest band to emerge out of south korea�*s k—pop scene, bts, have announced that they�*re taking an extended break to pursue solo projects. bts were the biggest—selling global artists of 2021 and are said to have sold around thirty—four million albums during their nine year career. i�*m joined by marcus mccoan,

he�*s an artist and producer who has written songs for bts. tell us a little bit more about this band and just the sheer popularity. they are absolutely huge. put this into context.— into context. yes, it's hard to u-ras, into context. yes, it's hard to grasp. really- _ into context. yes, it's hard to grasp, really. it's— into context. yes, it's hard to grasp, really. it's taken - into context. yes, it's hard to grasp, really. it's taken me i into context. yes, it's hard to grasp, really. it's taken me a| into context. yes, it's hard to - grasp, really. it's taken me a while grasp, really. it�*s taken me a while but the numbers certainly are the same as the one direction numbers or even the beatles, it�*s hard to compare streaming is the thing but it�*s taken me a while to really realise how famous they are. it�*s been a crazy rate for us but it�*s privileged to have been a part of it and they are just massive.- and they are 'ust massive. you've written a and they are just massive. you've written a number _ and they are just massive. you've written a number and _ and they are just massive. you've written a number and their- and they are just massive. you've written a number and their work. written a number and their work ethic i know is immense. their work

ethic i know is immense. their work ethic is outstanding, _ ethic i know is immense. their work ethic is outstanding, but _ ethic i know is immense. their work ethic is outstanding, but in - ethic i know is immense. their work ethic is outstanding, but in the - ethic is outstanding, but in the navy have ever seen, really. from the band and the label, you get e—mails night and day, i think you have a 90 minute dating because they never seem to stop and a lot of work in itself. as soon they should be proud of and all the solo projects, i don�*t think this is the end. {sheen i don't think this is the end. given the sheer global— i don't think this is the end. given the sheer global popularity - i don't think this is the end. given the sheer global popularity but some kind of break, with a re—emerge again, given how successful they are? i again, given how successfulthey are? ~' again, given how successfulthey are? ~ ., , ., , ., are? i think so, it would be a shame to think of — are? i think so, it would be a shame to think of this — are? i think so, it would be a shame to think of this is _ are? i think so, it would be a shame to think of this is the _ are? i think so, it would be a shame to think of this is the end _ are? i think so, it would be a shame to think of this is the end for - are? i think so, it would be a shame to think of this is the end for the - to think of this is the end for the group i don�*t know, ijust found out this news myself, so i�*m speculating at the moment. and they�*re quite likely to do it a lot of soul

efforts and yeah, i don�*t know, i couldn�*t even guess and if they couldn�*t even guess and if they could make a mark again this band. quickly, and a couple of sentences, we are writing music, would you have in the back of your mind?— in the back of your mind? they're not afraid to _ in the back of your mind? they're not afraid to be _ in the back of your mind? they're not afraid to be pop _ in the back of your mind? they're not afraid to be pop and - in the back of your mind? they're not afraid to be pop and just - not afraid to be pop and just genuine, really. any sort of genre onboard and they can tell their own thing and that�*s why got such a wider range of fans and everyone can be into it because they do every genre in a very good way, really and they nail it every time.— they nail it every time. they're not afraid of pep. _ they nail it every time. they're not afraid of pop, they _ they nail it every time. they're not afraid of pop, they always - they nail it every time. they're not afraid of pop, they always get - they nail it every time. they're not afraid of pop, they always get it i afraid of pop, they always get it done. brilliant to speak to you. getting your initial reaction there on the fact that this super mega

band is taking a break. much more coming up here on outside source. please do stay with us. plenty of blue sky and sunshine and in wells in particular taken by a weather watchers, morse sunshine to come of the next few days are going to be tapping into some very warm air indeed and you can see on the map here is indicated by the red colours, there is a heat wave across spain and southwestern france that warm air moves northwards and temperatures likely to peak in the uk for us on friday and turning very hot and humid for some and it is cooler, cloudy with a brakes of rain for northern ireland and scotland. and this is where we have the swathe of cloud where it will be in double figures that bricks of rain moving into the northern isles tomorrow morning and for the south across

