this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. ukraine accuses russia of waging war on civilians. at least 19 people are killed in missile strikes near odesa. his first visit outside the mainland in two years — china's president travels to hong kong to mark 25 years since the end of british rule. ten men are charged in france over their involvement in the sinking of a migrant boat in the english channel. at least 27 people drowned. and, the 50th anniversary of gay pride in the uk — we look back at how it all began.

president volodymyr zelensky has called for ukraine's candidacy tojoin the european union to be speeded up. he said membership should be quick and not take decades. earlier, his chief of staff accused russia of waging a war on ukrainian civilians, in response to military defeats. there were missile strikes overnight on a resort near the black sea port of odesa. the emergency services say 19 people died and more than 30 others were injured in the attacks. a block of flats and a recreation centre were hit. our corresppondent in kyiv, joe inwood, has the latest. today we had another attack, once again using these old soviet—era missiles which hit a resort town just to the west of odesa. it was a nine—storey apartment block that was hit as well as a holiday complex. a 12—year—old boy is amongst the dead. now, what's interesting about the odesa attack today

is it happened maybe 12 hours after the russians had been pushed off an island called snake island in the black sea. now, that is both strategically and symbolically important in this war. at the start of the conflict, the start of the invasion, it became iconic in many ways because the defenders, the border guards there, told the flagship of the russian black sea fleet, the moskva, to go away, in no uncertain and somewhat unbroadcastable terms, and they became heroes of this country's resistance and their image appears on flags and on posters. the moskva was subsequently sunk, so retaking this island, driving the russians off, was a really important moment for the ukrainians. they did it with sustained artillery barrages and have released images of that happening. now, the russians have a different version of events. they say they voluntarily left in order to facilitate the passage of grain into the rest of the world via the black sea to help the united nations in their plans to get it out. the reason that's important

is because grain is a massive agricultural export from ukraine and at the moment loads of it is stuck in the ports, in the warehouses, around odesa, and so getting it out the world, specifically to the developing world where normally it would be sold, is a really, really important challenge, notjust for ukraine but for the whole world. our correspondentjoe inwood in kyiv there, mentioning the global importance of ukrainian grain. russia has been accused of stealing grain from areas of ukraine it controls. moscow denies the allegations. currently ukraine is calling for a ship carrying grain from a russian—occupied part of the country to be seized. the bbc has been monitoring the russian—flagged vessel, on its route from the ukrainian port of berdyansk to the turkish port of karasu. earlier, i spoke to bbc reality check�*s daniele palumbo and he expained what's happening with ukrainian grain.

there is an amount of grain that, at the moment, is stuck in odesa. it cannot be shipped out because the odesa port is actually mined, so it will be a safety concern to be taken out. however, a big part of ukrainian grain is actually produced in the southern and eastern region, luhansk and basque, for example, kherson region as well. —— luhansk and donetsk. they explained how the russians have the wrong tactics to steal these grain and essentially pay them an insignificant amount and take this grain away. what pay them an insignificant amount and take this grain away.— take this grain away. what else did ou find a take this grain away. what else did you find a new _ take this grain away. what else did you find a new investigation? - take this grain away. what else did you find a new investigation? we l you find a new investigation? we have you find a new investigation? - have been using satellite image open source intelligence tools to actually trace this grain out of this area to the south of ukraine and actually what was happening to the green itself. we also analyse

the green itself. we also analyse the tracking data from gps devices and were able to see huge column of trucks driving south to the border of ukraine especially going to another city where bennett was transported to sebastopol or to the crimean region and then inside russia, so to cities near the border there. the green itself was also mixed some time with russian rain and we have satellite images proving the movement of these cargoes and the movement of these cargoes and the missing votes —— the grain itself was also mixed sometimes with russian grain, missing boats. we are working closely with our sources in ukraine and we were able to identify one specific vessel. this vessel departed at the jenks

one specific vessel. this vessel departed at thejenks on the 29th after a period of days with no gps. this is actually really unusual strategy for some of these cargo vessels. the russian administration in berdyansk actually said in a telegram message that this vessel was going to carry several thousand tonnes of grain out to safe friendly countries. their investigation has now found it is in the city north of turkey. this is now of particular interest because this afternoon the general prosecutor office at the ukrainian government has asked for the turkish government to actually arrest and stop the possible unloading of this grain which, of course, comes from russian occupied territory but of course we don't know whether it comes from, really.

thanks for that. you can get... you can get the latest about the bbc reality check investigation that we've just been talking about by logging onto our website. just log onto bbc.com/news and follow the links to the story. you can see actual tracking of the ship and the voters taken there. hong kong is marking 25 years since the end of british colonial rule. chinese president xijinping travelled to the territory for the anniversary, his first trip out of mainland china since the start of the pandemic. there, he swore in hong kong's new leaderjohn lee, who praised the security law that's been used to crush pro—democracy protests, saying it had brought stability to hong kong. britain has accused beijing of failing to meet the commitments it made to respect the territory's freedoms. the bbc�*s world affairs editor john simpson reports. hong kong still seems to make the chinese leadership nervous.

