this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. steve bannon, the former aide to president trump, faces jail after being found guilty of contempt of congress. speaking to reporters, he remains defiant. the prosecutor missed one very important phrase. i stand with trump and the constitution, and i will never back off that, ever. ukraine and russia sign a deal allowing the resumption of ukrainian grain exports from ports on the black sea. the un says the agreement could help millions avoid hunger. this is an agreement for the world. it will bring relief for developing countries

on the edge of bankruptcy and the most vulnerable people on the edge of famine. we report from the farms on the frontline in the donbas region which have now become a battleground. a deal to end russia's blockade could _ a deal to end russia's blockade could make _ a deal to end russia's blockade could make a _ a deal to end russia's blockade could make a huge _ a deal to end russia's blockade could make a huge difference, i could make a huge difference, but it— could make a huge difference, but it woffl— could make a huge difference, but it won't end _ could make a huge difference, but it won't end the _ could make a huge difference, but it won't end the war. - could make a huge difference, but it won't end the war. so i but it won't end the war. so here — but it won't end the war. so here in_ but it won't end the war. so here in the _ but it won't end the war. so here in the donbas, - but it won't end the war. so l here in the donbas, ukrainian farmers— here in the donbas, ukrainian farmers are _ here in the donbas, ukrainian farmers are racing _ here in the donbas, ukrainian farmers are racing to - here in the donbas, ukrainian farmers are racing to harvestl farmers are racing to harvest and — farmers are racing to harvest and to— farmers are racing to harvest and to store _ farmers are racing to harvest and to store what _ farmers are racing to harvest and to store what they- farmers are racing to harvest and to store what they can, i and to store what they can, whalever— and to store what they can, whatever the _ and to store what they can, whatever the risks. - thousands of people are evacuated from their homes as spanish wildfires continue to rage in the north—east of the country. gridlock at the english channel as the port of dover is overwhelmed with traffic, and warnings of worse to come. and the more you look, the more you discover. how the powerful newjames webb space telescope is expanding

hello and welcome to the programme. ajury in the us has found donald trump's former chief strategist steve bannon guilty of contempt of congress. it follows his failure to co—operate with a committee investigating the former president's actions during the attack on the capitol in january last year. steve bannon could now face up to two years in prison, but speaking outside the courtroom, he remained unrepentant. i want to start by thanking the jury. we respect their decision today. i really want to thank those hard—working citizens of washington, dc, that had to take an entire week off to go through this. so thanks, and we respect their decision. we may have lost a battle here, but we're not going to lose this war.

in the closing argument, the prosecutor missed one very important phrase. i stand with trump and the constitution, and i will never back off that, ever. we can speak to our correspondent in washington rianna croxford. for viewers starting here, just explain why the congressional committee wanted to speak to him. . ., , , him. the committee believes steve bannon _ him. the committee believes steve bannon and _ him. the committee believes steve bannon and donald - him. the committee believes i steve bannon and donald trump were in contact when the riots kicked off on sixth of january last year, the day before the attack on the capital, steve bannon has said on his podcast that all hell was going to break loose tomorrow, suggesting he may have known a bit of what was to come. the us department ofjustice said that steve bannon had felt above the law when he ignored the legal summons from the committee to co—operate with their investigation, but he pushed back against that, saying he was protect by executive privilege. that is the right of those in government to maintain confidentiality with the president, but this was dismissed by investigators because steve bannon had been fired by donald trump in 2017,

so technically he wasn't in government. so now he faces up to two years in prison, which he says he will appeal. {lilia to two years in prison, which he says he will appeal. 0k, he is a he says he will appeal. ok, he is a controversial— he says he will appeal. 0k, he is a controversial figure. - he says he will appeal. 0k, he is a controversial figure. he i is a controversialfigure. he runs the breitbart news site, doesn't he? just explain a little bit about the relationship between him and donald trump. as you say, he was the strategist leading up to the election in 2016, and then fired, but still close. that's right, steve bannon was seen as the brains behind donald trump's election victory in 2016. he had served as his campaign strategist and also worked as a chief strategist in the white house. but he was fired in 2017 over the political fallout over donald trump's response to the violence in charlottesville that year, when one person died. but as you say, as we heard outside the courthouse today, he does say he is still a very close ally of donald trump, saying that he still stands with him and the constitution and that he will keep fighting on against what he called a war against him.

