BBCNEWS BBC News July 7, 2024
number one side. good evening. a last—minute legal challenge at the european court of human rights has cast doubt on whether the first flight — this evening — sending asylum seekers from britain to rwanda will go ahead. the court in strasbourg has issued an order blocking the removal of one of the handful of individuals expected to be on board, among them iraqi kurds and iranians. the bbc understands that the home office in london now thinks that the court could prevent any planned removals today. the government insists the flights are necessary to deter people—trafficking ga...