welcome to bbc news — i'm tim willcox. 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 people as invesco famine so there is a moral obligation of all those involved in the process to make a success. of all those involved in the process to make 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 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. 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, right? i stand with trump and the constitution and i will never back off. never. never. 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.

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's 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.

badly needed among global shortages and warnings of famine. but little of the screen can be shipped abroad because of russia's naval blockade. the kremlin stands accused of using food as a weapon of war. now, after istanbul a very diplomatic breakthrough. a deal to his in grain exports. also agreed, measures to help russia export its food and fertiliser which are not covered by sanctions. the un 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 needed i benefits the world. this is | exactly what we needed at benefits the world. this is - exactly what we needed at the present— exactly what we needed at the present moment because developing countries are in a dramatic_ developing countries are in a dramatic situation with

skyrocketing prices and many people — skyrocketing prices and many people as invesco famine so there — people as invesco famine so there is_ people as invesco famine so there is e _ people as invesco famine so there is a moral obligation of all those _ there is a moral obligation of all those involved in this process— all those involved in this process to make it a success. isht— process to make it a success. isn't also— process to make it a success. isn't also a _ process to make it a success. isn't also a moral question that at a time when russia is killing women and children and we see this every day, i've seen it in ukraine and ub in ukraine on the ground, you've seen the aftermath of russian attacks, but here we are with russia being rewarded, with russia being rewarded, with russia getting a deal that is going to help it get its food and fertiliser onto the market, some would see this as a pay offer russia.— offer russia. sorry to say, that is totally _ offer russia. sorry to say, that is totally wrong. - offer russia. sorry to say, that is totally wrong. it i offer russia. sorry to say, that is totally wrong. it is | that is totally wrong. it is not russia that has rewarded. this was a basic need for the international markets. but washable _ international markets. but washable benefits? russia benefits much _ washable benefits? russia benefits much more - washable benefits? russia benefits much more with l washable benefits? russia - benefits much more with exports of fuel. it is incomparable. the volume. and we go on seeing russian exports of 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 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. ., ., �* ., ukraine. now, what we're doing helinu ukraine. now, what we're doing helping ukraine. _ ukraine. now, what we're doing helping ukraine. back— ukraine. now, what we're doing helping ukraine. back in - ukraine. now, what we're doing helping ukraine. back in april, i helping ukraine. back in april, the secretary-general- helping ukraine. back in april, the secretary-general saw - helping ukraine. back in april, the secretary-general saw the | the secretary—general saw the horror is therefore himself. during a sombre visit to suburbs around the capital. forever scarred by russian atrocities when you went to kyiv and ukraine you were yourself obviously very moved by what you saw. fit yourself obviously very moved by what you saw.— yourself obviously very moved by what you saw._ i | by what you saw. of course. i said you _ by what you saw. of course. i said you can _ by what you saw. of course. i said you can imagine - by what you saw. of course. i said you can imagine your- by what you saw. of course. i | said you can imagine your own granddaughters having to flee. against that backdrop, was it very difficult to set and negotiate with russia? was it a hard thing to do? in the matter of course it is not easy but, i mean, there is a sense of duty that the secretary—general of the united nations must give to the united nations must give to the whole world. when i visited

the whole world. 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 and it is probably the most important thing i have 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. is 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. our correspondent andrew harding has been visiting frontline farms near the heavily—bombarded city of slovyansk. it's harvest time in ukraine's in war—torn donbas. from his perch vlodyr

bukhantsov can the front lines, just one hillside away the north. traces of smoke on the horizon. and then this. jet engines roar overhead. two ukrainian fighter jets 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. pilots do theirjob, 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. a farm owner takes my 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. overly want to thank those hard—working citizens of washington, dc that have taken time up to go through this so

their thanks. time up to go through this so theirthanks. i time up to go through this so their thanks. i respect the decision. we may have lost the battle here today but were 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. never. never. we can now speak to the journalist mollyjong-fast who has been following events surrounding the contempt of court proceedings against bannon very closely. not the first senior white house official to be held in contempt of congress. as note obama's attorney general is held in contempt in 2012 and he did not get prosecuted in the end either. an idea, but i think these guys are going to get prosecuted. you have the peter navarro case coming up next but i think there are two contempt of congress people who decided not to prosecute. and i think that the fact that