just looking back at the last of the summer's congressional hearings, made—for—tv, as we can see, very slick, what sort of impact is that having on democrats, and indeed on republicans, just looking ahead to the mid terms?— to the mid terms? well, it is clear the _ to the mid terms? well, it is clear the committee - to the mid terms? well, it is clear the committee want. to the mid terms? well, it is i clear the committee want these hearings to lead to criminal charges against donald trump, but ultimately they don't have the power to bring those. it's up the power to bring those. it's up to thejustice department. and now they are hoping that these hearings will be cutting through. there are some concerns among democrats about the midterms coming up in november, considering that president biden�*s approval ratings are so low, so they will be hoping that this cuts through. there is some evidence that this might be happening. a poll last night found that nearly 40% of republicans now believe that donald trump is at least partly to blame for the violence last year and that nearly a third of them don't want him to run for president again in 202a. and that's important because there has been some talk for a while now

that donald trump was considering announcing as early as september a bid to run again, so they will be really hoping these hearings cut through. hoping these hearings cut throu~h. . ~ hoping these hearings cut throu~h. ., ,, i. , hoping these hearings cut throu~h. . ~ , . through. thank you very much indeed. for the first time since russia began its full—scale invasion of ukraine in february, both sides have signed up to a major un agreement. the deal will allow kyiv to resume the export of 20 million tonnes of grain trapped by the russian naval blockade in the ukrainian port of 0desa. the diplomatic breakthrough aims notjust to help the war—torn nation, but to prevent millions of people in developing countries dying of hunger. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin sent this report from istanbul, where the deal was signed. ukraine's bountiful harvest, badly needed among global shortages and warning of famine. but little of this agreement can be shipped abroad

because of russia's naval blockade. the kremlin stands accused of using food as a weapon of war. now, in istanbul, a rare diplomatic breakthrough— a deal to resume grain exports. also agreed — measures to help russia export its food and fertiliser, which are not covered by sanctions. the un's secretary general, who nurtured the deal, told me it benefits the world.— benefits the world. this is exactly what _ benefits the world. this is exactly what we _ benefits the world. this is exactly what we need - benefits the world. this is exactly what we need at l benefits the world. this is l exactly what we need at the present moment, because developing countries are in a dramatic situation, with skyrocketing prices, and many people are at risk of famine. so there is a moral obligation for all those involved in this process to make it a success. isn't there also a moral question that at a time when russia is killing women and

children and we see this every day, i have seen it in ukraine, you have been in ukraine on the ground, you have seen the aftermath of russian attacks, but here we are with russia being rewarded, with russia getting a deal that is going to help it get its food and fertiliser onto the world markets. some would see this as a payoff for russia.— a payoff for russia. sorry to sa , a payoff for russia. sorry to say. that — a payoff for russia. sorry to say. that is _ a payoff for russia. sorry to say, that is totally - a payoff for russia. sorry to say, that is totally wrong. l say, that is totally wrong. it's not russia that is rewarded. this was a basic need for the international markets. but russia will benefit. russia benefits much _ but russia will benefit. russia benefits much more _ but russia will benefit. russia benefits much more with - but russia will benefit. russia benefits much more with the i benefits much more with the exports of fuel. it is incomparable, the volume. and we go on seeing russia exporting oil and gas to several european countries and other countries around the world. that is where the big businesses.— world. that is where the big businesses. �* , ., , ., businesses. but you understand that some _ businesses. but you understand that some on — businesses. but you understand that some on the _ businesses. but you understand that some on the outside - businesses. but you understand that some on the outside world| that some on the outside world would see this as the un helping russia to do business, at a time when russia is killing women and children every other in ukraine. ida.

killing women and children every other in ukraine. no, we are helping _ every other in ukraine. no, we are helping ukraine. _ every other in ukraine. no, we are helping ukraine. back- every other in ukraine. no, we are helping ukraine. back in i are helping ukraine. back in aril, are helping ukraine. back in april. the — are helping ukraine. back in april, the secretary - are helping ukraine. back in april, the secretary general| april, the secretary general saw the horrors therefore himself during a sombre visit to suburbs around the capital, forever scarred by russian atrocities. when you went to kyiv and ukraine, you are obviously very moved by what you saw, and i remember you said you could imagine your own granddaughters having to flee. yes. �* . , granddaughters having to flee. yes. �* ., , ., granddaughters having to flee. yes. ., , ., yes. against that backdrop, was it very difficult _ yes. against that backdrop, was it very difficult to _ yes. against that backdrop, was it very difficult to sit _ yes. against that backdrop, was it very difficult to sit and - it very difficult to sit and negotiate with russia? was that a hard thing to do? {th negotiate with russia? was that a hard thing to do?— a hard thing to do? of course it's not easy. _ a hard thing to do? of course it's not easy. but, _ a hard thing to do? of course it's not easy. but, amen, - a hard thing to do? of course l it's not easy. but, amen, there is a sense of duty that the secretary general of the united nations must have in relation to the whole world. as strong as my emotion when i visited the places that you just mentioned, today it was also very emotionalfor me mentioned, today it was also very emotional for me to sign this agreement. it is probably

