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this is bbc news, i'm rich preston. our top stories: ukraine accuses moscow of stealing grain as a russian—flagged ship sets sail with a cargo of seed. google vows to delete certain location data of users in the us to prevent the identification of those who terminate pregnancies illegally. top racing driver sir lewis hamilton demands a change in attitude in formula one after a former champion used a racially offensive term. and, unesco places the ukrainian version of borscht on its list of threatened cultural heritage, but moscow's not happy about it.
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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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. kyiv has accused moscow of stealing grain and sending it abroad from the occupied port of berdyansk. a russian registered ship has left berdyansk with a cargo of grain and is currently lying off the turkish coast near port of karasu. ukraine is demanding that turkey, a nato member intercepts it. mark lobel has more. ukraine once this cargo ship, filled by the bbc, to be seized. it is carrying green that ukraine says has been stolen from a russian occupied part of their country, allegations russia denies. the bbc has been tracking the ship,
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believed to be leased to the russian company, greenline, which is not under any sanctions, across the black sea on a journey that began on wednesday week. it is transporting around 7000 tonnes of ukrainian green from berdyansk in south—eastern ukraine, controlled by russian forces, 21 in turkey, 200 kilometres from istanbul. working closely with our sources in ukraine, we were able to identify one specific vessel, the russian administration actually said in administration actually said in a message that this was carrying thousands of tonnes of grain out into friendly countries. we were able to track gps data, and we believe it is heading for the city of macon, north of turkey. russia's taxi fleet are ensuring the security of the
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cargo ship's journey according to a russian governor of an occupied area in ukraine. this has prompted ukraine to ask turkey to inspect the green on—board the vessel, but will turkey comply? if you look at the broader turkish behaviour since the russian invasion of ukraine, turkey had tried to position itself based on self interests rather than doing the right thing, following a certain set of values. they have played both sides. indeed, it is likely turkey's recent support for sweden and finland's nato beds and a face a russian opposition was only possible after some serious negotiations. the bbc has also been monitoring russia's expropriation of green from inside ukraine, which is then sent by truck or rail to its motherland. elsewhere in ukraine, green is stuck around the ports and warehouses of 0desa with minds looking in the
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surrounding waters. that is causing shortages, affecting food supplies around the world. western countries blame russia for the blockages, but moscow blames western sanctions for hampering internationalfood hampering international food supplies. mark hampering internationalfood supplies. mark lobel, bbc news. and in the last hour, we've got reports that large explosions have been heard in the ukrainian city of mykolaiv. it's on ukraine's south coast, about 100km or 60 miles east of odessa, where russian missiles hit a day ago. mykolaiv�*s mayor has posted on social media telling people to stay in shelters. air raid sirens had sounded across the whole mykolaiv region just before the blasts. 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
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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 19th century before being sold off to european museums. 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. joining us now is geoffrey fowler, a tech columnist with the washington post, who says tech companies need
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to do more to protect the sensitive data good evening to you. deleting know about what google is planning to do, and doesn't go far enough? yes, basically the first statement google has made since we heard about this court ruling about what kind of change it was actually going to make its products. it says when its maps service or data collection data notices that a user is near a personal location, a highly sensitive personal location, be at the hospital, clinic or shelter, personal location, be at the hospital, clinic orshelter, it would now automatically delete that data point coming up over the next two weeks. as you suggested, this isjust one of the many, many, many data points that google collects about all of ours, and in
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particular could be used by prosecutors in the united states as evidence of a crime when somebody is seeking an abortion. another example — google search. google said nothing today about deleting those records.— nothing today about deleting those records. you say, could be used. _ those records. you say, could be used, what _ those records. you say, could be used, what are _ those records. you say, could be used, what are the - those records. you say, couldj be used, what are the specific concerns about how this data could be used in a prosecution by law enforcement? you meant by law enforcement? you meant by us law, any time a company has access to data are —— a court can order them to hand it over. it does require a warrant and some negotiation, but the end of the roe v wade abortion decision in the united states has open peoples eyes on a mass scale companies like google know so much about us, and that information could be sought as evidence and used as evidence against a evidence and used as evidence againsta claim. we have against a claim. we have previously seen cases
