ministers say they're planning a new flight of asylum seekers to rwanda after the first plane was effectively grounded last night. just before it was due to take off the flight was stopped by a european court ruling. in the last few minutes the home secretary has said it won't stop the government trying again. whilst this decision by the strasbourg court in geneva was disappointing and surprising given the repeated and considered judgments to the contrary in our domestic courts, we remain committed to this policy. this domestic courts, we remain committed to this policy-— to this policy. this is a shambles and it is shameful _ to this policy. this is a shambles and it is shameful and _ to this policy. this is a shambles and it is shameful and the - to this policy. this is a shambles and it is shameful and the home secretary— and it is shameful and the home secretary has no one but herself to hiame~ _ we'll be examining the government's options after that court ruling. also this lunchtime... network rail says three days of strike action next week will mean six days of disruption and half

the railway lines in britain being closed. our shrinking coastline — a warning that rising sea levels mean almost 200,000 properties in england may have to be abandoned. december last year there was eight metres of road between here and the end there. i measured it yesterday and we are down to 3.4 metres. and how an elderly ukrainian woman has become the unlikely face of pro—war russian propoganda. and coming up on the bbc news channel... after the biggest win of her career yesterday, britain's katie boulter is back in action at the birmingham classic on a busy day of grass—court tennis.

the government says prepartions are already under way for a new flight taking asylum seekers to rwanda after the first one was effectively grounded last nightjust before take off. at the last minute, the european court of human rights ruled in favour of an iraqi man who was due to be on board the plane, saying he faced "a real risk of irreversible harm". ministers say they're surprised and disappointed by the ruling, but confident the next flight will go ahead. the home secretary said the government would not be put off by last—minute legal challenges. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. 0n the south coast today no sign that the prospect of being sent to rwanda is deterring new arrivals. the government was my policy is on hold. the home secretary this lunchtime insisted it will happen.

we remain committed to this policy. these repeated legal barriers are very similar to those that we experienced with all other removal flights and we believe we are fully compliant to our domestic and international obligations and preparations for our future flights and the next flight has already begun. and the next flight has already beuun. , , and the next flight has already beuun. , ., begun. yesterday's flight cost a cou - le begun. yesterday's flight cost a coule of begun. yesterday's flight cost a couple of hundred _ begun. yesterday's flight cost a couple of hundred thousand - begun. yesterday's flight cost a - couple of hundred thousand pounds but never took off. in strasberg european court of human rights said first the legality of the whole scheme must be decided by british courts. laboursays scheme must be decided by british courts. labour says the whole is flawed. , ., , , flawed. even under their plans they are not preposing — flawed. even under their plans they are not proposing that _ flawed. even under their plans they are not proposing that everyone - flawed. even under their plans they l are not proposing that everyone who comes across the english channel goes to rwanda. i think their estimates are round about 20 to 30%. so i am afraid it will not be a deterrent, it will not work, it probably will be abandoned and will cost the uk taxpayer millions and millions of pounds will stop one application the court ruled on was

brought by an iraqi man who arrived in the uk a month ago.— in the uk a month ago. doctors say he may have _ in the uk a month ago. doctors say he may have been _ in the uk a month ago. doctors say he may have been the _ in the uk a month ago. doctors say he may have been the victim - in the uk a month ago. doctors say he may have been the victim of- he may have been the victim of torture. he was told his asylum claim was inadmissible. his lawyers say it is open to the government to argue before the court in strasbourg if it wants to overturn the decision, or it can change the law in the uk. decision, or it can change the law in the uk-— decision, or it can change the law in the uk. alternatively you could do what you _ in the uk. alternatively you could do what you could _ in the uk. alternatively you could do what you could do _ in the uk. alternatively you could do what you could do in _ in the uk. alternatively you could do what you could do in a - in the uk. alternatively you could i do what you could do in a democracy what you are expected to do and put through a law, put the matter to parliament, and have statute that would approve and embody its policy, which would be fully debated in parliament and the courts could not then touch it. is it parliament and the courts could not then touch it— then touch it. is it time for the uk to withdraw _ then touch it. is it time for the uk to withdraw from _ then touch it. is it time for the uk to withdraw from the _ then touch it. is it time for the uk to withdraw from the european i then touch it. is it time for the uk i to withdraw from the european court of human rights, prime minister? that idea, withdrawing from the convention and courts that try and uphold fundamental rights, and which the uk helped create during and after the second world war is what some tory mps are now advocating,

