hello and welcome to bbc news. prince charles is reported to have privately described the british government s policy of sending migrants to rwanda as appalling . the comments, reported in the times newspaper, the comments, reported in the times newspaper, emerged after the high court ruled that the first flight taking asylum seekers from the uk to the central african country could go ahead next tuesday. we have more on his comments in a moment. but first here s the bbc s mark easton on the legal proceedings. is it lawful to give people seeking asylum in the uk a one way ticket to rwanda? telling them to pursue refugee status thousands of miles south in east africa? the first migrants are due to make thatjourney next tuesday, with campaigners today failing in their legal bid to stop the removals. the high court in london heard from home office lawyers that six asylum seekers who had been due to be deported have had their removal directions cancelled, but the judge was not pe
ukrainian officials say humanitarian conditions in the city of mariupol are getting worse under the current russian occupation and people there are at risk of diseases like cholera. the exiled deputy mayor of the southern port city says bodies are still being discovered in the ruins, there is a shortage of doctors, and food and water are in short supply. our correspondet nick beake has more from kyiv. the big concern is that the dire conditions in mariupol, this city of death and destruction, are idealfor the rapid spread of this disease among the 100,000 people who are still said to be living there. tonight, the ministry of health here in ukraine have told us they actually haven t recorded any official cases. that s not to say they don t exist, but they say it s more a case they can t do any testing there because the russians are not allowing people in and out. this is a city where it s hard to get information from. communications are poor. but earlier today, we were able to
ukrainian officials are warning that humanitarian conditions in the russian occupied city of mariupol have deteriorated so far that there s a risk of diseases such as cholera and dysentery breaking out. the exiled deputy mayor of the southern port city says bodies are still being discovered in the ruins, there s a lack of doctors, and food and water are in short supply. our correspondet nick beake has more from kyiv. the concern is that the dark conditions in the city of death and destruction are idealfor the rapid spread of this disease among the 100,000 people were still set to be living there. tonight, the ministry of health here in ukraine have told us they actually have not recorded any official cases. that s not to say that they do not exist, but smirk case of they can t do any testing there because the russians are not allowing people in and out. this is a city where it s very hard to get any information from, communications are poor but we were able to speak to one