welcome to bbc news, i'm rich preston. our top stories: google vows to delete certain location data of users in the us to prevent the identification of those who terminate pregnancies illegally. calls for more protection for women using abortion clinics in northern ireland, as the uk supreme court debates banning protests. ukraine accuses moscow of stealing grain as a russian—flagged ship sets sail with a cargo of seed. top racing driver sir lewis hamilton demands a change in attitude in formula one after a former champion used a racially offensive term. unesco places the ukrainian version of borscht on its list of threatened cultural heritage, but moscow's not happy about it.

google has announced that it's taking steps to remove data from its servers that could be used to prosecute people for visits to abortion clinics in the united states. it comes after the us supreme court's decision to remove a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. several states have already acted to outlaw the procedure, or severely restrict access to it. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, told me more about google�*s decision. this is a response to the concerns of many that women who seek an abortion, legal abortion out of a different

state, if that has been banned. google is doing an attempt state, if that has been banned. google is doing an attempt to delete any information relating to that person's visit to an abortion clinic or any other facility providing reproductive services. they will do that by automatically deleting the geolocation data that they hold on their servers when their systems detect that an individual has been to one of these facilities. this won't absolutely stop the authorities in states seeking data from google but this company has said that it will oppose demands that it says are overly broad or legally objectionable. this is exactly what a lot of people in the last seven days, since this ruling by the supreme court, this is the kind of thing they wanted to hear from tech companies, as we all know they hold a tremendous amount of detail about what people are doing, whether it is

search engine information or where we have been. peter, this comes after several state governors met president biden, him saying that the ball is in the court, but then pressing him to do more, to protect women's access to abortion. realistically, is there anything that the president can do? there is relatively little that the president can do, at least in the current political term. he said this very quickly one week ago that he wants this to become an election issue. ever, the mid—term elections in november more democrats are elected to congress, it could open the door perhaps to a new law, promoted by the president, to protect the abortion rights of women across the country. he said at this meeting that his concern is that if the republicans do well in november that they may well attempt to pass a law that simply out clause abortion, nationally, not just clause abortion, nationally, notjust pass it over to the states as the supreme court has

done — in this decision, he is concerned that the republicans will try to out floor abortion altogether. interestingly, another option suggested to him by some of these democratic governors is that federal facilities like military bases for example, veterans hospitals in states could be used for abortion services. the white house has responded to this by saying they could be dangerous ramifications, legally, for those people providing abortion services or indeed for those women attempting to use those services, if that kind of action was taken, so really it is quite a legal minefield, moving ahead. in northern ireland, abortion services remain limited, and last year more than 160 travelled to england to have the procedure there. many who

choose abortions in northern ireland have to do content with impassioned protesters as they arrive at clinics. later this month, the uk supreme court will decide whether or not to allow such demonstrations. here is our correspondence. 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. the body and the blood. 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 yourface, 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 was just 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 100m 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.

let's get some of the day's other news. protesters have stormed libya's parliament in the eastern city of tobruk and have set fire to part of the building. elsewhere, rallies have taken place against rising prices and political deadlock. the head of the unity government said the only solution to the crisis was elections. the world health organization is calling for urgent action to prevent the spread of monkeypox in europe, saying cases have tripled 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. germany has signed an agreement with nigeria to return more than 1,000 sculptures looted during the colonial era. the first two artefacts were handed over at a ceremony in berlin. they were part of what's known as the benin bronzes, which were looted by british troops in the nineteenth century before being sold off to european museums. russia has shown that it's determined to assert control

over ukraine's black sea coast. that's despite moscow's decision to withdraw from the much—fought—over snake island earlier this week. in the past 2a hours, missiles have hit the port of odessa, killing at least 19 people. before they were effectively blockaded, ports in the black sea were used to export grain. now, ukraine accuses russia 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. the ship is heading to the turkish port of karasu. ukraine is demanding that turkey, a nato member, intercepts it. for more analysis on this, i've been speaking to anna borschevskaya, a senior fellow at the washington institute, who specialises in russia's middle eastern policy. if you look at the broader turkish behaviour since the russian invasion of ukraine, turkey had tried to position

itself, based on self—interest rather than doing the right thing, ratherthan rather than doing the right thing, rather than following a certain set of values. they played both sides, turkey that is, played both sides. 0n played both sides, turkey that is, played both sides. on top of which, turkey is like other actors in the middle east were also nervous about antagonising president putin too much, and so whether or not turkey is likely to comply i think is fairly a loaded question because there is a lot we simply don't know about this request. what interest does turkey have? it is a little bit hard — it is a little bit hard to say with certainty what turkey is interested in, to the extent that i am aware of at least, i haven't seen a formal turkish response. of course, turkey is a nato of course, turkey is a nato member but ukraine is not so there is no real obligation on turkey, is there? this is really about whether it wants to do for its own, as you say, self—interest. that's exactly right, as you