the most important thing i have been doing since i became secretary general. for this landmark _ secretary general. for this landmark deal _ secretary general. for this landmark deal to - secretary general. for this landmark deal to work, - secretary general. for this i landmark deal to work, they will have to be a de facto ceasefire in ukraine's black sea ports and safe passage for cargo vessels. it's a big gamble, and peace remains a distant prospect. ukraine's wheat is vital for the global economy, but the russian invasion has made growing and harvesting crops a dangerous occupation. 0ur correspondent andrew harding has been visiting frontline farms near the heavily bombarded city of slovyansk. it's harvest time in ukraine's war—torn donbas. from his perch, vlodyr bukhantsov can the front lines, just one hillside away to the north. traces of smoke on the

horizon, and then this. jet engines roar overhead. two ukrainian fighterjets roar overhead to attack russian positions. you can see a russian rocket blazing upwards, narrowly missing one jet. the planes both launch decoy flares and turn sharply, heading home. "we see this almost every day," says vlodyr. "the pilots do their job, we do ours. my son is fighting on the front line near here too." farmers and fighters — almost everyone else has left or is leaving this region. hurried farewells at a bus stop, to the sound of russian rockets landing nearby. and plenty of those rockets and cluster bombs are hitting ukraine's wheat fields, setting fire to thousands of acres. it's another challenge

for the farmers and for a world that is increasingly desperate for ukraine's crops. farm owner sergei takes me on a tour of his bomb craters. he used to sell almost all his wheat and sunflower seeds for export. but the war has put a stop to that. he shows me more footage of the damage to his farm. this is where the cows were killed by another bomb. in fact, we can just hear a few more in the distance. it's quite a noisy morning here. but the biggest problem, sergei tells me, is the russian blockade. "the ports are closed," he says. "we can't export anything, and so the price we get for our wheat has dropped by two thirds." a deal to end russia's blockade could make a huge difference, but it won't end the war.

and so here in the donbas, ukrainian farmers are racing to harvest and to store what they can, whatever the risks. andrew harding, bbc news, in eastern ukraine. let's get some of the day's other news: there have been fresh clashes between rival militia factions in the libyan capital, tripoli, after one group detained a member of another. the heavy fighting between the special deterrence forces and the tripoli revolutionaries battalion left at least three people dead, although some reports put that number at 15. the european commission has launched fresh legal action against the uk. it says there is a failure to comply with the post—brexit customs and tax arrangements for northern ireland. the uk government said the latest claims were disappointing and legal action was in nobody�*s interest. the white house says president biden�*s mild covid—19 symptoms are improving and he is responding well to treatment. mr biden tested positive for the disease on thursday. the president is continuing

to isolate in the white house. vince mcmahon, the head of the wrestling entertainment giant wwe, has announced his retirement. he had already stepped down as ceo and chair of the company because of an investigation into alleged misconduct. the wwe board is investigating reports that he made a secret payout of $3 million to a departing employee with whom he is alleged to have had an affair. officials in spain co—ordinating the response to the recent wildfires say they fear worse is to come. tens of thousands of acres of land have been destroyed so far this year, and thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes. emergency teams are struggling to contain blazes in different parts of the country, including the canary islands. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake reports from north—eastern spain. across europe, day and night, fires have been threatening

to take lives and to destroy homes. these are spanish firefighters, but italian, romanian and greek crews are among those working flat out. here in ateca in north—eastern spain, it's a constant battle to contain existing fires and to prevent new ones. this morning we came across paco, who explained how the flames had torn through the hillside before reaching right up to his house. "i was watching it on tv and could see the flames were getting ever nearer," he tells us. "they were at my door when the firefighters arrived just in time." huge swathes of land could not be saved, and now look more like the surface of the moon, not planet earth.

well, this is the vast destructive path the flames took as they raced up the valley, jumped over the road, before they were contained. these are the worst fires spain has experienced in 15 years, and across europe we are witnessing more consequences of climate change. they are battling blazes in different parts of spain. this the galicia region. 0ne exhausted team takes shelter as the wind changes once again and a new threat emerges. and crews across heatwave europe will be on high alert for the rest of the summer. nick beake, bbc news, north—eastern spain. this is bbc news — the headlines. steve bannon — the former aide to president trump — faces jail after being found guilty of contempt of congress. ukraine and russia sign a deal allowing the resumption of ukrainian grain exports from ports on the black sea. the un says the agreement could help millions avoid hunger.