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in the us where google search has been used to prosecute crimes. text messages, locations on a map. all sorts of things of which google collates as a regular order of business about users. if a user decides it _ business about users. if a user decides it doesn't _ business about users. if a user decides it doesn't want - business about users. if a user decides it doesn't want to - business about users. if a user decides it doesn't want to wait | decides it doesn't want to wait for google or other tech companies to take action can they remove the starter themselves or is it as simple as going and incognito? i wish it was easier. _ as going and incognito? i wish it was easier. that _ as going and incognito? i wish it was easier. that is - as going and incognito? i wish it was easier. that is one - as going and incognito? i wish it was easier. that is one of i it was easier. that is one of the problems. these companies are putting on our shoulders, as consumers on the us and around the world, the work to protect our civil rights. in the case of google, it does offer some tools if you go into privacy settings, you can ask you do not collect location data and not collect the history of a web searches or websites you need to go in and adjusted because by default it will hold onto that for 18 months, at least. in other cases, it is harder to figure
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out how to stay private. for example, a lot of consumers in in the us use. tracking apps. there are many out there and they have very different privacy policies, they do very different things to protect peoples rights, so really do research on the part of consumers.— research on the part of consumers. ~ _, , ., consumers. when it comes to goo . le consumers. when it comes to google are — consumers. when it comes to google are other— consumers. when it comes to google are other companies, | consumers. when it comes to i google are other companies, the app developers, our data is part of the business model so arguably it is against their interest to remove too much of it. ~ ~' interest to remove too much of it. ~ ~ ., , ., it. well, i think that is a really good _ it. well, i think that is a really good point - it. well, i think that is a really good point and i it. well, i think that is a really good point and it| it. well, | think that is a | really good point and it is it. well, i think that is a i really good point and it is a wake—up call for all of that creating these giant businesses that are based on harvesting our personal information and make money off of it has in some way created an accidental dystopia, right? they are taking our data and saying, 0k, they will give us useful products and exchange. when we get that we don't think about all of other things that data can be used as. it is surveillance of capitalism and quiz are starting to pay a
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price. we believe that they are, geoffrey fowler for the washington post, thank you very much. in northern ireland, access to a termination remains difficult, despite the fact that it was decriminalised more than two years ago. services are limited, and last year more than 160 women travelled to england to have the procedure. many who choose to have abortions in northern ireland have to contend with empassioned protesters. later this month the uk's supreme court will decide whether or not to ban such protests. here's emma va rdy. 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.
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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 multi use 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
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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
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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, uh, 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.
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the baby doesn't have a say. it can't shout out the womb, "oi - 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. in sydney australia we have live pictures coming from this protest. crowds are gathering, demonstrating against the us supreme court decision to overturn roe v wade. it is just coming up to 1:15pm on saturday afternoon. they have been protest around the world since the supreme court ruling. as we can see there, people are gathering, listening to demonstrators on the street of sydney australia. stick with us. still to come — at wimbledon, novak djokovic
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is through to the next the next round after beating fellow serbian meomir kecmanovic. 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've pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing j hadn't even been contemplated. celebration parties were cancelled. i 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
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can change the world. education is the only solution. applause this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: ukraine has accused moscow of stealing grain after a russian—flagged cargo ship set off with a cargo of seed. google has vowed to delete location data showing when women visit an abortion clinic to prevent the identification of those who terminate pregnancies illegally. it isa it is a 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
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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're 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
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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 i think hopefully we can put a great race on for them on sunday. you must be confident. you can never be confident. i mean, ferrari look great, 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
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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 straight sets 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 soon—woo of south korea. but since then, he's learnt, and he's 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's
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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. got a straight—sets win over kaja juvan to reach the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time. and that's the case for cameron norrie. he's the british men's number one, and the number nine seed here. he got the job done pretty quickly over america's stevejohnson 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's the most exciting talent in men's tennis. he beat 0scar 0tte in straight sets. and with us in the second week as well. 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,
