the wagner group's aborted mutiny. that's the warning from the eu's top diplomat. hello, welcome to verified live — three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. i marry mcsherry. the british government's plan to deport asylum—seekers to rwanda has been ruled unlawful by the court of appeal in london. three seniorjudges ruled by a majority that rwanda could not be treated as a safe third country. thejudgement is being seen as a major setback to prime minister rishi sunak. he said he fundamentally disagreed with the court, and would seek permission to appeal. here's our home editor mark easton. the government's flagship

but controversial rwanda policy had a new roadblock today, with the appeal court including the east african country is not safe enough for the uk to send asylum—seekers there. but the lord chiefjustice, lord burnett, announced it had been a split decision. he thinks rwanda is safe, but his two colleagues did not. deficiencies in the asylum system in rwanda are such that there are substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk that persons sent to remand it will be returned to their home countries, where they face persecution or other inhumane treatment, when in fact, they have a good claim for asylum. in that sense, rwanda is not a safe third country. the government will be disappointed by today's majorityjudgment — a blow for the home secretary, who's expressed her personal enthusiasm for getting flights to rwanda started as soon as possible. but that's not the end of the legaljourney — the matter will almost certainly now move to the supreme court for a final hearing later this year. the government believes its rwanda deal is the answer to the small

boats crisis, that the threat of being forcibly removed to east africa will deter people from crossing the channel and entering the uk illegally. however, the home office's own impact assessment says there's little or no evidence that it will work. the home secretary, who recently visited migrant accommodation in the rwandan capital, kigali, argues the deal the government with rwanda just over a year ago guarantees the human rights of migrants. this is clearly a matter for the home office to update the house on. we respect the court's decision, and i think there will be a statement later today from the home secretary on that matter. but opponents argue rwanda is not a safe enough place for asylum—seekers, and the systems of monitoring and oversight are not good enough to protect people from torture and inhuman treatment. what needs to happen is that the government of rwanda needs to show they can create a fair asylum system. and what's important for our case is that if the home office tries to send anyone to rwanda at any point, they need to have a fair

opportunity to put forward evidence to show whether it is or isn't safe now for asylum—seekers. although the rwanda plan will almost certainly end up in the supreme court, the government remains convinced the policy will prove a lawful and effective tool in achieving the prime minister's promise to stop the boats. in the last hour, the home secretary, suella braverman, gave her reaction to the ruling. this secretary, suella braverman, gave her reaction to the ruling.- her reaction to the ruling. this is a disappointing _ her reaction to the ruling. this is a disappointing judgment - her reaction to the ruling. this is a disappointing judgment and . her reaction to the ruling. this isj a disappointing judgment and we her reaction to the ruling. this is - a disappointing judgment and we will seek to appeal it. we hope that the process will be swift, and i'm glad that the court of appeal has recognised in paragraph 16 of its summaryjudgment that this is an important consideration that should be dealt with in a timely fashion. thisjudgment is be dealt with in a timely fashion. this judgment is disappointing for the majority of the british people who have repeatedly voted for

controlled migration. and for all those who want to see us deliver on our moral and democratic imperative to stop the boats. now mr speaker, i'm sure that all members of this house would agree that the british people are compassionate, reasonable, and fair—minded. since 2015 we have welcomed half a million people in need from all over the world via our global safe and legal routes, as well as by our country's specific routes encompassing ukraine, hong kong and syria. let’s ukraine, hong kong and syria. let's no to joe ukraine, hong kong and syria. let's 9° to joe inwood. — ukraine, hong kong and syria. let's go to joe inwood, what _ ukraine, hong kong and syria. let's go tojoe inwood, what did the judge say? go to joe inwood, what did the “udge sa ? , ., ., , go to joe inwood, what did the “udge sa? , ., say? this whole thing was about whether rhonda _ say? this whole thing was about whether rhonda was _ say? this whole thing was about whether rhonda was safe, - say? this whole thing was about whether rhonda was safe, not i say? this whole thing was about - whether rhonda was safe, not about the government trying to find a third country, isjust about the government trying to find a third country, is just about this one east african nation. as mark was saying in his report, it was a split