england and wales, there be some clear spells and temperatures topping not as low as yesterday but probably back in the single figures for many. on wednesday, but the weather front and the northwest, high pressure hangs on for wales and keeps a dry weather friend a way as well. add a little bit more detail the lion�*s share of sunshine for england and plenty of cloud in northern ireland but again, abrasive ranges towards coastal areas of scotland and sunshine for parts of aberdeen should come as of aberdeen sure, southern scotland and eastern areas and it will be warmer here with the best of the sunshine but there comes a higher pollen count and so the pollen count and that sunshine and itjust a very high across england and wales of course. let�*s take a look at the state and starting to look really humid with

very warm humid airfrom the starting to look really humid with very warm humid air from the south and still some outbreaks of rain in that rain turns heavy through thursday and friday and temperatures widely in the mid to high 20s and warm and sticky night on thursday into friday and let�*s take a look at friday. i bricks of rain likely to be heavy on this weather front not be heavy on this weather front not be sinking southwards to the weekend and it will be run north of london and it will be run north of london and cambridgeshire, perhaps 31 from 33 celsius and short lived, a thunder breakdown of the weekend.

hello, i�*m kasia madera, this is outside source. the first flight taking asylum seekers to rwanda is due to leave the uk in the next few hours. only a handful may be on board but the government is determined to press ahead. we think it�*s a sensible partnership we have set up with rwanda. yes, it may take a while to get working properly but it doesn�*t mean we�*re not going to keep going. spain issues weather alerts as

temperatures soar above 40 degrees. a service has been held at westminister abbey to remember the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower fire in west london five years ago today. church leaders described the loss and anguish suffered as still vivid and sharp. other events to mark the anniversary have included a 72—second silence and a multifaith service at the foot of grenfell tower itself. let�*s begin our coverage with this from tom symonds. today, a scattered community returned to the foot of their tower. along with the duke and duchess of cambridge, in several events, they remembered the loss of 72 lives. even five years on, survivors ask, how can this have happened? whole families lost.

abdul aziz was on the phone to his sister who escaped until the last minute. he wanted me to reassure his son that there would be a case, and i said yes, it�*s going to be ok. and that is something i have to live with, because i told him it was going to be ok and it wasn�*t. the names of the children were among those read out, in a poignant moment at the memorial service at the foot of grenfell tower, as balloons were released, one for each of the 17 children who died in the fire. jessica urbano ramirez. mehdi el—wahabi. nur huda el—wahabi. logan gomes. a public inquiry into the disaster is underway. phase one found that a previous

refurbishment of the tower breached building regulations. it heard evidence that plastic material in the cladding was the main reason the flames spread. as to whether anyone will be prosecuted, the metropolitan police is looking into offences including manslaughter, corporate manslaughter, misconduct in public office and breaches of fire safety regulations. but it says it will wait until the public inquiry ends before passing any evidence to prosecutors. yvette williams is the founder of the community organisation justice for grenfell. this is what she wants to see happen. seeing somebody�*s in the docks, seeing somebody serving jail for it, that would happen to any ordinary joe bloggs if they had committed the fire. so there seems some kind of injustice there. and alsojust... ..changing things, making real change.

there are thousands of people still living up and down the country with combustible cladding on their homes. and we�*ve known that five years ago, but they�*re still there. and the stuff that has come out at the public inquiry, we cannot see why on earth that isn�*tjust taken down immediately. earlier this month, the government banned the type of cladding that allowed the fire to spread so quickly at grenfell from new installations. since the fire, unsafe cladding has been removed from hundreds of buildings in the uk where it was already installed. but thousands of people still live in about 58 large buildings that still have it. fire safety experts say the advice given to residents to "stay put" in the event of a fire also contributed to the loss of life. ed galea is from the university of greenwich.

