welcome to bbc news. our top stories: ukraine and russia sign a deal allowing the resumption of ukrainian grain exports from ports on the black sea. the un says the deal must not fail. many— must not fail. people are at risk many must not fail. people are at risk of famine, many people are at risk of famine, so there is a moral obligation on all those involved in this process to make _ involved in this process to make it _ involved in this process to make it a _ involved in this process to make it a success. 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 make a huge difference, i but it won't end the war. so here in the donbas, - ukrainian farmers are racing to harvest and to store whatl they can, whatever the risks. 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. 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 our view of the universe. welcome to our viewers on pbs

in america and around the globe. 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 allowing wheat and corn to be exported from ukrainian ports. it is aimed at bringing down the high price of grain and restoring supplies to countries suffering food shortages. ukraine is one of the world's largest exporters of cereal crops and oils. before the war, 46% of the world's sunflower oil, 18% of its maize and 12% of its wheat came from ukraine, and the poorest countries are most reliant on it. but since the invasion, russia has been blockading ukraine's major ports along the black sea, such as odesa. it means that currently some 20 million tonnes of grain are stuck in silos there. our international correspondent orla guerin reports.

ukraine's bountiful harvest — badly needed among global shortages and warnings of famine. but little of this grain 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. this is orla guerin from the bbc. good morning. the un's secretary general, who nurtured the deal, told me it benefits the world. this is 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 there, at a time when russia is killing women and children? and we see this every day. i've seen it in ukraine. you've been in ukraine on the ground. you've 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. sorry to say, that's 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 more with the exports of fuel. it's incomparable, the volume, and we go on seeing russia exporting oil and gas to several european countries

and to other countries around the world. that is where the big business is. but you understand that some in the outside world will see this as the un helping russia to do business at a time when russia is killing women and children every other day in ukraine. no, we are helping ukraine. back in april, the secretary general saw the horrors there for himself during a sombre visit to suburbs around the capital, forever scarred by russian atrocities. when you went to kyiv and ukraine, you yourself in bucha and you are obviously very moved by what you saw, and i remember you said you could imagine your own granddaughters having to flee. yes. against that backdrop, was it very difficult to sit and negotiate with russia? was that a hard thing to do? of course it's not easy. but, i mean, there is a sense of duty that the secretary general of the united nations

must have in relation to the whole world. as strong was my emotion when i visited the places that you just mentioned, today it was also very emotional for me to sign this agreement. it's probably the most important thing i've been doing since i became secretary general. for this landmark deal to work, there 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. orla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. ukraine's wheat is vital for the global economy, but the russian invasion has made growing and harvesting crops a dangerous occupation. our 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, vladimir bukhantsev 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 vladimir. "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 kurinniy 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. 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 now speak to conservative talk show host jake smith. he joins us from delaware. he failed to comply with the subpoenae. it is an open and shut case, isn't it?— shut case, isn't it? well, not reall , shut case, isn't it? well, not really. tim. _ shut case, isn't it? well, not really, tim, and _ shut case, isn't it? well, not really, tim, and good - shut case, isn't it? well, not i really, tim, and good morning. thank you for having me in your broadcast. this case, or the persecution and prosecution of steve bannon, was more of the same from this phony six january committee. not only are they attacking and targeting president trump, they are also