decision by the majority of the judges said they didn't believe that rwanda was a safe place to send people. another reason for that was because they think that the rwandan asylum system is not in a fit state to make these decisions about whether or not somebody should be granted asylum, and that the concern they had was that people who may have a legitimate claim to asylum would then be sent on back to their home country, the place they've fled from in the first place, and that was really at the heart of their concerns. was really at the heart of their concerns— was really at the heart of their concerns. , ., . ~ , ., , . concerns. joe, thank you very much, who has been _ concerns. joe, thank you very much, who has been across _ concerns. joe, thank you very much, who has been across what's - concerns. joe, thank you very much, who has been across what's been - concerns. joe, thank you very much, l who has been across what's been said on the court of appeals. live now to tim naor hilton, chief executive of the charity refugee action. what's your reaction to today's ruling? what's your reaction to today's rulin: ? ,., ., . ., ., , what's your reaction to today's rulin? ., , _ ruling? good afternoon. this policy has alwa s ruling? good afternoon. this policy has always been _ ruling? good afternoon. this policy has always been cruel— ruling? good afternoon. this policy has always been cruel and - has always been cruel and unworkable, and guaranteed to create

pure misery for refugees and strip them of their rights. it's really great to see the court reflect that by saying that rwanda is not a safe place for people to be sent to. it's also a reminder that this government —— to this government that it cannot ride roughshod over people's human rights, which should be guaranteed for all and notjust rights, which should be guaranteed for all and not just bartered rights, which should be guaranteed for all and notjust bartered away by ministers on grubby cash deals such as this one. but we should also note that this is a decision today that relates purely to whether rwanda is a safe country for people to be sent to, and what it's decided is that it isn't, there is a risk of people being sent back to their home country where they could face torture, inhuman treatment or degrading treatment, and we need to go further than this now. the right to claim asylum more generally and for that particular case to be heard needs to be at the heart of our

asylum system. we were one of the original draughters and signatures of the refugee convention in 1951 that committed us to... people who have experienced human rights abuses and persecution, and we see the government rolling back on that and it shouldn't be determined by how they came to this country. but tim, from the government's _ they came to this country. but tim, from the government's point - they came to this country. but tim, from the government's point of- they came to this country. but tim, i from the government's point of view, rhonda itself has maintained that it's a safe country, there's already an agreement to send libyan refugees there through the review and that rwanda itself. also it wasn't a majority, it wasn't unanimous in this court that rwanda isn't a safe country — can you see the government's point that ultimately it has done its due diligence and it believes rwanda is a country that is safe for people to be sent to, and therefore doesn't understand why the court of appeal has come to this decision? , , �* , court of appeal has come to this decision? , , �*, .,, decision? firstly it's lost the high court decision _ decision? firstly it's lost the high court decision today _ decision? firstly it's lost the high court decision today but - decision? firstly it's lost the high court decision today but it's - decision? firstly it's lost the high court decision today but it's part l court decision today but it's part of a wider point. if the government

want to stop the boats, and nobody wants to see those people take those incredibly dangerous journeys, they need to create safe routes for people. what we are seeing at the moment is a deep and glaring racism right at the heart of government policy which shuts and locks the door to most of the refugees from africa, the middle east, afghanistan and most of asia, and we need a refugee protection policy that provides safe routes and opportunities for people to be able to present their case for asylum. looking about the government itself is saying, millions of pounds are being spent now to house people and hotels. there is a pressure, isn't there, coming from particular parts of the country which sees a lot of asylum—seekers put up. asylum-seekers put up. the government _ asylum-seekers put up. the government needs - asylum—seekers put up. tie: government needs to start making decisions on people's asylum cases, they've slowed down to a crawling pace and that's why people are being stocked in makeshift accommodation

