just like it's been over recent days, really. beyond that, further showers are in the forecast, especially across north western areas. but towards the south, it becomes drier and a bit warmer. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lewis vaughan jones. ukraine accuses moscow of stealing grain as a russian—flagged cargo ship sets off with a cargo of seed. calls for more protection for women using abortion clinics in northern ireland, as the uk supreme court debates banning protests. ten men are charged in france over their involvement in the sinking of a migrant boat in the english channel. 25 years on, china's president travels to hong kong to mark the end of british rule. sir lewis hamilton demands a change in attitude in formula one after nelson piquet used a racially offensive term in a podcast.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. russia has shown its determined to assert control over ukraine's black sea coast, despite moscow's decision to withdraw from the much fought over snake island. missiles have hit the port of odessa where at least 19 people have died. before they were effectively blockaded, the black sea ports were used to export russian grain. now kiev has accused moscow of stealing that grain and it says this russian—flagged cargo ship has left the russian—occupied port of berdyansk with a cargo of seed. our correspondentjoe 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. joe 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 regions of luhansk, donbas, zaporizhzhia and kherson region, as well. during our investigation, we actually have spoken with over 200 farmers. some of them were able to speak to us and they explained how the russians have their own tactics to steal these grain or two, essentially, pay them an insignificant amount and take this grain away. and so what else did you find in your investigation? well, we have been using satellite image open—source intelligence tools to actually trace this grain out of this area to the south, to crimea, and actually what was happening to the grain itself. we also analysed the tracking

data from gps devices and we were able to see a huge column of trucks driving south towards the border of ukraine, especially to the border crossing of armiansk, going to a city of dzhankoi in crimea where then it was transported via railway to sevastopol, or via truck, as well, to the crimean bridge and then inside russia, so to krasnodar and rostov—on—don. the grain itself was also mixed sometimes with russian grain and we have satellite images proving the movement of these cargoes into the different ports. fascinating stuff. and you've tracked a single shipment, as well. can you talk us through that? yes, so we, working closely with our sources in ukraine, we were able to identify one specific vessel, zhibek zholy. this vessel departed at berdyansk on the 29th after a period where they switch off the gps and switch on the gps.

this is actually really unusual strategy for some of these big cargo vessels. the russian administration in berdyansk actually said in a telegram message that this cargo vessel was going to carry several thousand tonnes of grain out to friendly countries. we've been able to track the gps data and now this vessel is actually two nautical miles off the city of karasu in north turkey. this is now of particular interest because this afternoon the general prosecutor office of 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 where it

comes from, really. 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. 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 parliament'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 world health organization is calling for urgent action to prevent the spread of monkeypox in europe, noting cases have tripled there over the past two weeks. the who doesn't think the outbreak currently constitutes a public health emergency of international concern but says it will review

its position shortly. in afghanistan, the supreme leader of the taliban has made a rare public appearance at a meeting of religious leaders, in which he praised the group's takeover of the country last year. hibatullah akhundzada told the men—only gathering that the taliban's success was a source of pride for muslims all over the world. the battle over abortion is continuing across america, with states becoming the new frontline. president biden has held a virtual meeting with state governors who've taken steps to protect women's access to the procedure, saying that the federal government will remove obstacles for those who need to travel for abortions. but the debate is emboldening anti—abortion activists elsewhere. abortion in northern ireland was decriminalised more than two years ago but services are still limited and last year

more than 160 women still flew to england for terminations. many who choose to have abortions in northern ireland have to contend with protestors as they arrive at clinics. here's our ireland correspondent, emma vardy. they chant: have mercy on us and on the whole world. - a prayer and a protest. this has become a regular sight outside some of northern ireland's main hospitals. they're here because daisy hill hospital in newry provides a clinic for women to access abortion services. what we have found, and what people have told us, is that it's really intimidating coming up to these gates. fiona and cara have started a voluntary service to chaperone women in. if you were going in there to access any sort of treatment — this is a multiuse site — it's intimidating and harassing.

people who are going in for counselling after having miscarriages and stillbirths, and then are met by graphic images. more than 100 women a year from northern ireland still fly to england to access abortions. despite the change in the law here, only limited services have been set up. those that do access clinics often encounter protesters. you don't want to be confronted by men — some women, but mostly men — who are pushing placards in your face, who are praying at you. the anti—abortion protests also take place at ashleigh topley�*s local hospital in craigavon. she was denied an abortion after being told here her baby wouldn't survive. those appointments, when i was here, some of them were very, very difficult anyway, and had i had to run the gauntlet of protesters just prior to that appointment, it would have made them even worse. because abortion had not yet been decriminalised, ashleigh had to continue with the pregnancy.