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petra kvitova take on spain's paula badosa before rafael nadal�*s at it again against lorenzo sonego. ten people have been charged in france with the sinking of a boatin france with the sinking of a boat in the channel. people died in the incident last november. both were iraqi kurds. they said it was the biggest single loss of life in the channels in 2014. here is our corresponded 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, never 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
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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 iraqi 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 afghans last year because of the taliban takeover and so on — but, evidently, and 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 — they 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. the un's cultural arm, unesco, has added the cooking
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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. danny aeberhard reports. the real battle is being fought with bombs and bullets, but there's also a minor skirmish over borscht. on twitter, ukraine's minister of culture declared victory in what he called the "borscht war". his sentiments were echoed by this diner at a restaurant in kyiv. translation: they have always been saying that borscht - is their national dish. that's 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 tart exchanges between ukraine and russia. it's central to the cuisines of both nations, but has become embroiled in a wider struggle for identity. one famous ukrainian chef,
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ivegen klopotenko, told the bbc it was to ukrainians what pizza and pasta are to italians. a feeling only accentuated by the war. in the war times, they are not only able to make be our main dishes, they are part of our souls. and everyone, every refugee who now is coming to my bistro, i'm giving them borscht because i want them to feel like in safety, feel like at home. the taste of borscht is the taste of family. the unesco decision got a mixed response from these residents of moscow. translation: certainly, i borscht is part of the legacy of both russia and ukraine. but i think it's an explicit symbol of ukraine, especially the version with a pampushki savoury bun and garlic. translation: i think unesco took the right decision, - because ukrainian borscht
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with a pampushki savoury bun and lard is a brand. but i also make borscht and it turns out well, i've got to admit. translation: borscht has no nationality. - just like bread, - potatoes, cabbage. is it national? _ what nationality can it have? but the row has prompted sharper comments from the authorities in moscow. the spokeswoman for russia's ministry of foreign affairs, maria zakarova, 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. danny aeberhard, bbc news. let's bring you some live pictures from sydney, australia where protesters have been gathering in sydney to rally against the overturning of roe v wade. it is just it isjust coming up it is just coming up to
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it isjust coming up to 1:30pm on saturday afternoon. these are some of the demonstrations that have taken place around the world since the supreme court ruling. but is it for now. thank you for being with us. we will see you next time. hello there. july has got under way just wherejune left off with lots of heavy showers around. this was one of the showers crossing the skies of aboyne in aberdeenshire, and if we take a look at the radar and the lightning detector, you'll see today's biggest storms have been across eastern scotland and down this eastern side of england as well. but already, our attention is turning to this next area of rain that's moving in from the west, and over the next few hours, that is going to extend from northern ireland across scotland, good part of northern england, wales, eventually reaching the south—west as well. now, temperatures, as we start off saturday morning, well up into double figures, just like they've been, really, over 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
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followed by lots of showers. now, as far as the wimbledon forecast goes, might actually miss out on the rain here, fingers crossed. some sunshine in the morning and the cloud will tend to build, but it's not until the evening time that we're expecting some rain. the rain will come courtesy of this weather front that will continue to push its way eastwards across england. behind that, we see the showers packing in, some heavy ones into the north—west of scotland. that's probably where we'll see the day's thunderstorms break out. but with some sunny spells around, we're looking at temperatures like they've been, really, for a number of days now — high teens across western areas, typically about 18 or so. about 21, 22 in the sunshine further east. now, sunday, we've got further showers to come, probably not quite so many, and into the afternoon, wales and south—west england, a decent shower before it's becoming dry here. but quite a lot of cloud for scotland again, quite breezy conditions here and, so, cool, just 14 in stornoway. otherwise, temperatures again high teens to low 20s. monday's forecast — a little bit more rain to come across the north—west of scotland.
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that looks like it's going to be heavier 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 very gradually is going to exert a bit more of an influence on our weather, some warmer air toppling around the top side of that, but it looks like we could see still quite a bit of cloud across scotland and northern ireland, still with the threat of a few showers. sunnier and warmer further south.
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this is bbc news, the headlines: ukraine has accused moscow of stealing grain, claiming a russian—flagged cargo ship left the russian—occupied port of berdyansk with a cargo of seed. grain shipments from black sea ports have been blocked by russian troops for months, causing deep concern over hunger in many parts of the world. google has announced that it's deleting the location data showing when women visit an abortion clinic. there are concerns that police in the united states could use warrants to obtain digital information proving that someone terminated a pregnancy illegally. britain's top racing driver sir lewis hamilton is calling for a change in attitude in formula one after a former champion used a racially offensive term when referring to him during a podcast.
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