a brazillian court has charged three men with the murder of british journalist dom phillips and local indigenous expert bruno pereira. it's still not clear why the men were targeted and then shot dead. of the day on sunday, a lot of dry and bright weather with spells of sunshine too. feeling warm and that sunshine and could be they said that what probably motivated the killing was the fact that they were on a boat on a river where there was a illegal basically, they came across by chance these three men on a boat and they challenged them and said, you should not be fishing here and

then the indigenous expertise to work for the government said, take a picture of their boat. and that anger to the other crew, the people who are doing it illegally, and they decided to go after them with a faster boat and shot them there and then. and what we know about the suspects here? they are indigenous people are part of a wider gang?— are indigenous people are part of a wider gang? they are local --eole. of a wider gang? they are local peeple- they — of a wider gang? they are local people. they are _ of a wider gang? they are local people. they are not _ people. they are not indigenous. they are from the local community. their fisherman, officially. but what the police suspect, and that is what two investigated, there is a strongly between illegal fishing near the border, very remote area, with drug trafficking. so there were money—laundering, the fishermen, for drug—trafficking gangs operating in the area and gold digging so it is very serious about what the

government does not know yet and the authorities don't know yet if someone ordered the killing of the indigenous experts and the brazilian vice president said about one month ago that phillips was collateral damage. they did not mean to kill him. he wasjust collateral damage. they did not mean to kill him. he was just a witness there. so there might be an orderfrom witness there. so there might be an order from above to kill him because he was investigating the or there might be only a casual encounter.— might be only a casual encounter. . ., ., , , might be only a casual encounter. . ., ., , encounter. are more arrests and charues encounter. are more arrests and charges expected? _ encounter. are more arrests and charges expected? there - encounter. are more arrests and charges expected? there is - encounter. are more arrests and charges expected? there is a - charges expected? there is a fourth person. _ charges expected? there is a fourth person, a _ charges expected? there is a fourth person, a citizen - charges expected? there is a fourth person, a citizen who l fourth person, a citizen who was arrested earlier this month and police today raided his house. they are trying to look for information. he would be the person who is the boss of these drug traffickers but he was not charged today, which is significant. they did not have evidence to charge him. thank ou ve evidence to charge him. thank you very much _ evidence to charge him. thank you very much indeed. - a war of words has erupted on both sides of the english channel,

after a day of major delays at the port of dover, passengers have reported queuing in their cars for up to seven hours to get to france. the port accused french authorities of "ruining the start to the summer getaway" because of what it called "woefully inadequate" staffing. french officials blamed the problems on a technical incident — but that explanation has been rejected by eurotunnel. 0ur transport correspondent, katy austin has more details. it's the big summer getaway, but no—one stuck in these queues today was getting away very quickly. the durnford family took these photos on the way to catch a ferry for the first—ever holiday abroad together. so, this was supposed to be a one—hour carjourney from sevenoaks in kent, and it's just been nearly seven hours now, and we're still not checked in. we completely missed our 9.30 ferry. i was able to get out of the car with my girls and we got to the shops to get some food, because we didn't bring that much food with us because we thought

we were going to be having lunch in france. and they were allowed onto a later ferry five hours after they'd expected to depart. dover and the surrounding roads are gridlocked and police were out managing traffic. with post—brexit and covid checks now in place, the port of dover said it had done what it could to prepare for a busy summer and worked with local and government partners. the port also said it had worked with french border police to plan for the expected traffic volumes, but it accused them of providing woefully inadequate resource this morning. what we had requested for the start of the day around 4am in the morning, was to have 14 officers in place that could manage, because the traffic starts arriving that early in the morning. what we did have was six, so we had an inadequate number of immigration officers. the port boss insisted his teams had been providing regular updates on what was needed. i promise you there was no more communication, no more planning, no more analysis that we could have done. the french authorities hit back, saying it was not correct that they hadn't put sufficient

manpower in place, that the plan had been to man all posts at 8.30am, but an unforeseeable technical incident at the channel tunnel led them to postpone full operational capacity by one hour. then eurotunnel said the incident had nothing to do with officials being delayed. it's now mid—afternoon, and things are flowing a bit more freely than they were. but the delays this morning were so great there is a really long backlog. as the blame game continues, the reality is a miserable start to many people's holidays. katy austin, bbc news. british airways staff at heathrow airport have called off strike action planned for the summer. they've accepted a new 8 percent pay offer along with a bonus and irregular shift payments. 700 workers — mostly check—in staff — had been set to strike over a 10 percent pay cut imposed during the pandemic.