and hotels across the country for often years. i often visit those hotels and speak to people who have not even had an interview for their case — one family i spoke to, 17 months and hadn't even had an interview for their case. this even about the number of people by creating a asylum system that is effective, efficient, here's people's cases and commits to giving people's cases and commits to giving people a chance to put their case across. and while they're in that system waiting for a decision to give them the right to work and stops leaving them in limbo year after year, these are the people who will be our future citizens, our future colleagues at work, our future colleagues at work, our future mums and dads at the school gates, and we are treating them appallingly and need to create an asylum system that is fit for purpose and based on welcome support, ratherthan purpose and based on welcome support, rather than hostility. tim. support, rather than hostility. tim, aood to support, rather than hostility. tim, good to talk _ support, rather than hostility. tim, good to talk to _ support, rather than hostility. tim, good to talk to you, _ support, rather than hostility. tim, good to talk to you, thank you once again. good to talk to you, thank you once aaain. . ~' ,.

good to talk to you, thank you once aaain. . ~ ,, a good to talk to you, thank you once again._ a french - again. thank you. a french policeman has been charged _ again. thank you. a french policeman has been charged over— again. thank you. a french policeman has been charged over the _ again. thank you. a french policeman has been charged over the shooting . has been charged over the shooting of a 17—year—old boy on tuesday. thousands of people have been chanting democrat marching through the french suburb of nontariff term member the boy. the french suburb of nontariff term member the boy. the march was led by nahel�*s mother mounia. she saluted the crowds from an open—top truck. the teenager's killing — during a traffic stop — prompted riots in paris and other cities across france. this was the scene in the french capital last night. rioters clashed with police as cars were overturned and set alight. this video captured the police officer pointing his gun at the driver, before pulling the trigger at point—blank range. he died shortly afterwards. the french government has announced that 40,000 police officers are being deployed across the country tonight. at a crisis meeting with senior ministers, president emmanuel macron described the violence of the past

two nights as "unjustifiable". translation: the last few hours have been marked — translation: the last few hours have been marked by _ translation: the last few hours have been marked by scenes _ translation: the last few hours have been marked by scenes of— translation: the last few hours have been marked by scenes of violence - been marked by scenes of violence against police stations, schools, town halls and therefore basically against all institutions and the republic. and this is absolutely unjustifiable. and i want to thank all those who work to protect these institutions and restore calm. so for me, the next few hours must be a time for recollection and respect. one of the people who attended today's march was mohamed jakoubi — a neighbour of nahel�*s family. he spoke about his memories — of the 17—year—old: translation: he's a young man, he's very kind. - he's not evil or a hooligan. what the media are saying is not true. his mum raised him well, his grandmother we know here around the neighbourhood. she is kind and helpful, she loves everyone. the young man left us for nothing.

straight to paris, my colleague rajini vaidyanathan is there for us now. the smell of smoke fills the air here and it's filling our throats, and that's because in some parts of nanterre after that march ended, people started setting things alight, so there are some tires that have been satellite not too far from where we are. in the main, things were peaceful that march which attracted more than 6000 people —— set alight not too far. you may see in the distance there are more and more police officers arriving to this area in anticipation of another possible evening of unrest. now we've been speaking to some of the people who attended that march

earlier — a real sense of a lack of trust between people here and the police. people say this isn't something new, but they say that what's happened to nahel has just kind of opened up the issues that they say that they face, and this is what one man told me earlier. —— what one man told me earlier. —— what one woman told me earlier. untranslated that wasn't the clip of the man that i spoke to, that was one of the women i spoke to come apologies there was no translation on that. but the mood amongst most people i spoke to was frustration, as i was saying, a deep feeling that there is no trust in that trust has been