but far from all would support such a move. i but far from all would support such a move. ., �* ~ , a move. i don't think it is right for us as— a move. i don't think it is right for us as a _ a move. i don't think it is right for us as a party _ a move. i don't think it is right for us as a party to _ a move. i don't think it is right for us as a party to abandon i a move. i don't think it is right. for us as a party to abandon our historic commitment to european connections. it was british conservative lawyers who wrote it after the war. i believe in human rights, and i think all my colleagues do.— rights, and i think all my colleaaues do. , ., ., , colleagues do. deterring dangerous “ourne s colleagues do. deterring dangerous journeys and _ colleagues do. deterring dangerous journeys and defeating _ colleagues do. deterring dangerous journeys and defeating the - colleagues do. deterring dangerous l journeys and defeating the smuggling networks is what all agree should be the outcome of any policy. for now it seems it is the courts, not the politicians, who will decide what happens next. politicians, who will decide what happens next. damian grammaticas, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is at westminister. so the first flight to rwanda grounded but the government already making plans for another one? ministers are ploughing ahead. there is no doubt they want to continue with this policy and they are already making active plans to put another flight on and to make sure that they follow through on this. the home secretary said in the last few minutes that she thinks faith in

the immigration system would be further damaged if these flights don't eventually happen. now, labour says this is all government by gimmick, that the policy is unworkable, and unethical. but there is also pressure coming from the conservative party to the government. there are some tory mps who want ministers to completely rethink the uk's relationship with the european convention on human rights in light of what happened last night. some are calling for the uk to withdraw altogether. i don't think that is going to happen imminently, but ministers are preparing to bring forward some changes to the human rights act in the next few weeks. it is not completely clear at the moment what impact that would have had on what happened last night and just how much power it would give british courts are to be the ultimate arbiter of these decisions. but be under no doubt, the government is not willing to drop this policy, it is absolutely adamant that it is

going to happen, even if it takes some time, even if it means fighting more legal battles. hick some time, even if it means fighting more legal battles.— more legal battles. nick eardley, our political— more legal battles. nick eardley, our political correspondent. - nick eardley, our political correspondent. the extent of the travel chaos that will be caused by next week's rail strikes has emerged. network rail says the three days of strikes will effectively mean six days of disruption. half of britain's railway lines will be closed and places like penzance, bournemouth, swansea, holyhead, chester and blackpool won't have any passenger services at all. some 40,000 staff are due to walk out onjune 2ist, 23rd and 25th in a row about pay, jobs and pensions. here's our business correspondent ben king. still no sign of a deal to avoid the strike. so today network rail has set out a plan for the limited number of trains it can run next week when much of the country's train network will be brought to a standstill.

i'm afraid we will not be able to open all of the routes so we have prioritised the routes on a couple of things. firstly, well one person can control the maximum number of trains. which tend to be the busiest routes like into waterloo. but also for critical freight routes so we can make sure those supermarket products, the power station supplies, those things will be prioritised. around 20% of rail services will be running on strike days. trains will start later and finish earlier. customers are told to plan ahead and expect disruption and only travel where necessary. here is a map of which lines will be running, shown in purple. there will be chains between most major cities but service will be much reduced. for the travelling public trying to figure out what to do next week, should they assume that the strikes are going to go ahead? we are in negotiations today and yesterday. we will go into the small hours of tonight if needs be. we are working very hard to get a settlement. but we think this is unlikely at the moment and the reason we think it is unlikely is,

call us cynical, but we feel the government, the department for transport are in the background holding the pen and it seems they don't want to settle. the rmt is protesting againstjob cuts, changes to conditions, and calling for a pay rise. the rail industry says the government are not calling the shots but that with fewer people travelling after the pandemic, train companies are earning less money and have to cut costs. in stockport today, travellers were frustrated but not all unsympathetic. it's really inconvenient, i feel that they choose very inconvenient times to go on strike. i understand why people strike. but it just affects everybody else. the kids, you know, i'm just trying to get down to my daughter. i haven't seen for a year. everyone is having a really tough time and they need to adjust the pay packages for everybody. next week sees the glastonbury festival, school exams and major sporting events such as test match cricket. all will be significantly disrupted