say, exactly right, it comes down to whether or not turkey shares the same set of values when it comes to looking at the russian invasion, but it seems that the turkish government has been more guided by interests. certainly in theory turkey could have done more of the last few months to help ukraine, for example, turkey did notjoin sanctions. turkey could have done more before to help but pressure on russia for the blockade. so there is a lot more that turkey could have done, but ultimately what we are seeing more recently of course with turkey agreeing to sweden and finland joining the alliance, only first after prostrating that they would not, presumably there was some kind of centralisation. we don't know what that is but there is some speculation that there is some speculation that the white house support for the sale might have provided that

incentive, although the white house officially denies there was any thing there. this house officially denies there was any thing there.- house officially denies there was any thing there. this is a delicate diplomatic _ was any thing there. this is a | delicate diplomatic tightrope. what are the risks for president erdogan and antagonising president putin? your back if you look at the overall bilateral russia—turkey relationship over the years, putin has stacked the cards in such a way that the relationship was balanced on russia's weber. fin relationship was balanced on russia's weber.— relationship was balanced on russia's weber. on the trade relationship. _ russia's weber. on the trade relationship, on _ russia's weber. on the trade relationship, on russia's- relationship, on russia's relationship, on russia's relations with different car groups, with the position in syria, on a whole host of issues. priorto syria, on a whole host of issues. prior to the invasion of ukraine, putin had set all of ukraine, putin had set all of these lovers. of course, in turkey, there was the recent protest of the us 400 system from russia, so there are things that russia could do to put pressure on turkey and syria, for example but russia

is still in syria by enlarged their position remaining unchanged from our strategical level from a technical repositioning. again, it's repositioning. again, its relationship, russia's relationship, russia's relationship with different kurdish groups — so there are ways that putin can still exert pressure and that is probably one of the many considerations. a russian official previously said the grain on—board the ship was being sent to, quote, friendly countries. of course, ukraine sees as green as being effectively looted. what more do we know about what ukraine would expect turkey to do with the green if it does indeed intercept the ship?- the green if it does indeed intercept the ship? what i saw re orted intercept the ship? what i saw reported was _ intercept the ship? what i saw reported was a _ intercept the ship? what i saw reported was a request - intercept the ship? what i saw reported was a request from l reported was a request from turkey to do such things as gather forensic evidence, samples, and the ukrainian government added that they would be willing to work with turkey in a joint investigation, but all of these

steps — gathering of evidence, samples, forensic evidence — this all points to something a little bit more time. gathering evidence is of course important, it is critical, what comes with that is also a certain timeline, gathering evidence takes time. and asked segments we have heard they have been large explosions heard and the ukrainian city of mykolaiv, the mayor has told people to stay in shelters. air raid sirens had sounded across the whole michelob regionjust had sounded across the whole michelob region just before the blast. this is bbc news, remind of headlines. google has vowed to delete location data showing when women visit an abortion clinic to prevent the identification of those who terminate pregnancies illegally. ukraine has accused moscow of stealing grain after a russian—flagged cargo ship set off with a cargo of seed. same sex marriage has become legal in switzerland, following a referendum last september, in which two thirds of voters backed a change in the law. since 2007, switzerland has allowed same sex couples

to register their partnerships, jatinder dhillon reports. applause. 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 to us 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 backed a change to 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. it's the british grand prix this weekend, but even before the race starts, the controversy has begun. sir lewis hamilton, britain's seven—time motor racing world champion, is calling for a change of tone in the sport, saying that what he calls "older voices" should not be given a platform in the media. it comes after former driver nelson piquet used a racially offensive term to refer to hamilton. 0ur sports correspondent 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. the teams just need to ramp it up. 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. the excitement is building for sunday. 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. in tennis, novak djokovic is through to the next round of the wimbledon championships. the top seed breezed into the last 16 when he dropped just seven games in a convincing win against a fellow serb. here's chetan pathak. we may have had some surprises at this year's championships, one thing that remains

the same is novak djokovic's qualities on grass. he looked very much back to his best, a straight sets win for him earlier over his serbian compatriot miomir kecmanovic. with that win over kokkinakis in the second round, you can really see djokovic showing all his true qualities on this surface. because in his opening round match he had his struggles against kwon soonwoo of south korea, but since then, he has learnt and he has learnt fast, as he looks to win his fourth consecutive wimbledon title. 0ns jabeur is looking to win her first title, in fact, her first grand slam. she reached the quarterfinals here last year, looking very good, and still hasn't dropped a set. she beat the french teenager diane parry in straight sets. through she goes, the world number two, saying she is feeling more confident than ever on this surface. it was a good day for the british players, too. heather watson, the former british number one, now 30 and ranked outside top 100. but a straight sets win over kaja juvan to reach the fourth round of a grand slam