nasa's new james webb space telescope has revealed that there were ten times more galaxies like our own milky way in the early universe than previously thought. the world's most powerful telescope — which entered service earlier this month — collects invisible infrared data that has made visible galaxies that existed soon after the big bang took place. the lead author of the study, professor christopher conselice, spoke to us earlier. what we have done is look at some of the very earliest images, deep images from the james webb space telescope and look at galaxies we had already discovered but we thought with hubble these galaxies were very strange —looking, peculiar, very distorted and that they were in some formation but the web images clearly show that they are not like that. many of them are actually almost

normal—looking in some ways, like her own milky way. a rotating system which is elongated into kind of asymmetrical disk shape. which is surprising, because we thought that those kind of galaxies did not exist but now we are finding them in great abundance quite early in the universe so it is really surprising. when the residents of a small town in australia saw a strange red glow in the sky. looking just like this — they were a little bit alarmed. was it some strange chemical accident — a military attack — or even an alien invasion? the truth turned out to be a little less exotic — it was actually the glow from lights from a cannabis farm — which were visible because the black—out blinds used to obscure its location at night had malfunctioned. the site, near mildura, in northern victoria, legally grows cannnabis for medical use — and the blinds have now been fixed.

now, on a different tone, a polar bear roaming around an arctic outpost in northern russia has been rescued after getting its tongue caught in a can of condensed milk. residents of the remote settlement of dikson sounded the alarm when the stricken 2—year—old female was seen wandering up to huts in the village on wednesday. a team from moscow zoo flew out to tranquillize the animal with a dart, remove the sharp metal from its mouth and treat the cuts to its tongue. the vets said the bear was thing and a little dehydrated, but its injuried were expected to heal. don't forget you'll find lots more on the stories we're covering on our website — including steve bannon facing up to two years in prison after being found guilty

of contempt of congress.just head to bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbc tim willcox hi. we are forecasting rain this weekend, but not an awful lot of it, and most of it will fall in western areas of the uk, particularly the northwest. there'll be some sunshine around, too, and many of us will actually escape the rain all together, rain that we really need because the gardens are very parched. so, here's the low pressure that will approach us. in fact, it's approaching us right now, the unsettled weather out towards the west. but ahead of this weather front in east anglia, in the southeast, we'll see very warm weather as south—westerly winds develop and tap into some of that heat that's across france right now. but let's have a look at the here and now and the rain approaching northern ireland through early saturday morning. elsewhere, it's generally dry, quite a bright start to the day, a mild one too, 17 celsius in london, 15 celsius in hull

and around 1a celsius in the lowlands of scotland. so, the forecast for saturday shows increasing amounts of cloud out towards the west. you can see that rain moves in, it's a fairly broken area of rain, so it'll wax and wane through the morning, into the afternoon, and in fact, if anything, the skies may clear in northern ireland middle of the day, and it'll be quite sunny and pleasant with temperatures up to 20 degrees. it'll stay dry generally east of the pennines, across east anglia and the south coast. so, a fine day for portsmouth, southampton, brighton, and temperatures will be in the low 20s. but towards evening, notice this lump of rain heads towards northern ireland and southwestern scotland, and that could really be quite heavy for a time saturday night into sunday. here's sunday's weather forecast. so, the low pressure, slow—moving and just to the northwest of us, brisk south—westerly winds pushing in clouds and showers, but most of the showers escaping east anglia and the southeast, where warm south—westerly winds will draw in that heat from france. so, temperatures temporarily reaching 30 celsius there in norwich, and by that, i mean it'sjust going to be the one day. in fact, by the time we get to monday, and this is monday's weather map, the low pressure moves out into the north sea. 0n the back side of it, the winds are coming in from the north. so fresher conditions

sweep across the country and it'll cool off. so, here's the forecast for a couple...for a few cities, then, northern areas staying a little unsettled into monday and fresher. so fresher conditions sweep across the country and it'll cool off. so, here's the forecast for a couple...for a few cities, then, northern areas staying a little unsettled into monday and fresher. further south, also cooling off, but staying generally dry. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump's former strategist steve bannon has been found guilty of contempt of congress. he was charged after refusing to testify to the inquiry into the 6january riots at the us capitol and could face two years in prison. ukraine and russia have signed a deal which will allow the resumption of ukrainian grain exports from ports on the black sea. they had been blocked by russia following the military invasion. russian exports will also be guaranteed safe passage. the un says the agreement could help millions avoid hunger. wildfires are continuing to burn across parts of of europe, with spain badly affected. thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and officials say more than 190,000 hectares of land have been scorched, with conditions expected to worsen.