when president xijinping arrived by train from the mainland yesterday, he wasn't planning to stay long. he soon retreated back into china proper to spend the night, then came back again this morning. mr xi told the hong kong people that after reuniting with the motherland they had become masters of their own city. hong kong's true democracy started from there, he said. 25 years ago, when britain handed hong kong back to the chinese, it was richer per capita than britain and was the most transparent economy in the world. the approach which china promised to follow was "one country, two systems", meaning hong kong would be part of china but would keep its freedoms. what do you feel when you think back

25 years ago on leaving hong kong? i was incredibly sad. i was quite proud of the way we left hong kong, but... and maybe slightly... a little bit deluded in thinking that the chinese would behave properly. because they haven't? because they've behaved appallingly badly. the chinese leadership was worried that the waves of protest in hong kong might spread to the mainland. under hong kong's draconian national security law, more than 200 politicians, journalists and lawyers are now injail. nathan law, a leading opposition figure, is in exile in britain. we're talking about a whole civil society being demolished in one and a half years.

the speed of it was incredible and people were so upset about it. now, hong kong is changing right in front of our eyes. the famous skyline may look the same, but hundreds of thousands of people have left, and they're often the best and brightest. china doesn't mind. it would much rather have a quiet, obedient hong kong than the exciting, vibrant place it used to be. john simpson, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news... a former uk government deputy chief whip, alleged to have groped two men in a private members' club, has been suspended as a conservative mp. chris pincher will sit as an independent after he was reported to pa rliament�*s behaviour watchdog. he quit his governmentjob in a letter on thursday, saying he had "drunk far too much" and "embarrassed myself and other people". the supreme court in ohio has ruled a six—week abortion ban can go ahead — following the us supreme court

decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion. ohio is one of the trigger states which had legislation on the books, in case the precedent was struck out. judges in other states — like florida — have done the opposite, and temporarily blocked abortion restrictions from automatically taking effect. ten people have been charged in france in connection with the sinking of a migrant boat in the english channel last november, in which at least 27 people drowned. french media is reporting that the smuggling network was set up to provide passage for afghans fleeing the taliban take—over there. most of those who died on 2a november last year were kurds from iraq. they had left the north french coast to try to reach england. among the dead were 17 men, seven women — one of whom was pregnant — and three children. the international organization for migration said it was the biggest single loss of life in the channel since it began collecting data in 2014.

here's our correspondent hugh schofield in paris. well, hugh schofield in paris. i mean, everyone can rem november well, i mean, everyone can remember november last year, this terrible tragic incident when a boat went down in the night halfway between the two countries and although there has been lots of loss of life before in these crossings, never on this scale, so it was a moment of crisis, of course. it was a great sadness and it provoked the french authorities, of course, to get fracking on the hundreds of networks, the many networks, but the networks, the many networks, but the network that was involved in providing this particular group of migrants with the boat and that seems to have borne fruit because there are these charges and it is interesting that even though most of the people on the boat were of ackee kurds, as you say, this appears to be an afghan network. i mean, one assumes that these networks are mainly sort of based on national groupings and the afghan networks

mainly provide crossings for afghans and there was a lot of demand from athens last year because of the taliban takeover and so on but evidently if what the police are saying is true this group was quite capable and happy to provide their services to other migrants who were accumulating near the channel because, you know, they let the boat... they gave the... provided the group towards this group of many of ackee kurds. in any case, arrests have been made and there are no these charges which include the charge of involuntary homicide and people trafficking —— provided the group of many tarmac mainly iraqi kurds. stay with us on news, still to come: at wimbledon — novak djokovic is through to the next round after beating fellow serbian meomir kecmanovic.

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ukraine accuses russia of waging war on civilians, after at least 19 people died in missile strikes near odesa. in his first visit outside the mainland in two years, china's president travels to hong kong to mark 25 years since the end of british rule. president putin has issued a decree that will give russia full control of the one of the world's largest natural gas projects. the sakhalin two scheme is currently part—owned by the energy giant shell and the japanese firms mitsui and mitsubishi. japan, which has participated in international sanctions against russia, is heavily reliant on imports of liquefied natural gas. to discuss this further i'm now joined by mike fulwood. he is a senior research fellow at the oxford institute for energy studies. thanks for coming on the programme. thanks for coming on the programme. thank you, lewis. h0??? thanks for coming on the programme. thank you, lewis.—