stay put�*s based on is what�*s known as compartmentalisation. you try and contain the fire. and, yes, that works in the majority of cases. but, as grenfell has shown us, when it fails, it fails catastrophically, leading to large loss of life. and so we need to have a back—up plan. what happens when the stay put fails? we need an evacuation plan. pete wolfenden is a retired firefighter who was called to grenfell on the night of the fire. some of the crews, when they were going up up inside the block, they were risking their lives for the block. the safety procedures we had in place to go up into high—rise fires, we just threw them out the window. and these people went up, you know, the men and women, the firefighters and the junior officers, went up there with all intention of doing the bestjob they could. in hindsight, would we have done something different? of course we would. if we knew the lethality of the changes they�*d made to that

block by putting putting flammable cladding on the outside, extending the windows and putting plastic, flammable plastic around the windows, if we knew how lethal that block was going to be, we would have done a different thing straightaway. we wouldn�*t have had the stay put policy, and there would have been no firefighting actions, no nothing. just get people out. greg mckenzie is at grenfell tower. so many poignant memories today as this community remembers especially when those balloons were released with the children who lost their lives. ., , with the children who lost their lives. . , ., ., lives. that is right. poignant day for all involved, _ lives. that is right. poignant day for all involved, and _ lives. that is right. poignant day for all involved, and many - lives. that is right. poignant day for all involved, and many of- lives. that is right. poignant dayj for all involved, and many of the survivors here today and their families, and those believing in

terms of what happened here five years ago. we are just at the foot of the tower. behind us as a memorial wall where many people have been coming to lay floral tributes. there was a service at westminster abbey this morning which started the service to day of remembrance, followed by a vigil right here at the foot of the tower in west london. the jack and duchess of cambridge attended the event. that was a private event for the families of those 72 people who lost their lives here five years ago. fiee lives here five years ago. five ears lives here five years ago. five years ago. — lives here five years ago. five years ago. i — lives here five years ago. five years ago. i was _ lives here five years ago. five years ago, i was on _ lives here five years ago. five years ago, i was on the - lives here five years ago. five years ago, i was on the very l lives here five years ago. five years ago, i was on the very early shift and, as this disaster was unfolding, i was able to speak to so many people who were searching for loved ones, the relatives, among them, all of those children, now five years on we keep hearing just as the grenfell, do people feel they

are any closer to finding that justice? are any closer to finding that 'ustice? , , ., , , ., justice? the simple answer is, from the --eole justice? the simple answer is, from the peeple i — justice? the simple answer is, from the people i have _ justice? the simple answer is, from the people i have been _ justice? the simple answer is, from the people i have been speaking - justice? the simple answer is, fromj the people i have been speaking to, no, we know the public inquiry has gone through the first phase, the second phase of that public inquiry will probably not conclude until the end of 2023 and, for many families and survivors, they say they simply want answers, but once the public inquiry concludes at the end of 2023, it will be down to london�*s metropolitan police to decide whether there is enough evidence to bring a criminal prosecution and

really hold those to account who are responsible for that cladding that went up in this building over my shoulder. . . , shoulder. the cladding, hugely controversial, also this - shoulder. the cladding, hugely controversial, also this order. shoulder. the cladding, hugely| controversial, also this order to stay put, this order not to move when the fire was first starting. i wonder five years on, do we know more about any changes when it comes to fires in high—rise buildings? {line to fires in high-rise buildings? one ofthe to fires in high—rise buildings? qua: of the recommendations to fires in high—rise buildings? iaz of the recommendations was about the in place in terms of what to do should there be a fire in a large tower block or building. and the advice has been, from the government, to stay put, but many campaigners for grenfell united, especially those who had disabled relatives who died in that fire, are quite angry at that advice. that

advice really comes from scientists who say that fire does not travel through concrete and therefore you are safer, their advice, if you remain in the property and await the emergency services to evacuate you, thatis emergency services to evacuate you, that is partly because a lot of these buildings built back in the 50s and 60s, even the 70s, had single staircases, so one entrance have hundreds of people panicking, trying to get down a stairwell when the fire brigade are trying to get into put the fire out, there are problems there, and that is really why the state put advice has been stay put, that is what the government is advising people to do, but many i people i spoke to today in many years ago, i was here that morning after the building was still smoking, and many people told they were told to stay put but they simply got out and many of them have told me today that had they not maybe they would not be here today to tell their stories five years on. thank you for sharing the stories of those people, thank you for being there five years on at grenfell tower. let�*s turn to spain now, which is facing the earliest heatwave in more than 40 years.

