this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm tadhg enright. the disgraced entertainer bill cosby is found to have sexually assaulted a 16—year—old girl in 1975 — a los angeles civil court awards her half a million dollars in damages. at the us capitol riot hearings, election workers speak of the pressure they faced from donald trump, leaving them to cope with abuse and intimidation. clashes in the ecuadorian capital leave two dead as the police fire tear gas at protesters demanding a better deal onjobs and the economy. a race against time — the un's stark warning that more than 75 million tonnes

of ukrainian grain needed to feed the developing world will start to rot, if export routes are not reopened soon. rock music. back after three years, the iconic glastonbury festival opens its gates to music fans again festival goers hello and welcome. a california jury has found the american comedian bill cosby was liable for sexually assaulting a woman at the playboy mansion in 1975 when she was 16 years old. the court also ordered that cosby must payjudy huth,

who is now 64, half a million dollars in damages. she spoke of her relief after the victory in court. mark lobel reports. justice forjudy huth, after the man, known to millions as america's dad, bill cosby, is found by a jury in a civil trial to have abused her a0 years ago at the playboy mansion. it has been torture, it has, ripped apart, thrown under the bus and backed over and this to me such a big victory, it really is.- victory, it really is. judy huth testified _ victory, it really is. judy huth testified that - victory, it really is. judy huth testified that the | huth testified that the comedian invited her in a friend, when she was 16 and he was 37, and forced her to perform a sexual act. bill cosby, now 8a, he did not appear in person at the trial, denied the allegation. his release from prison last year when a court in pennsylvania throughout a criminal conviction for sexual assault. todayis conviction for sexual assault. today is a big verdict in los angeles county because this is

the first, may be up to 50 or 60 bill cosby victims that have had their case moved forward to a jury after three years, that is bill cosby step three years and many believe it did not believe he received justice. the jury also ruled that bill cosby must payjudy huth $500,000 and damages but the team will appeal. we $500,000 and damages but the team will appeal.— team will appeal. we will a - eal, team will appeal. we will appeal. we _ team will appeal. we will appeal, we will— team will appeal. we will appeal, we will appeal, l team will appeal. we will. appeal, we will appeal, you heard from bill cosby in video disposition that he did not know her and ever bought a minor but what happened today was not a victory. they did not get the punitive damages. the victory was ours because we got to disclose and show what this woman was all about. campaigners praised judy huth for her courageous testimony. in a verdict they said shows survivors that perpetrators, even powerful ones, can be held accountable. mark lobel, bbc news.

threats, intimidation and unbearable pressure. this was the story of the latest congressional hearings investigating alleged attempts by donald trump and his allies to overturn the election result of 2020. the committee, which is investigating the storming of congress by trump supporters, has heard testimony from several officials from georgia and arizona. 0ur north america correspondent david willis has more. donald trump's attempts to cling to power was foiled in part by these men, low—key election officials who despite being members of the same party nonetheless regarded attempt to overturn joe nonetheless regarded attempt to overturnjoe biden�*s election victory repugnant. i overturn joe biden's election victory repugnant.— victory repugnant. i would never do _ victory repugnant. i would never do anything - victory repugnant. i would never do anything of - victory repugnant. i would never do anything of such | never do anything of such magnitude without deep consultation with qualified attorneys and i thought i had some good attorneys and i will give you their names. but you are asking me to do something against my oath and i will not