broken, so people were saying that they wanted justice for nahel, they also said that if there weren't cameras recording what happened, maybe the problems in the issues wouldn't have been brought to the spotlight in the way that they have, and of course that is a similar refrain from what we've heard in the united states when the protests happened in the wake of the death of george floyd. no people here haven't exactly made those comparisons, but there is a sense that they need to make sure that they do what they can so this sort of thing doesn't happen again. so i spoke to one man here who was wearing a body camera around his neck, a go pro, and he said "i wore that today in case something bad happened to me, then i would haveit bad happened to me, then i would have it recorded." so that's a sense of the trust that's been broken. the course as you were saying, charges course as you were saying, charges 110w course as you were saying, charges now have been laid against the officer who shot nahel, and hopefully that will make some people feel that action is being taken, of

course there will be a trial and he'll be able to make his case, as well. but some people have said that the authorities have been quick to condemn this, and that's been something that people have appreciated — although they say that words from politicians don't necessarily change much, and i'm just moving aside because you can see there... more emergency vehicles arriving here, and that's really been the scene all day. and i should just say that where we are in nanterre, it's not too far from the centre of paris, and we've been walking around this area today, you can see the damage and destruction from last night's arrest — a post office window not far from here complete smashed, lots of glass on the floor, lots of office buildings in the distance have graffiti written on them, and it's all the same feeling and sentiment here — they are demanding justice for nahel, and they believe that this is

the only way, some of them, for their concerns to be heard. but most people here that we've spoken to hope that there isn't another night of violence, but the police gear are turning up in larger numbers, bracing themselves for any possibility. bracing themselves for any possibility-— bracing themselves for any ossibili . , . possibility. take you very much indeed. possibility. take you very much indeed- just — possibility. take you very much indeed. just to _ possibility. take you very much indeed. just to update - possibility. take you very much indeed. just to update viewers | possibility. take you very much i indeed. just to update viewers at home on the latest, we've been hearing that there is a curfew that's been announced, butjust in a small part, a suburb of france, in the southwest of paris. it has brought in a curfew from 9pm this evening to 6am on monday. this is a commune in the southwestern suburb of paris, around 8.7 km, or 5.5 miles to the very centre of paris, and that town has brought in a curfew for its residents. one wonders whether other parts of the city may bring in similar

declarations, similar curfews given the amount of unrest that we've seen over the past few hours. more of course on that story here on bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories making news in the uk. staff sickness in the nhs in england has reached record levels. figures for last year show 5.6% of days were lost — the equivalent of nearly 75,000 staff. the absence rate is higher than during peak pandemic years of 2020—21. mental health was responsible for nearly a quarter of absences, according to analysis by the nuffield trust. ministers say thames water customers won't see any impact on bills or access to water, if the company collapses. the uk's largest water firm, which supplies around a quarter of the population, is in talks to secure extra funding as it struggles to pay debts of around £14 billion. people in staffordshire reported rumbling and rattling windows and doors after a 3.3 magnitude earthquake hit

the area on wednesday. the british geological survey said the tremor�*s epicentre was 11.5 miles below the village of tean. effects were notices as far away as yorkshire. your life dust your life on bbc news. staying in the uk, a cross party committee of mps which found borisjohnson had repeatedly misled parliament about lockdown parties has accused some of his allies of "vociferious attacks", to try to undermine its inquiry. the former ministers sirjacob rees—mogg and nadine dorries are among those named by the privileges committee. its members, mostly conservative, said that the allies of mrjohnson had attempted to "impugn the integrity of the committee" or "lobby or intimidate" its members. let's talk to our political correspondent iain watson.

