Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has applied to the high court for public interest immunity to withhold from publication 10 extracts of two internal documents which she said could damage international relations and breach national security if they were made public . Lord Justice Lewis refused to grant public interest immunity to six of the 10 passages, but granted it to the remaining four. The decision that the majority of excerpts can be disclosed is likely to be a blow to the government. The judge ruled that the extracts must be disclosed to the claimants ahead of a high court hearing on September 5 to determine whether or not the policy of sending some asylum seekers arriving in the UK to Rwanda was legal. Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. It also ruled that certain other passages could remain confidential and should not be disclosed. During the hearing of the application, the court heard that a Foreign Office official raised concerns about plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, citing state surveillance, arbitrary detention, torture and killings by the country’s government, the high court heard . The Guardian, the BBC and The Times submitted motions to the court asking for those 10 quotes to be disclosed, arguing that it was in the public interest. Parties challenging the legality of the Rwandan policy – ​​the PCS union, Care4Calais, Detention Action and some asylum seekers – say the extracts should be made public. Christopher Knight, who represents some of the plaintiffs, cited a document from a State Department official that says: “There are structures of state control, security, surveillance from the national level down to [households]. Political opposition is not tolerated, and arbitrary detention, torture, and even murder are also acceptable methods of control.”