attacking and targeting peter navarro, president trump's primary trade consultant at the white house when he was president. white house when he was president-— white house when he was president. they've got two republicans _ president. they've got two republicans on _ president. they've got two republicans on the - president. they've got two - republicans on the committee, haven't they?— haven't they? they are phony republicans. _ haven't they? they are phony republicans. they _ haven't they? they are phony republicans. they are - haven't they? they are phony republicans. they are not. republicans. they are not republicans. they are not republicans. liz republicans. they are not republicans.— republicans. they are not republicans. liz cheney, the dau . hter republicans. liz cheney, the daughter of _ republicans. liz cheney, the daughter of dick _ republicans. liz cheney, the daughter of dick cheney. - republicans. liz cheney, the | daughter of dick cheney. was republicans. liz cheney, the - daughter of dick cheney. was he a phony republicans? ida. daughter of dick cheney. was he a phony republicans?— a phony republicans? no, she is not even going — a phony republicans? no, she is not even going to _ a phony republicans? no, she is not even going to win _ a phony republicans? no, she is not even going to win her- not even going to win her party's endorsement when there is a primary next month. liz cheney is finished.- is a primary next month. liz cheney is finished. sorry, you said she is — cheney is finished. sorry, you said she is a _ cheney is finished. sorry, you said she is a phony _ said she is a phony republicans. i wondered said she is a phony republicans. iwondered if said she is a phony republicans. i wondered if you thought dick cheney was a phony republican. find thought dick cheney was a phony republican-— republican. and is not even runnina republican. and is not even running for _ republican. and is not even running for re-election - republican. and is not even - running for re-election because running for re—election because he has absolutely no chance of re—election. he is finished —— kinzingerer. the people that republicans wanted on the sixth of january committee to make it fair were not permitted by nancy pelosi and the ruling junta. nancy pelosi and the ruling “unta. �* , nancy pelosi and the ruling

“unta. v . ~ nancy pelosi and the ruling “unta. �*, . ~ ., junta. ok, let's get back to steve bannon. _ junta. ok, let's get back to steve bannon. he - junta. ok, let's get back to steve bannon. he has- junta. ok, let's get back to | steve bannon. he has been junta. ok, let's get back to - steve bannon. he has been found guilty of contempt. that is up to two years in jail. does guilty of contempt. that is up to two years injail. does he think he is above the law? this is what a lot of international viewers are wondering. why didn't he go and give evidence? the committee alleges he spoke to donald trump the day before this, and the two men were still close even though donald trump had sacked him.- trump had sacked him. steve bannon was _ trump had sacked him. steve bannon was gone _ trump had sacked him. steve bannon was gone from - trump had sacked him. steve bannon was gone from the i trump had sacked him. steve . bannon was gone from the white house for three years prior to sixth of january 2021, tim. house for three years prior to sixth ofjanuary 2021, tim. he was not involved in it. he had nothing to do with it, and neither did peter navarro. forgive me, i don't want to keep on interrupting you, but his original excuse was claiming executive privilege, wasn't it? because he was part of the trump administration. but how can he be part of the trump administration when he has been fired by the president?— has been fired by the president? has been fired by the resident? ., , ., ., president? he was not part of the trump — president? he was not part of the trump administration - president? he was not part of the trump administration on | president? he was not part of. the trump administration on the sixth of january. the trump administration on the sixth ofjanuary. however, sixth of january. however, steve sixth ofjanuary. however, steve bannon, such as president trump and the january ethics committee, their attorneys were

not allowed to cross examine, they could not bring their own witnesses in. it was a show trial. that's what a banana republic show trial is. the sixth of january committee is a show trial. president trump is not allowed to defend himself. we cannot call his own witnesses, nor can he cross—examine any of the secret witnesses of the january six committee. witnesses of the january six committee-— witnesses of the january six committee. �* , , committee. and yet, you see, he said read at _ committee. and yet, you see, he said read at the _ committee. and yet, you see, he said read at the end _ committee. and yet, you see, he said read at the end he _ committee. and yet, you see, he said read at the end he would - said read at the end he would come and give evidence. so if you believe it was a show trial why would he have offered to do that? ~ ., , why would he have offered to do that? . ., why would he have offered to do that? ~ ., , ., ., why would he have offered to do that? . . , ., ., , that? well, it was a deal they were heping _ that? well, it was a deal they were hoping to _ that? well, it was a deal they were hoping to work - that? well, it was a deal they were hoping to work out - that? well, it was a deal they were hoping to work out with | were hoping to work out with the january six committee. as far as the trial is concerned, what bannon was asking was for the january six committee themselves to show up. he wanted them subpoenaed and wanted them subpoenaed and wanted them subpoenaed and wanted them to testify. there is something in america where we have the right to equal protection under the law. there was no equal protection provided under the law for this