the committee not holding back on what it thinks about some of these allies of mrjohnson?— allies of mrjohnson? absolutely not, ou allies of mrjohnson? absolutely not. you said — allies of mrjohnson? absolutely not, you said it _ allies of mrjohnson? absolutely not, you said it was _ allies of mrjohnson? absolutely not, you said it was a _ allies of mrjohnson? absolutely not, you said it was a cross - allies of mrjohnson? absolutely| not, you said it was a cross party committee and they are very cross indeed. very cross indeed about how they've been described, for example, they've been described, for example, the names of seven conservative mps, allies of borisjohnson, have been speaking about the committee's work while it was still in progress— calling it a kangaroo court or a banana republic. they see this as an attempt to undermine their investigation into borisjohnson, whether or not he lied to parliament, they found he did lie to parliament, they found he did lie to parliament, and in addition to that they say that by impugning their integrity, this is really undermining the legitimacy of parliament itself which called on them to investigate borisjohnson, and their concern is that people will not serve on committees like this in the future if they'll be put

under that amount of pressure. now there is, as you can imagine, quite a bit of pushback from some of those that were named — nadine dories for example has said over the last hour orso example has said over the last hour or so that there was no coordination amongstjohnson's allies, that the report is bizarre, and she also believes it could be an attempt to restrict freedom of speech of mps. and a former cabinet minister, an ally of borisjohnson's though not named in the report, simon clarke, spoke to us and he expressed his concerns. i have real concerns about this report — i have real concerns about this report today. it is my view that as mp5. we — report today. it is my view that as mps, we must all be free to legitimately critique the work of any committee of the house of commons. and we can't have committees which are effectively beyond _ committees which are effectively beyond criticism, and i do think that if— beyond criticism, and i do think that if we — beyond criticism, and i do think that if we go down this route, then frankly— that if we go down this route, then frankly the — that if we go down this route, then frankly the committee will never

stop having to follow up with mps, because _ stop having to follow up with mps, because i— stop having to follow up with mps, because i think it's an unsustainable position in which to place _ unsustainable position in which to place itself. ultimately mps are equal. — place itself. ultimately mps are equal, we do not have a situation whereby— equal, we do not have a situation whereby some mps are more equal than others _ whereby some mps are more equal than others the— whereby some mps are more equal than others. . ., whereby some mps are more equal than others. , whereby some mps are more equal than others. .., ._ , , whereby some mps are more equal than others. .., , , , others. the committee says this is not simple — others. the committee says this is not simple event _ others. the committee says this is not simple event freedom - others. the committee says this is not simple event freedom of- others. the committee says this is i not simple event freedom of speech are not being criticised, they say that the conservative mps in this committee were put under the pressure — there was a campaign by a borisjohnson supporting website boris johnson supporting website that borisjohnson supporting website that saw 600 e—mails sent to mps on the committee to stand aside, and they want to draw a line under that. mps will debate this report next month, on 10th ofjuly, and though borisjohnson is no longer a member of parliament, it still casts a very long shadow in westminster. thank ou ve long shadow in westminster. thank you very much- _ the eu's top diplomat has warned vladimir putin will pose a "greater danger" to europe after the wagner group's aborted mutiny last weekend. josep borrell said a "weaker putin"

represented a bigger risk, there's speculation that mr putin has moved against some members of the kremlin elite after the disappearance of a senior russian general, sergei surovikin. he's the deputy commander of russian forces in ukraine, but he hasn't been seen in public since the mutiny. i asked our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford for her assessment of the latest developments in moscow. well, we know there's a lot of rumours and precious few facts at the moment, particularly regarding the moment, particularly regarding the fate of the general thought of you the very senior member of the russian military, and there have been rumours for days now that he's been rumours for days now that he's been disappeared, he's not been seen by family or friends, that was certainly being reported by some journalists with very senior contacts, particularly one, the head of a radio station formerly in russia saying he hadn't been in touch with his family since the weekend. now since then, there's been an audio recording that has