break my oath. mr against my oath and i will not break my oath.— break my oath. mr powers said the former _ break my oath. mr powers said the former president _ break my oath. mr powers said the former president lawyer, . the former president lawyer, rudy giuliani, considered at one point that he and his client had plenty of theories about election fraud but no actual evidence.— about election fraud but no actual evidence. the mysterious vote dump _ actual evidence. the mysterious vote dump of — actual evidence. the mysterious vote dump of op _ actual evidence. the mysterious vote dump of up to _ actual evidence. the mysterious vote dump of up to 100,000 - vote dump of up to 100,000 votes — vote dump of up to 100,000 votes for— vote dump of up to 100,000 votes forjoe biden, almost none — votes forjoe biden, almost none for— votes forjoe biden, almost none for donald trump. 0h! that sounds _ none for donald trump. 0h! that sounds fair! _ none for donald trump. 0h! that sounds fair!— sounds fair! one of his more fanciful claims _ sounds fair! one of his more fanciful claims was - sounds fair! one of his more fanciful claims was that - fanciful claims was that thousands of dead people had somehow been allowed to vote in a state of georgia. no evidence of that either the committee was told. ~ ., ., ., was told. we found two dead eo - le was told. we found two dead people in _ was told. we found two dead people in my _ was told. we found two dead people in my letter - was told. we found two dead people in my letter to - was told. we found two dead i people in my letter to congress on january people in my letter to congress onjanuary six and subsequent to that we found two more, a total of four, not 10,000, to that we found two more, a total of four, not10,000, not total of four, not 10,000, not 5000. , ., total of four, not 10,000, not 5000. ., ., 5000. extracts of a now infamous _ 5000. extracts of a now infamous phone - 5000. extracts of a now infamous phone call- 5000. extracts of a now| infamous phone call with 5000. extracts of a now - infamous phone call with rats and burger in which donald trump make clear what he was looking for from the georgia election official.—

election official. want to do is this: death threats from trump's supporters, even extended to vote counters like this woman and her mother, ruby, who donald trump publicly accused of attempting to rig the election outcome. do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states target you? the president of the united states is supposed to represent every american. not to target one.— to represent every american. not to target one. donald trump has called the _ not to target one. donald trump has called the committee's - has called the committee's investigation a political witch hunt and its chairman said at one point the actions of a handful of local election visuals were all that stood between the former president and the upending of american democracy. —— local election

officials. david willis, bbc news. david graham is a staff writer at the atlantic where he has covered disinformation surrounding the event on capitol hill extensively. what stood out for you in today's hearing? i think that rudy giuliani quote of having many theories are no evidence tells a lot of story and tells a lot about how the campaign and the allies handled the aftermath of the election. and i also got the emotional testimony from rusty bowers to being pressured to overturn and shame us, being the target of the president's slurs very effective and emotional. what evidence is there that these hearings are convincing trump believers that he could have been involved? we don't see a whole lot of that yet in public, popular public opinion. there is a

recent poll that said a small majority of americans think donald trump should be charged with a crime but there has not been a huge change either. we don't see that change. i think maybe the most important audience here are republicans who were uneasy about donald trump he may be supported him but not convinced. this may be about showing them that if he runs for the 202a election, it can ship support for them. is can ship support for them. is there any reflection or suggestion they are shifting their stands at all? it is suggestion they are shifting their stands at all? it is hard to tell. their stands at all? it is hard to tell- we _ their stands at all? it is hard to tell. we look _ their stands at all? it is hard to tell. we look at _ their stands at all? it is hard to tell. we look at someone | to tell. we look at someone like mike pence who to a certain estate has been a hero in these hearings, being made out to have made the right decisions at the right time. he has also been very careful about not openly criticising donald trump that even though

you see his hesitancy in situations. it you see his hesitancy in situations.— you see his hesitancy in situations. , ., situations. it sounds to me ou're situations. it sounds to me you're not _ situations. it sounds to me you're not entirely - situations. it sounds to me i you're not entirely convinced these hearings will make much difference to perhaps donald trump's hopes of getting on the ticket again for the next presidential election or even winning. am i right there? i think that's fair. i think winning. am i right there? i think that's fair. i think this is about the historical record in understanding what happened thenit in understanding what happened then it is about a massive persuasion campaign to the general public and republican voters. let's get some of the day's other news. a texas senate hearing into last month's uvalde school shooting has heard the police officers who responded put their own lives before the children's. the response team is said to have waited more than an hour outside the classroom door before they confronted the gunman. train services in britain will continue to be disrupted on wednesday as talks resume in a bid to resolve a dispute overjobs, pay and conditions. millions of passengers