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in europe so there is no incentive to stop showing. == in europe so there is no incentive to stop showing.— to stop showing. -- flowing. this 'ust to stop showing. -- flowing. this just underlines _ to stop showing. -- flowing. this just underlines the _ to stop showing. -- flowing. this just underlines the dependence l to stop showing. -- flowing. this. just underlines the dependence on russia? ., �* , just underlines the dependence on russia? . �*, , , just underlines the dependence on russia? �*,, , , ,, just underlines the dependence on russia? 2, , , ,, , russia? japan's biggest supplier is the sakhalin _ russia? japan's biggest supplier is the sakhalin plant _ russia? japan's biggest supplier is the sakhalin plant in _ russia? japan's biggest supplier is the sakhalin plant in the _ russia? japan's biggest supplier is the sakhalin plant in the main - russia? japan's biggest supplier is| the sakhalin plant in the main issue which probably was an issue even before the ownership was confiscated was whether there were any technical issues at the plant which would require western technology to fix and clearly sanctions would impact that. 50 and clearly sanctions would impact that, ,., and clearly sanctions would impact that. ., , ., that. so something goes wrong with the [ant that. so something goes wrong with the plant now _ that. so something goes wrong with the plant now and _ that. so something goes wrong with the plant now and they _ that. so something goes wrong with the plant now and they don't - that. so something goes wrong with the plant now and they don't have . the plant now and they don't have the plant now and they don't have the ready access to the equipment, the ready access to the equipment, the technology to fix it, then that could impact on the global supply? it could do. it depends what goes wrong with the plan. if it is part of the liquefaction plant itself which is heavily dependent on western technology, especially the refrigeration process, which is she“ refrigeration process, which is shell licensed technology, then that could be an issue. if it is something around the plant,

pipelines or confession stations that will be russian technology anyway... —— confession stations. it will be have to be something really inside the processing trains to be a problem because outsider everything is probably russian technology. been ve much is probably russian technology. been very much a — is probably russian technology. been very much a talking _ is probably russian technology. been very much a talking to _ is probably russian technology. been very much a talking to us. ben croucher has all the sport. we'll start at wimbledon where the big names avoided any upsets in the third round on friday. third seed ons jabeur opened up centre court with a routine win before defending champion novak djokovic produced his best performance of the week

to reach the last 16. with news on that and a good day for the brits, here's chethan pathak. .. he looks very comfortable, straight sets win over his serbian compact yearin sets win over his serbian compact year in tarmac serving compatriot and he is showing all his policies on the surface because in his opening round match he had struggles against a player from opening round match he had struggles against a playerfrom south korea but since then he has learnt fast as he looks to win his fourth consecutive wimbledon title. ons jabeur is looking to win her first title here, in fact her first grand slam and she reached the quarterfinals here last year, looking very good and still hasn't dropped a set. she beat the french teenager at the end paris in straight sets. though she goes, the world number two saying she is feeling more confident than ever on this surface. good day for the british players too. heather watson, former british number one now ranked outside the top 100 in a straight sets win to reach the fourth end of a grand slam for the first time and thatis a grand slam for the first time and that is the case of the british men's number one and in the 90s he had got thejob men's number one and in the 90s he had got the job done men's number one and in the 90s he

had got thejob done pretty men's number one and in the 90s he had got the job done pretty quickly —— cameron norrie, he got thejob done pretty quickly. spain's player continue to get the grips with glass pitcher and has all the qualities and why he is most exciting talents in men's tennis and he beat oskar in straight sets and will be with us in the week, too. due to come in the second week of these championships but before that a final round of third—round matches on saturday over on centre court they will open and on centre court they will open and on all american tie between the teenager coco gough and amanda and we see the two—time champion petra taking on spain and before rafael nadal is at it again. looking forward to that. liverpool striker mo salah says it's a happy day for everyone after signing a new contract at anfield. it'll keep him at the club until 2025 — with his wages — believed to be in excess of £350,000 a week — making him the highest earner

in liverpool's history. the egyptian was entering the final year of deal at liverpool, having helped them to a domestic cup double last season. we had to wait almost a year for the final test between england and india — postponed after a covid outbreak last summer. worth the wait? perhaps. the first day in birmingham was an entertaining affair that ebbed and flowed all day long. a bright start saw england reduced india to 98 for 5 but rishabh pant and ravi jadeja put on 222 for the sixth wicket as india closed day one on 338 for 7, pant eventually out for 146. if the touring side avoid defeat, they'll win the series. a sri lankan batting collapse helped australia coast to a 10 wicket victory in the first of their two test series. all 10 wickets fell to spin in sri lanka's second innings injust 23 overs, with nathan lyon and travis head claiming 4 each. australia knocked the runs off before lunch on day three. the second test in galle starts next friday. just time to tell you that carlos sainz was quickest in second practice ahead

of the british grand prix and belgium's yves lampeart won the first stage of the tour de france. more on the bbc sport website and app. here in the uk tens of thousands of people will be marching at pride events this weekend to celebrate the lgbt plus community. it's 50 years since the �*gay liberation front�* organised the uk's first ever pride parade in london — paving the way for the britain's gay rights movement. our lgbt and identity correspondent lauren moss has been speaking to some of the group's founding members. it's an explosion of colour, celebration... happy pride. ..and protest. pride is back where it began, with those who started it 50 years ago. the gay liberation front was formed in the early 1970s by a group of students and young activists in london demanding equality and a change in society. i was here on the first march. i was a 16—year—old who had just been thrown out of school for being gay.

