mixed feelings about it. church of england leaders have described the policy as immoral , downing street has said the plane may not take off today as planned because of ongoing legal challenges by some of those due to be removed. also this lunchtime: basic pay falls in relation to rising prices at the fastest rate in more than a decade. intense russian bombardment in the east of ukraine all three bridges in a key city have now been destroyed. five years since the grenfell tower disaster, a memorial service is held at westminster abbey for the 72 people who died. nicola sturgeon insists there is an indisputable mandate for a second referendum on independence for scotland. and england chase a second innings target of 299 to win the second test against new zealand. and coming up on the bbc news channel: australia are into the world cup finals for a fifth time in a row, following the heroics of sub keeper andrew redmayne. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one.
the corridor of uncertainty marched england s bettors. alex lees hit 12 off the first over, spectators getting right into the game and still coming into the ground. they could have missed zak crawley, gonf or non . remember, ten wickets for new zealand to win. gone for zero. elizabeth has the weather. lots of blue skies and sunshine across much of the uk, set to continue for much of the week. a lot more sunshine and for some but not all it will turn rather hot and humid. across northern and western areas it will be quite cloudy and cool areas it will be quite cloudy and cool, namely northern ireland and scotland, and outbreaks of rain here into the rest of the week. there is currently a heatwave across the iberian peninsula, temperatures have been soaring to over 40 celsius, thatis been soaring to over 40 celsius, that is set to track northwards over the next few days also, across france and eventually reaching the uk, temperatures are likely to peak on friday. we could se
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borisjohnson insists his government won t be deterred or abashed by criticism of his asylum policy with the first plane taking people to rwanda due to fly tonight. with up to eight people scheduled to be removed, borisjohnson told the cabinet the policy was aimed at tackling people traffickers. we have had to work within the scope of common humanity and compassion, that s the right thing to do, but we have to interrupt the business model of the gangs. around 270 migrants are thought to have reached the uk by boat so far today. people in dover disagree about the rwanda plan. i think that s the best way to put them somewhere different. why is it rwanda s problem? if there s no way out for them from rwanda, i ve got very.