were affected on tuesday after rail workers walked out in the largest rail strike in decades. a national monument paying tribute to the windrush generation will be unveilled in london later to mark windrush day. the statue, designed by jamaican sculptor basil watson, will be unveiled at waterloo station. the installation has been designed to be a permanent place of reflection and inspiration. police in ecuador have fired tear gas against demonstrators who've gathered in the capital, quito, for a ninth consecutive day. they're demanding changes to the conservative government's economic and social policies. two protesters are said to have been killed in the clashes. sylvia lennan—spence reports. a show of force by ecuadorian riot police. as hundreds of protesters marched on the capital, quito, to display

their anger at the government. security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators and they used fireworks, sticks and rocks against them... then moved to walter kannemann as the clutch is continued. a number of people have been injured. translation: we people have been in'ured. translation: ~ , , ., translation: we represent all of ecuador now. _ translation: we represent all of ecuador now. it _ translation: we represent all of ecuador now. it is _ translation: we represent all of ecuador now. it is a - translation: we represent all of ecuador now. it is a shame i of ecuador now. it is a shame to see the poor, elderly, the poor mothers with children being attacked with tear gas. the protests against the government were initially organised by the powerful confederation of indigenous nationalities of ecuador, known as conaie that of played an important role in politics for decades and help topple three presidents in the past 25 years. they demanding a list of concessions from the president, who only came to power in may last year. they include a fuel price cut, a halt to the expansion of oil production and

mining, a budget increases to healthcare. translation: , ., translation: there is a feeling of su ort translation: there is a feeling of support because _ translation: there is a feeling of support because we _ translation: there is a feeling of support because we are - translation: there is a feeling of support because we are tired l of support because we are tired of support because we are tired of the measures of this government. they not up to the job so we have had enough. people are supporting us. the centre of capital supports community, and the protest. earlier, flanked by the heads of the army, navy and security forces, the ecuador�*s minister of defence denounced the protest. translation: . ., translation: ecuador's democracy _ translation: ecuador's democracy faces - translation: ecuador's democracy faces a - translation: ecuador's democracy faces a grave | translation: ecuador's - democracy faces a grave threat from the concerted actions of angry people who are preventing the free movement of the majority of ecuadorians. the armed forces will not allow attempts to break the constitutional order or any action against democracy and the laws of the republic. dozens of people have been arrested and a state of emergency has been extended to cover at least six of the

country's 2a provinces. for now, indigenous leaders say they will not meet the government for talks, they will not meet the government fortalks, until they will not meet the government for talks, until it withdraws security forces from the capital. sylvia lennan—spence, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the iconic glastonbury festival opens gates to music —goers for the first time in three years. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade centre, armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a right to claim certain parts of this country as ourland. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner". cheering as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.a million people voted for the uk to leave the eu.

the medical research council has now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the disgraced entertainer, bill cosby, is found to have sexually assaulted a 16 year old girl in 1975. a los angeles civil court awards her $500,000 in damages. at the us capitol riot hearings, election workers speak of the pressure they faced from donald trump, leaving them to cope with abuse and intimidation. ukraine has confirmed that

russian forces have captured a key frontline village in the eastern region of luhansk. the loss of toshkivka gives russia a further foothold in the grinding battle for the nearby cities of severodonetsk and lysyhansk. the region's governor says continuous artillery fire have caused catastrophic destruction to both cities. russia has warned lithuania of "serious" consequences after it banned the transport of some goods to the russian territory of kaliningrad. the region, where an estimated 1 million people live, is sandwiched between lithuania and poland. it relies heavily on imports of raw materials and spare parts from russia and the european union. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, has this update from kaliningrad. when one of the most powerful men in russia, nikolai patrushev, the hawkish chief of the russian security council, flies into kaliningrad as he did earlier today and issues a very public