temperatures have reached up to 43 degrees — highs not normally recorded untiljuly or august. let�*s hear more about how this heatwave happened — this climate scientist explains. we�*re seeing an anticyclone sitting over morocco, and that�*s coupled with a cyclone kind of sitting right between the azores and the canaries. and what these two weather systems are doing together is funnelling, in quite an unusual way, this stream of strong, warm air up the coast of africa that�*s slamming right into spain and then on to france. and these high temperatures are having a major impact. firefighters have been battling wildfires in several areas across southern spain. more than 3,000 hectares of land have been burned in the region of andalusia. workers are also struggling to cope with the heat. to me, this goes beyond heat. the heat is really, really strong and sometimes we struggle to breathe.

there's too much heat, so we are drinking water all the time. we don't know how we are going to deal with it. it is what it is. we'll cope with it. but i think that it's going to get hotter. it�*s predicted it�*s going to get hotter. the heatwave should peak on wednesday. this map shows maximum temperatures are expected to be above 35 degress across most of spain. 15 of the country�*s 17 regions have been placed on alert. we know heatwaves have become more likely because of climate change, and they�*re predicted to become more intense and widespread as global temperatures rise. on what might come next, here�*s a meterologist. we�*ve had many more heatwaves after the 19805 than before. it�*s an enormous ratio of one to three. and climatologists tell us and we can see it — these heatwaves are likely to stretch throughout the season whereas, decades ago, it happened

mainly injuly and august. and this heatwave is expected to hit other parts of western europe too. here�*s the bbc�*s susanna powell. even into the alpine region, temperatures eight, ten, 12 degrees above average. and it looks like it will take till sunday for us to finally pull in some fresher air from the west. so possibly, for some areas, we�*re onlyjust about halfway through, if that. there�*s possibly worse to come. stay with us on outside source — still to come... we will look at more supply chain problems in the united states, some consumers say tampons are more expensive and harder to find. scotland�*s first minister has launched a fresh push for scottish independence, saying there is a strong and compelling case for scotland to leave the uk. our scotland editor, james cook, reports.

many seasons have rolled by since scotland rejected independence, and the landscape has changed. we have had a pandemic, a cost of living crisis, and brexit, which was rejected by a majority of voters in scotland. it really boils down to governance and my belief that the scottish parliament is the best place to govern scotland. the damage that has been done by covid, by brexit, by everything else, in a funny way, it�*s probably the perfect time for us to then get on and build ourselves back out of it, again using our own levers, our own tools. nicola sturgeon agrees, of course. her new paper argues that the uk is failing scotland because comparable countries are richer, happier, and more equal. the great question before us is this — if all of these countries can and do use the powers of independence to create wealthier and fairer societies, why not scotland? but how? the only undisputed

route to a referendum is for the prime minister to transfer the power to hold one to holyrood, using what is called a section 30 order. i don't know if he will be watching or not but, if he is, i make it clearagain, prime minister, i stand ready to negotiate a section 30 order if you decide that you now are a democrat. there is no sign of the prime minister agreeing to that request. he says the union sees scotland through tough times. that, by the way, is the firepower of the uk exchequer, _ that is the firepower of our single uk treasury, and i think- it is a great thing, _ we should keep going with it. it being the 315—year—old union of the nations on either side of this river, a union rooted in commerce. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is...

the first flight deporting asylum seekers from the uk to rome and is due to take over the coming hours with only a handful of people on board. we will bring you an update on that story because the european court of human rights has issued an order to prevent the deportation of one of the individuals who were scheduled to be on that first flight. so we are monitoring that for you. we know that six people are scheduled to be on that flight. we have that your order coming through. the bbc understands that the home office in london thinks the court could prevent any planned removals today, as and when we get any more updates of course we will bring them to you. in france, a row over the burkini, the all—in—one swimsuit used by some muslim women to cover their bodies and hair while bathing, is before the country�*s highest

administrative court. last month, the city of grenoble defied the strict regulations for public swimming pools and authorised the use of all swimwear, including full body swimsuits. but the government took legal action, saying the move was against french values of secularism. in the coming days, the court will decide whether to uphold the ban. this is a burkini, it�*s a full—body swimsuit that covers everything except the face, hands and feet. burkinis are marketed to muslim women as a way for them to swim in public while adhering to strict modesty edicts. this reporter explains why the swimwear is so divisive in france. on one side, they�*re saying that this is another example of segregation by members of the islamic community, extremists forcing women in their own community to do that. on the other side, they�*re saying it�*s an example of segregation, more encroachment of islamic extremists into public debate.