having to go through the trauma of waiting and waiting and waiting, like, that wasjust hardship — unnecessary hardship on top of the most awful period of our lives. so many times i feel like marching down there to say, "listen — this is what happened to me." for those people that need to have abortions, it's just so cruel. so cruel. the supreme court ruling in america, which overturned women's right to an abortion, has re—energised campaigns on both sides of the argument here. northern ireland's new law to create safe spaces, so—called exclusion zones, outside clinics and hospitals has been referred to the uk's supreme court. if the exclusion zone legislation goes through, groups like this would be required to move some 100 metres or so away from the entrance to a hospital or a clinic. but there's also questions over whether this conflicts with legislation around human rights and the right to free speech. what do you think this

actually achieves? we are informing the public. john mitchel place in newry ran an abortion clinic there. it's closed, because we were there. but do you think about how women feel, who walk in through these doors? yes. they may have already been dealing with the fact their baby's not going to survive. a sign like "abortion is murder", how does that help them? because it is murder. it's a living part of life. the women that are coming here are already in trauma. doesn't this make it worse? no, no, because they have a decision to make — do they have their baby, or do they murder their baby? that is the question. is this compassion? it is compassion. it's compassion for the baby. the baby doesn't have a say. it can't shout out the womb, "0i — i don't want to be aborted." but northern ireland's health service is expected to be compelled to provide more abortion services in future. what's now in the hands of british judges is what kind of experience women will face when they come through these gates.

emma vardy, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come... dozens of same—sex couples tie the knot in switzerland, after the country becomes one of the last in western europe to legalise gay marriage. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they have pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated. celebration parties were cancelled. a man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom. then, he asked her for a cigarette. and on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought, summoned a footman on duty who took the man away.

one child... ..one teacher... ..one book... ..and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... ukraine has accused moscow of stealing grain after a russian ship set off with a cargo of seeds. protest outside abortion clinics outside northern ireland may soon be banned, the uk supreme court is debating the issue. 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. 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, 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, a moment of great sadness, and it provoked the french authorities, of course, to get cracking on the hundreds of networks — one of 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 now because there are these charges.

and it's interesting that even though most of the people on the boat were of iraqi kurds, as you say, that 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 afghans 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, you know, accumulating near the channel because, you know, they let the boat... they gave, provided the boat for this group of many iraqi kurds. in any case, arrests have been made and there are now these charges which include the charge of involuntary homicide and people trafficking. 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.

same sex marriage has become legal in switzerland, following a referendum last september in which two thirds of voters backed to change the law and give same—sex couples the same rights under law as married men and women. since 2007, switzerland has allowed same sex couples to register their partnerships, but, until now, some rights, including to adoption and inheritance, were restricted. jatinder dhillon reports. walking out as newlyweds and making history — finally. stefano perfetti and luca morreale are the first same—sex couple to tie the knot on friday at this register office in zurich. they were among dozens of gay and lesbian couples across switzerland who said, "i do," now that it has become legal to do so.

translation: the symbolism is important _ it is a very important was that we are equal and that we are treated like everyone else. laure and aline waited 21 years to say their vows in geneva city hall, the first canton, or region, in the country to grant same—sex couples some of the rights and protections of married couples. their wedding was extra special, as their ceremony was presided over by the city's mayor, who insisted on officiating in person. translation: the institution of marriage has become - egalitarian and this special day sends out a strong message to society that one is free to love and be loved. the alpine nation is one of the last countries in western europe to allow same—sex marriage. a referendum last year saw just over 60% of voters and all of the country's 26

regions recognise a change was long overdue and back to change the landscape for gay rights. over the coming weeks, as hundreds of gay couples tie the knot, they do so in the safe knowledge that the new law will ensure they can apply forjoint adoption of children, inherit a deceased partner's pension, or have access to the citizenship process in case one is not a swiss national. and if couples want a more traditional ceremony, both protestant and reformist churches have supported the change. individual pastors can now decide to marry same—sex couples at their place of worship. jatinder dhillon, bbc news. unesco has placed the ukrainian

version of its soup borscht on to its lowest. it said the war was having a negative impact on their ability to cook it or grow the local vegetables needed. —— on to its list. it's the british grand prix this weekend and sir lewis hamilton, britain's seven—time formula one world champion, is calling for a change of tone in formula one, saying that what he calls "older voices" should not being given a platform in the media. it comes after former f1 driver nelson piquet used a racially offensive term to refer to hamilton during a podcast. our sports correspondenet natalie pirks reports.