and stern warning about the consequences of russia's response to all of this will be very bad, very serious for the lithuanian people — that makes you wonder what russia is planning here. now some russian politicians and commentators are calling for a military response to lithuania — a show of force by russia. now that's quite incredible, really, because that would mean basically, russia against nato. and i don't think that's very likely, but the fact that some people are talking about this and pushing this shows just how bad relations have become between russia and the west. ukraine says more than 75 million tons of grains will start to rot if export routes are not opened soon. the country provides up to 10% of the world's wheat and nearly half of the world's sunflower oil.

but the war has stopped all grain shipments and the black sea ports are blockaded. the un has warned of hunger in poor countries and while the eu says millions of people are suffering the blockade, this is a real war crime. zhanna bezpiatchuk reports form the port cities of mykolaiv and 0dessa in southern ukraine. wills in southern ukraine were on the front line when the russian invasion started. now they're ready farthest. but the green warehouses are already full. this person is at it with 20 hectares of land 20 years ago and now she has a,000. all producing grain with nowhere to go. translation: we producing grain with nowhere to go. translation:— producing grain with nowhere to go. translation: we can survive throu~h go. translation: we can survive through moments _ go. translation: we can survive through moments like _ go. translation: we can survive through moments like this - go. translation: we can survive through moments like this but - through moments like this but at least by the end of this year the grain has to be exported. it's a huge pain. i

had to give up many plants. i understand my grand company is run back for decades.— run back for decades. ukraine is one of— run back for decades. ukraine is one of the _ run back for decades. ukraine is one of the largest - run back for decades. ukraine is one of the largest green . is one of the largest green exporters in the world and the world is waiting. this screen was a need to be exported in spring. but it got stuck here for months. it's a part of 25 million tons of grain trapped in ukrainian warehouses. if no solution is found, hundreds of millions will be affected worldwide. a short drive from the farm is one of the ports of mykolaiv, here to buy russian missile two weeks ago. it used to export a quarter of ukraine's grains. just 130 kilometres along the black seacoast is 0desa. the port overdose i used to export 5 million tons of grain per month. it's enough to feed a country the size of denmark for many months. this sea used to

be full of ships now there are none on the horizon. the ghost is now heavily marked. ukraine wants to stop the russians coming in by sea and the russians want to keep control of the region. using mines and warships. as a result, nothing can get in or out and the price of grain in ukraine is falling. but in the rest of the world, it's going up. translation: today we are working on the technology of storing grain straight to the fields in special tents, even the solution is food crisis to the —— is far now, it couldn't be permitted. -- is far now, it couldn't be permitted-— -- is far now, it couldn't be ermitted. ,, ., ., , permitted. she has already lost u . permitted. she has already lost u- to permitted. she has already lost up to 51-5 _ permitted. she has already lost up to $1.5 million. _ permitted. she has already lost up to $1.5 million. the - up to $1.5 million. the fighting turned her land into a battlefield and now the blockade is destroying her business. as arno bestia choke,

bbc news, mykolaiv. a ruling by the european court of human rights, which stopped the uk government from sending asylum seekers to rwanda, could be overturned by ministers under new proposals. the justice secretary, dominic raab, will introduce plans to parliament later today which would allow the government to ignore injunctions from the court in strausbourg as part of changes to the human rights act. mr raab explained the motivation behind the proposals: the driving motivation is safeguard freedom under the rule of law which means we strengthen things like free speech where we have a strong, proud edition but we also curb abuses of the system, sometimes under the guise of human rights watch in the case of foreign national offenders claiming an elastic rate of family life, give human rights a bad name. we want to strengthen our tradition of human rights that also give it the credibility that commands public confidence. time for a full roundup of the latest sports news. hello. i'm tulsen tollett and this