the country, of course, prides itself on being secular, and so they�*re saying this is another example of religious symbols being moved out of the home and into public space. and, of course, the swimming pools in particular are run by the towns, the town councils. and so this is seen as an example of more muslim extremism, segregation, moving into a swimming pool, which is run by local government. french opposition to the burkini goes back to 2016, when several regions tried to outlaw it on beaches — they claimed it violates the country�*s separation between religion and the state. more recently, france�*s interior minister gerald darmanin called grenoble�*s swimwear policy an unacceptable provocation that was contrary to french secular values. live to toulouse now. rim—sarah alouane is a french legal scholar at the university toulouse capitole.

what is the situation here? is this a local, regional administration coming into blows with the french government? help us to understand what grenoble has decided to do. in what grenoble has decided to do. i�*i france, we know that summer is here when we have another burkini scandal. it�*s not the first time it is happening, and the problem is broader, we expect that case to happen. what happened here is that, more broadly, we are trying to redefine the notion of neutrality, the french version of secularism, which tends to be more and more extended to the public sphere, which goes against the very essence of separation of church and state, and here the burkini is really seen as a

symbol of segregation, and yet the irony is how is this woman ijust trying to fight for their right to be in public with other men and women. so it�*s really a question of what it means to be french today and the increasing visibility and what does secularism mean in france. big ideological questions, but legally where are we with this and can you help us to understand what happened last year in terms of the french are simply approving what is being described as a controversial anti—separatist bill? described as a controversial anti-separatist bill? actually, this case is very _ anti-separatist bill? actually, this case is very interesting _ anti-separatist bill? actually, this case is very interesting as for the | case is very interesting as for the procedure used to take that case, which was the public service, using a newer procedure implemented by the law on separatism, allowing the government to go before court if they did that. but this one

infringed so—called republican values. so the law is clear, technically, neutrality does not apply to the people all the private square at all, it applies to civil servants, but for a couple of years we have been witnessing a modern interpretation that fights the visibility, targeting first and foremost muslim women, so it�*s very tricky because we claim to free women, it�*s a sign of segregation, and yet we are asking them to hide or choose not to swim, and legally speaking, a couple of years ago, our ombudsman, the defender of rights, actually rejected, overturned a decision of the municipality, prohibiting the burkini because of hygiene, declaring that it did not bring any evidence to implement such

a ban, so the question is really tricky, and the council of state has a jurisprudence of using —— being pretty liberal, so it will be interesting to see what the decision will be. . , my interesting to see what the decision will be. . , , will be. certainly tricky, but we will be. certainly tricky, but we will remember _ will be. certainly tricky, but we will remember your— will be. certainly tricky, but we will remember your words, - will be. certainly tricky, but we - will remember your words, another summer season, another row about burkinis, thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. to the us, where supply chain issues are causing shortages and price increases for an essential product — tampons. manufacturers say they�*re stepping up production to address the problem. here�*s how the us media�*s covered the issue. time calls it the great tampon shortage of 2022: the supply chain problem no one�*s talking about. the article lists an example of sellers taking advantage. "injanuary, one box of 18

tampax listed for $114." and from bloomberg, "it�*s getting more expensive to have your period, thanks to inflation." let�*s get more now from the bbc�*s noor nanji. what�*s behind the shortage of tampons? one major reason for the shortages is a spike in the prices of raw materials, those raw materials used to make sanitary products. the war in ukraine has only pushed up prices further, and that is impacting on manufacturers and increasing their production costs. another factor here plays the pandemic, it caused major supply chain disruptions all around the world and the effects of that are still being felt, and it has helped to cause shortages of basic goods and essential supplies. a third factor is staffing shortages. we are seeing these as well all around the economy, labour

shortages including in manufacturing plants, having an impact on production, all of that is causing the shortages of tampons in the us. and on social media users are venting their frustration and sharing their experiences of trying to get their hands on these products. to get their hands on these products-— to get their hands on these roducts. �* ., , , , products. i'm not surprised, if the costs are being _ products. i'm not surprised, if the costs are being inflated _ products. i'm not surprised, if the costs are being inflated by - products. i'm not surprised, if the costs are being inflated by so - products. i'm not surprised, if the l costs are being inflated by so much. the companies that make and sell them, what are they saying? manufacturers in the us have stepped up manufacturers in the us have stepped up production to address these shortages, so procter & gamble for example said they are working very hard to ramp up production, and they also sought to assure people this would just be a temporary situation. another company which makes brands says their stocks have been impacted by staff shortages caused by the omicron variant in the us and in canada, but they also said they are working around the clock to restock shelves, and they also said they