austria 2020 — lewis hamilton and 13 others took the knee on the grid in a powerful protest against racism. yet, two years on, the seven—time world champion is still facing negativity, and he's tired. i don't know why we are continuing to give these older voices a platform, because they are repre... you know, they are speaking upon our sport and we're looking to go somewhere completely different and it's not representative, i think, of who we are as a sport now and where we're planning to go. it's notjust about one individual, it's not aboutjust that one use of that term, it's the bigger picture. hamilton has been a driving force for change in formula 1, working with his team to increase diversity in the sport but mercedes want others to do more. i think showing support via instagram is great, and we'd rather have that than nothing, but, you know, commit. hamilton is the most successful driver here at silverstone — eight race wins, including last year, but this problematic bouncing mercedes has seen them fall behind their rivals, and if hamilton fails to win on sunday it'll be the first time in his career he's gone 11

races without a victory. that hasn't been a problem for red bull. they've won the last six races, five of them for max verstappen. you know, great to see the fans back in the seat, getting back behind drivers, getting behind the sport, and hopefully we can put a great race on for them on sunday. you must be confident. you can never be confident. you've got ferrari, mercedes are there or thereabouts, and there is an english summer to deal with, as well. a record crowd is expected across this weekend with vociferous british support a given. hamilton will hope to find solace on the track after a turbulent build—up. natalie pirks, bbc news, silverstone. and it's that time of yearagain... as new york gears up to host one of its most famous annual events... yes, the jewel in the crown of the cities 11th july independence day festivities is the coney island hot dog eating competition...as contenders gather to try and eat as many hotdogs as they

can in ten minutes...this years contestants have now completed the pre—event weigh in— with 35,000 spectatros due to watch the contest in person hello, there. july has got under wayjust wherejune left off, with lots of heavy showers around. this was a shower in aboyne aberdeenshire, and if we take a look at the radar and lightning detector, you'll see today's biggest storms have been across eastern scotland and down the eastern side of england as well. already, our attention is turning to this next area of rain moving in from the west and over the next few hours, that will extend from northern ireland across scotland, good parts of northern england, wales, and eventually reaching the south—west as well. temperatures as we start saturday morning well up into double figures, like they have been for the last few days and as far as saturday's forecast goes, this area of low pressure is dominating the weather picture. a band of rain pushes eastwards, followed by lots of showers.

as far as the wimbledon forecast goes, we might actually miss out on the rain here. fingers crossed. some sunshine in the morning and the cloud will tend to build but it is not until the evening time that we are expecting some rain. the rain will come courtesy of this weather front that will continue to push eastwards across england. behind that, we see the showers packing in, we see some heavy ones in the north—west of scotland, that's probably where we'll see the day's thunderstorms break out. with some sunny spells around, temperatures will be in the high teens across western areas, typically about 18 or so, about 21 or 22 in the sunshine further east. sunday, we've got further showers to come, probably not quite so many, and in the afternoon, wales and south—west england, becoming dry here. quite a lot of cloud for scotland again, breezy and cool, just 1a in stornoway, otherwise temperatures again in the high teens to low 20s. monday's forecast, a little bit more rain to come across the north—west of scotland, that looks like it's going to be heavy

here, the rain pushes eastwards and southwards during the day. across wales, the midlands, east anglia and the south, probably staying predominantly dry, a touch warmer in places, highs up to 23 in london. but as we dive deeper into next week, this area of high pressure gradually will exert more of an influence on our weather, some warmer air toppling around the top side of that but it looks like we could see quite a bit of cloud across scotland and northern ireland, still with the threat of a few showers. sunnier and warmer further south.

bbc news. the headlines. ukraine has criticised moscow stealing grain saying a russian flecked cargo ship left the port with the cargo with growing shipments on the black sea port being blocked by russian troops for months, causing the concerns of hunger in the world. women who choose to have abortions in northern ireland have to contend with protesters as they arrive at clinics and that may be about the change in the uk supreme court is debating whether or not to ban such protests amid calls of more protection for women. french prosecutor has charged ten men over their involvement in the sinking of a

migrant boat in the english channel. at