they've chosen to go after bannon and navarro shows that there are serious. so what you make of his defence that this is not a fair trial, that he was not able to subpoena the witnesses he wanted? he was not able to subpoena the witnesses he wanted?- was not able to subpoena the witnesses he wanted? he did not ut u- witnesses he wanted? he did not put up much _ witnesses he wanted? he did not put up much of — witnesses he wanted? he did not put up much of a _ witnesses he wanted? he did not put up much of a defence - witnesses he wanted? he did not put up much of a defence and - put up much of a defence and his lawyer did not have much of a defence but he sort ofjust went through it, and thejury did not take very long to convict. i think they hope that they can get out of it but it seems very likely, again, sentencing is tober, that this may be something that bannon cannot get out of. you may be something that bannon cannot get out of.— cannot get out of. you claimed executive _ cannot get out of. you claimed executive privilege _ cannot get out of. you claimed executive privilege to - cannot get out of. you claimed executive privilege to start - executive privilege to start off with, didn't he? despite having been fired by donald trump just a year after he got into office. trumpjust a year after he got into office-— into office. you, he had not been in _ into office. you, he had not been in the _ into office. you, he had not been in the white - into office. you, he had not been in the white house i into office. you, he had not| been in the white house for three years. i mean, the executive privilege claim is pretty farcical. ijust executive privilege claim is pretty farcical. i just think you didn't take it seriously and there were other people in

the trump administration who played hard to get but remember, bernard thinks he is a hero and thinks that he will be able to sort of dine out on this and use this as a kind of political prisoner and i don't think that is how it is going to go up. he think that is how it is going to go up-— think that is how it is going ton-ou. , ., to go up. he claims he was not that close _ to go up. he claims he was not that close to _ to go up. he claims he was not that close to donald _ to go up. he claims he was not that close to donald trump - that close to donald trump though the committee believes that he spoke to president the day before the capitol hill riots. has that been proven categorically? i riots. has that been proven categorically?— categorically? i don't know what the — categorically? i don't know what the january _ categorically? i don't know what the january select - what the january select committee has. they have not... they certainly didn't talk about that but remember, they have just post earrings for the month of october and are going to come back in september so there may be more and they're constantly collecting more and they are constantly imploring witnesses, you know, you hear there's cheney at the beginning and end of every hearing, like, this is your moment, come and talk to us. so i think they will get more and i think they will get more and i think they

will be more and we will certainly see more in september. certainly see more in setember. , , september. presumably, he will a- eal, september. presumably, he will appeal. will— september. presumably, he will appeal, will he? _ september. presumably, he will appeal, will he? 0r— september. presumably, he will appeal, will he? or is _ september. presumably, he will appeal, will he? or is there - september. presumably, he will appeal, will he? or is there a i appeal, will he? or is there a very real chance that he could be incarcerated? i very real chance that he could be incarcerated?— be incarcerated? i think there is a very real _ be incarcerated? i think there is a very real chance - be incarcerated? i think there is a very real chance it - be incarcerated? i think there is a very real chance it will. is a very real chance it will go to jail. that is in october. bannon�*s attorney says he is going to appeal but i think it is certainly possible that bannon will go to jail. this is not years injail. this is a month or two. but i think that bannon thinks it will benefit him and help him. anytime someone likes bannon gets a platform, you know, he tries to use it to get more popular and sped more lies about the american 2020 election so i don't know, in the end, if he will be able to spin this into a win, but i he thinks he will. thank you very much indeed. 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. our europe correspondent, nick beake, reports 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. one 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: 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. a brazilian 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. i heard more about the case from the bbc world service's americas editor leonardo rocha. there was some new information released by prosecutors today where their charges. they said that what ridley motivated the killing was the fact that —— probably motivated the killing

was that tom phillips and bruno pereira were on a boat on the river where there was illegal fishing. they came across by chance the three men who were on a boat and they challenged them and said you be fishing here, and then the indigenous expert who used to work for the government said dom, take a picture of the boat, and that angered the other crew, the people who are doing it illegally, and they decided to go after them with a faster boat and shot them from the back and shot them there and them. �* . back and shot them there and them. . ., ., ,, ., ., them. and what do we know about them. and what do we know about the suspects _ them. and what do we know about the suspects here, _ them. and what do we know about the suspects here, they _ them. and what do we know about the suspects here, they are - the suspects here, they are indigenous people, or part of a wider game?— wider game? they are local --eole, wider game? they are local peeple. they _ wider game? they are local people, they are _ wider game? they are local people, they are not - people, they are not indigenous, they are from the local community, they are fishermen officially, but what the police suspect, and that is what the two men were investigating there, there is a strong link between illegal fishing, it is near the border near peru, a very remote area,