phony trial that steve bannon was put through. now, from a historical perspective, this is the first person to be prosecuted for contempt of congress. by the way, the majority of americans — we have contempt of congress, period. they have lower ratings than joe biden has, and that's hard to do. but 1974, joe biden has, and that's hard to do. but1974, one joe biden has, and that's hard to do. but 1974, one of the members of the nixon administration was prosecuted for contempt of congress. 1974, eric holder, who was an attorney generalfor eric holder, who was an attorney general for barack 0bama, was running guns to mexico and got caught. the republicans who were in charge at that time subpoenaed him before congress. he refused to 90, before congress. he refused to go, he was held in contempt of congress for two years and then he resigned. he was not prosecuted, norwas he resigned. he was not prosecuted, nor was lois lerner, who at the time was running the internal revenue service for barack 0bama. they were both held for contempt of congress. they were not put through what steve bannon was

put through today. there is clearly a double standard. we are going to continue to fight. president trump will be president again, that is what they are concerned about in 2024. he will win re—election in 2024, no question. qm. 2024. he will win re-election in 2024, no question. 0k, well, let's see what _ in 2024, no question. 0k, well, let's see what happens - in 2024, no question. 0k, well, let's see what happens on - in 2024, no question. 0k, well, let's see what happens on that. let's see what happens on that one. he hasn't even declared yet, and 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. 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 three million dollars to a departing employee with whom he's alleged to have had an affair. the billionaire oversaw wwe�*s growth into a global business , and often made cameos in the ring himself. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: nasa's new james webb telescope reveals galaxies that existed soon after the big bang occurred — 13 billion years ago. coming down the ladder now. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire has been blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30—year history

of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence - and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia, l but now, a decade later, - it's been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity and an increase in malfunctioning sperm unable to swim properly. thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. this is bbc news, the latest headlines . 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.

steve bannon — the former aide to president trump — faces jail after being found guilty of contempt of congress. 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 northern 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. 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 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. 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. joining me now from arizona is astonomer professor rogier windhorst. they are truly spectacular, i went they? 0ne they are truly spectacular, i went they? one is called the phantom galaxy. why that? do you know, i am phantom galaxy. why that? do you know, iam really phantom galaxy. why that? do you know, i am really sorry. there we go! in the mac if you look hard enough in the infrared, the galaxy is there so web conceding that hubble, we would never have dreamt of the trouble. and why is this being made available with james

webb and not hubble? is it further into space or different technology? in the mac further backin technology? in the mac further back in time so the universe was smaller and all the light we received has moved from the optical into the infrared so we really need web to see these very early objects. how much further? what sort of distance away? further? what sort of distance awa ? ~ , away? well within the first billion years. _ away? well within the first billion years. probably - away? well within the first billion years. probably it . billion years. probably it within the first 300 million years. not quite there yet. we still got some more observations to do before we look that far back in time. hubble sort of stops the first five or 600 million years after the beginning. it can see no further. it cannot see further in the red than those distances.— in the red than those distances. ~ ., ., ., distances. what are we learning so far? 0r _ distances. what are we learning so far? or is — distances. what are we learning so far? or is it _ distances. what are we learning so far? or is it too _ distances. what are we learning so far? or is it too early - distances. what are we learning so far? or is it too early to - so far? or is it too early to

say? these images will need to be sort of pored over, will they come and study for several months? you may guess what abilities is about to analyse. we've only had the images for less than a week. but we will see the first galaxies the first stars as they are forming. first stars as they are forming-— first stars as they are forminu. ~ ,., , ., forming. we need some help on this is where _ forming. we need some help on this is where einstein _ forming. we need some help on this is where einstein comes - forming. we need some help on this is where einstein comes to l this is where einstein comes to the rescue. we use a foreground massive objects of clusters of galaxies that will magnify the light. turn it into these beautiful art to the king things and in that process, it gets magnified to beyond the limits that can detect. it could not originally see it but with the help of foreground gravity, we can see these objects. it gravity, we can see these objects-— objects. it is absolutely spectacular _ objects. it is absolutely spectacular and - objects. it is absolutely - spectacular and fascinating. i'm sorry we are out of time but thank you very much indeed. plenty more on the james webb space telescope on our website.

from me and the team, see you soon. 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 14 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. further south, also cooling off, but staying generally dry. bye— bye.

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 january the 6th riots at the us capitol — and could face two years in prison. 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—thousand hectares