for the latest. and remembering the victims of grenfell five years on from the grenfell tower fire in london where 72 people were killed, events are being held across the city. i m victoria derbyshire, we are here throughout the day talking to people deeply affected by the events of that night and what has happened since. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the first flight taking asylum seekers to rwanda will leave from an undisclosed location in the uk this evening, after campaigners lost a court battle to prevent it. they had hoped to stop the plane taking off before a full hearing next month on whether the policy is lawful. dozens of asylum seekers were originally due to be on the flight, but most won appeals against deportation. it s not know how many people will be on tonight s flight, but it s thought to be about seven or eight people, and some of those have hearings today to determine whether they will be on board. the cost of charter
this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. final legal challanges by asylum seekers are being heard today before the first flight due to take migrants from the uk to rwanda as part of a new government policy. the flight will take off tonight. it s very important that we establish the principle of this route into rwanda. with the attempt to undermine the rwanda policy is that they are, i m afraid, undermining everything that we re trying to do to support safe and legal routes for people to come to the uk. a fundamentally unlawful policy. claiming asylum is a human right, land rwanda is not a safe countryl to which people can be returned. scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, is to launch
this is bbc news with the latest headlines. final legal challanges by asylum seekers are being heard today before the first flight due to take migrants from the uk to rwanda. the flight will take off tonight. it s very important that we establish the principle of this route into rwanda. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon is to launch a fresh campaign for independence, saying she ll unveil a series of papers to make a new case. scotland can do better as an independent country. in fact, had we known in 2014 everything we know now about the path the uk would have taken in the years since, then i ve got no doubt scotland would have voted yes back then. regular pay in the uk is falling at the fastest rate in more than a decade when taking
the headlines on bbc news. final legal challanges by asylum seekers are being heard today before the first flight due to take migrants from the uk to rwanda. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon is to launch a fresh campaign for independence, saying she ll unveil a series of papers to make a new case. fierce fighting continues in eastern ukraine in the battle for severodonetsk as ukraine s grip on the strategic city weakens. let s get more on that story. ukraine s eastern city of severodonetsk is now completely cut off from the rest of the country, after all three bridges were destroyed by russian forces. heavy fighting has been taking place there for weeks. thousands of civilians and ukrainian troops are now trapped in the city. russia is also bombarding the neighbouring city of lysychansk from which civilians