for the first time. and that is the case for cameron norrie. he is the british men's number one, and the number nine seed here. he got the job done pretty quickly over america's steve johnson in straight sets. through he goes to the second week of a slam for the first time in his career. spain's carlos alcaraz continues to get to grips with grass but showing us all his qualities and why he is the most exciting talent in men's tennis. he beat 0skar 0tte in straight sets. plenty to come in the second week of these championships, but before that final round of third—round matches on saturday, over on centre court, play will open, an all—american tie between the teenager coco gauff and amanda anisimova. then, we will see the two—time champion here, petra kvitova take on spain's paula badosa before rafael nadal�*s at it again against lorenzo sonego.

the united nations' cultural arm, unesco, has added the cooking of ukraine's version of borscht to its list of endangered traditions, describing the beetroot—based soup as part of the fabric of ukrainian society and heritage. the decision was fast—tracked following the russian invasion of the country. danny aeberhard reports. the real battle is being fought with bombs and bullets, but there is also a minor skirmish over borscht. 0n there is also a minor skirmish over borscht. on twitter ukraine's minister of culture declared victory on what he called the borscht war. his enemies were echoed by this diner at a restaurant in kyiv. translation: we have always —— they have always been saying borscht is a national dish, which is why i think that recognition made in france is our victory. this richly coloured beetroot based soup normally topped with sour cream has prompted some terse exchanges between ukraine and russia. it is central to

the cuisines of both nations, but has become embroiled in a wider struggle for identity. one famous ukrainian chef told the bbc it was to ukrainian what pizza and pasta are two italians. a feeling only accentuated by the war. in the war times. _ accentuated by the war. in the war times, to _ accentuated by the war. in the war times, to not _ accentuated by the war. in the war times, to not be _ accentuated by the war. in the war times, to not be able - accentuated by the war. in the war times, to not be able to l war times, to not be able to make these dishes, they are part of our soul, and everyone, every refugee who is now coming to my bistro, i am giving the borscht because i want them to feel like safety, feel like at home. the borscht taste is the taste of family.— taste of family. the unesco decision got _ taste of family. the unesco decision got a _ taste of family. the unesco decision got a mixed - taste of family. the unesco i decision got a mixed response from these residents of moscow. translation: certainly borscht is part of the legacy of both russia and ukraine. but i think it is an explicit symbol of ukraine, especially the mixture

of savoury bun and garlic. translation: i think unesco took the right decision, because ukrainian borscht with the savoury bun and lard is a brand — the savoury bun and lard is a brand but _ the savoury bun and lard is a brand. but i also make borscht and it — brand. but i also make borscht and it turns out well, i've got to admit _ and it turns out well, i've got to admit-— and it turns out well, i've got to admit. ~ ,, ~ 1, ,. to admit. translation: borscht has no nationality. _ to admit. translation: borscht has no nationality. just _ to admit. translation: borscht has no nationality. just like - has no nationality. just like bread, _ has no nationality. just like bread, potatoes, _ has no nationality. just like bread, potatoes, cabbage.| has no nationality. just like l bread, potatoes, cabbage. is has no nationality. just like - bread, potatoes, cabbage. is it national? — bread, potatoes, cabbage. is it national? what _ bread, potatoes, cabbage. is it national? what nationality- bread, potatoes, cabbage. is it national? what nationality cani national? what nationality can have? — national? what nationality can have? �* ., ., , national? what nationality can have? �* ., , ., , have? but the row has prompted sharer have? but the row has prompted sharper comments _ have? but the row has prompted sharper comments from - have? but the row has prompted sharper comments from the - sharper comments from the authorities in moscow. the spokeswoman for russia's ministry of foreign affairs accused ukraine of nationalism, saying borscht originated as a dish of russian inhabitants of kyiv. so it is that a humble beetroot soup, traditionally a symbol of hospitality, has become a further stain on relations. much more on the bbc news website and the bbc news app.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. hello, there. july has got under wayjust wherejune left off, with lots of heavy showers around. this was a shower in aboyne in 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, just 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. but 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 14 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. blast. this is bbc news, remind of headlines.

this is bbc news. the headlines: google has concerns police in the united states because use warrants to find out who has terminated a pregnancy illegally. ukraine blames moscow of stealing green, claiming the russian flag ship left the russian occupied board with a cargo of seed. grain shipments from black seaports have been blocked by russian troops for months, causing deep concern over hunger in many parts of the world. and, so lewis hamilton is calling for a change in attitude and formula 1 after change in attitude and formula 1afterformer champion change in attitude and formula 1 after former champion used a racially offensive term when

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