is your sports news, where we start with tennis, and serena williams marked her return to the court after a year out with a doubles victory at eastbourne. the a0—year—old american, a 23—time grand slam singles champion, teamed up with tunisian 0ns jabeur to win a thiid set tie—breaker against against spain's sara sorribes tormo and czech marie bouzkova. williams is set to play in the singles at wimbledon next week after receiving a wildcard for the grand slam event. i definitely felt good out there and i was talking with my partner in the first set and said we aren't playing bad. they played really good in the first set winning and getting more balls and playing war made us feel a lot better and it felt reassuring like, 0k, us feel a lot better and it felt reassuring like, ok, it's been putting in practice and now it seems it's clicking. brooks koepka is set to join greg norman's saudi—funded rebel liv golf series. the four—time major champion would join high profile players dustin

johnson, bryson dechambeau and patrick reed, all have been suspended from the pga tour for taking part, although he remains in the field for this week's travellers championship. chelsea have agreed to loan romelu lukaku back to inter milan — the club he left for chelsea just 12 months ago. the deal is yet to be officially confirmed, but it'll include inter paying a loan fee of around $7 million. lukaku scored 15 goals in all competitions for chelsea last season, with eight in 26 premier league appearances. liverpool have agreed to selljapan international takumi minamino to french ligue un side monaco for nearly $19 million. monaco were one of a number of clubs interested in the 27—year—old, whojoined liverpool from red bull salzburg in 2020. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now. thank you. after a gap of three

years, glastonbury is opening its gates. back after three years, the iconic glastonbury festival opens its gates to music fans again festival goers. these are the first preparations for the glastonbury festival in three years, during the thousand people would descend on the farm of coming from all over. in selfhood, paul heaton and jackie abbott are her sing for the friday night headline slot on the acoustic stage which was originally meant to happen in 2020. i originally meant to happen in 2020. ., , , i: , ., originally meant to happen in 2020. , ii, ., ., 2020. i was in my 50s than and i'm not anymore. _ 2020. i was in my 50s than and i'm not anymore. i _ 2020. i was in my 50s than and i'm not anymore. i feel- 2020. i was in my 50s than and i'm not anymore. i feel as - i'm not anymore. ifeel as though people missed out on two years of my lovely looks! he first played _ years of my lovely looks! he first played glastonbury with the housemartins in 1986 and believes the festival is a special place.—

believes the festival is a special place. believes the festival is a secial lace. .,, ., ., special place. people who go there not _ special place. people who go there notjust _ special place. people who go there not just to _ special place. people who go there notjust to see - special place. people who go there notjust to see one - special place. people who go i there notjust to see one band, they go to see as much as they can cram in and that really helps and that's the idea of glastonbury is why are you going to glastonbury? ijust want to see him or her, you never got that response. i am gonna camp, make a weekend of it, i am seeing so—and—so sunday morning, so that's what makes it. in sunday morning, so that's what makes it. ., ., , ., , makes it. in northamptonshire, a father and _ makes it. in northamptonshire, a father and daughter _ makes it. in northamptonshire, a father and daughter team - makes it. in northamptonshire, a father and daughter team are | a father and daughter team are preparing to return to glastonbury with their food stalls. what was on the pallets?— stalls. what was on the allets? ~ ., ., pallets? we had one pallet falafel and _ pallets? we had one pallet falafel and the _ pallets? we had one pallet falafel and the other - pallets? we had one pallet falafel and the other was i pallets? we had one pallet falafel and the other was a | falafel and the other was a palette of hummus. for lustful and hummus _ palette of hummus. for lustful and hummus might _ palette of hummus. for lustful and hummus might be - palette of hummus. for lustful and hummus might be the - palette of hummus. for lustful. and hummus might be the most glastonbury pallets of all time. quite possibly, hopefully they'll go. during the downtime, daughter freo spent 300 hours of painting the new storefront which can be seen left of the other stage. there is much excitement for one