unless an unlikely deal emerges. ben king, bbc news. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin is at waterloo in central london for us. we know there's going to be chaos on the railways next week with these strikes, but could there be further disruption later on as well? well, potentially. the strikes next week if they did go ahead will be the biggest in three decades and, as you heard, leaving some areas with no services at all on strike days and spilling out into a week of disruption. this affects freight as well as passengers. the rmt has previously warned there could be months of disruption ahead if new proposals were not brought forward. we know talks have been continuing, they will continue today, but the mood music we are getting is very much that not enough progress has been made at the moment to avert the strike. 0bviously, who knows what would happen after that if the

strikes go ahead but i could there be more? big gaps remain in some areas. network rail is accusing the rmt of standing in the way of modernisation in an area like maintenance, for example. the rmt union has said today that the government, in particularly the treasury, it says are calling the shots here and not allowing rail employers to reach a negotiated settlement. the industry says that is not the case. we have heard from the transport secretary in the past few days about potentially in the future considering plans to let agency workers come in and fill some of the gaps that would be created on strike days. we are expecting to hear more from the transport secretary in parliament later this afternoon. ., secretary in parliament later this afternoon. . ~ , katie austin. the european union has launched two legal challenges against the uk over the government's plans to alter northern ireland's post—brexit trade arrangements. ministers want to change them unilterally to make it easier for some goods to move between great britain

and northern ireland, but the eu claims that would break international law. 0ur correspondentjessica parker is in brussels. jess, was this sort of legal challenge inevitable? i think it was pretty likely. we knew the eu would feel it had to respond and it has and is expected it has taken legal action that was launched last year but paused and renewed it and launched two new cases as well over alleged breaches ijy cases as well over alleged breaches by the uk of the post—brexit treaty that of course both sides signed up to. and this is after the government tabled legislation on monday that could eventually see ministers override part of the northern ireland protocol. speaking this morning, the eu chief negotiator said basically let's call a spade a spade, this is illegal. uk ministers do not agree, they say their plans are within international law, but

they are necessary because the eu will not agree to more fundamental changes to the treaty. what comes next? well, there's legal action could take quite some time to run through its cause. likewise the legislation through parliament as well. so basically this week the stakes have been raised, the row rumbles on and the eu has said today its door is open to talk further, but more about its specific proposals on how to ease checks on goods going from great britain to northern ireland. so looking ahead if something does not change, if something does not give, they're potentially this row could escalate even further and there is the possibility of fines against the uk, even potentially trade sanctions. but a lot could change in the meantime and officials here are keen to stress we are not there yet. jessica parker, our europe correspondent. jessica parker, our europe correspondent. russia says it has opened a humanitarian corridor from the bombarded eastern ukrainian city of severodonetsk. the russian army says the safe route for some besieged residents will last for 12 hours and take convoys of people north

to occupied territories. hundreds of civilians are said to be trapped in a huge chemical plant in severodonetsk, sheltering with those ukrainian troops who are still resisting the russian assault. an elderly ukrainian woman has become the new and somewhat unlikely face of kremlin propaganda. in russia, she is known as "babushka z", babushka meaning grandmother. murals, placards, and even statues of her clutching the soviet flag have appeared all over the country. but how did a woman from a small ukrainian village become the face of the war for many russians? and what does she make of all the fuss? 0ur reporter sofia bettiza travelled to kharkiv to meet her. grandmother with the soviet flag. in russia she is known as "babushka—z" and has become one of the main symbols of support for the war in ukraine.

it all started with this video back in april. babushka walks towards two ukrainian soldiers and they offer her some food. then they take the flag off her, and stamp on it. so the woman, feeling insulted, gives back the food. my parents died for that flag, she says. for the kremlin, this was propaganda gold dust. a rare example of a ukrainian who regrets the collapse of the soviet union and looks at russians as liberators. within days, babushka started to appear everywhere in russia. murals, drawings, clothes, toys, bumperstickers. poems and songs dedicated to her. russian officials even unveiled a statue of her in mariupol.

in a small village near kharkiv, we tracked down babushka. her name is anna. translation: this is the flag of peace and love, not bloodshed. we show her photos of her fame, and she is gobsmacked. translation: i don't think they should glorify me. i am just a peasant woman and don't understand why i have become a celebrity. so why did anna greet ukrainian soldiers with a soviet flag? she says she confused them with russian soldiers. translation: i was just happy that russians would come and not fight with us. i was happy we would unite again. russia, ukraine and belarus. do you support what russia is doing in ukraine? translation: no, how can i support my people dying? my grandchildren and great grandchildren were first to escape to poland. this is fear and horror.