anticipate inventory levels returning to normal in the coming weeks. why is the problem worse in the us than elsewhere? it's it�*s a good question, and nobody really knows. i spoke to some supply experts today who set off on this is caused by supply sourcing issues which is normally why we see issues like this cropping up in one country and not in others. $5 like this cropping up in one country and not in others.— like this cropping up in one country and not in others. as always, thank ou ve and not in others. as always, thank you very much _ and not in others. as always, thank you very much for _ and not in others. as always, thank you very much for bringing - and not in others. as always, thank you very much for bringing us - and not in others. as always, thank you very much for bringing us that l you very much for bringing us that story, the story that one of the us media are saying that nobody is talking about, this shortage of tampons, especially in the united states. lots more on all of our stories on our website, my thanks to the whole team, lots more on our website as well, and that reminder of our main story we are watching closely, one of the seven asylum seekers due to be flown to rwanda will not be on the plane due to an injunction from the european court

of human rights. like i said, we are monitoring that story and all of our stories but for the time being thank you very much for watching. plenty of blue sky and sunshine today across england and wales in particular, as captured by weather watcher here in bracknell, with more sunshine to come over the next few days and we�*re going to be tapping into some very warm air indeed. you can see on the map here is indicated by the red colours. there�*s a heatwave across spain and south western france that warm air moves northwards and temperatures are likely to peak in the uk for us on friday. so turning very hot and humid for some, not for all. it�*s cooler, cloudier with outbreaks of rain for northern ireland and scotland. underneath this swathe of cloud, then temperatures will stay largely in double figures. some outbreaks of rain moving

into the northern isles in time for tomorrow morning for the south. then across england and wales, there�*ll be some long, clear spells. temperatures won�*t drop quite as low as they did last night, but probably still back into single figures for many. let�*s take a look at wednesday then. so we�*ve still got our weather front out towards the north and the west, but the high pressure hangs on for england and wales. it keeps it dry here and keeps that weather front away as well. and a little bit more detail then — the lion�*s share of the sunshine for england and wales. plenty of sunshine here, plenty of clouds here for scotland and northern ireland again. but outbreaks of rain just towards western coastal areas of scotland. there will be some brighter spells, some sunshine i think for parts of aberdeenshire, southern scotland, also eastern areas of northern ireland. and the temperatures will rise. it will feel warmer here in the best of the sunshine. but along with that sunshine, of course, comes a higher pollen count. the pollen count will rise for scotland and northern ireland in that sunshine. it does stay very high across england and wales, of course. let�*s take a look at thursday now. it will start to feel really quite humid by then. we�*ve got that very warm, humid air moving in from the south.

still some outbreaks of rain, and that rain threatens to turn heavy as we head through the night and thursday into friday. temperatures widely in the mid to the high 20s. now in south is a warm and sticky night on thursday into friday. let�*s take a look at friday. so outbreaks of rain again, some of that rain likely to be heavy on this weather front, that will be sinking southwards throughout the weekend. the highest temperatures probably just north of london, hertfordshire, cambridge, perhaps 31 to 33 degrees celsius. that�*s short lived, though, a thundery breakdown over the weekend.

this is bbc news, i�*m ben thompson. the headlines at 8pm... as an aircraft bound for rwanda waits on the runway, the fistfight sending a silent fa ke fake —— a fight will go ahead. fake -- a fight will go ahead. will be necessary _ fake -- a fight will go ahead. will be necessary to _ fake —— a fight will go ahead. ll be necessary to change lives to help us as we go along, it may very well be in these options are under constant review. memorials have been held throughout the day to mark the five years since the grenfell tower fire, in which 72 people died. scotland�*s first minister nicola sturgeon kicks off a new campaign for another vote on scottish independence. johnny bairstow scores the second quickest test century in the history of english cricket, as england beat new zealand in a thrilling match to win the series against the world�*s

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