appeared which is supposedly general sergei surovikin's daughter that he's at his workplace as usual, but there's a lot of rumours swelling, and questions, because it seems so unfathomable to people that what happened at the weekend was actually able to happen, that armed men were able to happen, that armed men were able to happen, that armed men were able to take over the military command in the city of rostov and to march on moscow. so the suggestion is there's now a purge under way of those who may have helped the leader of that mutiny, yevgeny prigozhin, and questions about those who were previously loyal to him, whether they remained loyal to him during that mutiny. so as i say, lots of rumours at the moment, still no confirmed facts, and the kremlin itself when asked to comment on that simply said, "ask that the —— asked the defence ministry," and they are not making any comments. let me take you live to new mexico,

where virgin galactic is launching its first commercial space flight, galactic 01. this is a huge milestone for the company and commercialflights into the space. you can see this plane here, dubbed galactic 01, took off from the spaceports in new mexico, usa, at about 8:30am local time, and it flew up about 50 miles above sea level where the passengers on board managed to enjoy a few minutes of weightlessness, which is what you dream of, but even better than that apparently they saw the actual curvature of the earth as they looked down on all that was below them. it's not cheap, a $160,000

ticket was paid by these passengers, but we know they had a good time because we have pictures of them smiling and italian flags being waved around, because the passengers were from italy. we'll bring you more on the story here on the bbc, it's also on our website if you're stepping away from the tv and want more insight into this momentous moment in the world of commercial space travel. hello there. it wasn't the most promising start to the day on thursday. a lot of cloud around for central and eastern areas with some rain, too. but that all cleared out of the way, and the air turned fresher through the day with these sunnier skies working in for most of us, so didn't end up being too bad. there's the weather front then that brought the early morning rain, and that was significant rain for some. for example, in parts of essex, in andrews field, we had 12 millimetres of rain, half an inch recorded in the space of six hours. this was actually more rain than we'd seen for the whole of the month ofjune.

before this, there'd only been seven millimetres falling. it has been very dry for parts of eastern england. overnight tonight, well, initially we've got clear spells and a fresh feel to the weather, so not a bad start to the night, but it will be turning progressively damper and more humid from the west as we go through the second part of the night. so eventually, it'll start to turn out to be quite muggy. along with that more humid air that will be pushing in as we go through friday, we will have some low cloud, some mist and fog patches around some of our western coasts and hills, and spots of drizzle falling pretty much anywhere, but particularly so in the west. a bit of heavy rain for a time into western areas of scotland. so completely different day today, sunshine certainly in short supply and a muggy feel to the weather. temperatures for the most part between 18—21 celsius. the weekend weather prospects — we start to lose that muggy air as a cold front works its way in through the night. and then, saturday and sunday, we're in this basically west—northwesterly airflow. so a fresher feel to the weather returns as we go through saturday morning. there will be quite a brisk

wind with us throughout the whole of the weekend, and close to an area of low pressure to the north of scotland. here, we'll see showers or some longer spells of rain across the northwest. a few showers getting into the north west of england and northern ireland, but moving through with time, there'll be some sunshine — the driest and brightest weather through the afternoon across more southern parts of england and wales. it'll still feel quite warm where the sunshine pops out. and it's a similar story, really, on sunday — again, there'll be some longer spells of rain across the north west of scotland, else a few showers across the northern half of the uk. the driest, sunniest weather further south. still quite windy, temperatures for the most part between 17—23 celsius, but turning a bit cooler in the north west of scotland. into next week, low pressure stays close to the north of the uk. so it's a case of quite unsettled weather with showers or some longer spells of rain in the north.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the mother of the teenager shot dead by french police leads a march in his memory, a march in his memory, as an officer's charged and held as an officer's charged and held in custody over the killing. in custody over the killing. here in the uk a damning report says here in the uk a damning report says an undercover police unit, an undercover police unit, which infiltrated protest groups which infiltrated protest groups forfour decades, should forfour decades, should have been disbanded. have been disbanded. vladimir putin poses a greater vladimir putin poses a greater danger to europe, that is the danger to europe, that is the

warning from the eu's top diplomat. warning from