risk of irreversible harm if he was flown to rwanda. the court is part of the council of europe set up after the second world war, and the uk is a member, and it s got nothing to do with the european union. the high court in london had earlier ruled there was no reason to stop the flight but acknowledged there were serious issues with the rwanda policy. judges here will next month, through what s called a judicial review, consider whether the policy is legal. the plan, which will cost £120 million, was announced last month and will run for five years. scores of charities, campaign groups as well as the church of england oppose the policy, which will see some asylum seekers given one way tickets to the east african country. a number have launched legal challenges. let s get the latest from mark lobel. going nowhere. borisjohnson s rwanda plan to cut immigration, grounded for now. this flight was originally
farenheight, a weather alert is issued for friday and saturday. we ll bring you a detailed weather forecast in the next 25 minutes. the home secretary, priti patel, says she won t be be deterred from implementing her plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda despite a series of legal challenges that prevented the first flight from taking off last night. the plane was grounded when the european court of human rights ruled in favour of an iraqi man who was due to be on board triggering fresh appeals tojudges in london. ms patel says she s disappointed but says preparations for the next flight begin now. let s talk thourgh what happened. the european court of human rights said the iraqi man faced a real risk of irreversible harm if he was flown to rwanda. the court is part of the council
to the british economy. the plan has not yet got off the ground, but is not dead. attention now turns to howjudges will rule when they examine the entire rwanda removals policy next month. mark lobel, bbc news. government minister therese coffey insisted the home office was determined to go ahead with the policy. i think the government is surprised and disappointed with the ruling last night and my experience as a minister, is the quickest i have ever known a case to be considered but nevertheless, it had been three british courts and that is why i think people will be surprised to learn that european judges are overturning britishjudges s decisions. there is an element here we still need to go through that running and decide the next legal steps but also prepare the next. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent
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.
and wonderful the natural world. from a delicate sea creature called a brittle star, to a hermit crab carrying a sea anemone on its back. and these bizarre animals known as mud owls. all of these creatures were scooped up just off the coast of plymouth. so you ve got two worms here. this one is almost made these overlapping scales of kind of sandy shell. they re being collected for an ambitious new project, to sequence the genomes of all life in the british isles. today, scientists are focusing on marine worms, known as polychaetes. it s a big task. hundreds and hundreds of species. we ve got over 100 now. 120 odd species of polychaetes collected. it seems like a lot but really it s just the beginning. the plan is to sequence the dna of every plant, animal and fungi in britain and ireland that s about 70,000 species. and some are surprising. there s a type of microalgae that