here, just outside, you can see shells fired by the russians. so even though in moscow she has become a star and a symbol of supposed russian liberation, her village has not been spared by vladimir putin's forces. anna is being attacked online. all her neighbours shun her. do you regret becoming a symbol in russia? translation: of course i'm not happy about it. i'd much rather not be famous because now in ukraine, they consider me a traitor. as we say goodbye to her, anna tries to give us her beloved red flag. i don't want any trouble, she says, i don't want people to ever use it against me. sofia bettiza, bbc news, kharviv. our top story this lunchtime.

the home secretary has defended the government policy of sending asylum seekers from uk to rwanda after the first plane was effectively grounded last night. and vets urge people to "stop and think" before buying an english bulldog because they have twice the health risks of other dogs. coming up on the bbc news channel. england'sjoe root is back at the top of the men's batting test rankings after his fourth century of the year in england's stunning win over new zealand in the second test. rising sea levels mean nearly 200,000 properties in england may have to be abandoned in the next thirty years, according to a report today. it says about a third of england's coast will be put under pressure by the rise in sea levels, which could increase

by as much as a metre by the end of the century. our climate and environment correspondentjonah fisher is in happisburgh on the norfolk coast. good afternoon from beautiful happisburgh and i'm here because this strip of coastline is among the fastest eroding coastline in the uk. we just have a long road fastest eroding coastline in the uk. wejust have a long road here fastest eroding coastline in the uk. we just have a long road here and i2 we just have a long road here and 12 houses which have all gone in the past 20 years and the road itself has lost four metres since december last year. residents of happisburgh at the moment are grappling with complex issues relating to climate change, coastal erosion and sea—level rises, all issues which many people who live around the coast uk may have to face up to in the next few years. you can actually see where my bungalow was. the sea has already made bryony homeless once. nine years ago, the land under her house here

in north norfolk crumbled into the water. a coastline that has always been shaped by the waves is now being consumed at an alarming rate. december last year, about the middle of it, there was eight metres of road between here and the end there. i measured it yesterday and we're down to 3.4 metres. so you've lost four metres, just over four metres since the start of the year, basically? december? since last december. this is bryony�*s home being demolished in 2013. the government has decided not to build new sea defences here, and the talk now is all about how people can be supported to relocate further inland. our sea levels are already rising at the moment. it's just by a few millimeters every year. but the rate is increasing. what this all means for coastal

communities like happisburgh is that there's going to be tough questions asked as to whether to hold the line, or retreat inland. so when we increase our sea levels, we get much more energy arriving at the coast. paul sayers has been researching the likely impact of sea level rises on small english coastal communities. he says it may not be possible to defend up to 200,000 homes and businesses by 2050. there's not going to be money probably under current funding rules, but also we're not sure if we would... it would be really difficult to do. our coast would be quite different from what it looks like now. we would have very little intertidal zone, very little habitat. it would be a much more stark coastline. if we were going to try to defend against it. itjust wouldn't be practical and would be affordable. it's not going to be a popular message. but you're still basically

on the front line? iam. bryony has only moved up the road, to a house that may be underwater within the decade. it's the one on the left here. the decisions are taken by people in london. i think they have to think about the long term, how we are going to look to the rest of the world if we just stand by and just let our country disappear. scientists say several hundred years of rising sea levels are now inevitable. difficult decisions lie ahead. what should we protect and what let go? jonah fisher, bbc news, happisburgh. police in brazil have arrested a second suspect in connection with the disappearance of two people, including a british journalist, in a remote part of the amazon rainforest. dom phillips and a local indigenous expert, bruno pereira, were last seen earlier this month. ammunition and an oar have also been seized by officials

looking for the pair, who have not been seen for ten days. next week's by—elections in wakefield in west yorkshire and tiverton and honiton in devon will be a crucial test for the prime minister and his government. in wakefield voters will go to the polls after the former conservative mp imran ahmad khan resigned having been convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage boy. the constituency was held by labour for more than 87 years, but swung to the conservatives at the last general election. our political correspondnet iain watson has been guaging the mood there. there's a buzz about this by—election. 15 candidates of all colours are standing. at the last election, wakefield changed from red to blue. but there are certainly signs that some people who voted conservative for the first time are now having second thoughts. i was one of those people that for the first time,