with drug trafficking. so there were money laundering, the fishermen, for drug trafficking gangs that were operating in the area, also gold digging. so it is very serious. i want the government doesn't know yet, and the authorities don't know yet, if someone ordered the killing of bruno pereira, the indigenous expert, and the brazilian vice president said about a month ago, that dom philips was collateral damage, they didn't mean to kill him, he wasjust a they didn't mean to kill him, he was just a witness there. so there might be an orderfrom above to kill him because he was investigating there, or there might be only a casual encounter.— there might be only a casual encounter. . ., ., ., , , encounter. and are more arrests and charges — encounter. and are more arrests and charges expected _ encounter. and are more arrests and charges expected because . encounter. and are more arrests| and charges expected because of that? , ., ., , that? there is a fourth person, a peruvian _ that? there is a fourth person, a peruvian citizen _ that? there is a fourth person, a peruvian citizen who - that? there is a fourth person, a peruvian citizen who was - a peruvian 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 ordered, he would be the person who is the boss of this drug trafficking operation. but he was not

charged today, which is significant, they didn't have evidence to charge him. 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's responding well to treatment. mr biden tested positive for the disease on thursday.

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. our 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 their 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. 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 four o'clock in the morning, was to have 1a officers in place so that we 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's 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. emily brown reports. the universe, 13.8 billion years old, captured here by the world's most powerful telescope. after entering service earlier this month, a james webb telescope has found there were ten times more galaxies just like there were ten times more galaxiesjust like our there were ten times more galaxies just like our own milky way than previously

thought. milky way than previously thou:ht. , ., ., thought. many of them are actually almost _ thought. many of them are actually almost normal - thought. many of them are - actually almost normal looking in some ways, like a discount, like —— disc galaxy. a rotating system that is elongated into asymmetrical disc shape. which is surprising because we thought about those kind of galaxies did not exist but now we are finding them in great abundance quite early in the universe. abundance quite early in the universe-— abundance quite early in the universe. �* , universe. and the discovery has been made _ universe. and the discovery has been made possible _ universe. and the discovery has been made possible by - been made possible by collecting invisible infrared data. the team studying the results describe it as revolutionary. it results describe it as revolutionary.- results describe it as revolutionary. results describe it as revolutiona . , ., revolutionary. it is really one ofthe revolutionary. it is really one of the most _ revolutionary. it is really one of the most amazing - revolutionary. it is really one i of the most amazing telescopes that astronomers have ever built. and it is barely comparable to something like the galileo telescope used to look at something for the first time. ~ ., ., , , time. more images will be captured _ time. more images will be captured over _ time. more images will be captured over the - time. more images will be captured over the coming | captured over the coming months, looking —— possibly leading to more amazing

discoveries. i've been speaking to astronomer rogier windhorst about what the discovery means for our understanding of the universe. it is further back in time, therefore the universe was smaller and all the light that we received has moved from the optical into the infrared, so we really need to see these early objects.— we really need to see these early objects. early ob'ects. when you say further early objects. when you say further back _ early objects. when you say further back in _ early objects. when you say further back in time, - early objects. when you say further back in time, how i early objects. when you say i further back in time, how much further? what sort of distance away? further? what sort of distance awa ? . ., , further? what sort of distance awa ? , . ,, further? what sort of distance awa? ,~ ,, away? the james webb telescope looks well within _ away? the james webb telescope looks well within the _ away? the james webb telescope looks well within the first - looks well within the first billion years, probably within the first 300 million years. we are not quite there yet, we still have some more observations to do before we look at far back in time. hubble sort of stops the first five or 600 million years before the —— after the beginning. a curtain falls, it cannot see further than those

distances. cannot see further than those distances-— cannot see further than those distances. ~ ., ., ., distances. what are we learning so far, distances. what are we learning so far. or _ 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 i so far, or is it too early to say? at the moment it is just images but will these need to be studied for several months? yeah, it will take us a while to analyse. we have only had the images for less than a week, but we will see the first galaxies and perhaps even the first stars as they were forming. we need some help for that, and here is where einstein comes to the rescue. foreground clusters of objects called clusters of galaxies which will magnify light, they turn them into these beautiful art looking things and in that process it gets magnified beyond the limit we can detect. we could not originally see it but with the help of foreground gravity we can see these objects. more information on the james webb space telescope and all the other stories on our website. from me and the team,

it's goodbye for now. 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 north—west. 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 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 north—west 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. on 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.

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 january 6 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 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.