it was something new, it had never been done before. we were incredibly nervous, we feared arrest and gay—bashing, but we marched defiantly. well, we're still here today, j and in the interim we've had gay marriage, civil partnerships, . legal protection, and a real change in the public's attitude towards lgbt people, | and, most importantly, - a sense of self—pride and dignity that we've earned for ourselves. glf lit the spark that would burn for the next five decades. those years saw huge trials, like the aids crisis in the 1980s. don't die of ignorance. and monumental milestones reached, like equal marriage. legally husbands. the gay liberation front will lead tomorrow's parade in london in which 30,000 people are expected to take part. it was pride as a protest that

brought them together 50 years ago, and it's that that unites them again today, and a fight for equality they say still has yet to be won. and the flags are being passed down to the next generation. i wanted to come for the protest thing and see the, like, you know, the original gay liberation front people. my first pride, so, yay! but it's also...| think it's very important to pay, i guess, our respects to them, because pride has become so like, i dunno, like a big party, which i understand — we definitely have a lot to celebrate — but we still have a lot to fight for. we are here, that we are - comfortable, that trans people and queer people of colour should be able to walk around comfortably, - jst like anybody else, and that's the rights that we deserve, - wherever we are. from a gathering ofjust several hundred people in 1972 here in london, pride has become a global movement, with millions of people

taking part every year, continuing the campaign for lgbt voices to be heard. lauren moss, bbc news. just before i go, a story of a short hop that turned into a long hole. this is bob, a racing pigeon, he set off from guernsey in the channel islands a few weeks ago. he was heading for the north of england but ended up in alabama 4000 miles away and that is where the four—year—old bird was finally found. his owner believes he may have hitched a ride on a passing oil tanker. quick reminder of our top story this hour. president volodymyr zelensky has called for ukraine's candidacy to join the european union to be sped up. he said membership should be quick not take decades. meanwhile, there were missile strikes overnight on a resort near the black sea port of odesa. that is it from me. plenty

more online. this is bbc news. july has got under wayjust where jun left off with lots of heavy showers abound. this is one of the showers abound. this is one of the showers crossing aberdeenshire and he take a look at the vader and lichen detector you can see today's bigger storms have been across eastern scotland and down the seasoned saint of england as well but already our attention is turning to this next area of a million from the western over the next few hours this is going to extend from northern ireland across scotland, good part of wales, eventually reaching south—west as well. —— if you look at the radar and lightning detector. temperatures around about whether been for the last few days

in as far saturday's focus goes this area of low pressure is dominating the weather picture, band of rain stays eastwards followed by lots of showers. as far as the wimbledon focus goes we might actually miss out on the... muscle this evening we sickness and rain, rain courtesy of where weather front continuing to push eastwards across england, behind that shell is pushing and heavy ones and to the north west of scotland and that's probably where we will see the days when the songs break out with some sunny spells we are looking at temperatures like they have been for a number of days now, i teams across western areas, typically 18 or so, 21—22 in the sunshine show east —— high teens. public not quite so many and deafening wells in south—west england a decent shower at the km and buy here but vital supply for scotland again, quite breezy conditions here in soquel with 14 in stornoway. the rice and buy here but vital supply for scotland again,

quite breezy conditions here in soquel with 14 in stornoway. the lesson that is again high teens to late 20s. —— in scotland. more than a of west of scotland, heavy here, rain pushes eastwards and southwards during the day. across wales, east anglia and the south probably staying predominantly dry, touch warming places, highs up to 23 in london but as we dived deeper into next week this area of high pressure very gradually is going to exert a bit more of an influence on our weather, warm air toppling on the topside that but it looks like we could see quite a bit of cloud across scotland and northern ireland still over a set of a few showers, sunny and warm further south.

the headlines. ukraine has accused russia of reaching a war on civilians after 19 people were killed by russian missile strikes near odesa. killed by russian missile strikes near odesa-— killed by russian missile strikes near odesa. a, ., ,': :: ., , near odesa. more than 30 others were in'ured. injured. the chinese president has led a ceremony marking 25 years since the end of british colonial rule in hong kong. he also swore in the new leader. french prosecutors have charged ten men over their involvement in the sinking of a migrant boat in the english channel. at least 27 people drowned. a suspects are believed to be part of an afghan people smuggling network.

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