possibly a protest vote, voted conservative, and obviously feel let down. richard made it clear that his allegiance was shifting because of local issues and not because of borisjohnson, but for sue, the opposite seemed to be the case. i think to stand there and pontificate about what you should be doing and then in your own backyard, you're doing what you like, i think it's immoral. keir starmer was on his second visit to wakefield this week and his campaigners say they aren't just trying to win back lost support, they're trying to gain new voters, too. now, john isn't exactly new, but he tells me he's changing the political habits of a lifetime because of the current prime minister. he's sort of the centrepiece of everything that has deteriorated. that's not to say he's exactly gung ho about the opposition leader. keir starmer, i don't think he's powerful enough. i think he's a gentleman. party leaders aside,

voters are telling us they're concerned, unsurprisingly, about the cost of living, about local bus services, and about a national rail strike. but at this by—election, there are other issues at play. the previous conservative mp, imran ahmed khan is in prison for sexually assaulting a 15—year—old. labour were quick to highlight the issue. but with some voters, this seems to be backfiring. carole was angry that this leaflet contained an attack, but no policies. why aren't they coming and putting a case forward to me? it'd be interesting to see mr starmerjustify that. you see, i can'tjustify it. sorry. labour insists it's conducting a positive campaign. the conservatives say that more than 70 of their mps have been on the doorsteps here. the party believes that in this brexit supporting seat, recent polls suggesting a substantial lead for labour simply isn't matched by the reality on the ground. while some voters have mentioned partygate to me, unprompted, not all were disapproving of the prime minister.

amongst a plethora of grey personalities, he's got some personality. he's made mistakes, but to be honest, i don't care if he had a piece of cake at his party. i don't care if keir starmer had a beer at the end of his day in the north—east. i don't care. once safe labour, then conservative, wakefield is now fiercely contested political territory. iain watson, bbc news, west yorkshire. for a full list of candidates standing in the wakefield by—election, which takes place on thursday 23 june, visit the bbc website. with under a month to go until england hosts the women's euros, the duke of cambridge, who is also president of the football association, has been meeting the england team at st george's park. the squad for the tournament will be announced later this afternoon.

our sports correspondent jane dougall is there. how important is this tournament for the women's game? the home euros is a huge opportunity for england and going into the tournament they are probably one of the favourites and then there's home advantage because the benefits of knowing you are inspiring the next generation of young female footballers. already the opening match for england at el trafford are sold out. prince william arrived an hour ago and has been talking to the players and watched a closed training session and was presented with shirts for his young children with shirts for his young children with their names emblazoned on the back and also he is here of course to wish england good luck head of the tournament the head coach will name her 23 player squad later in the heart of the warm up match tomorrow for england against belgium. and then the tournament starts for england on the 6th of

july. northern ireland or in the same group and play norway on the 7th ofjuly but prince william has built up a rapport with quite a number of the players during a charity match nine or ten years ago when he was having a kickabout and one england midfielderjill scott put in a sliding tackle and took him out! we are told at the time the duke of cambridge took it in very good humour!— vets are urging people to stop and think before they buy a british bulldog — after new research found the flat faces and other extreme features bred into them mean they have twice the health risks of other dogs and can endure a �*lifetime of suffering'. the royal veterinary college says urgent action is needed to re—shape the breed — or it could face being banned. helen briggs reports. the bulldog has been transformed over the years from a muscularfighting dog,

seen as a symbol of british courage and endurance, to a popular pet that has become a star on social media. but vets are warning the dog is now too cute for its own good. u nfortu nately unfortunately when people look at the english bulldog many of the extreme characteristics come across as cute but these dogs are actually struggling to breathe with often deep skin and eye problems and then suddenly we perceive that what we thought was cute before is not cute from the perspective of the dog. vets want people to think carefully about the welfare issues of the breed before buying one and to avoid liking pictures of cute bulldogs on social media. and responsible breeders say they are doing all they can to improve the dog's health. they have their eyes tested and the breathing tested and they have the heart tested and they are checked over by good bulldog vets that they

proper bulldogs and their healthy and fit. if they don't pass those tests than they should not be breeding from them. we are really trying our best and then you see people with deformed puppies and everyone is saying that is wonderful, what a beautiful puppy and we are all sitting there going it is a disaster. you have to breed for good health and keep improving. but with several countries already considering banning the breeding of bulldogs on welfare grounds, vets say if nothing is done, there could be calls to ban the breed here. helen briggs, bbc news. the uk health security agency has issued a heat health alert for this friday and saturday — covering much of the midlands and southern england. here's helen willetts, it is going to get even hotter? it is going to get even hotter?

it is going to get even hotter? it is going to be