couple in new york. this couple had a glastonbury themed wedding last year and were supposed to go to the festival for their honeymoon. 12 months later they can finally go. i’m later they can finally go. i'm like a child _ later they can finally go. i'm like a child in _ later they can finally go. ii'fl like a child in december when he can't down the days, when i got to june he can't down the days, when i got tojune i took days off so we are nearly there. it’s got to june i took days off so we are nearly there. it's been a lona we are nearly there. it's been a long wait- _ we are nearly there. it's been a long wait. pray _ we are nearly there. it's been a long wait. pray to _ we are nearly there. it's been a long wait. pray to god - we are nearly there. it's been a long wait. pray to god the l a long wait. pray to god the weather is _ a long wait. pray to god the weather is with _ a long wait. pray to god the weather is with us. - a long wait. pray to god the weather is with us. a - a long wait. pray to god the| weather is with us. a lasting glastonbury tribute. i have a new tab to of the stage and you see the crowd. what made you want that? i love it so much, it's going to be a lasting reminder of the place i love. most in the world, really. the first dance — most in the world, really. the first dance of _ most in the world, really. the first dance of the _ most in the world, really. the first dance of the wedding was the beatles�* all you need is love so no surprise saturday night they will go to the permit stage for paul mccartney. colin paterson, bbc news, glastonbury. let�*s hope this guys stay clear. that�*s all for me. back in a moment

with the business news including a look ahead to the key uk inflation figure for may which is coming out later today. stay in touch with me on social media. i am tired again right. hello there. the heat is continuing to build just for a few days before it turns cooler this weekend. today it was the turn of england and wales to see temperatures into the mid—20s in strong sunshine and blue skies. there has been much more cloud though across scotland and northern ireland so temperatures today not quite as high as they were yesterday. that cloud though is continuing to thin, so this evening and into the night, we�*ll have some patchy cloud for scotland and northern ireland. generally across england and wales, any cloud we have the moment will melt away and we will have clear skies. temperatures typically overnight 11 or 12 degrees. could be a little bit milder than that in northern ireland

if it stays cloudy here. but i suspect we will break through the cloud and get some sunshine through the day on wednesday, and more sunshine to come across scotland, particularly in the east. the sunnier skies continue to be across england and wales, no wind at all, those temperatures rising rapidly once again. adding a couple degrees onto today�*s values, so, for many, 26 or 27 degrees. a warmer day than today northern ireland and much warmer in eastern scotland in the sunshine. when you do have the sunshine, we�*ve got high or even very high grass pollen levels once again tomorrow. the heat is building underneath the clearer skies and light winds under that area of high pressure, but it�*s getting eroded a little bit on thursday, particularly from that weather front in the south and that will bring with it some showers. it looks like those are moving a little further north more quickly through the english channel into southern parts of england, eventually into south wales, the south midlands, maybe even into east anglia before the end of the day. some sunshine ahead of that but still some cloud for western scotland and northern ireland, so temperatures not quite so high here. 0therwise, another very warm day. but because those showers are moving northwards more quickly, the highest temperatures are going to be pushed further north through the midlands and northern england.

and things continue to break down a bit by the end of the week, pressure falling, some heavy showers around, this band of rain approaching the southwest with cooler air coming in behind that for the weekend. we do have some heavy and potentially thundery showers still from overnight, moving northwards across northern and western parts of the uk, ahead of that band of rain in the south—west later on. so we�*ve got more cloud around to end the week, so temperatures are going to be a little bit lower, but with more sunshine and dry weather for eastern england, it�*s still going to be very warm.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk�*s rate of inflation is expected to rise again today, increasing fears of a looming recession. talking of prices, the global oil and gas markets have seen a choppy year after russia�*s invasion of ukraine. is there any stability in sight? and as rwanda hosts the commonwealth leaders conference, is it also an attractive investment oportunity? — opportunity.

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